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29 March 2023	13:30	What is the Point of Constitutional Monarchy? This is a hybrid event, join us in person in Amory(B316) or online. Full details	Add event
15 March 2023	13:30	Legal preconditions for majoritarian democracy: The case of Hungary. The Constitution of Hungary promulgated in 2011 and officially called the Fundamental law thoroughly altered the Hungarian constitutional system. Scholars encounter difficulties when attempting to label the new system. While some typologies maintain that despite its illiberalism and populism the new system meets the formal criteria of legality and democracy, others insist that it represents an abuse of democratic constitutionalism. Gábor Attila Tóth will present his topic 'Legal preconditions for majoritarian democracy: The case of Hungary.'. Full details	Add event
6 March 2023	17:30	GW4 FRS Network and Exeter Law School Baroness Butler-Sloss Annual Family Law Lecture (online) Unlocking Cohabitation Reform in England and Wales: New Dimensions and Directions. Presented by Guest Speaker Dr Andrew Hayward, University of Durham.. Full details	Add event
22 February 2023	13:00	EU Law and the Public Regulation of the Platform Economy Join Dr Martien Schaub, associate professor of Civil Law at Erasmus School of Law for a presentation of the paper EU Law and the Public Regulation of the Platform Economy: The Case of the Short-Term Rental Market. It has recently been published in the Common Market Law Review (vol 59(2022)issue 6). Full details	Add event
13 February 2023	17:30	The SLS Hale Lecture This lecture will examine the role played by the doctrine of frustration in cases arising out of the COVID-19 pandemic and consider, in the light of comparative law, whether English contract law should be changed in order to enable it to meet the needs of commercial parties dealing with a significant change of circumstances, such as the pandemic. Full details	Add event
8 February 2023	14:00	Institutional Ethnography: A Feminist Approach to Analysing Institutions Using Texts Institutional Ethnography is an interdisciplinary feminist approach to research that examines how texts and language organise our everyday lives.. Full details	Add event
8 February 2023	13:30	The EU rule of law crisis and the effective enforcement of EU law In this hybrid seminar organised by the Centre for European Legal Studies (CELS), Professor Phil Syrpis (University of Bristol) will present a paper on The EU rule of law crisis and the effective enforcement of EU law.. Full details	Add event
7 February 2023	11:30	CCL - When does time stand still for the purpose of the Limitation Act 1980 Dr Laurence Emmett KC Section 32 of the Limitation Act 1980 looks, at first glance, more than just a little dry: it is concerned with the extension of the limitation period in cases of “fraud, concealment or mistake”. And yet, having lain unconsidered for many years, section 32 has recently been the subject of a series of decisions by the Supreme Court (e.g. FII Group Litigation [2020] UKSC 47; [2022] AC 1) and the Court of Appeal (e.g. OT Computers Ltd v Infineon [2021] EWCA Civ 501; [2021] QB 1183 and Gemalto Holdings v Infineon [2022] EWCA Civ 782). What is going on? Do these cases matter? This paper argues yes. At a detailed level, they pose questions about what a claim is and how a statute should be interpreted. At a high level, they tell us something about where civil justice stands and where it is heading; and they invite us to ask what it is for.. Full details	Add event
14 December 2022	15:15	CELS & HRDF Guest Speaker Seminar - Prof Fernanda Nicola - Anti-authoritarian Dialogue of the European Court of Justice In this seminar Professor Fernanda Nicola (American University Washington College of Law) will present to us her paper: 'The Anti-authoritarian Dialogue of the European Court Of Justice: Re-politicization and Self-doubt.' Professor Nicola will be joined by Mr Michał Wawrykiewicz, who will act as discussant. Mr Wawrykiewicz is a Polish political analyst, activist, and attorney specializing in constitutional law, human rights law, and European law, and was involved in litigating the cases on behalf of the Polish judges before the ECJ and the ECtHR.. Full details	Add event
28 November 2022	14:00	Q-Step Work in Progress (WIP) Seminar: Michele Scotto Di Vettimo Michele Scotto Di Vettimo (SPSPA) will discuss his working paper on EU integration and policy preferences.. Full details	Add event
23 November 2022	13:30	FRS Network: Discussion of using big data in family law research led by Prof Judith Masson (Bristol) Online. Full details	Add event
22 November 2022	14:00	Q-Step Work in Progress (WIP) Seminar: Simge Andi & Travis Coan Simge Andi & Travis Coan (SPSPA) will discuss their ongoing research measuring the impact of fake news laws on online political discussions. Full details	Add event
16 November 2022	14:00	Q-Step Work in Progress (WIP) Seminar: Alexey Bessudnov Alexey Bessudnov (SPSPA) will discuss his work on predicting perceived ethnicity from data on personal names for major ethnic groups in Russia.. Full details	Add event
14 November 2022	17:00	Law & History Network seminar: Contract law, the East India Company, and Henry Thomas Colebrooke Full details	Add event
2 November 2022	15:00	Data protection and cybersecurity: the not-so-impossible task of reconciliation by Professor Eleni Kosta We are pleased to invite you to attend this Axis of Protection: Human Rights in International Law Seminar Series online event in collaboration with the Science, Culture and Law at Exeter (SCuLE) and the Exeter Centre for International Law (ECIL) research centres. Full details	Add event
2 November 2022	14:30	Decolonising Quantitative Teaching The teaching of quantitative methods has a crucial role to play in the decolonisation of undergraduate politics degree programmes, given that Eurocentrism determines the quantitative approaches used today. As such, the decolonisation of, and through, quantitative methods teaching is both possible and necessary. Full details	Add event
2 November 2022	12:30	CELS Guest Speaker Series - Dr Signe Larsen - European Public Law After Empires Full details	Add event
20 October 2022	15:00	The right tool for the job: how does international law apply to cyber operations? In this panel discussion, the editors of the Cyber Law Toolkit, an interactive resource on international law and cyber operations, introduce some of the pressing legal questions raised by the hostile uses of information and communications technologies. Full details	Add event
20 - 21 October 2022		Senses and sensibilities of atrocity prosecutions Much has been written about the legalisms that inhere (or not) in prosecuting those responsible for atrocities. Very little however has been written about the aesthetics atrocity prosecutions encrust into the architecture of courtrooms and the senses they trigger, the optics the defendants suffuse into the trial process, and the expressive value of punishing them. Full details	Add event
5 October 2022	13:00	Suffrage, Turnout and the Household: The Case of Early Women Voters in Sweden How were newly enfranchised women mobilized? Classic narratives suggest that newly enfranchised women were mobilized by their arguably more politicized husbands. However, husbands' mobilization of wives has not been subject to rigorous tests, primarily reflecting lack of suitable data.. Full details	Add event
22 July 2022	11:00	The Legal Aspects in Offshore Renewable Energy The roundtable will start with a short presentation and mostly focus on offshore renewable energy. Full details	Add event
14 July 2022	16:15	Why Migration Museums? – A Public Roundtable Discussion - Join online Join us online for a public roundtable discussion, the last of the Migration, Mobility and Displacement Series. Full details available below. To register for the zoom sessions please write To: sekretariat-altertum@uni-potsdam.de (24h in advance) and use Zoom link below Zoom link: https://uni-potsdam.zoom.us/j/64368136838 Meeting-ID: 643 6813 6838 Password: 74720546. Full details	Add event
7 - 8 July 2022	12:45	Family, Law and Technology: An interdisciplinary workshop An interdisciplinary workshop on digital futures in family relationships and regulation, hosted by the University of Exeter. Full details	Add event
13 - 14 April 2022	9:00	37th Annual BILETA conference 37th BILETA conference: ‘The role of creativity in Law’. Full details	Add event
12 April 2022	16:30	BILETA AGM Meeting – Law School Moot Court Room (1st Floor Amory) Annual General Meeting for BILETA. Full details	Add event
6 - 14 April 2022		NCRM UoE Computational Communication Methods Spring School - APPLY NOW Researchers interested in computational social science will be given the chance to learn new skills at a spring school in April 2022. The NCRM/Exeter Computational Communication Methods Spring School will provide training at introductory and advanced levels, catering for both social scientists and data scientists. Full details	Add event
30 March 2022	16:30	Eco-Law Café (Networking Event) Eco-Law Café aims to meet new researchers who are interested in environmental issues and build a network. Full details	Add event
28 March 2022	16:30	The Right to Repair: Future Proof Transdisciplinary Thinking in Environmental Law The topic of the roundtable was on the right to repair since it has gradually become a significant term in terms of circular economy. Full details	Add event
11 March 2022	13:00	'Group identities and strategic discrimination' presented by Dr Dominik Duell, University of Innsbruck In a laboratory setting, we explore strategic discrimination in principal-agent relationships, which arises from mutually reinforcing expectations of identity-contingent choices. Our experimental design isolates the influence of the strategic environment from effects of other sources of discrimination, including statistical differences between subpopulations and outright prejudice.. Full details	Add event
9 March 2022	17:30	GW4 FRS Network and Exeter Law School Baroness Butler-Sloss Annual Family Law Lecture We are delighted to confirm our guest speaker is Professor Gillian Douglas who will speak on Achieving Family Law Reform: Evolution vs. Revolution. Full details	Add event
9 March 2022	15:00	CELS webinar: Prof. Jan Trzaskowski (CBS) - 'YOUR PRIVACY IS IMPORTANT TO US! Full details	Add event
3 March 2022	9:00	'The 4D Project: a holistic response to climate misinformation' presented by John Cook, Monash University A number of psychological challenges hinder the countering of misinformation and science denial. Polarization on issues such as climate change and COVID-19 result in some segments of the population being more resistant to fact-checks. Inoculation theory offers a solution to polarization, with experimental studies finding that inoculating messages neutralize the polarizing influence of misinformation on issues like climate change.. Full details	Add event
24 February 2022	14:00	'Microtargeting: Reverse engineering of an ethical conundrum' presented by Prof Stephan Lewandowsky (University of Bristol) There has been much concern about the “microtargeting” of political messages at individuals on social media based on sometimes sensitive personal characteristics that are inferred by the platforms from mundane data and activities. Evidence suggests that this type of microtargeted advertising, for example based on recipients’ personality, can be effective.. Full details	Add event
8 December 2021	15:00	CELS guest research webinar: dr Inge Graef (Tilburg University) 'Consumer sovereignty and competition law: from personalization to diversity' Full details	Add event
2 December 2021	17:00	Law and History Network - 'Getting married: the legacy of legal history' Full details	Add event
30 November 2021	16:00	Reading Group on Democracy in Europe We will discuss this reading: T. G. Daly (2019) ‘Democratic Decay: Conceptualising an Emerging Research Field’, 11, Hague Journal on the Rule of Law, 9-36. Full details	Add event
23 November 2021	11:00	South West Doctoral Training Programme (SWDTP): Using the Understanding Society study for longitudinal research Funded by ESRC and as part of NCRM training, Understanding Society is the largest longitudinal study of its kind. It provides crucial information for researchers and policymakers on the changes and stability of people's lives in the UK on topics including Biomarkers, Genetics and Epigenetics; Covid-19; Education; Employment; Ethnicity & immigration; Family & households; Health & wellbeing; Politics & Social attitudes; Transport & environment; Young people. As with most other longitudinal household surveys, the structure and documentation of the Understanding Society are quite complex. Sometimes this may seem as an obstacle for researchers who are just starting to use the data. Full details	Add event
23 November 2021	9:00	Exeter Q-Step/NCRM Introduction to Nvivo for Social Scientists NVivo is a powerful and intuitive qualitative data analysis software for gaining richer insights from diverse data. This workshop is aimed at those who have no experience of Nvivo and little-to-no experience of computer coding. Full details	Add event
10 November 2021	15:00	CELS guest research webinar: dr Joanna Mazur (University of Warsaw) 'Automated Decision-Making Systems as a Challenge for Effective Legal Protection in EU law' Full details	Add event
28 October 2021	13:00	Emily Ireland & Cerian Griffiths, 'Investigations in Fraud and Finance' Full details	Add event
25 - 29 October 2021	9:30	NCRM Research Methods Festival: 25-29 October 2021 The University of Exeter and Exeter Q-Step Centre are partners in the National Centre for Research Methods -- the UKRI funded national consortium for social science research methods training. Full details	Add event
14 October 2021	16:00	Routes Conversation: Is the asylum system fit for purpose for Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity (SOGI) claimants? Routes Conversation: Is the asylum system fit for purpose for Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity (SOGI) claimants? with Raawiyah Rifath (Lecturer in Law and PhD Candidate, University of Exeter) and Prof. Nuno Ferreira (Professor of Law, University of Sussex). Full details	Add event
4 October 2021	17:00	Law and History Network online seminar series Gwen Seabourne, 'To Marry and to Burn: big issues in "petty treason". Full details	Add event
7 July 2021	14:00	South West Doctoral Training Programme (SWDTP): Secondary analysis of cross-national, comparative survey data webinar Those completing PhD research over the past 16 months may have had to develop new strategies for conducting comparative research because travel to other countries has not been possible. Full details	Add event
30 June - 2 July 2021	9:30	ASYFAIR Virtual conference Adjudicating Refugee Claims in Practice: Advocacy and Experience at Asylum Court Appeals We have an exciting programme about various aspects of asylum and refugee status determination by international speakers, including judges, lawyers and researchers. The conference programme and other details are available on our website: https://asyfair.com/output/events/asyfair-conference-2021/ Registration is free, and will be open from 4 May until 16 June 2021. Please click on the link to register: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/asyfair-conference-2021-adjudicating-refugee-claims-in-practice-registration-152681682021. Full details	Add event
23 June 2021	17:00	A Model Court For Migrant Children Webinar to refine and develop proposals for A Model Court For Migrant Children, Chaired by Baroness Helena Kennedy of the Shaws. Full details	Add event
14 June 2021	13:00	University of Exeter Workshop on Media and UK Elections The British Election Longitudinal News Study 2015-2019 (BELNS) covers campaign coverage relating to three general elections: 2015, 2017, 2019. Full details	Add event
9 June 2021	16:00	Routes Conversation Why should colonial histories be central to the study of migration and what does taking this seriously really mean? with Dr Lucy Mayblin and Dr Luke de Noronha Routes conversations are monthly meetings where two scholars or activists from different disciplines discuss a migration question from their different perspectives. In this conversation Dr Lucy Mayblin, Senior Lecturer in Sociology at The University of Sheffield and Dr Luke de Noronha, Lecturer in Race, Ethnicity and Postcolonial Studies at UCL will have a conversation on 'Why should colonial histories be central to the study of migration and what does taking this seriously really mean?'. Full details	Add event
2 June 2021	14:00	Women Candidates Use More Positive Language than Men Candidates in Political Campaigns Dr Akitaka Matsuo will be presenting his work with Tiffany Barnes, Charles Crabtree and Yoshikuni Ono. What explains the type of electoral campaign run by politicians? Prior work shows that parties strategically manipulate the level of emotive language used in their campaigns based on their incumbency status, their policy position, and objective economic conditions ... Full details	Add event
26 May 2021	16:00	SSIS Honorary Graduate Speaker Series - Kate Lampard CBE The University of Exeter is delighted to welcome Kate Lampard CBE for an afternoon of conversation and discussion. Kate will share her insights and reflections on conducting independent reviews and investigations - processes and approaches, advantages and challenges - particularly in the areas of health and immigration. Kate will also take questions from the audience. Everyone is welcome!. Full details	Add event
26 May 2021	14:00	Negativity in Politicians' Communication during Campaign and Regular Times Bruno Castanho Silva, Lennart Schürmann, and Sven-Oliver Proksch While research on the tone of politicians' rhetoric has picked up steam in recent years, almost all of our knowledge on factors that influence negativity is based on political communication during electoral campaigns. Full details	Add event
19 May 2021	14:00	A Cross-National Analysis of the Effect of Parties' Characteristics on Affective Polarization and Interpersonal Trust This paper uses multilevel models to investigate how parties influence affective polarization and interpersonal trust in multiparty systems. Full details	Add event
12 May 2021	14:00	When (not) to trust the overlap in confidence intervals: A practical guide Researchers often aim to compare estimates across groups. For an intuitive and compact presentation of empirical results, many practitioners prefer reporting group-specific estimates instead of pairwise differences, and subsequently seek to infer the statistical significance of pairwise differences from the confidence intervals of the group-specific estimates. Full details	Add event
5 May 2021	16:00	Routes Event: Precarious protection: Inside Europes Asylum Appeals with Dr Nick Gill This will be an informal talk outlining some of the findings from a set of ethnographies of asylum appeals in France, Germany, the UK, Belgium and Austria conducted over the last few years by researchers at Exeter University as part of the ASYFAIR project. It will examine why asylum appeals are important, but also some of the challenges they encounter on the ground. It will raise concerns about the superficiality and (in)accessibility of legal protection via asylum appeals, and use this to reflect on some of the problematics of refugee protection more broadly. Full details	Add event
23 March 2021	17:00	Humanitarian Ethics seminar series - Digital health certificates for Covid-19: implications for data privacy and human rights Speaker and discussant - Prof. ANA BEDUSCHI. Full details	Add event
3 March 2021	16:00	Routes event: U.S. Immigration Law - a brief overview of issues with Anthony Vale Anthony Vale is a 1972 law graduate from the University of Exeter, who has been practicing law in the USA. Tony represents immigrants caught up in the US immigration system, who seek asylum or relief from removal. He has been successful in cases on behalf of non-citizens from Angola, Cameroon, El Salvador Guatemala and Honduras. These cases are difficult and raise many constitutional issues, which he will clarify and discuss. Full details	Add event
24 February 2021	17:30	GW4 FRS Network and Exeter Law School Baroness Butler-Sloss Annual Family Law Lecture The University of Exeter Law School is delighted to announce that Lady Hale has agreed to give this year’s annual Family Law lecture, which combines the Butler-Sloss Family Law Exeter Student Lecture with the annual lecture of the GW4 Family Regulation and Society Research Network. Full details	Add event
10 February 2021	16:00	Routes event: Marriage, migration and Integration with Professor Katharine Charsley Full details	Add event
27 January 2021	15:00	CELS guest research webinar: "The Weiss/PSPP case and the future of constitutional pluralism" by T. Capeta Full details	Add event
9 December 2020	17:00	Contracts in the age of AI readers Full details	Add event
2 December 2020	16:00	Routes Conversation: What Does Citizenship Mean Today? with Dr Ben Hudson (Lecturer in Law at the University of Exeter) and Daniel Mutanda (MPH Candidate at the University of Warwick) Routes Conversation: What Does Citizenship Mean Today? with Dr Ben Hudson (Lecturer in Law at the University of Exeter) and Daniel Mutanda (MPH Candidate at the University of Warwick). Full details	Add event
19 November 2020	10:00	In Conversation With...David Christie, Dr Severine Saintier and Dr Jessica Viven-Wilksch Don't get stuck on stupid: Good faith in the performance of (construction) contracts. Full details	Add event
18 November 2020	16:00	CELS guest research seminar: B. van Leeuwen Full details	Add event
11 November 2020	15:30	Understanding the relationships between risk factors, intersectional identities and criminal career trajectories: A multilevel approach Researchers have called for developmental criminologists to better understand how criminal career patterns and 'risk factors' relate to intersectional identities. Full details	Add event
9 September 2020	15:00	Establishment Relations and Fatherhood Wage Premiums Fathers often earn more than their childless counterparts, although effects can vary among groups of men. Most of this literature uses micro data and attributes these wage effects to individual selection. We instead draw on relational inequality theory (RIT) to argue the importance of establishment relations behind group differences in net fatherhood wage premiums.. Full details	Add event
1 July 2020	13:00	Data Analysis and visualisation with Python Building upon the basic introduction offered to Python in workshop 1, this workshop will cover exploratory data analysis, quantitative data analysis, and visualising data in Python and the Seaborn package. Full details	Add event
24 June 2020	13:00	Introduction to Python for Social Scientists This workshop is aimed at those who have no experience of Python and little-to-no experience of computer coding.. Full details	Add event
3 June 2020	13:00	Longitudinal Data Analysis In this workshop you will learn about the principles of longitudinal data analysis; when it should be used and the advantages and disadvantages of longitudinal methods. Full details	Add event
15 May 2020	13:00	An Introduction to Open-Source Intelligence and its practical applications - ONLINE Workshop This seminar will be an Introduction to Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT). It will cover some broad themes of what OSINT is and what it is not, as well as some thoughts on the future of OSINT.. Full details	Add event
12 May 2020	14:00	Bayesian analysis with JAGS/Topics in Bayesian analysis - ONLINE Workshop One of the advantages of Bayesian analysis is its great flexibility with respect to the functional form of the model. To take full advantage of this flexibility, the analyst need to know how to write code for Stan, JAGS, BUGS or a similar sample.. Full details	Add event
11 May 2020	14:00	Introduction to Bayesian analysis - ONLINE Workshop This workshop offers an introduction to Bayesian analysis in R. We will talk about the theoretical underpinnings of Bayesian analysis and the practical considerations for conducting such analyses in R.. Full details	Add event
27 March 2020	9:00	Flamank Mooting Competition This will be the inaugural Flamank Mooting Competition. Full details	Add event
18 March 2020	17:30	CELS Lasok Lecture: "Data Protection: Today and Tomorrow" by Christopher Docksey Full details	Add event
18 March 2020	15:30	CANCELLED: Understanding the relationships between risk factors, intersectional identities and criminal career trajectories: A multilevel approach Researchers have called for developmental criminologists to better understand how criminal career patterns and 'risk factors' relate to intersectional identities.. Full details	Add event
11 March 2020	13:00	Mooting Session This will be the third round of the internal Flamank Mooting sessions. Full details	Add event
10 March 2020	14:00	CANCELLED - Hope and Despair: Presidents, Prime Ministers, Populists, Polarization and Mass Democratic Accountability in Challenging Times The Executive Approval Project (EAP) is a global collaborative data and research project whose goal is to measure public approval of political leaders to help understand why some executives are despised and removed while others remain popular and reelected.. Full details	Add event
4 March 2020	13:00	Data Analysis with R for Social Scientists Building upon the basic introduction offered to R in workshop 4, this workshop will cover exploratory data analysis, quantitative data analysis, and visualising data using R, as well as introducing the various libraries that a user needs to be familiar with in order to carry out such tasks. Full details	Add event
26 February 2020	14:00	CELS research seminar: Prof. Simon Whittaker (University of Oxford) - The control of unfair terms in commercial contracts: French and English law move further apart Full details	Add event
26 February 2020		Cornwall Law Society Lecture Series - Lecture 4 The Cornwall Law Society is working in collaboration with Flamank Law Society to deliver a series of lectures.. Full details	Add event
19 February 2020	17:00	Cornwall Law Society Lecture Series - Lecture 3 The Cornwall Law Society is working in collaboration with Flamank Law Society to deliver a series of lectures.. Full details	Add event
12 February 2020	17:00	Cornwall Law Society Lecture Series - Lecture 2 The Cornwall Law Society is presenting a series of three seminars hosted by past and present President Committee members who will be talking about their careers in law.. Full details	Add event
7 February 2020	15:30	Geographical and Place-based dependence in multilevel models Multilevel models have been applied to study many geographical processes in epidemiology, economics, political science, sociology, urban analytics, and transportation. They are most often used to express how the effect of a treatment or intervention may vary by geographical group, a form of geographical process heterogeneity.. Full details	Add event
5 February 2020	17:00	Cornwall Law Society Lecture Series - Lecture 1 The Cornwall Law Society is working in collaboration with Flamank Law Society to deliver a series of lectures.. Full details	Add event
5 February 2020	13:00	Introduction to GIS A geographic information system (GIS) is a system designed to allow researchers to capture, store, manipulate, analyse, manage, and present spatial or geographic data. This workshop will introduce attendees to the introductory principles of GIS and how to use Python QGIS for research purposes. Full details	Add event
30 January 2020	9:00	Analysing ambiguity: understanding and managing complexity in the professional environment Suggested participants: Mid/senior level managers, SMEs in any business sector, those seeking promotion to management levels or new to management, HR SMEs, Data scientists/analysts. Full details	Add event
29 January 2020	13:00	Mooting Session This will be the second round of the internal Flamank mooting session. Full details	Add event
24 January 2020	17:00	Andrea Hounto Lecture Andrea will be giving a lecture on her experiences within the legal sector. Full details	Add event
17 January 2020	13:00	Law in Cornwall: BAME Workshop This event will see Akil, a future trainee at CMS, lead a workshop on 'The New Black'. Full details	Add event
15 January 2020	13:00	Introduction to R for Social Scientists This workshop is aimed at those who have no experience of R, and will provide a solid introduction to using it for data analysis by covering how to handle data structures such as vectors, matrices, and data frames. Full details	Add event
10 December 2019	16:00	Law Cornwall Mooting Session 2 Please come along and listen to the moot take place. Full details	Add event
9 December 2019	18:00	Law Cornwall Mooting Session 1 Come along and listen to the inaugural moot. Full details	Add event
6 December 2019	9:00	Employment Tribunals The first year law students will take part in the Employment Tribunals as part of their Legal Foundations Module. Full details	Add event
5 December 2019	9:00	Employment Tribunals The first year law students will take part in the Employment Tribunals as part of their Legal Foundations Module. Full details	Add event
4 December 2019	14:30	Mooting Clinic This clinic will help prepare you in time for the mooting sessions the following week. Full details	Add event
3 December 2019	12:30	Introduction to LaTex LaTex is a document preparation system for high-quality typesetting that is used extensively in academia and elsewhere for technical and scientific documents. This workshop is aimed at those with little-to-no experience of LaTex, but who wish to develop a working understanding of it in order to produce high-quality documents. Full details	Add event
29 November 2019	16:00	Flamank Law Society Hustings Come along to listen to the nominees for the Flamank Law Society elections. Full details	Add event
22 November 2019	15:30	Data Analysis & Q-Step Alumni Careers Q&A Discussion Come along to our Q&A event and speak to a number of recent Exeter Q-Step and Politics graduates who have taken different career routes into social data science since graduating! This event is intended for any students, UG or PG, interested in a career in data analysis. You will have the opportunity to find out about a range of careers, and learn about what you can do, both now during your studies and after graduation, to follow a similar path.. Full details	Add event
20 November 2019	14:00	CELS research seminar: Prof. Ch. Villiers (University of Bristol) & Prof. I. Alvarez Vega (University of Oviedo) Non-financial reporting in EU law - comparing progress in the UK and Spain’. Full details	Add event
20 November 2019	10:30	Who do we think you are? Detecting salient identities in text Behaviour differs between social groups – this appears to be true for linguistic style as well. Recent research has shown differences between age, gender, religious and political groups in the way group members speak. Since we are members of many different social groups, the question arises whether group membership affects our linguistic style constantly or whether our style shifts towards the group membership most relevant to the situation. Full details	Add event
8 November 2019	15:30	The case against perfection in the mean: Why it is time for an individualised approach to evidence for education Analyses of educational interventions need to produce evidence that is relevant to specific groups of students. When a group is not the target population of an intervention, any analysis involving just that group is called subgroup analysis, which is often regarded as a statistical malpractice, as its findings are often underpowered, unreliable, prone to overinterpretation at best, or misleading at worst.. Full details	Add event
6 November 2019	13:00	Data Analysis and visualisation with Python for Social Scientists Building upon the basic introduction offered to Python in workshop 1, this workshop will cover exploratory data analysis, quantitative data analysis, and visualising data in Python and the Seaborn package. Full details	Add event
6 November 2019	13:00	‘Representing the Executed’ with Clive Stafford Smith The Law School and Exeter Law Projects (ELP) are delighted to invite staff and students to the next event in our new “Law in Person” programme, given by Clive Stafford Smith OBE, the founder and director of the UK legal action charity Reprieve (https://reprieve.org.uk).Clive is a human rights lawyer specializing in civil rights and death penalty work. He has represented over 300 prisoners facing the death penalty. While only taking the cases of those who could not afford lawyers, he has prevented the death penalty in all but six cases (a 98% ‘success’ rate). He has also represented prisoners held at the US military base at Guantánamo Bay and has secured the release of 69 prisoners to date. Alongside other awards, in he has received an OBE for humanitarian services, the Gandhi International Peace Award, and the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Award. Clive was ranked 6th on the list of Britain’s Most Powerful Lawyers in 2009. Full details	Add event
6 November 2019	13:00	‘Representing the Executed’ with Clive Stafford Smith The Law School and Exeter Law Projects (ELP) are delighted to invite staff and students to the next event in our new “Law in Person” programme, given by Clive Stafford Smith OBE, the founder and director of the UK legal action charity Reprieve (https://reprieve.org.uk).Clive is a human rights lawyer specializing in civil rights and death penalty work. He has represented over 300 prisoners facing the death penalty. While only taking the cases of those who could not afford lawyers, he has prevented the death penalty in all but six cases (a 98% ‘success’ rate). He has also represented prisoners held at the US military base at Guantánamo Bay and has secured the release of 69 prisoners to date. Alongside other awards, in he has received an OBE for humanitarian services, the Gandhi International Peace Award, and the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Award. Clive was ranked 6th on the list of Britain’s Most Powerful Lawyers in 2009. Full details	Add event
6 November 2019	10:30	Worlds Colliding: Examining the social networks and linguistic patterns of a merging organization through email During a merger the acquiring organization is often a dominant force. It overwhelms the target organization and replaces its norms, routines, and formal structures. I will present the results from an ongoing analysis of a massively rich dataset of emails, longitudinal surveys, individual performance, and ethnography that paints a detailed picture of an unfolding organizational merger.. Full details	Add event
29 October 2019	13:00	When politics and diplomacy collide; the conflict spiral in the Cuban Missile Crisis 1962 An investigation into the conflicting interests and powerplay revealed in the behaviour of the main protagonists- USSR and USA. A brief overview of this dangerous incident will be provided, but the main focus will be an analysis of public versus private decisions. We'll look at the personal drives and motivations of key figures such as John F Kennedy and Nikita Khrushev and discover why was not all as it seemed... Full details	Add event
23 October 2019	18:00	Professor Sue Prince, Professor of Law at the University of Exeter - Inaugural Lecture Professor Sue Prince, Professor of Law at the University of Exeter, will be presenting her Inaugural Lecture on "The 21st Century Academic Warior: Adversarialism and Justice". Full details	Add event
18 October 2019	17:30	Penryn Campus: Where your Law degree can take you - alumni discussion panel Come along to our Alumni discussion panel and speak to a number of Exeter graduates who have taken different career routes with their Law degrees!. Full details	Add event
18 October 2019	17:30	Careers Discussion at Exeter Law School Cornwall / Skol an Lagha Karesk Come along to our Alumni discussion panel and speak to a number of Exeter graduates who have taken different career routes with their Law degrees! This will be a fantastic opportunity to network with a number of prestigious Law Alumni, find out about their careers, and learn about what steps you can take to follow a similar path. All graduates are from within the last six years, so they will be able to provide perspectives and advice careers in law. There will be a drinks and nibbles reception afterwardsin Exchange RED, where you will have chance to speak with all the Alumni. Full details	Add event
18 October 2019	10:00	Rob Merkin: Plenary Session, Asia-Pacific Insurance Conference Asia-Pacific Insurance Conference October 2019, Singapore. Full details	Add event
17 October 2019	18:00	The female genital mutilation trials: what went wrong? The female genital mutilation trials: what went wrong? Thursday 17th October 2019, 6pm. Exeter University, Building One (Business School), Constantine Leventis Teaching Room, Streatham Campus. Marge Berer To date there have only been five prosecutions under the Female Genital Mutilation Act 2003. The first four, against medical practitioners, all failed, but the fifth, against the parents of a of a 3 year-old girl, ended in the conviction of the mother (R v N, 2019). Marge Berer attended all of the trials and will speak about why the first four failed, and about problems with the fifth trial, in particular the manner in which a 'witchcraft narrative' assumed great significance in that case. Marge Berer is the founding editor Reproductive Health Matters and was the first chairwoman of the Gender Advisory Panel, WHO department of Reproductive Health and Research from 1996 to 2001. Now an independent researcher, she is the author of The Berer Blog.. Full details	Add event
16 October 2019	12:30	SWDTP Information Session Gabriel Katz, Exeter's Institutional Academic Lead for the ESRC-funded South West Doctoral Training Programme (SWDTP), has organised an information session on the SWDTP PhD and MA Programs, scholarships and selection procedures. Full details	Add event
9 October 2019	16:30	Regional Law firm Careers speed networking Join us for an afternoon of networking with law firms from across the South West. Take the opportunity to talk to them about what they look for in a potential intern or trainee and what a successful application looks like. Full details	Add event
2 October 2019	13:30	“Criminal Law: Is the Victim an Afterthought?” The Law School is delighted to invite students to the first event in our new ‘Law in Person’ programme, given by Dame Vera Baird DBE, QC, the Victims’ Commissioner for England and Wales. One aim of the Law in Person programme is to bring leading legal figures into the Law School to engage with our staff and student community. Full details	Add event
2 October 2019	13:00	Introduction to Python for Social Scientists This workshop is aimed at those who have no experience of Python and little-to-no experience of computer coding. The workshop will provide a practical introduction to the Python programming language, and cover a host of the major operations a user will need to do in Python; ranging from assigning variables and working with lists, through to writing to/reading from a file, producing graphs, and debugging. Full details	Add event
20 September 2019	17:30	University of Exeter Law School in Cornwall - launch event Join us to celebrate this unique new venture by Exeter Law School - to teach and research law primarily as an interdisciplinary subject. Full details	Add event
9 - 13 September 2019	11:30	Q-estival 2019: People, Data and Society The Exeter Q-Step Centre is celebrating six years of teaching and research and our move to a new home. We are holding a series of workshops, seminars and keynote addresses around our key research labs: Education and Life Course Studies, Policing in Practice and Computational Social Science. We will also be hosting a related Arts & Culture stream. Full details	Add event
25 July 2019	13:00	Understanding women's mental health across the lifecourse The aim of this workshop is to bring researchers together across the University of Exeter, and beyond, with an interest in understanding women’s mental health. The workshop will convene a multi-disciplinary group with shared substantive interests, but who take different approaches to research on this topic.. Full details	Add event
19 July 2019	9:30	Building families through surrogacy: a new law - consultation event The University of Exeter’s GW4 Network on Family, Regulation and Society Network is to host a Law Commission consultation event about whether and how the law of surrogacy should be reformed. Full details	Add event
19 - 20 July 2019		Bracton Centre for Legal History Research Summer Symposium 2019 The Bracton Centre for Legal History Research is hosting its first summer symposium at the University of Exeter from 19-20 July 2019. The event is intended as a forum for ECRs and PhD students working in the field of legal history to get together, present papers or work-in-progress, share ideas and get feedback, and we have an exciting programme of papers covering both ancient and modern legal history!. Full details	Add event
4 - 5 July 2019		Conference: "The Transparent Trap: Disclosing Information to Consumers" The Centre for the Study of European Contract Law at the University of Amsterdam, SRH Hochschule Berlin and University of Exeter are organising together an international, interdisciplinary conference "The Transparent Trap: Disclosing Information to Consumers" on 4-5 July in Amsterdam. Full details	Add event
24 June 2019		Institute of Coding Summer School 2019 at the University of Exeter For students with little or no experience of programming or coding, the Institute of Coding Summer School at Exeter is an opportunity to enhance your digital skills through a course designed to introduce you to the fundamentals of computer programming and social data analysis. Full details	Add event
5 June 2019	13:00	CANCELLED: Introduction to SQL for Data Science Unfortunately this workshop has been cancelled. We apologise for any inconvenience caused. Full details	Add event
13 May 2019	16:30	Professor Richard Foltz (Concordia University) presents "What is the meaning of 'Tajik'?" Richard Foltz (Ph.D., Harvard, 1996) is a cultural historian specializing in the broader Iranian world and his work highlights the wide-ranging influence of Iranian civilization on diverse societies stretching from the Balkans to China.. Full details	Add event
17 April 2019	13:00	Detecting trolls on Reddit: Introduction to Computational Text Analysis and Supervised Machine Learning in R Computational propaganda is becoming a non-negligible presence on news forums and social media, and it is crucial to be able to separate between real users and social bots or trolls. Following Twitter, Reddit released a list of accounts suspected of being state-sponsored trolls, users who wrote more than 15.000 posts and comments between 2015 and 2018. How precisely can these posts be detected based on their content and the available metadata and what techniques can be used to achieve maximum accuracy?. Full details	Add event
22 March 2019	10:00	UNHCR Careers talk Our speaker will share details about the application process and what attributes and skills the organisation is looking for. Laura will also discuss their own career journey and the field of external relations, with some personal tips. The talk will be followed by a Q&A. Laura has been a spokesperson and campaigner for UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, for over a decade. She works on parliamentary advocacy and communications on UK and international refugee issues, and manages relationships with high profile supporters in the UK. Prior to UNHCR, she worked on asylum issues in government and as a parliamentary advisor. She co-chairs the Families Together coalition of over 30 organisations campaigning on refugee family reunion. Full details	Add event
20 March 2019	13:30	Longitudinal Data Analysis for Social Scientists In this workshop you will learn about the principles of longitudinal data analysis; when it should be used and the advantages and disadvantages of longitudinal methods. Full details	Add event
14 March 2019	12:00	Are you listening? Crisis Negotiation Skills with Deborah Goodwin OBE Join us as we welcome prestigious guest speaker Dr Deborah Goodwin OBE, to present her seminar on Crisis Negotiation Skills. Ever wondered how negotiators work? How do they even start to de-escalate something like a siege or a conflict? Would you know what to do? No? Well, here's a chance to learn! We're also throwing in a pizza lunch for attendees!. Full details	Add event
13 March 2019	15:30	Seminar Series - “Can genetics tell us anything about voting patterns, including Brexit?” Abstract TBC. Full details	Add event
8 March 2019	17:30	Women in Leadership: Balance for Better To celebrate International Women’s Day we are delighted to announce our Women in Leadership discussion panel and networking will take place on Friday 8th March. With support from the Annual Fund and from the Women and Law SACA project, this exciting event will be a highlight of the social sciences employability events calendar. Open to all students and local alumni, this event will showcase the inspiring career journeys of our speakers. This discussion panel event will allow plenty of time for a Q&A. Following the event there will be the opportunity to network with all of our guests, where you will be able to speak more freely with them about their careers. Light refreshments will be provided. Our speakers are all SSIS graduates and leaders in their fields: Janet Garcia – Law and Society, President at PSI International Denise Hadow – Law, Non-Executive Director, AJH Ltd Sue Heady – Philosophy, Director at Heady Communications. Full details	Add event
6 March 2019	13:30	Data Analysis with R for Social Scientists Building upon the basic introduction offered to R in workshop 4, this workshop will cover exploratory data analysis, quantitative data analysis, and visualising data using R, as well as introducing the various libraries that a user needs to be familiar with in order to carry out such tasks. Full details	Add event
5 March 2019	13:00	Gender, Sexual Orientation and Stereotypes: Challenges for Lesbian and Gay Candidates This paper explores how the public stereotypes politicians based on gender and sexual orientation when cued about these identities in low information environments. While many studies examine high profile races to demonstrate the impact that media coverage and its potential to trigger stereotypes has on opportunities for female or queer candidates, few studies explore its implications in typical elections at the riding level.. Full details	Add event
28 February 2019	12:30	SSIS Careers: Working in Public Relations / Communications Join Alicia De Haldevang (International Relations with Arabic and German, 2010), Public Relations and Digital Communications Manager at Atkins Global, who will deliver a session on what it's like to work in PR and communications. In this interactive workshop, Alicia will cover: An introduction with a career outline PR scenario group task Consolidation on how the skills you learn from your social sciences degree are relevant to your future employers Q&A on what steps you can take to get in to a PR careers The session will cover both UK and Middle Eastern opportunities, the skills required from your social sciences degrees to succeed in PR employment, what steps you can take to do so, as well as a Q&A where you will get the chance to ask our guest speaker the questions on your mind!. Full details	Add event
27 February 2019	15:30	Seminar Series - “Measuring global gender inequality indicators using large-scale online advertising data” The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a key instrument in setting the agenda around global development until 2030. The promotion of gender equality features prominently in the SDGs, both as a standalone goal as well as in relation to other goals (e.g access to education). Full details	Add event
13 February 2019	15:30	Seminar Series - 'Religious decline in the West: Unravelling age, period and cohort effects' Old people tend to be more religious than young people, and Western societies today are less religious than they were in the past. Scholars disagree, though, about what’s changing and why.. Full details	Add event
8 February 2019	14:00	Human Rights Careers Discussion and Q&A Barrister Jonathan Cooper OBE is a Human Rights specialist with experience before English and International courts and tribunals, as well as conducting training programmes and advising on human rights issues in jurisdictions all over the world. You can read more about Jonathan's own career path and find out how he combines his work as a leading barrister in Doughty Street Chambers with his work developing teaching and training programmes in Human Rights. https://justice.org.uk/jonathan-cooper-obe/ https://www.doughtystreet.co.uk/barristers/jonatha... Jonathan's talk will be of special interest to any students considering becoming a barrister and those with an interest in working in the area of Human Rights. An informal Q&A session will be accompanied by tea / coffee and biscuits. Full details	Add event
6 February 2019	13:00	Introduction to Discourse Network Analysis (DNA) Discourse network analysis is a toolbox of research methods for the analysis of actor-based debates, such as policy debates or political discussions. Examples include the policy debates on climate change, pension politics, or around the introduction of large infrastructure projects. Full details	Add event
5 February 2019	11:30	SSIS Careers: Life as a commercial lawyer in a regional law firm Our speaker, corporate solicitor Henry Maples, trained at a large regional full service firm (Foot Anstey) which included a secondment to a large London law firm specialising in private equity work before moving in 2013 to Murrell Associates, a smaller corporate commercial law firm based in Truro, Cornwall. He will share his views on life as a corporate lawyer in a regional firm (large and small) for those interested in such career outside of the major cities. He will also provide some tips on how to demonstrate your commercial awareness – a key question in many job applications. Full details	Add event
1 February 2019	12:30	SSIS Careers: Journalism Workshop: Getting a story on air with Simon Vigar (5 News) Join Exeter alumnus Simon Vigar (Royal Correspondent for 5 News) for a workshop focusing on delivering a news story, analysing different scenarios and practical ways of dealing with them. There will also be time for a Q&A with Simon about careers in journalism. 'Everything you wanted to know about getting a story on air but were afraid to ask' Exeter alumnus Simon Vigar shares his 30 years experience in broadcast news, which includes everything from major terrorist attacks to Royal weddings. Simon will lead a workshop analysing different scenarios and will look at practical ways of dealing with them. Simon will also reveal some newsgathering top tips on how to stay safe but still get the story. The session will finish with a Q&A. Full details	Add event
31 January 2019	18:30	Social Sciences Careers Speed Networking Back by popular demand! Hear from alumni speakers working in Government, Foreign Office and Consultancy. We have four alumni working in a variety of sectors who have used their degrees to have successful careers. This will be a fantastic opportunity to hear about the career options open to you, to network with a number of successful alumni, find out about their careers, and learn about what steps you can take to follow a similar path.. Full details	Add event
23 January 2019	14:00	Competition Law and Technology: Competitive or Political Motivation? Dr Matthew Cole Competition Law and Technology: Competitive or Political Motivation?. Full details	Add event
23 January 2019	13:00	Network Analysis for Social Scientists This workshop provides an introduction for beginners to Social Network Analysis. It gives an overview of key concepts needed to design research that looks at social relations (networks) that connect individual units (actors), so that students can apply social network analysis to their own research.. Full details	Add event
23 January 2019	12:30	SSIS Employer Workshop: Macfarlanes Application session Macfarlanes are a distinctive London-based law firm, focusing on their clients and delivering excellence in the international legal market. Join Lindsay Bridges, Graduate Recruitment Advisor, who will be delivering a session on how you can succeed with your application forms. Full details	Add event
9 January 2019	13:00	Introduction to R for Social Scientists This workshop is aimed at those who have no experience of R, and will provide a solid introduction to using it for data analysis by covering how to handle data structures such as vectors, matrices, and data frames. Full details	Add event
14 December 2018	10:00	Global Governance and Enforcement of Competition Law Global Governance and Enforcement of Competition Law in Cross-Border Cases: Theoretical Model and Research Methodology. Full details	Add event
5 December 2018	14:00	Sentiment Analysis/Career as a Data Scientist ASI Data Science utilise artificial intelligence and machine learning techniques in conjunction with large and small data sets in order to provide businesses with a competitive advantage. In this workshop, members of the company will provide an in-depth understanding of sentiment analysis, and how it can identify and categorise opinions from text data in order to understand the attitude of the individual(s) that wrote a piece of text. Full details	Add event
5 December 2018	14:00	Cybersecurity in Relation to the Expropriation of Natural Resources: Insurance and Environmental Law Perspectives Dr Kyriaki Noussia Cybersecurity in Relation to the Expropriation of Natural Resources: Insurance and Environmental Law Perspectives. Full details	Add event
4 December 2018	15:30	Seminar Series - 'From riot police to tweets: How world leaders use social media during contentious politics' Elite communication has the potential to influence public opinion, civil conflict, and diplomatic interactions. However, a comparative study of leaders' public rhetoric has proven elusive due to the difficulties of developing comparable measures across countries and over time. The advent of social media sites, and its widespread adoption by world leaders, offers a unique new source of data to overcome these challenges. Full details	Add event
28 November 2018	14:00	Impact Assessment: The Recipe for a Better Law of Contract? Dr Isabelle Rueda Impact Assessment: The Recipe for a Better Law of Contract?. Full details	Add event
23 November 2018	14:30	Exeter Law School - Lady Hale Guest Lecture 'Life of a Lady Law Lord' Exeter Law School Guest Lecture with Lady Hale, President of The Supreme Court, The Right Hon the Baroness Hale of Richmond DBE: 'Life of a Lady Law Lord' PLEASE NOTE: This event is open to University of Exeter students ONLY. We apologies for any disappointment this may cause. Biography: Brenda Marjorie Hale, Lady Hale of Richmond took up appointment as President of The Supreme Court in September 2017, succeeding Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury. This following her appointment as Deputy President from June 2013. In October 2009 she became the first woman Justice of The Supreme Court. In January 2004, Lady Hale became the United Kingdom’s first woman Lord of Appeal in Ordinary after a varied career as an academic lawyer, law reformer, and judge. After graduating from Cambridge in 1966, she taught law at Manchester University from 1966 to 1984, also qualifying as a barrister and practising for a while at the Manchester Bar. She specialised in Family and Social Welfare law, was founding editor of the Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law, and authored a pioneering case book on ‘The Family, Law and Society’. In 1984 she was the first woman to be appointed to the Law Commission, a statutory body which promotes the reform of the law. Important legislation resulting from the work of her team at the Commission includes the Children Act 1989, the Family Law Act 1996, and the Mental Capacity Act 2005. She also began sitting as an assistant recorder. In 1994 she became a High Court judge, the first to have made her career as an academic and public servant rather than a practising barrister. In 1999 she was the second woman to be promoted to the Court of Appeal, before becoming the first woman Law Lord. She retains her links with the academic world as Visitor of Girton College, Cambridge, and Visiting Professor of Kings College London. She previously served as Chancellor of the University of Bristol. A home maker as well as a judge, she thoroughly enjoyed helping the artists and architects create a new home for The Supreme Court. Full details	Add event
21 November 2018	14:00	Insurance Law Reform—Process, Principles and Pragmatism Mr Peter Tyldesley Insurance Law Reform—Process, Principles and Pragmatism. Full details	Add event
21 November 2018	13:00	CELS and ELS guest seminar: Professor F. Werro (University of Fribourg and Georgetown Law School) "European Private Law - Quo Vadis?" The Centre for European Legal Studies and the European Law Society have a pleasure to invite you to the seminar with our guest speaker: Professor Franz Werro. Full details	Add event
14 November 2018	15:30	Seminar Series - 'Connected networks, wellbeing and the power of representation: Qualitative and quantitative evidence from Facebook and social network data' Full details	Add event
13 November 2018	12:30	Meet the Barrister: Jonathan Ashley-Norman QC A talk from Jonathan Ashley-Norman QC about his career, with a Q&A session about becoming a barrister and life as a barrister. Jonathan is a specialist in corporate crime. Full details	Add event
9 November 2018	12:30	Applying for pupillage workshop with alumnus Tom Windsor, Slaughter and May Exeter Law alumnus Tom Windsor will be running a workshop on applying for pupillage. Come along to get advice on the application process, including what to write in your application, strategies for applying and ask questions about career options for barristers. Full details	Add event
9 November 2018	11:00	CELS research seminar: Guest speaker - Dr Christine Riefa, Brunel University Full details	Add event
7 November 2018	17:30	ESRC Festival of Social Science 2018 The #metoo movement has brought sexual harassment and sexism to the forefront of popular attention. No sector, profession or country, it seems, has been free from this and football and sport is no different. But while it’s clear that the abuse suffered by so many victims must never happen again, it’s not always clear what we can do to make that happen. This is especially the case for men and boys. Football provides powerful role-modelling: how can we harness this to engage men and boys in prevention work?. Full details	Add event
7 November 2018	14:00	Cross-Border Litigation in England and Wales: New Data - Brexit Implications – Preliminary Research Findings Professor Mihail Danov Cross-Border Litigation in England and Wales: New Data - Brexit Implications – Preliminary Research Findings Abstract: The presentation of the relevant preliminary research findings is made within the framework of a pilot study financed by the UoE Centre for Commercial and Corporate Law. The purpose of this pilot study is to measure the expected initial impact of Brexit on parties’ strategies which will in turn have a bearing on the litigants’ access to legal remedies (as well as on settlement dynamics) in cross-border disputes. The newly generated data will enable us to consider the correlation between a possible change in the legal landscape and the parties’ alternative strategies as well as to analyse the relationship between the litigants’ tactics and private parties’ access to justice in cross-border cases before the English and Welsh courts. The pilot study involves also Professor Paul Beaumont and Dr Jayne Holliday from the University of Aberdeen. Subject to the AHRC funding, we are hoping to organise a series of workshops at the Centre for Commercial Law Studies – Queen Mary University of London. Full details	Add event
7 November 2018	13:00	Data Analysis with Python for Social Scientists Building upon the basic introduction offered to Python in workshop 1, this workshop will cover exploratory data analysis, quantitative data analysis, and visualising data in Python. It will also provide an introduction to the major Python packages used in data analysis; including NumPy, Pandas, and Seaborn. Full details	Add event
23 October 2018	18:30	The Judges Are Coming! Careers in the judiciary An insight into modern-day legal careers, from getting started to judicial roles A seminar from 2 full-time judges and former Exeter graduates Chaired by Judge Mark Sutherland Williams LLB (Exon), Resident Judge, Hatton CrossTribunal Hearing Court With Judge Elizabeth Grant LLB (Exon), Hatton Cross Tribunal Hearing Court. Full details	Add event
15 October 2018	11:00	The Tyranny of Distance: Assessing and Explaining the Apparent Decline in U.S. Military Performance This is the first in a series of Q-Step Seminar talks for Autumn 2018. The talk will address the growing sense that U.S. military effectiveness has been on the wane in recent years. Is this the case? If so, what are the reasons for the decay in American combat performance?. Full details	Add event
10 October 2018	13:00	Introduction to Python for Social Scientists Python is increasingly used by social scientists to collect, process and analyse new types of unstructured or semi-structured data, such as online text and social media data. It is an accessible, yet versatile programming language which is also broadly used for data science and machine learning tasks, combining multiple types of data, simulation and visualization. This workshop provides an introduction to basic programming notions in Python, and introduces some of the most useful packages used in social science research. No previous programming experience is required.. Full details	Add event
10 October 2018	9:30	Guest Lecture from Additional Solicitor General P Navadgi of India The Law School are delighted to invite staff and students to attend the guest lecture from Solicitor General P Navadgi.. Full details	Add event
5 October 2018	18:00	Network on Family, Regulation and Society Annual Lecture Updated programme. Reforming Family Law – What Helps and What Hinders? by Professor Liz Trinder, Professor of Socio-Legal Studies, University of Exeter.. Full details	Add event
3 October 2018	13:00	Introduction to Python for Social Scientists Python is increasingly used by social scientists to collect, process and analyse new types of unstructured or semi-structured data, such as online text and social media data. It is an accessible, yet versatile programming language which is also broadly used for data science and machine learning tasks, combining multiple types of data, simulation and visualization. This workshop provides an introduction to basic programming notions in Python, and introduces some of the most useful packages used in social science research. No previous programming experience is required.. Full details	Add event
1 June 2018	14:00	Future Challenges for Autonomous Vehicles Full details	Add event
11 May 2018	14:00	Guest research seminar: Sex discrimination in the workplace: comparative perspective On behalf of the Gender Research Network and the Human Rights and Democracy Forum, we are delighted to invite you to a research seminar on 11 May, entitled ‘Do U.S. federal protections against sex discrimination in the workplace include discrimination against homosexuals, transsexuals, and/or transgender persons? Comparing current U.S. law with U.K. and E.U. law’ Our guest speaker is Carol Daugherty Rasnic, Prof. em. of Labor and International Law, Virginia Commonwealth University USA and Adjunct Professor of law, Regent University School of Law, Virginia USA, Visiting Professor of Law University of Warwick (April-June, 2018) In 2013 and 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court validated homosexual marriages. What might this mean for anti-workplace sex discrimination? The 2015 decision had an immediate effect on 1993 Family and Medical Leave Act coverage. Whether Congress had intended that sex discrimination included homo- or trans-sexual discrimination has split the federal courts. Only one trial level court has found coverage is included, and in January, 2018, the First Circuit Court became the first appellate court to so hold. Some comparative remarks will address British and EU law.. Full details	Add event
2 May 2018	15:30	‘Getting Published in Legal History’ and 'Legal Biography and Transatlantic Archival Sources: seeking the elusive JP Benjamin' The Bracton Centre for Legal History Research will be holding a double session on Wednesday 2 May. First, Professor Chantal Stebbings will be talking about ‘Getting Published in Legal History’ from 3.30-4.30pm. This will be followed by a talk from Professor Catharine Macmillan on 'Legal Biography and Transatlantic Archival Sources: seeking the elusive JP Benjamin' from 5-6pm.. Full details	Add event
27 April 2018	13:00	Hostile Takeovers and Corporate Law in China Professor Ciyun Zhu (Tsinghua University School of Law, China) presents, 'Hostile Takeovers and Corporate Law in China'. Full details	Add event
10 April 2018		Revolutionary Evolution in Charity Talk by Dr Mary Synge: “'Revolutionary Evolution in Charity” in Melbourne, Australia Join alumni in Melbourne to hear from Exeter’s Dr Mary Synge in “Revolutionary Evolution in Charity” on her latest work in Charity Law. The evening will include a talk “Revolutionary Evolution in Charity” by Dr Mary Synge (Associate Professor in Law) who will be visiting Melbourne and has offered to deliver an informal talk to alumni. The talk will outline her latest research and her work setting up a Charity Law network between UK, Australian and Canadian colleagues. There will be an opportunity for questions. The event will also be a fantastic opportunity to meet with other local alumni, reconnect with old classmates and share your memories of Exeter. This event has been kindly organised by volunteers of the Melbourne alumni chapter. Time and venue for this event are due to be released, please visit this page again for updates. Biography: Dr Mary Synge is a graduate of the University of Exeter (Law 1985). Mary began her career working as a Commercial Property Solicitor at Linklaters (London), followed by freelance legal writing, before re-entering academia in 2009. Mary returned to Exeter in April 2016 as Associate Professor in Exeter’s Law School. She still finds it odd to climb the Amory steps and walk into a staff office rather than the Law Library! Connect with your alumni community: Join the Australia Alumni Facebook Page for latest alumni news and events. Have your details changed since you last heard from us? If so, please take a moment to update your details online. Full details	Add event
28 March 2018	13:00	Individualised Criminalisation: The Rise and Rise of the Sexual Offences Prevention Order and the Sexual Harm Prevention Order. Professor Stephen Shute (University of Sussex) presents, Individualised Criminalisation: The Rise and Rise of the Sexual Offences Prevention Order and the Sexual Harm Prevention Order. Full details	Add event
28 March 2018	13:00	Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Professor Stephen Shute (University of Sussex) Criminal Law and Criminal Justice. Full details	Add event
27 March 2018	17:00	The Department of Defense Law of War Manual: An Assessment In 2015, the United States Department of Defense published its long-awaited Law of War Manual. The Manual deserves careful study, as it sets out the position of the Department of Defense on the law of armed conflict, including on some of the most pressing legal challenges and controversies. Full details	Add event
27 March 2018	17:00	The Department of Defense Law of War Manual: An Assessment Air Cdre (retd) Dr William H. Boothby presents, 'The Department of Defense Law of War Manual: An Assessment'. In 2015, the United States Department of Defense published its long-awaited Law of War Manual. The Manual deserves careful study, as it sets out the position of the Department of Defense on the law of armed conflict, including on some of the most pressing legal challenges and controversies. In this lecture, Dr Bill Boothby, one of the leading experts on the law of armed conflict, will draw on his forthcoming commentary on the Manual to offer a personal assessment of the Department's declared view as to the law that regulates the conduct of warfare. Dr David Turns will act as a discussant.. Full details	Add event
22 March 2018	17:30	"Democracy and human rights in a changing constitution" Professor David Feldman, Rouse Ball Professor of English Law, University of Cambridge presents... "Democracy and human rights in a changing constitution" It is a challenging time for both democracy and human rights. Democracy is threatened by foreign interference and domestic attacks on freedom of speech; human rights are politically contentious, and uncomfortable, politically inspired compromises are being made. In the UK, which used to have parliamentary democracy uncontroversially at the constitution's heart, international and domestic pressures are weakening power-centres and making it harder to give effect to important values. To overcome these problems, we need to be clear about core values and must be prepared to stand up to attacks on them. The talk will consider some of the issues which we, as academics and lawyers, have a special responsibility to address for the public good.. Full details	Add event
21 March 2018	13:30	Rethinking Marriage: Theoretical and Policy Challenges The Family Regulation and Society Network and the Gender Research Network are jointly running this interdisciplinary event entitled “Rethinking Marriage: Theoretical and Policy Challenges”. Following presentations from the four speakers, see below, the discussion will centre around theoretical and policy challenges to traditional conceptions of marriage, with speakers from Law, Sociology and Theology whose research interests include feminist and queer theory, gender studies, sexuality and marriage, civil and formalised partnerships, polygamy and the implications of intersex and transgender for theologies of marriage. Full details	Add event
21 March 2018		External speaker: Catharine Macmillan Title tbc. Full details	Add event
20 March 2018	16:00	Victims and the Long History of International Criminal Law: Re-captives and International Abolition Law Full details	Add event
12 March 2018	18:00	Richard Moyes: Deciding How We are Allowed to Kill Each Other: Controlling Weapons in International Law International law places certain limitations on the weapons that can be used in armed conflict. Over recent decades, States have negotiated a number of treaties that prohibit particular categories of weapons. But how do such agreements come about?. Full details	Add event
9 March 2018	17:00	Annual Lasok Lecture by AG Eleanor Sharpston "Quo vadis, civis Europeus?" This year's annual Lasok Lecture will be delivered by Advocate General Eleanor Sharpston on, "Quo vadis, civis Europeus?". Full details	Add event
2 March 2018	16:30	A Topical Development in French Criminal Law: French Anti-Terrorism Law since June 2016 Dr. Anne Donnier presents "A Topical Development in French Criminal Law: French Anti-Terrorism Law since June 2016". On Friday 2nd March, we have the great pleasure to welcome Dr Anne Donnier, from the University of Rennes, who will be presenting the last developments of French anti-terrorism law since June 2016.. Full details	Add event
1 March 2018	17:30	Careers in lobbying and advocacy with Danny Kushlick (Transform Drug Policy Foundation) Join Danny Kushlick (Founder and Head of External Affairs at Transform Drug Policy Foundation) for a workshop focusing on a career in lobbying and advocacy. Transform is a charitable think tank that campaigns for the legal regulation of drugs both in the UK and internationally. Transform aims to educate and inspire policymakers to explore and implement the effective legal regulation of drug markets. Danny will speak about his diverse career and experiences, give an in-depth look into the work of organisations such as Transform, and give his tips on being successful in the industry. There will be a Q&A after the talk, and a drinks reception where you will have the chance to speak to Danny further. Danny Kushlick bio: Danny is the founder of Transform Drug Policy Foundation, which he started in 1996, after working in a variety of jobs in the drugs field. It was his clients' experience that led him to the understanding that prohibition is a social policy catastrophe. He worked for Bristol Drugs Project, the Big Issue Foundation, Bath Area Drugs Advisory Service and the National Association for the Care and Resettlement of Offenders (NACRO). He is now an internationally recognised commentator on drug and drug policy issues, with a unique combination of personal experience and broad, global view. Please ensure that you arrive promptly for the start of this event and that you have your University ID card (UniCard) with you. Your attendance at this appointment/event will be recorded. If you are recorded as absent your ability to book further events and appointments may be temporarily revoked. If you are unable to attend, please cancel your booking as soon as possible. Please see attendance policy at http://www.exeter.ac.uk/careers/exeter/aboutus/policies/. Full details	Add event
28 February 2018	15:00	Prof. Marco Loos presents "Why you should (not) bother to read Terms and Conditions. An interdisciplinary approach to improving readership, trust and understanding of Terms and Conditions" Full details	Add event
22 February 2018	13:30	Law Commercial Awareness workshop with Tozers Solicitors LLP Join Deborah Black and Gráinne Staunton (Partners at Tozers Solicitors LLP) for a workshop focusing on commercial awareness and its importance to Law firms. The session will look at what ‘commercial awareness’ means, why it is important to Law firms, what firms look for in graduates, and how to demonstrate commercial awareness in your applications. Tozers Solicitors LLP is a leading firm of solicitors with offices in Exeter, Teignmouth and Newton Abbot. With 23 partners and over 120 staff Tozers Solicitors LLP offer an extensive legal service to businesses and individuals both locally and nationally.. Full details	Add event
14 February 2018	13:00	Renegotiation of Shipping Contracts in times of hardship Professor Jason Chuah (City University) presents 'Renegotiation of Shipping Contracts in times of hardship'. Full details	Add event
31 January 2018	13:00	Evidential difficulties in the prosecution of domestic violence-related offences: trauma, credibility and the need for reform Dr Charlie Bishop presents, "Evidential difficulties in the prosecution of domestic violence-related offences: trauma, credibility and the need for reform" This paper will outline some of the difficulties encountered in prosecuting domestic violence offences, particularly behaviour that falls under the offence of ‘controlling or coercive behaviour’ which came into force in December 2015. This will include barriers imposed by the long-term effects of trauma, including memory fragmentation and difficulties in recall, and barriers caused by the role gendered expectations play in the commission of much domestic violence. There will be a particular focus on the impact both of these factors have on assessments of witness credibility and reliability. Some suggested reforms to prosecutorial practice will then be outlined, and there will be a discussion of whether memory-processing techniques from Clinical Psychology could be used to alleviate some of the negative impacts trauma has on a witness’s ability to give an account that is coherent, consistent and detailed enough to secure a conviction in the criminal courts.. Full details	Add event
17 January 2018	15:30	Rosemary Auchmuty, ‘Why does feminist legal biography matter?’ Full details	Add event
17 January 2018	15:30	‘Why does feminist legal biography matter’ Professor Rosemary Auchmuty will be visiting Exeter on 17th January to deliver a talk to the Bracton Centre for Legal History Research and the Gender Research Network on the topic of ‘Why does feminist legal biography matter’, 3.30-5pm, in Building One Pearson Teaching Room – a particularly pertinent topic given that 2018 marks the 100th anniversary of women being able to vote and the ongoing debates. Full details	Add event
16 January 2018		The New US National Security Strategy: "Principled Realism"? Where is US foreign policy heading next under President Trump? Join our ECIL Roundtable discussion of the new US National Security Strategy to find out. Full details	Add event
11 December 2017	17:15	JUS COGENS AND INTERNATIONAL CRIMES: MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING? JUS COGENS AND INTERNATIONAL CRIMES: MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING? Professor Robert Cryer Professor Robert Cryer holds a chair in International and Criminal Law at Birmingham Law School. He has lectured and spoken widely at both national and international level, primarily on international criminal law and public international law more generally. In addition to a number of articles and book chapters he is the author of Prosecuting International Crimes: Selectivity and the International Criminal Law Regime (Cambridge: CUP, 2005 (pb 2011)), which discussed the interrelationship of the personal and material jurisdiction of international criminal tribunals. He also has written on war crimes trials in Asia, most notably as the co-author (with Neil Boister) of The Tokyo International Military Tribunal: A Reappraisal (Oxford: OUP, 2008), which has contributed to the renaissance of scholarship on this Tribunal. He is also co-author (with Hakan Friman, Darryl Robinson and Elizabeth Wilmshurst) of the widely used textbook An Introduction to International Criminal Law and Procedure (Cambridge: CUP, 3rd ed,. 2014). He is co-editor of the Journal of Conflict and Security Law and a member of the editorial board of the Journal of International Criminal Justice and is currently working on a number of projects, including a book on the application of international humanitarian law by international criminal tribunals, and other pieces on the sources and history of international law.. Full details	Add event
7 December 2017	12:30	Applying to Law Firms - Planning your strategy Alison Peyton from Aspiring Solicitors will be giving this workshop on how to plan your strategy for applying to law firms, and will focus on: how to develop your commercial awareness; how to confidently navigate the application process, and; hints and tips to help you succeed. Alison is the Universities and Student Liaison Manager at Aspiring Solicitors. Before that, she worked in the graduate recruitment team at Hogan Lovells for over eight years, during which time she screened many applications and interviewed many candidates! Alison will go through what law firms are looking for, and how you can best present yourself throughout the application process. Aspiring Solicitors is an organisation which provides careers assistance and access to the legal profession for students from underrepresented groups. We do this through a variety of different programmes and opportunities, including mentoring and employability schemes, summer skills workshops, open days with law firms, careers advice and mock interview sessions, and a commercial awareness competition. Since the organisation was set up in 2013, our members have secured over 1100 vacation schemes and training contracts. For more information, please visit www.aspiringsolicitors.co.uk.. Full details	Add event
6 December 2017	13:00	Dr Rebecca Helm leads a research seminar on Individual rights in the age of the disappearing trial. As criminal justice systems continue to be overburdened, jury-focused systems across the world are increasingly reliant on the vast majority of defendants pleading guilty rather than exercising their right to a jury trial. Despite this, the legal infrastructure designed to protect defendants is still largely focused on trial by jury. My research identifies challenges to defendant rights in this system, with a focus on wrongful convictions arising from guilty pleas. I examine legal infrastructure in the USA and England and Wales and use empirical data and evidence from relevant cases to critique current regulations and to suggest potential reforms. Full details	Add event
6 December 2017	12:30	How to write a winning application form with Womble Bond Dickenson Join Head of Recruitment Sam Lee, and Trainee Solicitor and Exeter alumna Rae Ahmed from Womble Bond Dickinson for a workshop focusing on how to write a winning law application. Hear what a transatlantic law firm looks for in their applicants and gain hints and tips to make your application standout from the crowd. Full details	Add event
1 December 2017	8:30	Anne Barlow presenting at the 'Empowering European Families' project final conference in Germany Anne Barlow presenting at the 'Empowering European Families' project final conference in Germany. Anne Barlow, Professor of Family Law and Policy, University of Exeter, is a member of the Working Group of the EU-funded project Empowering European Families based at the European Law Institute in Vienna. The Working Group looks at ways to resolve the complex legal position of 'international couples' within the EU when relationships break down or one partner dies. On Friday 1 December, Professor Barlow will be presenting at the project’s final conference at the European Academy of European Law in Trier, Germany. The audience will include European policy-makers, academics and practitioners on the unpredictable position of international cohabiting couples who gain and lose rights as they move across borders in Europe. Full details	Add event
30 November 2017	9:00	Dr Rachel Fenton is a key speaker at the Inside Government's 'Tackling Sexual Violence and Harassment in Higher Education' Exeter Law School's Dr Rachel Fenton is a key speaker at the Inside Government's 'Tackling Sexual Violence and Harassment in Higher Education' conference at the Hallam Conference Centre, 09:00-16:00, Thursday 30 November 2017. Her case study is 'Empowering Students to Pledge to Tackle Violence and Harassment'. More info here: http://ow.ly/q6z030g68TA. Full details	Add event
29 November 2017	15:00	Guest lecture on the Icelandic constitution The Human Rights and Democracy Forum of Exeter Law School (http://socialsciences.exeter.ac.uk/law/research/groups/humanrightsanddemocracyforum/) is delighted to welcome special guest lecture by leading Icelandic constitutional lawyer, Ágúst Thór Árnason, on the topic of "Iceland 1944 – 2016: Founding the republic with a new codified constitution". Iceland went through a process of constitutional reform after its banking crisis and our guest was directly involved in the initial stage of the reform as a member of the 2010 – 2011 Constitutional Committee that draft the first report in this process. Ágúst Thór Árnason is one of the leading figures of Icelandic constitutionalism and works at the University of Akureyri (http://english.unak.is/about/staff-search). He is the co-founder of the Polar Law Program at the University of Akureyri with Prof. Gudmundur Alfredsson. Ágúst Thór Árnason will share his experience as one of the drafters and his analysis of the reform as a constitutional law scholar. The lecture will be followed by a discussion.. Full details	Add event
29 November 2017	15:00	Dead Vermin and Wooden Horses The Bracton Centre for Legal History Research (http://socialsciences.exeter.ac.uk/law/research/groups/legalhistory/) is delighted to invite you to a special guest lecture by Richard Ireland (University of Aberystwyth) on “Dead Vermin and Wooden Horses”. Richard will be exploring the use of “popular” (ie non-official) punishments in nineteenth-century Wales and Devon. He is a brilliant legal historian and immensely entertaining speaker. If you are thinking about taking legal history as an option next year or would just like to learn more about this fascinating topic, do join us!. Full details	Add event
29 November 2017	10:00	Employer Visit to Trowers and Hamlins in Exeter Come and join us for a coffee on Wednesday 29 November 2017 from 10.00 to 12.00 to learn more about what you can expect from a training contract at Trowers & Hamlins in Exeter. Find out about who we are; hear first-hand from our trainees about our graduate recruitment and trainee development programmes; meet our trainees, solicitors and partners; and get a flavour of what it’s like to work at an international law firm in Exeter. Full details	Add event
22 November 2017	13:30	How to apply to Law Grad School Please note we will be discussing LLM studies including international opportunities and how to get funding. Full details	Add event
22 November 2017	13:00	‘Fine words butter no parsnips’: Can the principle of open justice survive the introduction of an online court? Sue Prince will deliver a talk on ‘Fine words butter no parsnips’: Can the principle of open justice survive the introduction of an online court? Many jurisdictions are embracing technology as a potential gatekeeper for new court processes. In order to encourage less reliance on legal aid and free up judicial resource, policy makers are keen to embrace ‘online court’ solutions, and ‘digital by default’ approaches to resolving legal problems. In British Columbia, Canada, for example, the online small claims process has replaced the court building with an end-to-end pathway-style online process which provides legal advice, mediation, and access to an online judge. In the UK, plans are afoot for all civil cases under £25,000 to be referred to an ‘Online Solutions Court’. In the recent case of R (on the application of UNISON) v Lord Chancellor (2017), Lord Reed said that the court is more than a service to the user and that access to the courts is not of value only to the particular individuals involved but is fundamental to the rule of law and society. The question is whether once the institution of the court is not a place or a building, how can we measure whether the service provided to litigants is fair? Will technology change the nature of the legal process so that the traditional vision of the court has to be amended or qualified? This paper will consider whether the principle of open justice can be upheld effectively in this new technological environment. Open justice exists to protect the right of the public to be informed about what happens in the court; both through their ability to attend individual cases and the right of the media to be in the courtroom and to inform more broadly. Open justice has been upheld by the senior judiciary in significant historic cases such as Scott v Scott (1913) and R v Sussex Justices, ex p McCarthy (1924). Open justice is guaranteed as part of the a right to fair trial, such as in Article 6, European Convention on Human Rights: ‘…everyone is entitled to a fair and public hearing…’. The question of openness is therefore essential to the design of the online court.. Full details	Add event
22 November 2017	13:00	The online court and open justice Professor Sue Prince presents, The online court and open justice. Full details	Add event
15 November 2017	13:00	Law Careers Fair 2017 - Sponsored by Michelmores Our annual Law Careers Fair will be held on Wednesday 15th November from 13.00 - 16.00 in the Great Hall, Streatham Campus. The University's Law Careers Fair will have over 70 exhibitors this year including firms seeking to recruit trainee solicitors, institutions, training organisations and barristers' chambers. It's an ideal opportunity to meet with representatives who are keen to attract and hire Exeter students. It is attended by both Law and non-Law students interested in a legal career. No need to book, just turn up! Please find further information and a full list of exhibitors at http://www.exeter.ac.uk/careers/events/careersfairs/lawfair/. Full details	Add event
14 November 2017	11:30	What else can I do with my Law degree? Did you know that 5 years after graduation, law is ranked second in the Russell Group for numbers of students in further study and/or sustained employment? A law degree opens up many career opportunities beyond traditional routes in to the legal profession. Join our careers consultants to have a careers conversation about what other opportunities you can explore. Full details	Add event
10 November 2017	14:00	Guest speaker: Sophia Tang from Newcastle Law School The future of EU-UK Civil Judicial Cooperation after Brexit. Full details	Add event
9 November 2017	10:30	Applying for pupillage workshop The workshop will focus on advice on applying for pupillage, as well as the BPTC and mini-pupillage and will cover what to do/what not to do in terms of writing your application. The workshop will finish with a Q&A session and you will have the opportunity to ask Tom any general questions on the process of becoming a barrister and his own career aspirations in his chosen field. Full details	Add event
8 November 2017	13:00	Blockchain and DLTs in capital markets: Risk, Politics and Regulation Blockchain and DLT in capital markets: risks, politics and regulation Distributed ledger technology (DLT) has the potential to revolutionise securities trading and capital markets. DLT has been used to create virtual currencies (or crypto-currencies) such as Bitcoin and Ethereum and could create an alternative financial services system. It is an innovation that can facilitate peer-to-peer trades, bringing about a democratisation of financial services markets. Such a promise is based on the functionality of the DLT resulting in two changes: de-centralisation and dis-intermediation. To this end, the author investigates how DLT can be applied to the whole-life cycle of securities trade – listing (issuing), trading, clearing, and settlement – currently operated by financial market infrastructure (FMI) providers. The paper attempts to answer the following questions: will DLT bring bout the benefits it promises? Will de-centralisation increase market risks? Will dis-intermediation create more obstacles to securities trades? In particular, the author will assess the securities trading on DLT against systemic risk, market conduct risk, and operational risk to the capital market and consider the appropriate regulatory framework to enhance market integrity, operational safety and investor protection. Key words: DLT, blockchain, capital markets, investor protection, market safety, cyber security, RegTech, Fintech. Full details	Add event
8 November 2017	12:30	How to prepare for the Law Careers Fair The Law Fair is your opportunity to meet and speak to graduate recruiters and find out whether they are the right law firm for you. It's really important to do some research in advance of the fair, so you have a plan of the stands you wish to visit, and think of questions to ask. Once you have struck up your conversation, it's your chance to impress. Look smart and be yourself! If recruiters / trainees take your name or give you their card, follow up with an email and keep the conversation going. If you decide to apply to the firm, make sure you include information about who you met and the impressions you got from them which have influenced your application and be really positive about why that firm made a good impression on you. Find out more about preparing for the Law Fair by attending this workshop. Full details	Add event
25 October 2017	14:00	Perspectives on Work in the Aid and Development industry Join our speaker, Yasamin Alttahir, for an informal discussion on the challenges and opportunities of working in the aid and development sector. You will gain an insight of the practicalities of working across a broad range of jobs that make up the Development industry. Yasamin Alttahir is project manager of a counter ISIS communications project based in Baghdad and has a decade of experience working in the government, NGO and private sectors within the MENA region and beyond.. Full details	Add event
25 October 2017	13:30	Professor Anne Barlow: The Shackleton relationships project The Challenges of Enduring Love and the Shackleton Project Whilst the secret of everlasting love has up until now proved elusive, this alumna-funded empirical research project was set up to consider how the incidence of relationship breakdown could be reduced through better understanding of the ingredients of successful long-lasting relationships alongside the what we know about the common causes of divorce. Using an analytical framework developed from Gottman’s sound relationship house, this project is seeking to understand whether this applies in and beyond marriage. In its last phase, it is seeking to work with school students on how any findings emerging from the project can be engagingly disseminated to older children through an app or game. The paper will also explore the data collection methods adopted and also engage with the challenges of working with untraditional research funding and an interdisciplinary research agenda.. Full details	Add event
23 October 2017	17:00	Dr Ziv Bohrer - Transnational conflicts: A new kind of war? Transnational conflicts- are they new types of armed conflicts? Do they require novel regulation or the existing international humanitarian law is sufficient?. Full details	Add event
20 October 2017	12:00	Matthew Channon: Brexit Implications of Autonomous Vehicles Internal research seminar. Full details	Add event
19 October 2017	18:00	Alumni talk: specialise your career as an in-house lawyer Our panel of Law alumni have reached the top of their professions as in-house lawyers, but how did they get there? Were there any defining moments that guided them on their career paths and what indicators can be identified from their time at university that helped them make career decisions? The careers discussion will explore all these questions as well as give you the opportunity to ask questions about the different specialism our panellists have gone in to. We have two Media specialists so if you are interested in hearing more about this area of law, come along to find out. We also have a finance lawyer. Panel discussion 6pm - 7pm Drinks and networking 7pm - 7:45pm. Full details	Add event
19 October 2017	13:30	How to become a barrister The barrister's profession can seem a little mysterious so this session is designed to clearly lay out the path to becoming a barrister from understanding Inns of Courts to applying for Pupillage. Full details	Add event
16 October 2017	10:30	Introduction to Career Planning for Mature students THIS WORKSHOP IS CANCELLED DUE TO LOW SIGN UP. OUR CAREERS CONSULTANT WILL BE AVAILABLE IN THE ROOM AT THIS TIME FOR ONE TO ONE APPOINTMENTS. PLEASE EMAIL KATE FOSTER K.L.FOSTER@EXETER.AC.UK. Full details	Add event
12 October 2017	12:30	How to become a solicitor In this workshop, you will learn about the step by step process to becoming a solicitor, from application to training contract, including when and how to apply. Full details	Add event
11 October 2017	13:00	Presumed married? With Professor Rebecca Probert Presumed married? Last week the newspapers reported the case of the billionaire property developer seeking to establish that he was never married to the woman he had held out as his wife for 14 years. Counsel for the wife argued that she was ‘entitled to rely on the presumption of marriage and the facts that the parties presented to the world for the totality of the period between 2002 and their separation.’ But how should the court deal with disputes as to whether a marriage ceremony complied with the requirements laid down by law, or even as to whether it took place at all? The conventional answer is that there is a presumption in favour of the validity of a marriage: if there is evidence of a ceremony, it will be presumed that that ceremony was duly performed, while in the absence of direct evidence of any ceremony, the fact that a couple have lived together and been reputed to be married will raise a presumption that they have in fact gone through a valid ceremony of marriage at some point. Yet both the academic literature and judicial decisions display considerable confusion as to precisely what is being presumed, when, and why. In order to chart a route through what has been described as ‘an impenetrable morass’ of case-law, it is necessary to examine the way in which these presumptions have evolved. In the case law of the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries there was no single presumption in favour of marriage but rather a range of different approaches depending on the context of the case. Cohabitation and reputation might provide a defence to a suit for jactitation, confirmation of the marriage in a suit for restitution of conjugal rights, or a reason for caution in annulling a marriage. Evidence that long-deceased parties had lived together and been reputed to be married would be regarded as good evidence that there had been a ceremony for the purposes of establishing a right to administration of an estate, but would have to be weighed against any competing evidence. In the common law courts cohabitation and reputation would be accepted as sufficient evidence of a marriage for their purposes, without impinging on the jurisdiction of the ecclesiastical courts to decide what was and was not valid. In the early years of the nineteenth century these different strands became entwined as jurisdiction over the validity of marriages passed from the ecclesiastical courts to the common law courts and a more rigid doctrine of precedent emerged. The presumption began to be stated in more positive terms, and the House of Lords in Piers v Piers held that it could only be rebutted by clear and positive evidence. It began to be taken for granted that there was a rule that cohabitation and reputation gave rise to a presumption in favour of marriage, and in a number of cases courts seem to have attached more weight to the desirability of the marriage having taken place than to the plausibility of this explanation. During the twentieth century there was relatively little need to invoke the presumption, but it was rediscovered in CAO v Bath in order to confer recognition on a long-standing union where it was unclear whether the requisite formalities had been observed. So the presumption has been used for a variety of different purposes at different times, but what should its role be in the very different conditions of the twenty-first century? Should it merely be an evidential starting point, to be rebutted by clear evidence that there was no marriage, or that the only ceremony did not constitute a legally binding ceremony? Or should it be deployed to prevent individuals disclaiming their marriage and the obligations that go with marital status?. Full details	Add event
26 September 2017	17:00	Welcome/welcome back drinks Hosted by Exeter Law Staff-Student Community. Full details	Add event
27 June 2017		Symposium: Transparency: Where art thou in consumer protection Full details	Add event
22 March 2017	15:30	Careers in International Justice and Human Rights On behalf of the International Law Forum at Exeter Law School and Department of Politics, we are pleased to invite you to an expert panel on careers in International Justice and Human Rights, with drinks reception. Event open to students in the College of Social Sciences and International Studies. Full details	Add event
20 March 2017	16:30	ILF - Denial of humanitarian access during Armed Conflicts Seminar The International Law Forum at Exeter Law School are pleased to invite you to a seminar on: THE CHALLENGES IN APPLYING IHL IN INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL TRIALS - A CASE STUDY OF THE DENIAL OF HUMANITARIAN ACCESS DURING ARMED CONFLICTS. Full details	Add event
15 March 2017	16:30	CELS Lasok Lecture: "Brexit and Human Rights" by Professor Steve Peers We have the pleasure to host Professor Steve Peers (University of Essex) for the CELS annual Lasok Lecture. Prof. Peers is well-known for his comments on the current relation of the UK to the EU following the Brexit vote. His lecture is on the topic "Brexit and Human Rights", addressing such questions as: What effect will Brexit have on the protection of human rights in the UK? Will there be any change relating to equality law, workers' rights and data protection rights? What might change regarding human rights and extradition?. Full details	Add event
6 March 2017	14:00	CELS research seminar - Data sharing and competition law We have the pleasure to host Prof. Rupprecht Podszun (University of Düsseldorf), holder of the Chair for Civil Law, German and European Competition Law at Düsseldorf, where he moved to last year from the University of Bayreuth, and an affiliated research fellow of Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition in Munich. His research focus is on media and IT cases, as well as the interplay of intellectual property and competition law. Full details	Add event
3 March 2017	11:30	A Barrister's perspective on working with tribal communities Gordon Bennett is a human rights lawyer who works closely with Survival International. He recently published an article in the Guardian on the rights of tribal people to hunt. In this talk, Gordon will reflect on his work as a barrister and how his role interacts with other agencies involved in supporting the human rights of indigenous people. This event is designed to give you a flavour of some of the roles and activities involved in working in human rights with indiginous communities. Students from all disciplines are welcome to come and hear Gordon speak and discuss issues of tribal human rights. Full details	Add event
1 March 2017	14:00	Centre for Commercial and Corporate Law Research Seminar Series We are delighted to host two external speakers in the research seminar series of the Centre for Commercial and Corporate Law in the Law School. Jonathan Sacher, (Partner in Berwin Leighton Paisner LLP) will talk about the London (and International) Insurance and Reinsurance Market while Roman Khodykin, (Partner in Berwin Leighton Paisner LLP and Visiting Professor, Clare College Cambridge University) will be speaking on International Arbitration (UK and Russian perspectives). Full details	Add event
13 - 17 February 2017	10:30	SSIS Careers Week 13th - 17th February 2017 If you are in Politics, International Relations, Law, Sociology, Anthropology, Criminology, Philosophy or Arabic & Islamic Studies, you will find the SSIS Careers Week events and drop-ins designed to help at all stages of your career planning. Full details	Add event
8 February 2017	13:30	The University of Law: Step into Law - How To Convert Your Degree The University of Law offer the Graduate Diploma in Law at The University of Exeter.. Full details	Add event
2 February 2017	17:30	The Exeter Brexit Lecture: Practice Meets Legal Analysis The Exeter Brexit Lecture sees three law alumni, one based in Frankfurt and two based in London, returning to campus to give their perspective on the implications of Brexit for their industry.. Full details	Add event
2 February 2017	6:30	Applying for Pupillage workshop Exeter alumni Alex Cisneros (LL.B., 2012) and Maya Chopra (LL.B. 2012) will be visiting campus to run a workshop on making pupillage applications. Alex is currently completing a Public law and human rights pupillage and Maya is a criminal barrister. The workshop will focus on advice on applying for pupillage, as well as the BPTC and mini-pupillage and will cover what to do/what not to do in terms of writing your application. The workshop will finish with a Q&A session and you will have the opportunity to ask Alex and Maya any general questions on the process of becoming a barrister and their own career aspirations in their chosen fields. Full details	Add event
20 January 2017	14:00	ESRC SWDTP Studentships Info Day An afternoon to experience and learn more about what Social Sciences and International Studies Postgraduate Research in Exeter can offer. Full details	Add event
21 December 2016	8:30	A Technological Licensing Framework for 3D Printed Content: A Focus in China Full details	Add event
7 December 2016	13:00	The Reliance of International Commercial Arbitration on State Interference We have a pleasure of welcoming as our guest speaker dr Jaap Baaij, previously Assistant Professor at the University of Amsterdam Faculty of Law, currently JSD candidate at Yale Law School. Full details	Add event
5 December 2016	14:00	Why Hitler saved the judges - on judicial resistance to authoritarian regimes Prof. Hans-Petter Graver, University of Oslo, Faculty of Law and University of Durham, Institute of Advanced Studies. Full details	Add event
5 December 2016	14:00	Prof. Hans-Petter Graver, University of Oslo: "Why Hitler saved the judges - on judicial resistance to authoritarian regimes" Prof. Hans-Petter Graver, University of Oslo, Faculty of Law and University of Durham, Institute of Advanced Studies. Full details	Add event
30 November 2016	17:30	Space Law: The Final (Legal) Frontier? A seminar on the legal framework applicable to military activities in outer space by Wing Commander John Ward (RAF). Full details	Add event
30 November 2016	14:00	Professor Alastair Hudson: The Synthesis of Substantive Law, Regulation and Practice in the Law of Finance Full details	Add event
17 November 2016	13:30	Law firm application form workshop with David Higgins, Freshfields David Higgins, and Exeter Law alumnus, works in London for Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer. His workshop with contain: Timelines for the various options available at Freshfields Training contract. Vacation scheme (for students in their penultimate year at university). Workshops (for students who haven’t yet made up their mind about their career. Workshops last one or two days – they provide a great opportunity to get an inside view of Freshfields). Application forms What the firm looks for in applicants. Highlighting positive ways to ensure an application form get noticed. Giving examples of common mistakes made on application forms. Q&As David would very much like this to be an interactive session. He is very happy to answer any questions not just on Freshfields but also on other law firms and any other aspects of the legal profession. It would therefore be good if the students that attend come prepared with questions they would like to ask him.. Full details	Add event
16 November 2016	15:30	Dr Catherine Caine: "Protecting the Marine Environment in Offshore Renewable Energy: A Push Towards Strategic Assessment" Full details	Add event
16 November 2016	14:00	Dr Aurel Sari: Killing at a Distance: Aerial Targeting and the Right to Life Air power has become integral to the warfighting capability of the British armed forces. According to the UK’s Air and Space Doctrine, air power not only harbours significant strategic potential in its own right, but acts as a ‘force multiplier by enabling and enhancing other military and non-military effects’.. Full details	Add event
16 November 2016	12:30	Barrister Q&A: Ask me Anything! Sophie and Ben are both Exeter alumni and both worked for the CPS prior to joining 9 Kings Bench Walk. The Chamber specialises in high level and general crime, offences of serious violence, child abuse, rape cases and fraud, immigration, particularly those cases linked with criminal charges, traffic and regulatory work. As well as finding out about getting pupillage and tenancy, you can also find out about the Chamber’s mini-pupillage and internship opportunities. About our speakers: Sophie Quinton-Carter graduated in 2012 with an LLB (Maitrise) and attended Kaplan Law School to complete her BPTC. Prior to joining the CPS, Sophie worked for the Financial Ombudsman Service. She joined Chambers in January 2016. Sophie specializes in Crime and Regulatory work. Ben Edwards graduated in 2006 with an LLB, and was called to the Bar in 2007. Ben specializes in Crime and Regulatory work. Ben is currently on a 6-month secondment to the Nursing and Midwifery Council. His previous work for the CPS involved working alongside Treasury Counsel and regularly meeting with the Attorney General and Solicitor General. Full details	Add event
16 November 2016	11:00	Protecting the Marine Environment in Offshore Renewable Energy: A Push Towards Strategic Assessment Dr Catherine Caine - Centre for European Legal Studies Research Seminar. Full details	Add event
15 November 2016	18:30	A Night of Negotiation Join the new group for a night of negotiation followed by a meet and greet at the Ram.. Full details	Add event
15 November 2016	17:00	Consumer Law Society The next meeting of the Consumer Law Society will explore the link between consumer & environment protection.. Full details	Add event
14 November 2016	18:00	Golden Threads and Pragmatic Patches: Fairness in Criminal Justice - Lecture 2: Righting Criminal Justice, Delivered by Dame Sian Elias, Chief Justice of New Zealand as part of the Hamlyn Lecture Series. Full details	Add event
9 November 2016	13:30	How to Prepare for the Law Fair This session will provide a basic introduction to the purpose of the Exeter Law Fair and offer some useful information and advice on making the most of the law fair and interacting with the law firms and other exhibitors attending. Please sign up to attend on My Career Zone. Full details	Add event
8 November 2016	13:30	Graduate Careers in Local Government The National Graduate Development Programme (NGDP) is a two-year graduate management development programme for individuals who want to make a difference. We train high-calibre managers who can influence and implement the huge change programme facing local government. Full details	Add event
2 November 2016	13:30	How to apply to a top city law firm - with Herbert Smith Freehills In this session Exeter alumni / recruitment specialists from Herbert Smith Freehills with give you tips and guidance on applying to a commercial law firm. In this session Exeter alumni / recruitment specialists from Herbert Smith Freehills with give you tips and guidance on applying to a commercial law firm; how to plan and prepare applications and balance prioritising with academic work, be resilient and adaptable when dealing with setbacks and give advice on how to present yourself in applications. Please come prepared to discuss questions about your own applications. Full details	Add event
28 October 2016	11:00	Dr Adam McCann: "A funding proposal on: End of life medical decision in Europe - comparing practice and policy" Full details	Add event
20 October 2016	12:30	Law firm application form workshop with Lara Moore, Ashfords Lara Moore works in Exeter for Ashfords. You can read more about Lara here http://www.ashfords.co.uk/lara-moore/ Ashfords is a regional law firm with offices in London and across the South West. In this workshop, you will be given the chance to work on your own style of writing, gain an understanding of the do's and don'ts of application form writing, and have the opportunity to ask questions about what it's like working for a large regional law firm. Full details	Add event
18 October 2016	17:30	Alternative Careers for Law Students Our panellists have all followed an alternative career with their law degree. Come along to hear how they have used their degree in their career path and any advice for getting into their sector. The talk will include a Q&A session. This is a great opportunity to start exploring your options. The panel discussion will be followed by drinks and networking. Please sign up for this event on My Career Zone. Full details	Add event
17 October 2016	17:30	Behind the Barbed Wire. The Hidden Lives of Refugees in the EU 'Hotspot' Detention Camp on the Greek Island of Lesbos Building on their practical experience in the field, the speakers will share their impressions and knowledge of the current situation of refugees in Lesbos with the support of photographs taken during several visits to this detention camp. Full details	Add event
13 October 2016	17:30	Dr Kyriaki Patsianta: The Current Position of Migrant Children in Greece According to the UNICEF, more than one in five migrants arriving in Europe in 2015 were children. An important number of these children are currently stranded in Greece. During this presentation, Dr Kyriaki Patsianta will share her experiences and views with you about the current situation of these children in Greece, building on her work in the field. Full details	Add event
12 October 2016	17:00	Consumer Law Society Come join us for a discussion of privacy issues and how best to regulate data protection. Full details	Add event
12 October 2016	14:00	Dr Joseph Lee: Synergies, Risks and Regulation of Stock Exchange Interconnections Full details	Add event
12 October 2016	13:30	How to apply to Law Grad School In this sessions we will be looking at the range of exciting LLMs available worldwide, many of which have seen successful Exeter graduates get on to. We will look at how to get organised and tackle applications as well as the decision making process about what to do and where. Please note: this is not about the LPC or BPTC but LLM programmes. Please sign up on My Career Zone. Full details	Add event
5 October 2016	13:30	How to become a barrister We shall cover all the basic steps from joining an Inn of Court to applying for pupillage. Please sign up for this event on My Career Zone. Full details	Add event
29 September 2016	16:30	The Law on Data - exploring a career in this specialist area of law Travers Smith provides data protection advice to clients in a diverse range of sectors, covering retail, financial services, online start- ups, pension funds and insurance. This regularly involves giving advice in relation to data protection audit and policy work, online privacy policies, data collection and exploitation, information security breaches and international data transfers. Recent work includes advising: Office in relation to a data security incident; Shazam on obtaining and using geo-tracking data; and A number of financial institutions and private equity houses on their international transfers of data. Our speakers will provide insights in to this complex area of work and you will have the opportunity to ask questions about law and data.. Full details	Add event
28 September 2016	13:30	How to become a solicitor We shall cover all the basic steps from application to training contract, including when and how to apply. Please sign up on My Career Zone. Full details	Add event
26 September 2016	18:30	2016-17 Legal Assistance Programme (LAP) options are here! Interested in applying? 26 Sept 6.30pm Newman Blue LT.. Full details	Add event
23 - 24 June 2016		Budapest conference: European Constitutional Democracy in Peril - People, Principles, Institutions Full details	Add event
21 - 23 June 2016		The International Law of Military Operations: Mapping the Field A conference convened by the International Society for Military Law and the Law of War and the University of Exeter. Full details	Add event
3 June 2016	14:30	Speaker Prof. Elisabeth Lambert Abdelgawad: The Economic Crisis and the Evolution of the System Based on the ECHR: Is There Any Correlation? Full details	Add event
28 April 2016	17:00	2016 Lasok Lecture 21st Century European Civil Justice; Looking for the view from the Hedgehogs. Full details	Add event
12 April 2016	16:00	FootAnstey Open Day - Sign up required Come along to our open evening and meet us; partners, lawyers and trainees. We'll be holding talks and sharing as much information as possible about what it is like to train and become a lawyer at one of the fastest growing law firms in the UK. To sign up, please email your name and current course to jenna.wickham@footanstey.com. Full details	Add event
10 March 2016	18:00	Exeter Student Law Review Employability Skills Evening This is an excellent insight opportunity for those intending to find out more about a firm's professional expectations from trainees and vacation scheme students. Full details	Add event
9 March 2016	15:00	Webblocking in the UK and Beyond Exeter Law Research Seminar Speaker Dr Mark Hyland, University of Bangor. Full details	Add event
9 March 2016	13:30	The University of Law Mock Assessment Centre A session dedicated to preparing Exeter University students for the demands of an assessment centre whilst further enhancing their readiness for the workplace. Queens Building LT7.2. Full details	Add event
2 March 2016	13:30	Applying for the BPTC with the University of Law Speaker:- Charlotte Baker – BPTC Consultant, University of Law. Objective:- Information for students interested in applying for the bar – specifically gaining pupillage. Method:- The session utilises real pupillage application forms and interviews conducted between barristers and soon-to-be pupils to give students a realistic insight into the process (further details are contained in the information document attached).. Full details	Add event
25 February 2016	18:15	Women in Law Speaker Event A speaker event with Exeter Women in Business Society, Bracton Law Society, Exeter European Law Society and Women & Law Exeter. Full details	Add event
25 February 2016	15:00	Cybersecurity Regulation As A New Generation of Trade Barrier? Challenges for the WTO Professor Zhixiong Huang of the University of Wuhan (China) will deliver a paper at the research seminar in Peter Chalk 2.3, next Thursday 25 Feb, 3pm. Full details	Add event
15 February 2016	17:30	Speaker Exeter Alumnus Marcus Harling - 'How we built the Forum' Exeter Law School have an exciting opportunity for Law students to hear from the Head of Construction and Engineering at Burges Salmon, Marcus Harling (Exeter Alumus, 1982), who was involved with the construction of Exeter University’s ‘Forum’ building.. Full details	Add event
3 February 2016	15:00	Christina Walton: Politics and Charity Law Law School Research Seminar. Speaker Miss Christina Walton. Full details	Add event
3 February 2016	12:30	Careers in the EU - Employer Presentation Paul Kaye, London Office of the European Commission will be giving a talk on EU careers. He will provide information on where an EU career can lead, why it will be a fulfilling career choice, what involves and who they are looking to employ. He will also provide a very clear outline of the application process and the selection procedure, leading you straight into your career at the EU!. Full details	Add event
29 January 2016	12:00	Lord Neuberger's visit to Exeter University Lord Neuberger has requested an informal visit to the Law School primarily so that he may meet our students, he will be giving a short talk and will be hosting a Q & A session with students. Full details	Add event
2 December 2015	15:00	Done without doing - reconciling corporate responsibility theory and practice Exeter Law School Research Seminar: Done without doing- reconciling corporate responsibility theory and practice, Speaker Dr Luke Price. Full details	Add event
26 November 2015	17:00	Careers with regional law firms: find out more with Stephens Scown Are you interested in becoming a solicitor? Do you want to find out what it is like training with and working for one of the largest firms in the South West? Join trainees and the graduate recruitment team at the Exeter office of Stephens Scown. Full details	Add event
25 November 2015	15:00	Information regulation and quantum paradox: Speaker Dr James Griffin, Exeter Law School The School of Law of the University of Exeter organises research seminar series. The seminars are open to staff, researchers, postgraduate students and the university’s stakeholders. The aims of the seminar series are to stimulate intellectual discussion, provoke thoughts, engage in the debate of current issues, and disseminate research findings. Exeter Law School research seminar series is convened by Dr Joseph Lee, Senior Lecturer in Law. If you are interested in attending any of the seminars, please contact Dr Joseph Lee at j.lee@exeter.ac.uk. Full details	Add event
18 November 2015	12:30	How to become a Barrister Alex was called to the Bar in 2007 and specialises in the law of international organisations (e.g., the UN, the World Bank and the IMF). He studied at Exeter University (2002-2005) on the double-diplôme (LLB European (French)) and spent a year in Rennes (2005-2006) for his Master 1. Alex will talk through the first steps to becoming a barrister and discuss his own career specialism in Public International law. Full details	Add event
12 November 2015	17:30	Women in the law, discussion and networking Hear from a wide range of women who have made it to the top of their profession and gain an insight into the challenges they faced along the way but also the value of choosing such a career path. Networking drinks will follow this event from 7pm. Full details	Add event
9 November 2015	13:30	BT Legal Commercial Awareness workshop and in-house careers presentation Our talk is aimed at students who want to understand more about commercial awareness and who are curious about embarking on a legal career in-house. This unique presentation offers an ideal opportunity for students to find out what it’s like to train as an in-house trainee solicitor. You’ll hear from some of our current trainees who will discuss: •their experiences as an in-house trainee and their honest opinions on why they chose to pursue a career in-house •the latest recruitment hot topic: “commercial awareness”, including what it is and how you can start to demonstrate you have it. The talk includes a few case studies to bring the topic to life •the BT Legal Training Contract, including how to apply and some handy tips to make your application stand out The presenters will be welcoming any questions you may have following the presentation.. Full details	Add event
4 November 2015	15:00	Banking in post-World War Two Britain: Speaker Mr Mark Billings, Exeter Business School The School of Law of the University of Exeter organises research seminar series. The seminars are open to staff, researchers, postgraduate students and the university’s stakeholders. The aims of the seminar series are to stimulate intellectual discussion, provoke thoughts, engage in the debate of current issues, and disseminate research findings. Exeter Law School research seminar series is convened by Dr Joseph Lee, Senior Lecturer in Law. If you are interested in attending any of the seminars, please contact Dr Joseph Lee at j.lee@exeter.ac.uk. Full details	Add event
2 November 2015	16:00	An International Law Career - Andrew Stott, Olswang, Singapore: with interactive law & data session An International Law Career with interactive workshop. Andrew Stott (Law Alumnus) will give students an insight into tackling 21st century legal problems involving data, or as he calls it “Chasing the Unicorn – creating the next billion dollar start-up: a case study of the legal and commercial issues involved in launching a disruptor app” Andrew will also discuss how he developed an international law career working in the US and Asia. Andrew Stott, University of Exeter LLB., 2000, Dip. Legal Practice,2002. Andrew has been with Olswang since 2002 and advises companies, financial institutions and individuals on international public and private M&A, investment deals and strategic joint ventures. Andrew has particular experience in working on multi-jurisdiction transactions across Europe, North America and Asia and spent part of his career based in New York. Full details	Add event
28 October 2015	13:00	Ask a Law Trainee Anything Hear from a panel of trainee solicitors working in a range of teams from Education to Property Litigation and gain an insight from those recently new in the industry. This is the chance to reflect on your first few weeks at University and ask any career related questions you want answering!. Full details	Add event
21 October 2015	15:00	Buddhist Ethics: Why behave? Academic Research Seminar, Speaker Dr Nathan Tamblyn, Exeter Law School. Full details	Add event
1 October 2015	13:30	Travers Smith: Ask me anything about M&A and working for a commercial law firm Ask me anything about M&A and working for a commercial law firm! Interested in these areas of law but want to find out more? Here's your opportunity to grill two individuals from Travers Smith about what the work is like and involves. Full details	Add event
4 - 5 June 2015		Heraldry and Piracy: The Courts of Chivalry and Admirality in Later Medieval England and France Complementing the current Leverhulme funded project ‘Law and Arms: the Medieval English Court of Chivalry’, this symposium aims to bring together scholars and those from beyond the academic community interested in broadening this under-researched field. Full details	Add event
29 April 2015	17:00	Lasok Law Lecture This year’s Lasok lecture will be given by Professor Norbert Reich and is entitled "EU Citizenship - Progressive Concept or Regressive Failure?”. Full details	Add event
25 March 2015	11:00	Treaty Interpretation in Recent Case Law - by Dr Lawrence Hill-Cawthorne He has recently completed his DPhil in Oxford, on the topic of 'International Law and the Procedural Regulation of Internment in Non-International Armed Conflict'. He was previously a Graduate Teaching Assistant in Public International Law for the Law Faculty in Oxford and a Stipendiary Lecturer and Director of Studies in Law at Merton College, for which he taught the undergraduate course in trusts law. Other previous positions include British Research Council Fellow at the John W Kluge Center, Library of Congress, Washington DC, Convenor of the Oxford Public International Law Discussion Group, and Treasurer & Member of the Executive Committee of Oxford Pro Bono Publico. Lawrence's research interests cut across a number of topics within public international law, and his recent work has focused on international humanitarian law, international human rights law and international criminal law. He is especially interested in the relationship of these different areas to general international law. He is currently finalising a monograph entitled Detention in Non-International Armed Conflict to be published in 2015 by Oxford University Press.. Full details	Add event
5 March 2015	16:00	The Concept of Surrender in International Humanitarian Law - Dr Russell Buchan Senior Lecturer in International Law at Sheffield This talk forms part of an on-going seminar series entitled 'Axis of Protection: Human Rights in International Law'. This series is jointly convened by the Universities of Exeter, Oxford and Reading. It provides an opportunity for scholars to engage in discussion of contemporary and challenging issues concerning the protection of human rights in international law, with emphasis on human rights law, international humanitarian law and international refugee law. At each meeting, a paper is presented for 30-40 minutes, followed by a formal response and discussion. Meetings alternate each term between the three host institutions. Seminars are open to staff and students of the participating universities. Recent speakers include Professor Malcolm Evans (Bristol), Emanuela Gillard (ELAC, Oxford), Dr Jure Vidmar (Oxford), Professor Susan Breau (Reading) and Professor Michael Schmitt (Exeter and US Naval War College). The convenors of the series are Lawrence Hill-Cawthorne and Ruvi Ziegler (Reading), Kubo Mačák (Exeter) and Janina Dill (Oxford). Full details	Add event
2 March 2015	15:00	TBC Exeter Research Seminar Speaker Prof Amandine Garde, University of Liverpool. Full details	Add event
2 March 2015	13:00	How to solve a company / commercial legal problem workshop Understanding how commercial lawyers operate is one of the qualities that will “set you apart” from other candidates when writing law firm applications and at interview. If you would like to gain greater insight in to how to answer a typical application form “killer” question: “What attracts you to a career in commercial law and why do you feel your skills suit this career?”* Or “What key skills do you believe are necessary to become a successful commercial solicitor?”, then this is the session for you. By gaining first-hand experience of looking at and working on a typical commercial legal problem, you will be able to identify the skills required to pursue a successful career in commercial law. The session will be led by Henry Maples, Associate Solicitor at the commercial law firm Murrell Associates. You will be presented with background materials in advance of the workshop and during the workshop have time to analyse the issues and discuss solutions. Please register for the event on My Career Zone. Advance registration is required in order for us to supply you with the materials by email in advance. Both law and non-law students are welcome to join in the session which will be both informative and fun – only a passion for commercial law is required, no previous knowledge! real questions from real application forms.. Full details	Add event
23 February 2015	13:00	Government Legal Careers - a panel discussion and networking Hear from representatives from the Government Legal Services (GLS), a Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) pupil barrister and a researcher for the Ministry of Justice about pursuing a law-related career in the Government. From 2.30 - 3.30pm there is a networking cream tea. Full details	Add event
18 February 2015	14:00	There's more to Law There's More to Law features alumni who studied law but chose to pursue careers outside the legal sector. It will demonstrate how the skills from a law degree can be transferred in to other sectors. Full details	Add event
23 January 2015	13:00	Barristers Workshop with Essex Court Chambers Jess will be joined by two of their newest recruits, Helen Morton and Stuart Cribb. The session will open with a talk covering the life of a junior commercial barrister and the applications process both for Essex Court Chambers. A moot will be demonstrated, based on a contractual problem. We will of course be happy to answer any questions, either formally or informally during the course of the session. Full details	Add event
3 December 2014	16:00	Dr Joseph Lee, University of Exeter: An understanding of Japanese takeover law and practices Full details	Add event
26 November 2014	16:00	Dr Lyn Tjon Soei Len, University of Amsterdam: Accommodation, Toleration and Contractual Immorality Full details	Add event
13 November 2014	13:00	BT Legal Commercial Awareness workshop and in-house careers presentation This unique presentation offers an ideal opportunity for students to find out what it’s like to train as an in-house trainee solicitor. You’ll hear from some of our current trainees who will discuss: •their experiences as an in-house trainee and their honest opinions on why they chose to pursue a career in-house •the latest recruitment hot topic: “commercial awareness”, including what it is and how you can start to demonstrate you have it. The talk includes a few case studies to bring the topic to life •the BT Legal Training Contract, including how to apply and some handy tips to make your application stand out The presenters will be welcoming any questions you may have following the presentation. Sign up on My Career Zone http://ex.ac.uk/Ah. Full details	Add event
12 November 2014	16:00	Professor Nick Barber, University of Oxford: Parliamentary Sovereignty Full details	Add event
29 October 2014	11:00	Law Panel Event - Ask a trainee with Michelmores Find out about why our panellists choose a regional firm, about the work they do, how the found the application process and much more. Our panellists: Kieran Van Bussel - Kieran is a trainee, and joined Michelmores in September 2013. Kieran graduated from the University of the West of England with a 1st class degree in Criminology and Psychology, before taking his GDL. Holly Dobbins - Holly worked in retail management before returning to university to study a condensed two-year LLB at Cardiff, achieving her second first class degree in 2011. She is now an active member of Michelmores' Energy & Renewables team. Lola Becker - Lola is a solicitor in the Clinical Negligence team. Lola acts for clients on a number of varied claims as well as assisting Clinical Negligence partner Bernadette McGhie on particularly complex, high value claims.. Full details	Add event
22 October 2014	16:00	Dr Oliver Gerstenberg: The Justiciability of Socioeconomic Rights, European Solidarity, and the Role of the Court of Justice of the EU. Full details	Add event
15 October 2014	16:15	Specialisms in Law - a discussion panel This panel will explore the decision-making processes that are essential in building a career in the legal profession. How and when do you decide what to do? What sorts of opportunities present themselves along the way? If you are thinking about a career in Law and want to find out more about the different paths, come along to this event, meet and network with our distinguished panel at a drinks reception which will follow the discussion.Alumni guests:Emma Price (Politics 2004) - Barrister, Temple Garden Chambers. Claire Tollefson (Law 2006) Family Solicitor, Cripps Harries Hall, Carl Steele, Partner and Registered trademark attorney, Ashfords, Nathan Willmott, Partner and Head of Commercial Dispute Resolution Group. This event will be followed by drinks and networking. Full details	Add event
15 October 2014	15:30	Mr Peter Robinson: Radovan Karadzic and the Right (or Folly) of Self-Representation Full details	Add event
6 October 2014	13:00	Setting your expectations and planning your law firm applications Writing an application for a law firm can be a stressful procedure which takes time and effort. Caroline Lindner, the Trainee Recruitment Manager at Norton Rose Fulbright, is leading this session which will help you with your initial preparation, and to understand what to expect before you start writing your applications.Sign up on My Career Zone for this event to count towards the Exeter Award. http://ex.ac.uk/7d. Full details	Add event
1 October 2014	16:00	Professor Anne Barlow: Mapping Paths to Family Justice Full details	Add event
20 June 2014		Thinking about a career in teaching: PGCE taster day Full details	Add event
10 March 2014	17:30	Becoming a Barrister Simon is a Criminal Law barrister. He will talk about what life is like at the Criminal bar. The discussion will also centre on what it takes to become a barrister, looking at what qualities and attributes are in demand for the barristers of the future. Simon will answer your questions on the practical issues which may be on applying to Inns of Courts or about planning for achieving Pupillage.This will be an informal session and we encourage you to bring along questions and discussion points. Full details	Add event
15 November 2013	12:00	Preparing for Interview with Michelmores This is one of our most requested events. If you are making applications now for training contracts and vacation schemes, and need to know more about the interview process, come along. In this session we will cover: What is the function of an interview? What are interviewers looking for? What are the dos and don'ts in an interview situation? How can you prepare for an interview - why a mock interview is a good practice activity? How the Careers Service can help / what else you can do?. Full details	Add event
8 November 2013	14:00	Law School 90th Anniversary Celebration In celebration of 90 years of first class legal education at the University of Exeter, this event will feature an afternoon of activities showcasing the breadth of research, education and student engagement activities in the Law School, followed by a guest lecture delivered by Supreme Court Justice, Lord Clarke of Stone-cum-Ebony. Full details	Add event
6 November 2013	12:30	The legal practice course and paths to qualification as a solicitor: your questions answered Your pathways to qualification are likely to increase, following on from the LETR (Legal Education Training Review). If you are considering doing the LPC upon graduation but want to know about how you might qualify as a solicitor authorised to practise in England and Wales then do attend this session.Our speaker is Maggie Hemsworth who is an Associate Professor at Plymouth University, the LPC Programme Manager/Director of the LPC with 20 years experience in delivery of the LPC. Maggie was formally a litigation solicitor and has worked in London and in the South West. She also acts as an SRA- appointed external examiner and so has an extensive knowledge of the LPC. Full details	Add event
24 October 2013	13:00	Developing Commercial Awareness for Lawyers Hosted by the College of Law If you are interested in a career in law and want the opportunity to practice your skills and enhance your employability, attend this Commercial Awareness workshop, which will be delivered by Kerry James, Head of The College of Law in Bristol. This stimulating workshop focuses on a lawyers role within a business deal to give you an understanding of what commercial awareness means how law firms manage clients and what's important to clients! Its interactive and fun and it will help you to answer those difficult questions on application forms for training contracts. Full details	Add event
16 October 2013	12:00	Careers with the Government Legal Service Whether the Government is creating new legislation, procuring goods and services, employing people or defending its decisions in court, it needs significant levels of legal advice. To carry out this work, the Government needs its own lawyers who understand its business. The GLS comprises 2000 lawyers working in the legal teams of 30 Departments of State and other Government organizations. GLS lawyers advise Ministers and officials on their powers and responsibilities litigate on their behalf and ensure that official decisions comply with the law.Its a terrific responsibility.As a legal trainee in the GLS, its a responsibility you could share.Steven Richards (Department for Business, Innovation and Skills) will provide an insight into the work of the GLS, its lawyers and the recruitment process for its legal trainee scheme. Steven is an alumnus of the University of Exeter and joined the GLS as a legal trainee. Since qualifying as a solicitor, Steven has worked in a number of legal roles within BIS and currently advises on legal matters relating to higher and vocational education.. Full details	Add event
10 - 11 May 2013		The SSIS Annual Postgraduate Research Conference On Friday 10th and Saturday 11th May the SSIS Annual Postgraduate Research Conference will be held. The event will bring PGR students from across the college together to discuss their current research. Full details	Add event
9 May 2013	13:30	Annual SSIS Research Methods Festival The Annual College of Social Sciences and International Studies Research Methods Festival has been designed to complement the PGR research seminar training sessions which take place across the academic year. The event aims to introduce delegates to a range of contemporary research projects and methodological issues and to allow students further exploration and discussion of research related issues. Our keynote speaker for the event will be Professor Gaby Weiner, who will be speaking about her recently published text: Deconstructing and Reconstructing Lives. The event will end with a mock viva, which will enable students an insight into this process of examination. A drinks reception will also be held after this session. Full details	Add event
15 April 2013	11:00	The Humanitarian Side of Statelessness: Statelessness within the Framework of the Millennium Development Goals This seminar will be of particular interest to students studying human rights, general public international law, forced displacement and international development. Jason Tucker is a noted scholar in the field of statelessness and international development. Full details	Add event
27 March 2013	11:00	Squat or Rot*? The Changing Architectures of Property, Land and Law This seminar has been put together at a timely juncture to interrogate the changing landscapes of property and law within legislation, within buildings, within history, within configurations of space and time, and to highlight the importance of questioning the shaky scaffolding of property rights as a whole.. Full details	Add event
20 March 2013	18:30	Barrister's Evening with Lincoln's Inn This year our barristers evening is being hosted by Lincolns Inn. The evening will comprise of a short talk by the Deputy Under Treasurer on the role of the Inns of Court, and some brief speeches from barristers about their own experiences and career paths.There will be wine and nibbles for networking with some local barristers from Lincolns Inn. This event is open to anyone interested in a career at the Bar. Full details	Add event
15 March 2013	14:15	LLM Discussion Panel The professional networking group of Exeter alumni (http://socialsciences.exeter.ac.uk/law/business-alumni/alumni/llmexeterclub/) will be holding their annual conference in Exeter and taking part in a panel discussion which will offer you insight into their current careers, their journeys since graduating from Exeter and a chance to gain valuable career tips from those in the know. The discussion is followed by a networking opportunity. Full details	Add event
14 March 2013		The 35th Annual Lasok Lecture at the Centre for European Legal Studies (CELS), Full details	Add event
12 March 2013		The Wainwright Walk The second annual Wainwright Walk will take place on 12th March 2013, starting at the University of Exeter campus.. Full details	Add event
11 March 2013		The Tallinn Manual on the International Law Applicable to Cyber Warfare. Professor Michael Schmitt This presentation will describe the process that led to the preparation of the "Tallinn Manual" by 20 distinguished international law scholars and practitioners between 2009 and 2013. The project was sponsored by the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defense Center of Excellence, based in Tallinn, Estonia. Professor Schmitt, who served as Project Director, will also discuss those issues that caused the International Group of Experts particular problems with respect to applying the law of armed conflict to cyber operations. Full details	Add event
19 February 2013	15:15	Ae fond kiss: a private matter? A lecture about the law of privacy given by Hector L MacQueen, Professor of Private Law, Edinburgh Law School. Full details	Add event
18 February 2013	19:00	The Lawyer, Ethics and Popular Culture : Legal Heroes and Practising Villains by Craig Newbery-Jones Full details	Add event
9 February 2013		EU Studies Fair 2013 Colleagues from the University of Exeter will be attending the EU Studies Fair next month in Brussels. Full details	Add event
30 January 2013	14:00	Employer presentation: EU careers talk for social scientists John Evans, London Office of the European Commission will be giving a talk on EU careers. He will provide information on where an EU career can lead, why it will be a fulfilling career choice, what it involves and who they are looking to employ. He will also provide a very clear outline of the application process and the selection procedure, leading you straight into your career at the EU!. Full details	Add event
13 December 2012	12:00	Lunch and Learn at Slaughter and May This is a free event, however it is strictly invite only and limited to University of Exeter Law graduates of the last 10 years. Places will be allocated on a first come first served basis. Full details	Add event
29 November 2012	18:00	Bracton Law lecture: The Challenges of EU Law for Government In November the Law School will welcome the Attorney General Dominic Grieve QC MP to deliver the Bracton Law Lecture. Full details	Add event
21 November 2012	13:00	Understanding Business for Social Scientists We show how social sciences students can demonstrate business acumen to employers. Business awareness applies to a variety of careers- even teachers need commercial awareness! This session will provide the tools to enable you to discuss your understanding of business more confidently at interview. This event is part of a series of talks delivered by the Careers team in the College of Social Sciences and International studies. Full details	Add event
15 November 2012	12:00	How to make a good impression with your application form to a law firm Anup Vithlani, Graduate Recruitment Manager for Trowers and Hamlins will run through his "do's" and "don'ts" with application form writing.Trowers and Hamlins is an international law firm with offices in the UK, Middle East and South East Asia. See http://www.trowers.com/careers/students/ for information about their graduate recruitment schemes.Trowers and Hamlins are keen to meet Exeter students at this event to discuss recruitment to the firm. Following on from this talk, Anup will be available for around 45 minutes in the Institute of Arab and Islamic studies to discuss their graduate training schemes. You may be interested to know that the training contracts available in their Manchester and Exeter offices both involve working in the Middle East. Full details	Add event
13 November 2012	18:15	The Rt Hon Jack Straw MP - the Human Rights Act and Europe The Rt Hon Jack Straw MP will deliver the second of the 2012 Hamlyn Lecture series on the Human Rights Act and Europe. Full details	Add event
31 October 2012	13:00	Commercial Awareness for Lawyers Julies presentation covers everything a budding lawyer needs to know about how to talk about commercial awareness at interview with confidence. This is the third year Julie has delivered this presentation exclusively for us and she is one of our most popular speakers.. Full details	Add event
24 October 2012	12:00	What job would suit me? Careers consultant Tom McAndrew will talk through how you can find out what your strengths and weaknesses are, what skills and attributes you possess and how you can match them to potential careers. This event is part of a series of talks delivered by the Careers team in the College of Social Sciences and International studies.. Full details	Add event
16 October 2012	13:00	What Career can I do with a Social Sciences Degree? Careers consultant Tom McAndrew will run through some of the ways you can research careers, find out what may suit you. This talk is aimed at penultimate and final year social sciences students - especially if you have no idea what you want to do! Materials will also be available. This event is part of a series of talks delivered by the Careers team in the College of Social Sciences and International studies.. Full details	Add event
12 October 2012	12:00	Law Alumni Guest lecture and practical case study on working with Private Clients A presentation on working with private clients in law. Full details	Add event
10 October 2012	15:00	Professor Richard Bellamy - The Democratic Legitimacy of International Human Rights Conventions: Professor Richard Bellamy is a Professor of Political Science and Director of the European Institute, University College London; Visiting Fellow, University of Exeter. Full details	Add event
25 May 2012	17:00	34th Annual Lasok Lecture - 'Balancing Fundamental Rights in European Law' Professor Allan Rosas, Judge at the Court of Justice of the European Union will give the 2012 Lasok Lecture. Full details	Add event
2 March 2012	15:00	Alternative Careers for Law Students Full details	Add event
7 February 2012	17:00	Law Alumni Careers Panel The evening will begin with a short presentation by each panel member of what influenced his or her personal decision as to the career path to follow and what he or she perceives as the relative advantages of the selected career. There will then be an interactive discussion between panel members (moderated by Steve Edge) and an opportunity for members of the audience to pose questions and participate in the discussion. Full details	Add event
19 January 2012	17:30	Public Rights in Copyright: What makes up the public domain? A lecture by Professor Graham Greenleaf, University of New South Wales, Australia. With free food and wine reception afterwards. Full details	Add event