Events

This conference will assess different models of secured transactions law reform, the impact on other areas of law, and specific problematic asset classes.

Vera Baird is a criminal law QC, was a Member of Parliament and Minister in the Labour government and was in 2007 - she will present at this event.

Professor Rita de la Feria will be speaking about VAT fraud across Europe.

Alan Gregory will come to speak about gothic fiction and disability.

In this short lecture Amy Heading, UK and Nordic Countries Pro Bono Director for DLA Piper, will trace the history of pro bono in the legal services sector.

Professor John Linarelli, a Chair in Commercial Law at Durham will come to speak about debt in just societies.

Women Breaking Barriers will introduce to you a panel comprising a range of women excelling in their respective fields. Each panel member will provide insight into what they do, and barriers they face

Professor Claudia Sandei will come to present around retail investor protection and banking crisis management in Italy.

In this lecture Professor Seyla Benhabib will claim that she would've been astonished that the ‘refugee crisis’ would have led to such an unravelling of the international legal order after WW||.

This is a unique opportunity to hear Alison Saunders CB, Director of Public Prosecutions and alumna of the School of Law, University of Leeds, talk about her career in the Crown Prosecution Service.

Tony Prosser, Professor of Public Law will come to speak about rail franchises, competition and public service.

This event will asess the legal challenges of implementing a regulatory sandbox for financial technology –also known as FinTech - under Civil Law system.

Sally Engle Merry , Silver Professor of Anthropology at New York University will come to speak about the politics of measuring human rights and gender violence.

Professor Markovits will speak about second-best theory: lessons for economists and lawyers.

For this year's annual lecture on law and emerging technologies, we take on the valiant promises of computation and artificial intelligence.

In light of global advances stimulated by the 2006 United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Professor Blanck will discuss law, policy and research developments in the USA.

To mark the 40 year anniversary of the class of 1977, you are invited to attend a Law Faculty reunion dinner on Saturday 1 April 2017, on campus at the University of Leeds.

This event will showcase successful black women in the legal profession in who have broken barriers and achieved success in their various professional lives.

Prof. Beverley Skeggs will be drawing on an ESRC research project entitled “A Sociology of Values and Value”, which uses software to 'track the trackers', and examine the value process that is created

This is part of a series of events to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the Abortion Act 1967.

With trade high up agendas, from Trump to Brexit, what does the future hold for ISDS, international arbitration and the resolution of cross-border investment disputes?

This public lecture is one of a series of exciting events organised to commemorate the Centre’s anniversary.

The purpose of the workshop is to provide a forum to stimulate a broad ranging discussion about issues around access to justice for civil law matters.

The Financial Law and Development Conference will run from 14:00-19:30 with speakers from the University of Leeds, Singapore Management University and Leiden University.

The School of Law is delighted to host ‘Policing Futures: Concepts, Practices and Debates’, a one-day postgraduate research (PGR) conference.

The Centre for Criminal Justice Studies are hosting this workshop to address legal and social science responses to profound epistemic shifts in social biologies.

This Conference provides postgraduate research students at the Centre for Criminal Justice Studies (CCJS) with the opportunity to present papers drawing on their PhD studies.

This conference brings members of the Centre together with other national and international scholars with a shared interest in the regulation of individuals, organisations, and industries.

As part of the Markets in Policing ESRC Seminar Series, the seventh seminar will be entitled 'Regulating the Market for Policing' and be held at the University of Sheffield on 4 July 2017.

Two research projects were undertaken and the Symposium will launch reports on these as well as providing brief presentations on current research themes.

This workshop, organised in collaboration with History & Policy, will explore how historians and historical researchers from other disciplines can engage with local policy-making structures...

This inaugural lecture will draw on themes from Professor Pinar Akman’s research to in the area of abuse dominance with a view to discussing the lack of universally accepted principles in this area.

As some of the largest and most developed antitrust jurisdictions in the world, the US and the EU are often looked upon as influential authorities on competition law standards and approaches...

As a part of the Thirtieth Anniversary celebrations of Centre for Criminal Justice Studies (CCJS) at the University of Leeds, this conference will bring together and showcase research.

This lecture draws upon ideas found in my recent monograph, Discrimination As Stigma: A Theory of Anti Discrimination Law (Hart, 2017).

This seminar explores the shift back to traditional methods of contract interpretation as represented by the Supreme Court decisions in Arnold v Britton and Wood v Capita Insurance Services.

Dr Maciej Bernatt from the Centre for Antitrust and Regulatory Studies, University of Warsaw, will deliver a guest seminar on EU competition law at the School of Law, University of Leeds.

The School of Law, University of Leeds, in collaboration with Emory Law School, is pleased to announce the launch of a new research hub at the school.

At the time of writing, the Insolvency Service has launched a review of the corporate insolvency framework in the UK...

On 1 November we will welcome back to the School John Flathers – Head of Real Estate at Irwin Mitchell, and Ruth Bamforth – Director of Pensions at Walker Morris.

Professor Andrew Keay is going to talk about why, how and where to publish your work while doing a PhD in Law as well as identifying some pitfalls and how journals work.

You are warmly invited to the 2017 Annual Event of the Temple Women's Forum (North). We are delighted to present 'Justices in Conversation'.

On 6 November we will welcome back to the School Stephen Durham – Partner and Head of Family Law at Cuttle & Co Solicitors, and Laura Guillon – Associate Family Solicitor at Hall Brown.

As part of series of events to mark the 30th anniversary of the Centre for Criminal Justice Studies, this public lecture will showcase research being undertaken within the Centre on major projects.

This study explains how and why this private legal order has succeeded in governing the behavior of the involved actors by keeping them away from regular courts.

The BeneLex project on fair and equitable benefit-sharing in global environmental law takes an inter-disciplinary approach.

The School of Law will hold a reception to celebrate the Judicial Diversity Initiative (JDI). The JDI’s mission is to promote the equal participation of women and men from a range of backgrounds.

2017 marks a significant anniversary year for the graduates of 1967, 1987, 1997 and 2007. All Law and Criminal Justice graduates from these years are invited to attend a Law Faculty reunion dinner on

This seminar will explore the findings of a year-long research project which examined second year undergraduate student levels of resilience across six undergraduate disciplines, including Law.

Leading experts from across the globe will reflect upon the contribution of Professor Clive Walker to the analysis and understanding of counter-terrorism,constitutionalism, and miscarriages of justice

We are excited to host our annual Law’s Got Talent event to raise money for our chosen charity Parkinson’s UK. Last year the event raised £514.71 for Yorkshire Cancer Research and this year we are hop

As part of series of events to mark the 30th anniversary of the Centre for Criminal Justice Studies, this public lecture will address the need to engage with state of the art quantitative methods used