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Volunteer opportunities are available for those who would like to get involved in a Model Law Commission for young people. Run by the Big Voice London Project which is supported by the UK Supreme Court, this will require a commitment of 5-8 hours per week from July onwards.
Read full details and entry requirements via the flyer.
This is a good opportunity to see if shipping law is for you. It is a high quality course held in excellent facilities and conducted in a relaxed atmosphere. In addition there are six scholarships for City students and alumni.
This means a 50% reduction off the course fee. Sadly you still have to find your travel, accomodation and other day to day costs....but it is at least some help. The scholarships are offered on a "first come, first served" basis. If you are interested please contact the course director Anthony Rogers.
See full brochure online and read a review of last year's event by a City student on the blog.
The first magazine of the City University Law Society is now available - articles by our students are diverse, with topics ranging from marital coercion and squatting to the regulation of online social media.
The Student Journal of Law aim to provide a place for students to explore their interests in the law outside of their course, and to provide an opportunity for students to show their enthusiasm for the law by writing and publishing articles.
They have several opportunities to get involved in the running of the publication: as an Editor or a Student Rep.
Remember you can also submit your own articles for publication;
full guidelines available.
Success again for City students at the Times Law Awards with GDL students Andrew Lomas and Lara Hassell taking first and second place respectively. They beat hundreds of other entrants, from leading law schools across the country, who submitted essays on the topic of 'Privacy and Regulation of the Press'.
Read the full story via City's website or The Times if you're a subscriber!
You can see the extent of City's involvement in these awards via Learnmore.
The City Law School has launched its Excellence Awards
scheme for the forthcoming academic year. The series of School
funded scholarships and prizes are designed to reward exceptional
academic performance and support the legal profession's widening
participation agenda.
The Future Lawyer, Master of Law and Legal
Research Awards provide full and part fee scholarships across
each of The City Law School's post graduate courses. There are a
total of 17 full fee scholarships and 18 part fee scholarships
available, along with more than £35,000 worth of cash prizes
on offer. Every student accepted for a place on City's
Graduate Entry LLB,
Graduate Diploma in Law,
Legal Practice Course,
Bar Professional Training Course, a taught
LLM or
PhD is eligible to apply.
Current City students are eligible to apply for further awards if they are accepted onto a second course. The City Lawyer Awards offer two full fee scholarships each for the City BPTC, LPC and LLM in International Commercial Law. Application is available to all City students and selection is based on academic performance. The top students progressing to these courses will have their fees waived on registration.
See full story!
The thirteenth Commonwealth Moot will be held in Cape Town, South Africa, from 14th April to 18th April 2013, in conjunction with the 18th Commonwealth Law Conference. This splendid international moot is judged by senior lawyers and Chief Justices from across the Commonwealth, and takes place annually.
Two of our students on the Bar Professional Training Course, Matthew Sellwood and Daniele Selmi, will be there representing the UK, having qualified by winning the ESU national moot competition last year.
The University is providing financial support to these students. BPTC Moot Coordinator, Joanne Moss said:
"I am sure that I speak for all concerned in wishing our students all good luck in both their journey and in their competitive efforts. For those of you who want to follow their adventures, we hope that they will later be able to put together something to inspire other potential mooters, and keep us informed of how it goes."
Upcoming Law Events
May 2013
Event Time: 10.30-12.00
Venue: Lecture Theatre, Atkin Building, Grays Inn Place, City University London [ map to venue ]
Part of comprehensive series of lectures and events to prepare you for Application and Interview. Open to students who have been offered a place on CLS BPTC as well as current and past BPTC students. This session will be repeated on Friday 3rd May 12.00-13.30.Event Time: 15:00 - 17:00
Venue: City University London, Northampton Square, London EC1V 0HB, United Kingdom [ map to venue ]
Dr Miriam Aziz, Visiting Professor at Cardozo Law School, lawyer and artist, will discuss the link between law and dance at Lost for Words: Embodying Law through Tanztheate.
Dr Aziz will discuss the links between law and dance and law as an art of story-telling and how this affects translating ideas of social justice into art. ?
For more information on the talk please go to the City University London website. To registe, please email Dr Enrico Bonadio.
Event Time: 11.00-16.30
Venue: City University, A130, College Building, St John Street, London EC1V 0HB [ map to venue ]
Celebrating the World Press Freedom Day the Obstacles to Free Speech and Safety of Journalists conference addresses some of the most topical issues affecting the protection of journalists through internationally established standards.
Issues considered at the conference will include the scope and
effectiveness of extant international guarantees securing personal
safety and freedom of expression for media workers in conflict and
non-conflict zones, problems of compliance by States with duties
arising under international human rights and humanitarian law, and
potential strategies for further enforcement.
Event Time: 13.00-17.35
Venue: The Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London WC2A 1PL [ map to venue ]
Come and find out how panel of legal professionals involved in human rights started out - campaigners, solicitors, academics, barristers and civil servants. You'll get the chance to ask questions about internships, applications and interviews and get frank advice from practitioners.
Event Time: 12:00 - 13:30
Venue: Senate House Malet Street London WC1E 7HU [ map to venue ]
Internationally renowned human rights scholar, Dr Andrew
Fagan, will discuss what is happening in Myanmar? His
presentation will address the core questions concerning human
rights in Myanmar
More information is to be founf on
the Human Rights Consortium webpages.
Event Time: 18.00-20.00
Venue: Student Common Room, Atkin Building, City Law School [ map to venue ]
Part of comprehensive series of lectures and events to prepare you for Application and Interview. Open to students who have been offered a place on CLS BPTC as well as current and past BPTC students.
Barristers will give a talk and answer questions.
Event Time: 18:00 - 19:00
Venue: IALS, Charles Clore House, 17 Russell Square, London, WC1B 5DR [ map to venue ]
Professor the Lord Norton of Louth, Professor of Government at the University of Hull and conservative politician, will discuss Improving the legislative process - the continuing challenge at IALS.Professor the Lord Norton will bring an interesting approach to the subject, having both written extensively on the subject of British law and consitution and having been at the centre of UK political life.
The event is free but regirstration is essential. For more information and to book attendance, please go to the IALS website.
Event Time: 17:00 - 19:00
Venue: Squire Sanders, 7 Devonshire Square, London, EC2M 4YH [ map to venue ]
BACFI have invited John Flood, Professor of Law and Sociology at the University of Westminster, and Simon Price, Partner at Squire Sanders to discuss Legal Practice.The event is free for BACFI members, or £10 payable in advance for non-members.
To register, or if you have any questions, please email events@bacfo.org or call on 01525 222 244 .
Event Time: 18.00-19.30
Venue: IALS, Charles Clore House, 17 Russell Square, WC1B 5DR [ map to venue ]
Reprieve has been directing the spotlight on the issue of the legality and consequences of the use of drones in the "War Against Terror". Find out more and register via the IALS website.Event Time: 10:00 - 17:00
Venue: Institute of Advanced Legal Studies [ map to venue ]
Exciting one day workshop bringing together some of the top practitioners in the field of legal biography. This even has been organised by the British Library, the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies and the Socio-Legal Studies Association.
The organisers hope to focus on the methodological
considerations and problems involved in legal biography archival
research; to draw attention to archives that newbies to the field
may not be aware of; to consider the practical problems involved in
analysing sources.
Confirmed speakers include:
- Lesley Dingle, Squire Law Library, Cambridge
- Guy Holborn, Lincoln's Inn Library
- Les Moran, Birkbeck
- John Simms, British Library
- Mara Malagodi, LSE
- Susannah Rayner, SOAS
- Antonia Moon, British Library
- Rosemary Auchmuty, Reading University
- Elizabeth Dawson, Archivist, IALS Library
- Linda Mulcahy, LSE
- Kristen Rundle, LSE
Registration: The cost of the event including lunch and refreshments will be £70 or £60 for members of the SLSA. Students will be charged a reduced fee of £30. More information on registering and paying can be found here.
A PDF of the programme can be downloaded here.
Please email Belinda Crothers for more information (Belinda.Crothers@sas.ac.uk)
Event Time: 16:00 - 18:00
Venue: Committee Room 8, Parliament [ map to venue ]
The All-Party
Parliamentary Group on Legal Aid will be holding a meeting to
discuss the Ministry of Justice's current consultation
'Transforming Legal Aid'. The meeting will focus in particular
on the civil law aspects of the consultation.
The meeting will include a number of top level Parliamentarians and
legal practitioners.
Please email conference@lapg.co.uk if you wish to attend.
Event Time: 18.00
Venue: Lecture Theatre, Atkin Building, The City Law School [ map to venue ]
Come and meet Georgina Wolfe and Alexander Robson, the authors
of "The Path to
Pupillage", an invaluable guide for any aspiring barrister.
With special guest Jeremy Johnson QC from 5
Essex Court, an expert in Police Law, Public-Administrative Law and
Personal Injury Law
He is currently acting for the Ministry of Defence in the Al Sweady
public inquiry.
Students - please register for this event.
This event was put together by the Pupillage Advice Service at City.
Event Time: 18.00-19.30
Venue: Lecture Theatre, Atkin Building, Grays Inn Place, City University London [ map to venue ]
Part of comprehensive series of lectures and events to prepare you for Application and Interview. Open to students who have been offered a place on CLS BPTC as well as current and past BPTC students.
NLP specialist David Gilchrist from the Careers Service will give a lecture on: Reflecting on past interviews; Handling the legal question; Eliminating surprises; The role body language can play; Handling negative self talk; Visualising success.
Event Time: 9.15 onwards
Venue: Senate House, Malet St, London, Greater London WC1E 7HU [ map to venue ]
Come along for a day of Human Rights discussion!
There are workshops to take part in and a keynote from Liberty
Director Shami Chakrabarti. Join Liberty for just £1 a
month.
Confirmed speakers include Joanna Lumley, Emily Thornberry MP and Cory Doctorow, blogger and campaigner.
Register and find out more or check out the flyer.
Event Time: 14.00-18.00
Venue: IALS, 17 Russell Square, London WC1B 5DR [ map to venue ]
The European Union Act 2011 requires a referendum in the UK
before we can appoint an EPP here; but other member states may do
so without our participation. Why would they want to, and how would
we work with such an official if he were to be appointed?
Organised with the European Criminal Law Association (UK).
Speakers include: Dr Lothar Kuhl, OLAF; Professor Katalin Ligeti, University of Luxembourg; Mike Kennedy, former Director of Operations, CPS and first Chairman of Eurojust ; Peter Csonka, Visiting Professor, Europa Institute; Chair: Professor John Spencer, QC, University of Cambridge; President of the UK European Criminal Law Association.
Admission free - just email to register.More info on the IALS website.
Venue: IALS, Charles Clore House, 17 Russell Square, London, WC1B 5DR [ map to venue ]
The Institute of Advanced Legal Studies cordially invite MPhil/PhD law students from all over the UK to attend a specially tailored day of presentations and networking opportunities.Topics to include:
- Preparing for the Mini Viva and the Viva - Professor Avrom Sherr, Director of the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies;
- Practical presenting skills for your work and yourself - Dr Constantin Stefanou, Senior Lecturer in Law, Institute of Advanced Legal Studies;
- Preparing yourself for the Ethics Committee - Professor Avrom Sherr;
- Getting your work published in legal journals and books;
- Skills in compiling a legal bibliography and tips on
avoiding plagarism - Senior Law Librarians from the IALS
Library.
This workshop will cost £65 but is esential to anyone considering or undertaking a law PhD. For more information please go to the IALS wesbite.
Event Time: 12.00-16.30
Venue: IALS, Charles Clore House, 17 Russell Square, WC1B 5DR [ map to venue ]
Six speakers showcase their research, with titles like:
- Do students read cases? A study examining students' attitudes
to independent study
- Non-standard game-based learning and teaching in cyber law
- Law clinics: an examination of their implications on UG law students
Event Time: 18.30
Venue: Brunei Lecture Theatre, SOAS, University of London [ map to venue ]
Speaker John Ashton is a distinguished diplomat with more than 30 years' experience in the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO). He founded the FCO's Environment Policy Department and led the UK's diplomatic efforts on global climate change as the Foreign Secretary's Special Representative for Climate Change between 2006 and 2012.Lecture is free - register and find out more.Event Time: 18:30
Venue: Moot Court Room, 7th Floor, NAB, LSE [ map to venue ]
Constance Jordan will discuss her hero Judge Learned Hand,
arguing he was a legal blogger before the blogosphere.
Learned Hand is an icon of US Law and is quoted more frequently by
legal scholars in US Supreme Court decisions than any other lower
court judge in US history. This seminar will focus on his
voluminous letters which demonstrate the great warmth,
intelligence and wit for which he was noted.
C Jordan hopes to demonstrate Hand's place in the canon which
stretches from Horace Walpole to today's top writers of legal
belles-lettres.
This seminar will be of interest to law professionals and scholars,
people interested in the period, and fans of literary law.
For more information, please go to the LSE
website.
Summary of other months
E-Library
Many electronic law journals, reports and practitioner texts are available to City Law School students online. Almost all of them are only available on subscription, which means you will need a suitable username and password to connect. Contact the Law Librarian for more details.
| E-Journals | A-Cli Com-Eur Eur-Hum Ind-Int Int-Jou Jou-Law Law-Man Med-Oxf Par-Tru Uni-Z |
| E-Reports | A-Est Eur-Sim Tim-Z |
| E-Texts | A-Gre Hal-Z |
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Databases
The following databases are available for use by City Law School students. If you have trouble using a database, please contact the Law Librarian or use the helpdesk details listed.
This resource brings together decisions on public international law from a range of courts; from international to domestic. As well as the decisions themselves you also get access to detailed commentary and analysis.
There are 5 modules: International Law in Domestic Courts, International Criminal Law, International Human Rights Law, International Investment Claims and International Courts of General Jurisdiction.
The House of Commons Parliamentary Papers (HCPP) now includes over 200,000 House of Commons sessional papers from 1715 to the present, with supplementary material back to 1688.
The Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law (MPEPIL) is a comprehensive online resource containing peer-reviewed articles on every aspect of public international law. Written and edited by a team of over 800 scholars and practitioners, published in partnership with the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, and updated throughout the year.
JustCite is a legal search engine and citator service that cross-references case law, legislation and journal articles.
JustCite indexes content from all major online legal publishers and links you to content to which we subscribe.
This service from Jordans comprises the journal Family Law, the Family Law Reports and Hershman & MacFarlane on Children.
Connect to database
Developed and maintained by Kluwer in conjunction with theICCA and the Institute for Transnational Arbitration, Kluwer Arbitration contains expert commentary and a large collection of primary sources, including ICC Cases and Awards. Key books include: Blackaby: Redfern & Hunter, Born: INternational Commercial Arbitration and the Yearbook of Commercial Arbitration. Journals are fab - Arbitration International and the Journal of International Arbitration.
Keep up to date with cases, legislation and regulatory material affecting the print and broadcast media. Excellent resource for media lawyers, journalists, editors and reporters.
Search news via area of law or reverse chronologically.
Access via a specialist username/password (available on request from Emily). Bear in mind only one person can use it at a time.
News-tastic! Includes over 12,000 news sources, newspapers, newsletters, magazines and trade journals including over 450 International publications, with over 250 newswires updated continuously, many within minutes of publication.
i-law is a service from Informa specialising in maritime and insurance law. Key resources include the LMCLQ (back to 2000) and Lloyds Law Reports.
Click login at the top right of the i-law screen and enter the unique username/password (you need to ask your law library for this), plus your email address.
The British Library's Electronic Thesis Online Service offers a single point of access for theses produced by UK Higher Education. Some universities offer free open access to download their digital thesis, but others may require a fee from the researcher.
JSTOR is a not-for-profit organization with a dual mission to create and maintain a trusted archive of important scholarly journals, and to provide access to these journals as widely as possible. It offers researchers the ability to retrieve high-resolution, scanned images of journal issues and pages as they were originally designed, printed, and illustrated. The journals archived in JSTOR span many disciplines.
Westlaw is a huge database containing cases, legislation and journal articles. Searching for cases within Westlaw is a joy, particularly thanks to the Case Analysis function. This cool tool almost does your research for you, listing lots of extra stuff about a case; its history, where its been cited subsequently and, best of all, all the journal articles which talk about your case.
Law report series included in Westlaw include the Weekly Law Reports (WLR), The Law Reports (AC, QB, Ch etc), Fleet Street Reports (FSR), Common Market Law Reports (CMLR) and Housing Law Reports amongst others.
The journal collection is admirable; including the Conveyancer (Conv), Criminal Law Review (Crim L.R.), European Law Review (E.L.Rev), Law Quarterly Review (LQR), Oxford Journal of Legal Studies (OJLS) and Public Law (P.L.) as well as loads more...
- Connect to database
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on using Westlaw
- Get Westlaw certification
- Technical/searching difficulties? Phone Westlaw free on 0800 028 2200
Lexis is an immense database with access to cases, legislation
and journal articles. Practitioner texts are also available,
including Blackstones Criminal Practice, Lester & Pannick:
Human Rights Law and Practice, Paget's Law of Banking, Whish:
Competition Law amongst 149 others.
You can also access really monster Lexis publications - Halsbury's Laws (the legal encyclopedia) and Halsbury's Statutes amongst them.
Law report-wise you can find many key series in LNB: All England Law Reports (All ER), The Law Reports (AC, QB, Ch etc), Times Law Reports (TLR) amongst others.
Access using your IT username and password.
- Connect to the database
- Quickcard - find basic hints and tips here
- Ask your LexisLibrary Student Associate, Khavar Najmi for help in the Law Library in the Pool, Thursdays 12-2 and 3-5. You can also post questions on his Facebook page.
- Add something to your CV - complete the online Research
Certification
HeinOnline is an American database which offers access to a huge number of journals. Unlike Lexis or Westlaw it generally offers full coverage of journal titles, ie. from volume 1, issue 1.
It offers a wide selection of American Journals with extensive coverage, eg. Harvard Law Review (1887-), Yale Law Journal (1891-).
Its collection of English journals is growing and key ones to remember are as follows: Cambridge Law Journal (1921-), Industrial Law Journal (1972-1997), International and Comparative Law Quarterly (1952-), Law Quarterly Review (1885-), Legal Studies (1981-)
Access using your IT username and password.
There's a Hein App now too - http://home.heinonline.org/heinonline-app/
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