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04/18/2012 18/04/2012

Exporting’ Gender Equality: Postcolonial Feminist Reflections (debate)

A debate Co-sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Creative Industries, King’s College London: Western effort to promote gender equality in the developing world is accelerating.  Organisations such as the World Bank, the UN and the UK’s Department for International Development are prioritising the empowerment of women and girls. However, experience in countries such [...]

Location : The Women’s Library, London Metropolitan University, Old Castle Street, London E1 7NT

04/18/2012 18/04/2012

Legal Treasures Tour II: India Office Records at the British Library

Part of the series of Legal Treasures Tours (SOAS) The second port of call is the India Office Records at the British Library, which is the repository of the archives of the private and public foreign bodies that governed India from the East India Company (1600-1858) onwards. The collection also covers some neighbouring countries. If [...]

Location : The British Library, 96 Euston Road, London NW1 2DB
Europe’s Lost Generation

04/26/2012 26/04/2012

Europe’s Lost Generation

The following Young European Movement event is open to all With over 20% of Europe’s youth now unemployed, and with austerity threatening to undermine welfare provision across the continent, this generation of young people faces the dual crisis of youth unemployment and economic insecurity. This Young European Movement, European Alternatives and UCL European Society event [...]

Location : UCL Roberts Building, room 309, Torrington Place, London WC1E 7JE
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05/03/2012 03/05/2012

The Proliferation of Preferential Trade Agreements: The Beginning of the End of the Multilateral Trading System?

An event organised by  UCL’s Institute for Global Law The moribund state of Doha Round WTO negotiations has heightened concerns about the impact of preferential trade agreements (PTAs) on the progress of global trade liberalization. PTAs have proliferated over the past two decades. There are approximately 300 PTAs now in force, and all but one [...]

Location : UCL Law School, Bentham House, Endsleigh Gardens, London WC1H 0EG

05/09/2012 09/05/2012

The implementation of the Audio Visual Media Services Directive Directive rules on product placement in Germany and the UK

The Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London, is pleased to announce the following event:    Wednesday 9 May 2012, 6pm Title: The implementation of the  Audio Visual Media Services Directive Directive rules on product placement in Germany and the UK Speakers:  DR IRINI KATSIREA, Middlesex University, IALS Visiting Fellow. Chair: PROFESSOR LORNA [...]

Location : IALS, 17 Russell Square, London WC1B 5DR
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05/10/2012 10/05/2012

Advancing Sexual Rights in the “Developing World”: The Politics of Human Rights Interventionism

What is the appropriate role of international human rights and humanitarian organisations in the “developing world”? If international human rights and humanitarian actions are to genuinely be a strategy for solidarity, what should be their premises and their rules? Are there cases where solidarity in defence of human rights is “wrong” or unhelpful? Are there [...]

Location : The Bloomsbury Suite, Friends House, 173-177 Euston Road, London, NW1 2BJ

05/10/2012 10/05/2012

The US and Iran: Challenges and Opportunities

King’s College Fulbright Lecture Series The US and Iran: Challenges and Opportunities Dear all, Thomas Pickering will be delivering a lecture titled The US and Iran: Challenges and Opportunities at King’s College London on Thursday 10th May. The lecture will take place at 6.00pm in the Safra Lecture Theatre at the Strand Campus and will [...]

Location : Safra Lecture Theatre, King's College London, Strand Campus WC2R 2LS
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05/10/2012 10/05/2012

The US and Iran: Challenges and Opportunities (Fulbright Lecture)

Thomas Pickering, former US Ambassador to the United Nations, will be speaking on the subject of ‘The US and Iran: Challenges and Opportunities’. The lecture is part of the Fulbright Distinguished Lecture Series on International Relations, in association with the US-UK Fulbright Commission, the United States Embassay and Lois Roth Endowment. The lecture will take [...]

Location : Edmond J. Safra lecture theatre, King's College, Strand WC2R 2LS

05/15/2012 15/05/2012

Double jeopardy, ‘ne bis in idem’ or ‘autrefois acquit/convict’: lost in translation in the European Union?

The Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London, is pleased to announce the following event: Tuesday 15 May 2012, 2pm to 5.30pm Title: Double jeopardy, ‘ne bis in idem’ or ‘autrefois acquit/convict’: lost in translation in the European Union? Speakers: PROFESSOR JOHN SPENCER, Cambridge; DR. ROBIN LOOF, Barrister, QEB Hollis Whiteman Chambers; NICK VAMOS, [...]

Location : IALS, 17 Russell Square, London WC1B 5DR

05/16/2012 16/05/2012

EU Briefing (panel discussion)

The following EU briefing is organised by: The European Movement and the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung The EM-KAS Briefing aims to inform members of the financial services industry, policy experts, EU public affairs practitioners and journalists about the current sovereign debt crisis and policy initiatives to return the EU on a path towards growth. The panel discussion will feature: [...]

Location : Barclays Bank HQ, 1 Churchill Place, Canary Wharf, E14 5HP

05/22/2012 22/05/2012

PhD student conference: Taking risks and challenging legal thought

The QMUL Postgraduate Law Conference 2012: ‘Taking risks and challenging legal thought’ will be held on 22nd May, at Queen Mary University of London, Charterhouse Square Campus. The annual conference is a unique opportunity for presenters and participants to exchange ideas and knowledge on contemporary legal issues and all postgraduate students, staff and other interested parties are [...]

Location : QMUL, Joseph Rotblat Building, Charterhouse Square Campus, London EC1M 6BQ
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05/23/2012 23/05/2012

The State of Environmental Law in 2011-12

On Wednesday 23rd May 2012, King’s College School of Law will host the launch of UKELA‘s major project report – ‘The State of Environmental Law in 2011-12′ – in the Edmond J Safra Lecture Theatre, King’s Building, Strand Campus at 5:45pm (registration will commence at 5.15pm). Refreshments will be available at registration and drinks/nibbles will be served once [...]

Location : Edmond J. Safra lecture theatre, King's College, Strand WC2R 2LS
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06/20/2012 20/06/2012

Purple Haze: The Danger of Being in the Dark about Judges

Current Legal Problems Lecture Series (UCL) Why in the 21st century is there such a lack of understanding and scholarly research in this country about one of the key institutions of the state – the judiciary?  Recent work with juries has dispelled the myth that the law prevents research with and about juries.  This lecture [...]

Location : UCL, Cruciform Theatre,

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Environmental / Art Project – Latvia

Calling all ‘greenies’ with creative talents 1. Are you  interested in environmental issues? 2. Do you also have artistic or creative tendencies? 3. Are you outgoing and willing to mix with people from different countries? 4. Are you an ELSA member? 5. Are you able to travel within the Schengen zone? 6. Are you aged 18 [...]

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Enterprise 21 – Training for new Committee Members

Enterprise 21 (E21) is an international management training course specifically aimed towards  young people involved in youth organisations who wish to know more about organising international youth projects and the Youth in Action programme. ELSA has two places reserved. E21 is sponsored by the Luxembourg National Agency (for youth affairs) but is hosted by the [...]

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Active Citizenship project – Italy

Play your cards This summer project will take place in Bologna, Italy between 18 – 28 June 2012. The theme concerns active citizenship – discovering ways for young people (18 – 25) to become more engaged in the wider community. ELSA will send a team of 6 people. Other groups will come from Italy, Portugal, Czech [...]

Call for participant with Chinese descent

Call for participant with Chinese descent

The following youth project is organised by Útilapu Hálózat,  a Hungarian civil society organisation. If you are available from Saturday 26 May – Saturday 2nd June 2012 (please check your exam timetable!) and you  have a Chinese background, you are invited to participate in a Youth Exchange which will be held in Budapest, Hungary this [...]

Gender Equality workshop (Hungary)

Gender Equality workshop (Hungary)

The following event is supported by a grant from the Council of Europe. The organisers are Loesje Armenia, IGLYO, ISCA, CID and Egyesek  in cooperation with the Directorate of Youth and Sport of the Council of Europe.  DATE: 21 – 28 July PLACE: Budapest, Hungary COST: 50 euros (includes accommodation & meals) TRAVEL:  Successful applicants must pay for their own flights but [...]

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CPS Legal Trainee Scheme – 2012 Relaunch

The CPS is pleased to announce the relaunch of its Legal Trainee Scheme (LTS) offering 15 pupillages or training contracts for those seeking to complete their legal training and qualify as fully practicing lawyers. APPLICATION DEADLINE: 9 May 2012 The recruitment process opened on the 19th April 2012 to those prospective candidates who have already completed their [...]

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HRLA bursary

Do you have an unpaid internship lined up or are you planning to do some pro bono or voluntary work? If lack of funds is an issue for you, why not consider applying for a bursary from the Human Rights Lawyers Association? Every year our colleagues at HRLA offer 5 bursaries (approx £1000 each) to [...]

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TAILORING TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE (summer school)

INTERNATIONAL SUMMER SCHOOL SARAJEVO 2012 “Tailoring Transitional Justice” 18 – 28 JULY 2012 The PRAVNIK Association (Bosnia) in partnership with the Konrad Adenauer Trust (Germany) is pleased to announce the annual transitional law summer school in Sarajevo. Applications from graduates interested in transitional justice and the rule of law as it obtains in South East Europe [...]

Call for Papers

New Comparative Law Journal

FAO Postgraduates only – call for papers for new comparative law review ************************************************************************** The Global Journal of Comparative Law is established to provide a dynamic platform for the dissemination of ideas on comparative law and to report on developments in the field of comparative law from all parts of the world. In our contemporary globalised [...]

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Human Rights Summer School in Moscow

INTEGRATING EUROPE THROUGH HUMAN RIGHTS: COMPARING EXERCISE OF BASIC FREEDOMS This year the Moscow Higher School of Economics together with the University of Bologna – two different universities from different countries with different political background and legal background – are joining efforts in trying to understand and promote human rights and organising a joint summer [...]