ELSA London

On Saturday 25 February 2012, LawCareers.Net is sponsoring the CityLawLIVE conference, when 200 students will have the chance to meet partners from a fantastic group of London-based international law firms to learn what lies in store for those who take this career path. TheCityLawLIVE conference is open to both law and non-law students, so make [...]

Seminar, book launch and reception Blair’s Just War: Iraq and the Illusion of Morality(Palgrave), Dr Peter Lee,  Lecturer in the Air Power Studies Division of the Defence Studies Department. Bringing together both contemporary and historical just war concepts, Peter Lee shows that Blair’s illusion of morality evaporated quickly and irretrievably after the 2003 Iraq invasion because the [...]

The KCL International Political Sociology Group is happy to invite you to this first seminar of the year. The group will meet regularly and will receive guests for discussions about books and articles concerning the political sociology of the International. The first seminar is related to the latest issue of the journal International Political Sociology [...]

The Centre of European Law at King’s College London is delighted to announce the lunchtime lecture Recidivism in EU Antitrust Enforcement by Wouter Wils, Hearing Officer, European Commission Wouter Wils was appointed as Hearing Officer in 2010. He was a Member of the European Commission’s Legal Service from 1994 to 2010 and is a former [...]

Monday 28 November 2011 ELSA Supreme Court visit 10.45 – 11.45 Booking required as places are limited. Free for ELSA members, £5 (admin fee) for non members. It is possible to join ELSA at this event (£25). Each tour should last around 45 minutes and will include an introduction to the Supreme Court, why it has [...]

Inform Winter Seminar Speakers from a variety of different perspectives – including academic, legal, ‘cult-watching’, political and religious – will discuss how different states and different judiciaries have responded to minority religions. This event is open to all but is ticketed, please email inform@lse.ac.uk or call 020 7955 7677 for further ticket informationFrom time to time there [...]

LSESU Atheist, Secularist and Humanist Society public lecture Anne Marie Waters explores why the Left, which has traditionally fought against religious discrimination and violation of human rights, is now promoting cultural relativism and increasingly rallying behind religious extremists who promote misogynist and homophobic practices that violate human rights, create religious apartheid and segregate communities. Anne [...]

Hellenic Observatory Policy Seminar Dr Yannos Papantoniou is former Minister of National Economy for Greece, 1994-2003. Date: Monday 28 November 2011 Time: 6.15-7.45pm Venue:  LSE, New Academic Building, Wolfson Theatre, 54 Lincoln’s Inn Fields London WC2A 3LJ Speaker: Dr Yannos Papantoniou Chair: Professor Kevin Featherstone Website: click here This event is free and open to all with no ticket required. Entry is on [...]

UCL Labour Rights Institute In Jivraj v Haswani [2011] the Supreme Court redefined the personal and material scope of application of UK anti-discrimination law by reference to the EU Equality framework, and in particular Directive 2000/78. We are privileged to host a public lecture by Professor Christopher McCrudden who, in addition to being one of [...]

The ELSA Social Committee feels that it is time for another intercollegiate pub night. All work and no play, makes for a very unhappy committee indeed … Everyone is heartily invited to come along and join us for some drinks at The King’s Head, a cosy little pub near Green Park / Mayfair. It does not matter where [...]