ELSA London

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: [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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, [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]