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. Trinity 2015
Open Day 2015
Faculty news
Jessup mooting success.
The 2015 team from the University of Oxford achieved its besteverresult in the international rounds of the Philip C. Jessup InternationalLaw Moot Court Competition, progressing to the semifinals andfinishing in the top four teams in the world. Read the full story onour website.
Another Freshfields Stephen Lawrence Scholar forthe Faculty
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Huge congratulations to Joel Semakula who has been chosen as oneof seven Freshfields Stephen Lawrence Scholars 2015. Thisprestigious scholarship from global law firm Freshfields BruckhausDeringer aims to address the disproportionate underrepresentation of
St Cross Building Project.
Read the latest from the building project.
Publications
Can Algorithms Form Price‑Fixing Cartels?Slaughter and May Professor of Competition Law and Director of theOxford University Centre for Competition Law and Policy Ariel Ezrachi'srecent research paper discussing algorithms involved in pricefixing, coauthored with CCLP visiting fellow Professor Maurice Stucke, wasfeatured in the New Yorker and the Business Insider.
New book!. Employment Law by Anne Davies'A comprehensive introduction toindividual and collective employment lawprinciples.'
Alumni eventsOxford Law alumni are made up of those who read law or those whoread a different subject but are working in the field of law. The globalreach and diverse careers of our Law alumni are of great interest tous. For this reason, we host events, often linked to University alumnievents, whenever possible. Our ambition is to create a worldwidenetwork to put you in touch with other Oxford alumni and currentstudents. You can find out more about these events through theLinkedIn Group 'Oxford University Lawyers' or by [email protected].
You can update your email preferences to hear about differentUniversity events on the Alumni pages of the University website.
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black men from less privileged backgrounds in large commercial lawfirms. Joel’s scholarship follows one of the 2014 scholarships awardedlast year to Bertrand Nzabandora. You can read about Joel'sreaction to the news in the next issue of Oxford Law News.
Workshop on Future‑proofing flats: overcominglegal barriers to energy improvements in privateflats
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This event was held in London on the 17 March and organized byWestminster Council, Professor Susan Bright of New College, Oxfordand Future Climate to focus on what has hitherto been an underexplored issue: the legal and consent barriers to the promotion ofenergy saving improvements in blocks of flats, with a particular focuson private sector blocks.
The report following the conference is now available.
The Oxford Human Rights Hub launchesʹRightsUpʹ podcast series
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In May, the Oxford Human Rights Hubreleased the first episode of RightsUp, aninterdisciplinary podcast series dedicatedto exploring the big human rights issuesof the day, bringing in new perspectiveson human rights law from all over theworld. RightsUp features interviews withexperts, academics, practicing lawyers,activists and policy makers who are atthe forefront of tackling contemporaryand complex human rights issues.
Topics covered include revenge pornography, the implications ofhuman rights law for businesses, the death penalty and genderjustice in different global contexts. The series is written, edited andproduced by Kira Allmann, Max Harris and Dr Laura Hilly, with supportfrom the Oxford Human Rights Hub and The Oxford ResearchCentre in the Humanities. The podcast is available for subscriptionand download through iTunes U, and each episode is accompanied byinformation and resources provided by the Oxford Human RightsHub.
Magna Carta in Context.
The conference explored the constitutional legacy of Magna Carta andhow the charter – and the myths it inspired – influenced the diffusionof constitutionalism across the globe.
Coorganised by the Oxford Faculty of Law (through the Programmefor the Foundations of Law and Constitutional Government), theOxford Centre for SocioLegal Studies, and by FGV Law School (Rio deJaneiro).
The first Socio‑Legal Lecture on Constitutions inIslamic Society
The Centre for SocioLegal Studies heldits first Annual SocioLegal Lecture on 20May. The speaker was ProfessorAbdullahi A. AnNa'im from Emory
Oxford Women in Law.
The new group for Oxford Law alumnae, OWL, continues to grow inpopularity. Read about the latest event with a panel discussion 'YourCareer in Law The Next Step?' chaired by Claire Pointing.
Thanks to our Patrons and SupportersWe are very grateful for the support of all our benefactors.
Visit the website to find out more about the work of the Faculty'sDevelopment & Alumni office.
New donationsThe growing support that we receive from individuals and the legalprofession has given us the crucial additional resources to maintainexcellent standards in education and remain a worldclass universityfree to pursue new initiatives and expand the boundaries of scholarship.
The Des Voeux Chambers Oxford‑HKU VisitingFellowship
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We are very happy to announce theestablishment of this Visiting Fellowship atOxford University which enables OxfordLaw academics to visit the HKU LawFaculty for a few weeks each year in orderto stimulate and strengthen collaborativeresearch and academic links between theFaculties of Law of Oxford and HKU. Weexpect the first visitor to come to HKU thisyear. We are very grateful to Mr WilliamWong SC, of Des Voeux Chambers in HongKong for facilitating this initiative.
The Planethood Foundationʹs Prize forInternational Criminal LawThe Faculty are grateful for the continued support of the PlanethoodFoundation. With this generous donation, we announce the creation ofThe Planethood Foundation's Prize for International Criminal Law prize.This £1,000 will go to the best paper in Criminal Law with £750awarded to an outstanding International Criminal Law student and£250 provides much needed support for the Bodleian Law Library.
Dates for your diaryTwenty Years of the Institute of European andComparative Law General Principles of Law:European and Comparative Perspectives
St Anne's College, 2526 September 2015
A major international conference with high profile speakers from the UKand abroad, specifically aimed at those who have been involved withthe Institute in the first 20 years of its existence but equally attractivefor everyone with one of the most contentious issues at the crosssection of European and comparative law. Early booking is advised viathe conference website, which also provides further detail.
What are your memories of the MJur? Do you have any stories or
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University, who spoke on the subject of'Sharia and Constitutionalism in IslamicSocieties: Dialectics of Legality andNormativity'.
Lecture and Webinar on the Statutory Review ofthe Australian Personal Property Security ActThis lecture, the third in the Commercial Law Centre series wasgiven on 27 May 2015 by Associate Professor David Brown of theUniversity of Adelaide and was sponsored by Norton Rose Fulbright. The session was chaired by Professor Hugh Beale, a senior researchfellow at the Commercial Law Centre, and Professor Louise Gullifer,the Director of the Centre, commented.
Obligations Discussion Group
Key to photos (from top):
Distinguished Panel and Chair (left to right, DrFred WilmotSmith, Rt Hon The Lord Millett,Professor Sarah Worthington QC (Hon) FBA,Mr Jeremy Cousins QC and Associate ProfessorPaul Davies)
Enthusiastic and Engaged Audience
Questions from the Audience (featuringProfessor Joshua Getzler)
Distinguished and Enthusiastic Audience (leftto right, Professor Andrew Burrows, ProfessorWilliam Swadling, and Professor Rob Stevens)
Panel Discussionon AIB Group(UK) Plc v MarkRedler & Co
On Friday 5 June, theObligations DiscussionGroup held a paneldiscussion on therecent Supreme Courtdecision in AIB Group(UK) Plc v Mark Redler& Co [2014] UKSC58. The proceedingstook place in the MBIal Jaber Auditorium atCorpus Christi College.It attracted over 60enthusiastic audiencemembers keen todiscuss the intricaciesof this highlycontroversial case.
The event was chairedby Dr Fred WilmotSmith. The panelcomprised the Rt HonThe Lord Millett,Professor SarahWorthington QC (Hon)FBA, Mr JeremyCousins QC (counselwho appeared for thebank in the case) andAssociate ProfessorPaul Davies. Eachspeaker provided theiropinion on the case,and a lengthy Q&Asession with theaudience followed.
Jodi Gardner, JamesGoudkamp, NiranjanVenkatesan and FredWilmotSmith(Convenors)
The Obligations Discussion Group would like to thank the Faculty ofLaw and 3 Verulam Buildings for their generous financial support ofthis event, and Corpus Christi College for providing the venue.
pictures you could share with us? Please send your stories (no morethan 250 words) and high quality images to [email protected] to beincluded in a celebratory publication.
Contracts in Commercial Law conference
James Goudkamp will be coconvening with Oxford alumnae ProfessorSimone Degeling and Justice James Edelman a conference entitled'Contracts in Commercial Law'. The conference will take place in Sydneyon 1819 December 2015. It is expected that it will be the largestprivate law conference in terms of delegates ever to have been held inthe southern hemisphere. Numerous Faculty members will deliverpresentations at the conference, along with some of the mostdistinguished judges and academics from a wide range of jurisdictions.A discount is available for Oxford Faculty of Law students and alumnae.Full particulars about the conference are available on the conferencewebsite.
An alumni gathering will be planned just prior to the conference datefor all Australian Oxford alumni. Details will follow in the Michaelmasebulletin.
General enquiries should be directed to Esme Wilks,Communications Manager at The Faculty of Law, University of Oxford T: ( +44) 0 1865 271484 E: [email protected]
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Human Rights Graduate Research Workshop.
The Oxford Human Rights Hub was pleased to host the first HumanRights Graduate Research Workshop on 5 June. This eventbrought together graduate students and academics working in thefield of human rights. It proved a fruitful opportunity for researchersto present their work and receive substantive feedback in a supportiveenvironment, as well an event to showcase the rich spectrum ofhuman rights law work currently being undertaken at the OxfordFaculty of Law. This is the first of what is planned to be an annualevent.
Particular thanks to Professor Sandra Fredman and Professor AlanBogg for opening the workshop, to our keynote speaker, ProfessorMichael Newton from Vanderbilt University Law School, and toOUP and Hart Publishing for coming to speak on publishing paths forearly career researchers. . . .
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