EXTERNAL EVENTS

A two-day symposium from 21–22 August 2025 featuring panel talks, breakout cell events, & prison tour.

See announcement for details.

This two-day conference is being held from 28–29 August 2025 as part of the University of Copenhagen's celebration of the 150th anniversary of women's access to the university. 

This is a two-day event from 2–4 September organised by the Society of Legal Scholars. Registration is now open. See flyer for details.

Dr Kiran Mehta introduces her new book exploring the penal landscape of 18th century London.

Three-day event from 4–6 September 2025. Closing date for abstracts: 1 August 2025. See the website for announcement of the full cfp, stream details and the invitation to the PhD Day on 3 September.

This is a three-day event running from 4–6 September 2025. See the cfp for details.

A discussion on the challenges faced by disabled academics in higher education, including those in precarious positions.

See announcement and website for details. 

Two-day conference from 10–11 September 2025. Further details will be added when available. Contact: VACJSConference@cardiff.ac.uk.

Two-day conference from 11–12 September 2025. Call closes: 10 August 2025. Further details will be added when available.

This conference aims to pave to breakthrough research on how to advance ‘inclusive legal education’ by examining what should be envisaged towards increasing the inclusion of disabled students into law schools.

The booking deadline is Wednesday 3 September 2025, but please book before Wednesday 27 August to be sure of a place.

A one-day conference will take place at the University of Leeds to mark the 25th anniversary of the Human Rights Act 1998.

Two-day event from 24–25 September 2025.

Two-day event from 24–25 September 2025. Further details to be added when available.

Speaker: Dr Bibiana Oliveira Serpa, IAS Residential Fellow

Organised by the Middle Temple Employed Bar Society event in association with the Centre for Ethics & Law, UCL Laws Faculty, University College London.

Speakers: Chris Stone, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Adam Habib and Eva Brems.

Chair: Amanda Ferguson

Panel: Ben Collins and Colin Harvey

This is a two-day event running from 9–10 October 2025.

Keynote speakers: Professor Monika Kirloskar-Steinbach (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) and Professor Annalise Acorn (University of Alberta).

Call closes: 15 August 2025.

The event is funded by the Society of Legal Scholars.

Inaugural Lecture with Professor James Lee.

One-day event at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies.

Speaker: Professor Shazia Choudhry, University of Oxford

Chair: Professor Rosemary Hunter KC (hon), Loughborough University

This event is the Law and Society Initiative (IDES) Annual Conference. See announcement for details.

Three-day conference from 29–31 January 2026.

Speaker: Professor Natasha Affolder, University of British Columbia

This is a two-day event running from 30 March–1 April 2026. See announcement for details.

This three day conference will take place from 11–13 May 2025. The organisers are hoping to attract submissions covering not only legal but also interdisciplinary perspectives, in particular anthropological and socio-legal insights.

Keynote speakers:

• Marie-Bénédicte Dembour, Ghent University

• Justice Ben Kioko, African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights

• Christopher Roberts, Chinese University of Hong Kong

See announcement for details. Call closes: 30 September 2025.