Public Lectures from the Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge
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Public Lectures from the Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge
The Faculty of Law has a thriving calendar of lectures and seminars spanning the entire gamut of legal, political and philosophical topics. Regular programmes are run by many of the Faculty's Research Centres, and a number of high-profile speakers who are leaders in their fields often speak at the F...
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Developments in Secured Transactions Law in Asia: 3CL Seminar
Convenors: Professor Louise Gullifer (University of Cambridge) and Associate Professor Dora Neo (National University of Singapore)
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The Employment Rights Bill Panel, 4 December 2025
A panel discussion on the Employment Rights Bill held at the Faculty of Law on 4 December 2025.
Lord (John) Hendy KC and Councillor Nick Denys...
Investor Citizenship - Case C-181/23 Commission v Malta: CELS Roundtable Discussion
Case C-181/23 Commission v Malta (investor citizenship) is one of the most important decisions the Court has handed down on EU citizenship. It is of s...
Insolvency Law in the Global South: Lessons for the Global North: 3CL Seminar
Speaker: Associate Professor Aurelio Gurrea-Martínez (Singapore Management University)
Abstract: Despite the influence of the Global North in ma...
Eli Lauterpacht Lecture 2025 - - 'Hard Law in Times of Liquid Modernity: Treaty Law and Practice in the 21st Century' - Santiago Villalpando, Legal Advisor and Director of UNESCO
The speaker for the Eli Lauterpacht Lecture 2025 was Santiago Villalpando, Legal Advisor and Director of UNESCO.
Lecture summary: Is internation...
Neither Parliamentary Sovereignty nor Judicial Supremacy: The Rule of Law as the Rule of Common Right and Reason: The 2025 Sir David Williams Lecture
On Friday 28 November 2025, The Professor Trevor Allan FBA delivered the 202 Sir David Williams Lecture entitled "Neither Parliamentary Sovereignty no...
Controversial Contemporary Direct Effect: Directives and Beyond: CELS Lunchtime Seminar
Speaker: Professor Daniele Gallo, Luiss University, Italy
Abstract: The seminar, building upon Professor Gallo’s book, Direct Effect in EU Law (...
The Far-Right: The Left's Fault?: Cambridge Human Rights Law Society
Is modern left-wing progressive politics to blame for the current rise of the far-right?
This event was held by the Cambridge University Human R...
Outlawry and its Consequences in Later Medieval English Law and Practice: CELH 2025 Annual Lecture
On 25 November 2025 Dr Susanne Brand delivered the CELH annual lecture on the topic 'Outlawry and its Consequences in Later Medieval English Law and P...
Sustainable Boards: European and French Perspectives at the time of the EU Omnibus Package: 3CL Seminar
Speaker: Professor Catherine Malecki (University of Rennes)
Even in the context of the future EU Omnibus Package and the EU Directive n°2025/794...
Faithful or Traitor? The Right of Explanation in a Generative AI World: CIPIL Evening Seminar
Speaker: Professor Lilian Edwards, Emeritus Professor of Law, Innovation & Society, Newcastle Law School
Biography: Lilian Edwards is a leading...
The Paradoxes of Property: What do we Own and What can we Own?: Hamlyn Lectures 2025, Lecture 2
On Wednesday 12 November 2025 Professor Dame Sarah Worthington DBE, KC (Hon), FBA, FRSA delivered the second of three 2025 Hamlyn Lectures at the Facu...
EU Anti-Discrimination Law through the Lens of Critical Theory: CELS Lunchtime Seminar
Speaker: Dr Raphaële Xenidis, Sciences Po Law School, France
Abstract: EU anti-discrimination law has been a subject of choice for critiques fro...
Fiduciary Duty and Corporate Externalities: Rethinking Directors' Climate Obligations: 3CL Seminar
Speaker: Professor Ernest Lim (National University of Singapore)
This presentation explores the external dimension of directors’ duties—whether...
International Police Cooperation in an Era of Rising Authoritarianism
Lecture summary: Over centuries and across continents, authoritarian governments have demonstrated a large appetite for international cooperation to t...
Transformative Landscapes: How Generative AI is Shaping the Contours of US Copyright Law and Policy: CIPIL Evening Seminar
Speaker: Professor Bhamati Viswanathan, Visitor, Cambridge Law Faculty and Fellow at the Kernochan Center for Law, Media and the Arts at Columbia Law...
Technology and Trade Finance Law: 3CL Seminar
Speaker: Associate Professor Dora Neo (National University of Singapore)
With the advancement of technology, delivery of financial services, suc...
Is the disorder of our times unprecedented?
Lecture summary: Most observers – at least in the West – agree that the twenty-first century has been particularly tumultuous. But while some explain...
Rethinking the 'Copy' in Copyright: CIPIL Evening Seminar
Speaker: Dr Yin Harn Lee, Senior Lecturer in Law at the University of Bristol
Biography: Dr Yin Harn Lee is a Senior Lecturer in Law at the Univ...
The Globalisation of Climate Law: The Inaugural Lecture of the Hatton Chair in Climate Law
Harro van Asselt is the Hatton Professor of Climate Law with the Department of Land Economy, a Fellow and Director of Studies at Hughes Hall, and a Fe...
REUL/Assimilated Law: the Current Rules(?): CELS Lunchtime Seminar
Speaker: Dr Julian Ghosh, Cambridge University
Abstract: In this seminar Dr Ghosh will address what, post-Lipton are the rules for REUL/AL; ex...
A Corporate Governance Misnomer - Corporate Directors and Officers Are "Discretionaries", Not Fiduciaries: 3CL Seminar
Speaker: Professor Marc Steinberg (SMU Dedman School of Law)
This presentation, based on Professor Steinberg’s June 2025 Oxford University Press...
International Organizations between Mission and Market
International organizations law has always revolved around the relationship between the organization and its member states. This has proven to be of s...
The future on trial: where next for human rights litigation?: Cambridge Women in Law
On 26 September 2025 Cambridge Women in Law (CWIL) hosted the Right Honourable Lady Arden of Heswall DBE as she chaired a compelling discussion with f...
The future of the European Union after the Lisbon Treaty: The 2009 Alcuin Lecture
On Tuesday 17th November the Rt. Hon. Professor Shirley Williams delivered the 2009 Alcuin lecture at the Law Faculty, discussing the future of the Eu...
Beyond jury reform - what else does Leveson recommend?: Jonathan Rogers
Former President of the Queen's Bench Division, Sir Brian Leveson, was appointed by the government to carry out an independent review into the crimina...
HLML2025: Discussion and Q&A led by Professor Susan Marks
The Hersch Lauterpacht Memorial Lecture is an annual three-part lecture series given in Cambridge to commemorate the unique contribution to the develo...
HLML2025: Diversity and Self-Determination in International Law: Continuing Conversations with Karen Knop - Session III Private and Foreign Relations Law
Hersch Lauterpacht Memorial Lectures 2025: Diversity and Self-Determination in International Law: Continuing Conversations with Karen Knop
We wi...
HLML2025: Diversity and Self-Determination in International Law: Continuing Conversations with Karen Knop - Session II - Gender and Feminism
Hersch Lauterpacht Memorial Lectures 2025: Diversity and Self-Determination in International Law: Continuing Conversations with Karen Knop
We wi...
HLML2025: Diversity and Self-Determination in International Law: Continuing Conversations with Karen Knop - Session I - History and Theory
Hersch Lauterpacht Memorial Lectures 2025: Diversity and Self-Determination in International Law: Continuing Conversations with Karen Knop
We wi...
The 'For Women Scotland' judgment - An academic discussion: CELS Webinar
An online debate considering the recent Supreme Court case of 'For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers' which was handed down on 16 April feat...
Environmental Law and Climate Change: Cambridge Pro Bono Project Annual Lecture 2025
The Cambridge Pro Bono Project (CPP) hosted the annual lecture featuring Professor Judge Leonardo Brant (International Court of Justice; Federal Unive...
Rubber boats: Transnational legal encounters in the Mediterranean - Prof Tanja Aalberts
In the mare liberum, seafarers are protected by the age-old maritime duty to rescue anyone in distress at sea. This principle has also been codified i...
CILJ 2025: Closing addresses
Closing address by the Editors-in-Chief and Conference Convenor (Marno Swart, Renatus Otto Franz Derler (00:00) and Kevin Zou(01:33)).
This is a...
CILJ 2025: Panel 7: The international law of tomorrow: legal innovation and developing fields
Moderator: Joshua Kelly, Freshfields.
1. Ms Paulina Rundel, PhD Candidate, University of Vienna: The UN Charter Navigating the Moon: The Moon Ag...
CILJ 2025: Panel 6: Armed conflict and challenges to international peace and security in a multipolar world
Moderator: Commodore Ian Park, UK Royal Navy; Visiting Lecturer in Law, Yale Law School.
1. Ms Liuva Ramos Masó, Early Career Researcher (Ghent...
CILJ 2025: Panel 5: The growing role of international economic law in a globalised world
Moderator: Bart Wasiak, Senior Associate, Arnold & Porter.
1. Dr Ernst-Ulrich Petersman, Professor Emeritus, European University Insitutite: Con...
CILJ 2025: Panel 4: International human rights law: quo vadis?
Moderator: Dr Tugba Basaran, Director of the Centre for the Study of Global Human Movement, University of Cambridge.
1. Dr Lora Izvorova, LSE Fe...
CILJ 2025: Panel 3: Challenges to international criminal law post-2025 - Rethinking, reframing, reforming
Moderator: Émilie Pottle, Barrister, Temple Garden Chambers.
1. Ms Danielle Flanagan, Associate, Hogan Lovells LLP: Rethinking Universal Jurisdi...
CILJ 2025: Panel 2: The role of international law in achieving climate justice
Moderator: Jessica Simor KC, Barrister, Matrix Chambers.
1. Ms Crisela Bernardino, Researcher in Corporate Climate Litigation, British Insitutue...