UCL Faculty of Laws

Dr Marko Bošnjak (President of the European Court of Human Rights) will deliver this year's UCL Institute for Human Rights Annual Lecture on 'The Role of the European Court of Human Rights in Protecting the Rule of Law in Europe'. ⚖️ The lecture will explore what role the supranational court has played in addressing the challenges to the rule of law from various member states, map out the choices judges have to make when deciding rule of law cases, and address what issues lie ahead for the Court. 🗓️ Tuesday 4 February ⏰ 18:15 🎫 Join online or in person https://buff.ly/3WsD67D

Join our upcoming event on 'Strasbourg and Climate Change: Taking Stock' 🌎 In this talk, Judge Tim Eicke (ECtHR) will take stock of the state of play as we approach the first anniversary of the Grand Chamber decisions and judgments on human rights and the environment. The event is co-organised by the UCL Public International Law group, the UCL Centre for Law and Environment, and the Institute for Human Rights. 🗓️ Thursday 6 February ⏰ 19:15 https://lnkd.in/eYnz3wZH

Happy Year of the Snake! We're wishing everyone celebrating a prosperous and happy new year 🐍🧧

Congratulations to Flora Page (Barrister at 23ES and PhD student at UCL Laws), who will be appointed as King's Counsel. The title of KC is awarded to those who have demonstrated particular skill and expertise in the conduct of advocacy. Flora is an experienced criminal lawyer, with particular expertise in corporate and financial crime. Most notably, Flora has worked extensively on the Post Office Horizon Scandal - widely considered to be the largest miscarriage of justice in UK history - and acted for former sub-postmasters.

UCL Laws is ranked 10th for Law in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2025 🎉 The result adds to UCL Laws’ strong performance in national league tables, including our 1st place ranking in The Times Good University Guide 2025, and solidifies our international reputation as a leading research-led law school. https://lnkd.in/eSqPy9yk

UCL Laws is delighted to announce that Professor Rob George (Professor of Law and Policy at UCL Laws) has been appointed King’s Counsel, to take effect from 24 March 2025. King’s Counsel are appointed from amongst practising advocates who have demonstrated excellence in advocacy in difficult cases in the higher courts of England and Wales. Professor George’s work focuses on family law, with a particular expertise in cases concerning children after parental separation, international family law disputes, and children’s rights. His practice has taken him to the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeal on numerous occasions, and he appears regularly in the High Court and the Family Court in complex family law cases. https://lnkd.in/enrVjbsV

Congratulations to Franziska Arnold-Dwyer and her co-authors on the launch of 'The Law of Reinsurance'. You can study Reinsurance Law with Franziska in our UCL Faculty of Laws Reinsurance Law Executive Education Course: https://lnkd.in/db44BnXF

UCL Laws is hiring! We're looking for a Communications Officer to deliver the communications and marketing activities of the Faculty ✍️ Duties include managing websites, developing social media content, producing print publications, student recruitment marketing and brand management. 📅 Apply by Sunday 2 February 🔗 View the full job description: https://lnkd.in/e3QsZUJM

What does it take to prepare the next generation of #notaries? A great team! The London sky might have been grey, but the energy at UCL Faculty of Laws was HIGH 🔝 at the all-day workshop organised by the #NotarialPracticeCourse team for our Year 2 students. Back to back sessions on super-practical topics delivered by the true masters in their fields Nicholas Thompson, Jonathan Hewitt and Francesco Meduri, followed by the hands-on workshops, where Charles Henshaw and Elaine Tse added their competence in guiding our students to getting to grips with notarial matters. 🙏🏻 My superwoman co-pilot Lara Gouveia Simonetti cracking on with the day and pulling off a first-of-its-kind stitching workshop, complete with a close-up filming and the students practising their future craft using the real notarial paraphernalia. There was a real excited buzz in the room! 🤩 And it was over all too-quickly… So a loud CHEERS to all of those who helped my team to make this possible one grey Saturday in January (including you, Lisa Penfold!) 😊

Join our Current Legal Problems Lecture on 'Accessibility and the Limits of UK Equality Law: Time for a UK Accessibility Act?' ⚖️ Prof Anna Lawson (University of Leeds) will critically reflect on the extent to which equality law in Britain is now, 30 years after the Disability Discrimination Act, in fact working to embed and enhance accessibility. Alongside a number of successes, concerns about the adequacy of the Equality Act as the guardian of accessibility will be explored. 🗓️ Thursday 6 February ⏰ 6pm 📍 Hybrid - join online or in person https://lnkd.in/edtpi2_4