Stay ConnectedThe 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 Faculty on other occasions as well.
Audio recordings from such events are published in our various podcast collections. Video recordings are available via YouTube.
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On Friday 4th May 2012, the Rt. Hon. Lord Justice Laws delivered the 2012 Sir David Williams Lecture entitled "The Good Constitution".
The Sir David Williams Lecture is an annual address delivered by a guest lecturer in honour of Sir David Williams, Emeritus Rouse Ball Professor of English Law and Emeritus Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge University.
More information about this lecture, including photographs from the event, is available from the Centre for Public Law website at:
https://www.cpl.law.cam.ac.uk/sir-david-williams-lectures/rt-hon-lord-justice-laws-good-constitution
William Clegg QC, head of chambers at 2 Bedford Row, spoke about "International criminal law: does the system achieve justice?" on 29th February 2012 at Trinity Hall, Cambridge.
Over a 40 year career at the Bar William Clegg has been involved in some of the most high profile criminal cases in history. Mr Clegg has extensive experience of war crimes including defending in the ICTY cases of Prosecutor v Tadic and Prosecutor v Jelisic.
This event was kindly Sponsored by Slaughter & May.
On Thursday 23rd February 2012, Conor Gearty of LSE and Matrix Chambers delivered a lecture entitled "Liberty and Security" as a guest of the Centre for Public Law (CPL) and Lawyers Without Borders (LWOB).
More information about the Centre is available at the Centre for Public Law website at http://www.cpl.law.cam.ac.uk/ and on LWOB at http://www.srcf.ucam.org/lwob/
On Friday 17th February 2012, Lord Brown of Eaton-under-Heywood, Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom delivered a lecture entitled "Strasbourg then and now - a wander down memory lane and other thoughts" as a guest of the Centre for Public Law (CPL)
More information about the Centre is available at the Centre for Public Law website at http://www.cpl.law.cam.ac.uk/
The Centre for European Legal Studies (CELS) hosts an annual public lecture in honour of Lord Mackenzie-Stuart, the first British Judge to be President of the Court of Justice. Among the eminent scholars of European legal studies invited to give the lecture are Professor Joseph Weiler, former Judge David Edwards of the European Court of Justice, and Advocate-General Francis Jacobs of the European Court of Justice.
The texts of the Mackenzie-Stuart Lectures are published in the Cambridge Yearbook of European Legal Studies.
The 2012 Mackenzie-Stuart Lecture was delivered by Sir Konrad Schiemann (European Court of Justice) on Thursday 9th February 2012, and was entitled "The EU as a Source of Inspiration".
More information about this lecture, including photographs from the event, is available from the Centre for European Legal Studies website at:
http://www.cels.law.cam.ac.uk/mackenzie_stuart_lectures/
Baron Cornelius Ver Heyden de Lancey (1889-1984) was a wealthy and public-spirited Dutchman who at different times in his life was a dentist, doctor, surgeon, barrister and art historian. In 1970 he created the De Lancey and De La Hanty Foundation, to promote studies in medico-legal topics. The Foundation generously gave Cambridge the Ver Heyden de Lancey Fund, which since 1996 has funded occasional public lectures on medico-legal issues of current interest.
The 2011 Baron Ver Heyden de Lancey Lecture on Medico-Legal Studies was delivered by Sir Peter Lachmann FRS FMedSci, on 18th November 2011, and was entitled "The Penumbra of Thalidomide: The Litigation Culture and the Licensing of Pharmaceuticals".
For more information about the Baron Ver Heyden de Lancey Lecture series, please see http://www.lml.law.cam.ac.uk/events/vhdl-events
The 'Threats to the University, Humanities, and Science Conference' was held on 20-23 July 2011. Workshop IV on the afternoon of Friday 22nd July was entitled 'Threats from the Libel Laws' was recorded and is made available here.
On Friday 6th May 2011, Professor Jeremy Waldron delivered the 2011 Sir David Williams Lecture entitled 'The Rule of Law and Human Dignity'.
The Sir David Williams Lecture is an annual address delivered by a guest lecturer in honour of Sir David Williams, Emeritus Rouse Ball Professor of English Law and Emeritus Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge University.
More information about this lecture, including photographs from the event, is available from the Centre for Public Law website at:
https://www.cpl.law.cam.ac.uk/sir-david-williams-lectures/professor-jeremy-waldron-rule-law-and-human-dignity
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The Centre for European Legal Studies (CELS) hosts an annual public lecture in honour of Lord Mackenzie-Stuart, the first British Judge to be President of the Court of Justice. Among the eminent scholars of European legal studies invited to give the lecture are Professor Joseph Weiler, former Judge David Edwards of the European Court of Justice, and Advocate-General Francis Jacobs of the European Court of Justice.
The texts of the Mackenzie-Stuart Lectures are published in the Cambridge Yearbook of European Legal Studies.
The 2011 Mackenzie-Stuart Lecture was delivered by Professor Alan Dashwood on Friday 11th March 2011, and was entitled '40 Years an EU Lawyer - Apologia pro vita sua (40 Years and Still Motoring)'. In the lecture, Professor Dashwood looked back at his experience of the development of the European Union and it's legal framework over his 40 year career.
More information about this lecture, including photographs from the event, is available from the Centre for European Legal Studies website at:
http://www.cels.law.cam.ac.uk/mackenzie_stuart_lectures/
On Friday 21st May 2010, the Honourable Michael Beloff QC delivered the 2010 Sir David Williams Lecture entitled "A View from the Bar". Mr Beloff explained his views of development of the barrister's profession over the last forty years.
The Sir David Williams Lecture is an annual address delivered by a guest lecturer in honour of Sir David Williams, Emeritus Rouse Ball Professor of English Law and Emeritus Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge University.
More information about this lecture, including photographs from the event, is available from the Centre for Public Law website at:
https://www.cpl.law.cam.ac.uk/sir-david-williams-lectures/michael-beloff-qc-view-bar
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