Events

The Gender and the Law Cluster and the Criminal Justice Centre at Warwick Law School are pleased to invite you to a book discussion of The Potential and Peril of Reviewing Domestic Abuse-Related Deaths by Dr James Rowlands. The discussion will take place on Tuesday, 18 November, from 1-2 pm in Room S0.20 (Social Sciences Building, University of Warwick). Lunch will be served from 12:30 pm.

Speaker: Dr James Rowlands is an Assistant Professor in Sociology at Durham University. His research focuses on domestic abuse, specifically domestic homicide and domestic abuse-related deaths by suicide, as well as fatality review systems and femicide. James’ broader interests encompass practice and policy interventions, including coordinated community responses, as well as the experiences of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans+ (LGBT+) victims/survivors and also heterosexual men. James’ practice background includes training as a social worker and working in the voluntary and statutory sectors in frontline, leadership, and policy roles.

Chair: Prof. Vanessa Munro, Warwick Law School

Book Description: Considering the potential and peril of Domestic Abuse-Related Death Reviews (DARDRs) in England and Wales as a way of learning from domestic abuse related deaths, this book examines what DARDRs – first known as Domestic Homicide Reviews (DHRs) – are understood as being for, what is used by and in DARDRs, and how DARDRs are themselves used.

Drawing on rich empirical data, this text combines information gathered from published DARDRs as well as from the experiences of stakeholders, including representatives from organisations who had contact with a victim, and those who knew them personally. This analysis is further underpinned by the author’s distinct perspective as a practitioner, which includes having led DARDRs as an independent chair. Setting out an approach that frames the review of domestic abuse-related deaths as a means of achieving justice, the book addresses best practice in making sense of domestic abuse-related deaths, the efforts to drive practice, policy and systems change, and the memorialisation of victims, with a view to improving responses to domestic abuse for all victims, survivors and, perhaps, to prevent future deaths.

The Potential and Peril of Reviewing Domestic Abuse- Related Deaths will be of great interest to students and scholars of criminology, social work, and sociology, as a way of understanding the policy and practice of trying to make sense of and respond to domestic abuse-related deaths.

If you would like to join online, please register hereLink opens in a new window. You will receive the Microsoft Teams link upon registration.

Drawing on Legal Cheek’s unrivalled law student subscriber and follower base, alongside its partnerships with more than 100 leading law firms, our Virtual Fairs are the UK’s largest legal recruitment events and give students from all parts of the country the opportunity to meet the nation’s leading law firms from their laptops.

WFFL and BASE Law society have organized a Non-Law Speaker Panel, featuring external speakers from Magic Circle firms, including Linklaters, Clifford Chance, and A&O Sherman.

This is a fantastic opportunity for students from all disciplines to gain insight into pursuing a legal career. The event will include a Q&A session for attendees to ask anything about applications, assessment centres, anything!

There will also be pizza.

Bristows has a very large IP practice which covers a range of responsibilities, including: advising on and negotiating transactions concerning intellectual property, filing trademarks and design registrations, brand protection the litigation of disputes concerning patents, trademarks, designs and copyright.

• Explore how your degree can support a career in Intellectual Property Law at Bristows.
• Take part in a variety of interactive sessions including case studies and presentations given by legal experts.
• Have the valuable opportunity to network with partners, associates and current trainees.

The IP workshops are open to undergraduates from their second year of study (including those on a four-year course), postgraduates and graduates, studying any degree.

Application Deadline: 17 October 2025.

Making the right accommodation choice can be the difference between a good year and a disastrous one! Housing Day 2025 is your opportunity to understand how to rent properties as a student and make good accommodation choices. Live talks and Q&A sessions will be running at 12pm and 2pm in the Copper Rooms. Please come along to hear our guidance on housing whilst a student and ask our experienced advice team any questions!

Evgeny Pashukanis’ The General Theory of Law and Marxism.

Guest Speaker: Professor Vincenzo Bavoso, University of Manchester

Title: (Book Presentation) 'Debt Capital Markets: Law, Regulation and Policy'

This event will start with lunch at 12:30pm in Room S2.09, followed by the Seminar from 1:00pm to 2:00pm in Room S2.12.

Ready to take your student journey global? Discover short-term international opportunities that fit around your degree.

Come along to the Go Global Fair - a vibrant, welcoming event where you can explore short-term international study, volunteering, and research programmes that fit around your schedule and your sense of adventure.

What’s in store:

• 🤝 Chat directly with programme organisers and get your questions answered
• 🌟 Hear inspiring stories and tips from student ambassadors who’ve been abroad
• 🌏 Discover destinations from buzzing cities to hidden gems off the beaten path
• 🗣️ Join three short talks on Volunteering Abroad, Funding, and the Warwick Awards Scheme – with time for your questions
• 🎨 Get creative in our lantern-making workshop – your masterpiece could light up the Global Illuminations Procession
• 🍪 Enjoy free refreshments and snacks while you explore
• 🎁 Enter our prize draw to win £100 towards a short-term global opportunity in 2026
  
  Visit the Go Global Information Page 🔗

Whether you're dreaming of a summer in Barcelona, a research post in Ghana, or a volunteering project in Fiji, this event is your gateway to finding the perfect fit.

All students welcome – come along curious, leave inspired.

No5 Barristers’ Chambers invites you to attend our Pupillage Open Evenings, designed for students considering a career at the Bar. The event will provide:

• An overview of Chambers’ specialist practice areas
• First-hand insight into our pupillage application and interview process
• A chance to meet current pupils and junior barristers in a relaxed environment
• Guidance on what we look for in future pupils

Library: Research Skills Training - new for 2025/26 is a general introduction to the library for researchers, and specialist sessions on managing research data, open research, and researcher profiles. The training sessions are open to all PGR students and academic staff across the university. All sessions will run hybridly, so you can choose to attend in the library or online.

Are you targeting a training contract in Hong Kong?

Are you applying for a 2026 summer internship?

• Hear from the Early Careers lead at JSM on simple tips for a strong application
• Gain insights from current JSM trainees (and Warwick & Birmingham alum)

Hosted by Johnson Stokes & Master, Hong Kong

Register to attend!

Open to all but be aware – to secure a training contract in Hong Kong, you ideally need strong Chinese language skills (Cantonese or Mandarin) or have existing ties to Hong Kong.

Join this session online with members of the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel and Government Legal Department to find out about:

• what it is like to create laws by drafting legislation
• the career paths of lawyers in the Civil service
• non-legal career options in the Civil Service

There will also be some time for a Q&A at the end.

Book now!

Join Warwick alumni Arif Erdogan, Head of Innovation at the British Consulate Guangzhou, listen to his career story and hints and tips for working in diplomacy. There will be a chance for questions at the end of the session.

Investigations are a rapidly growing area of legal practice, requiring a careful balance of analytical skill, discretion, and ethical judgment. But what really happens when lawyers are called in to investigate?

Join lawyers from Lewis Silkin’s busy investigations team as they share first-hand insights from their work on sensitive and often high-profile internal matters for clients across the media, technology, finance, and sports sectors.

They’ll shed light on the key challenges of working in this area, discuss how they stay focused under what is often intense media scrutiny, and reflect on some of their recent high-profile investigations — including the firm’s work concerning the conduct of former MasterChef presenter Gregg Wallace.

Apply to attend!

About the Event:

Professor Stephen Connelly’s Finance Law is a textbook designed for LLM and advanced LLB students with an interest in advanced applications of private law to modern financial transactions. Based on five years of post qualification experience and a decade of legal teaching, the book sets out to explain what finance is trying to achieve and what it demands from the law to do this. The focus of the text is the London Form of syndicated credit agreement – the core contractual basis for a multiplicity of transactions, from corporate financings to leveraged buyouts, from real estate finance to bilateral sovereign debt. Time is taken to explain why financial contracts are designed the way they are, and what stresses financial demands place on supposedly settled principles of private law.

Join Warwick STAR and Warwick Anti-Racism Society for our first event and discussion on the link between colonialism and displacement. This initial event will launch our campaign and focus on deconstructing myths around refugees, migrants, and asylum seekers. Through observing colonialism, we will consider how it has shaped and continues to shape anti-immigration rhetoric and contribute to displacement globally. It will include a mix of presentations, discussions, activities, a social and a potluck. No need to register, just come along.

A limited pop-up lunch where students can eat, connect, and gain real insight into DLA Piper. There will be pizza, drinks, and snacks, along with space to network and learn how to make applications stand out (open to both law and non-law students).

Attendees can roll a dice, answer a DLA Piper question, and raise money for UNHCR — £3 donated for correct answers, £1 donated regardless. It’s a relaxed, exclusive event where students can eat, network, and even secure a referral. Spaces and food fill fast, so early arrival is encouraged. No sign-up required — students can come on the day.

• Learn how to construct a CV tailored for the graduate job market

• Explore different types of applications required by recruiters

• Recognise the importance of researching jobs and employers to inform successful applications

• Explore how to succeed in shaping a graduate job application when the recruiter is using an Applicant Tracking System (ATS)

• Identify how to approach answering application questions and writing cover letters

Hear from the corporate and antitrust teams at Sullivan & Cromwell as they take us inside their market leading practices. The speakers will explain how their two teams work together on big-ticket deals for the firm’s clients, which include major corporate, financial institution, investment banking, private equity and sovereign wealth clients.

After the presentation and panel discussion, there will be virtual networking with the speakers, Sullivan & Cromwell trainees and members of the firm’s graduate recruitment team. Apply to attend. You’ll be asked to submit two questions for the firm.

This termly gathering is designed to support our research community in developing interdisciplinary research projects. It is open to all staff and PGRs involved in research, at any career stage.

We’re delighted to welcome Professor James Covington (Associate Head of School, School of Engineering) as our first speaker of the year. Drawing on over two decades of industry engagement, Professor Covington will share insights into building effective collaborations with external partners, covering practical guidance on research modes, impact, funding, and IP.

Following the talk, there will be lunch, networking, and dedicated discussions around potential project ideas, with the aim of forming interdisciplinary research teams. Register to attend.

The theme is the business of energy. There'll be short talks and a Q&A with leading Reed Smith energy lawyers, followed by virtual networking with the speakers, Reed Smith trainees and members of the firm's London graduate recruitment team. Secure your place now.

Guest Speaker: Chloe Deambrogio, Warwick Law School

Title: (Work-In-Progress) 'Racial discrimination in capital jury selection: The illusion of fairness in the practices of Alabama state courts'

This event will start with lunch at 12:30pm in Room S2.09, followed by the Seminar from 1:00pm to 2:00pm in Room S2.12.

Led by BPP’s head of outreach, Jonny Hurst, and SQE1 award leader, Caroline Rayson, the session will look beyond the headline statistics to explore why the SQE poses such a challenge and how BPP’s success rates remain well above the national average. After the session, there will be virtual networking with the BPP University Law School team for follow-up questions and further careers advice.

No5 Barristers’ Chambers invites you to attend our Pupillage Open Evenings, designed for students considering a career at the Bar. The event will provide:

• An overview of Chambers’ specialist practice areas
• First-hand insight into our pupillage application and interview process
• A chance to meet current pupils and junior barristers in a relaxed environment
• Guidance on what we look for in future pupils

Leading the session will be Alexander Gee, a partner in the corporate team of Baker McKenzie’s London office. A rising star of the global M&A scene, Alexander’s practice has a particular focus on the pharmaceutical and healthcare industries. Over recent years he has been at the forefront of Baker Mckenzie’s engagement with legal tech and AI. Following the talk there will be an audience Q&A, hosted by a Legal Cheek journalist.

Library: Research Skills Training - new for 2025/26 is a general introduction to the library for researchers, and specialist sessions on managing research data, open research, and researcher profiles. The training sessions are open to all PGR students and academic staff across the university. All sessions will run hybridly, so you can choose to attend in the library or online.

ICAEW are a professional body for chartered accountants in England and Wales, they support over 38,000 students through their Associate Chartered Accountant qualification (ACA). When you become chartered with ICAEW, you join a prestigious global network of over 169,500 business professionals. These leaders set the highest standards, provide invaluable expertise, and work across all industries to build robust economies.

By the end of the webinar you will know; 

• Why chartered accountants are essential to all businesses.

• What chartered accountants actually do.

• The roles & industries chartered accountants work in - The skills you need to be a great chartered accountant.

• What your next steps are, including further skills development and where to apply for opportunities.

Guest Speaker: Jamal Uddin Tuhin, Partner, Norton Rose Fullbright LLP

Postgraduate and research students are invited to attend a series of lectures by distinguished international scholars, legal practitioners, and industry professionals. ​

Jamal TuhinLink opens in a new window is a private equity lawyer specialised in mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and restructuring. He has worked with clients in life sciences and healthcare, technology, manufacturing, and financial services across Europe and the US, guiding them through every phase of international and domestic transactions. Jamal is a Warwick Law School graduate who trained at Linklaters and was an associate at White & Case and Dechert prior to joining Norton Rose Fulbright as a partner in 2025.​

The event will be followed by a drinks reception​. Please email globe@warwick.ac.uk Link opens in a new window if you have dietary or access requirements.

Therapy dogs are coming back to Law School. Make sure to book your place, and give them some cuddles! 🐶

Pets as Therapy (PAT) is a national charity, working to enhance health and wellbeing in the community through the visits of volunteers with their pets. They provide this service in hospitals, hospices, nursing and care homes, special needs schools and a variety of other venues all across the UK.

Applications are open for Legal Cheek's Winter Virtual Vacation Scheme 2025. If you haven't already, secure your place now.Link opens in a new window

It features a series of short talks, workshops and Q&As with lawyers from leading firms, corresponding written exercises set by ULaw, as well as an employability expo and various socials.

The following firms are participating: Akin, BCLP, Charles Russell Speechlys, Clyde & Co, Dentons, Gateley, Lewis Silkin, Macfarlanes, Osborne Clarke, Ropes & Gray, Shoosmiths, Slaughter and May, Weil Gotshal & Manges, Wiggin and Womble Bond Dickinson.

There is also an opportunity to meet future trainees and get advice from them on making applications.

The Scheme is open to all students. Its aim is to help students gain insights into life as a lawyer across a range of practice areas.