PGR Module with Victor Tadros

Discover what to expect from this type of interview. With more graduate recruiters shifting away from mainly competency-based interviews to mainly strengths-based interviews or a combination of both, this workshop provides an invaluable insight into Strengths based recruitment. Discover your own unique top Strengths, join us in person to find out more.

Employer Presentation.

Global law firms are looking for sharp legal minds to solve complex problems and represent the needs of their diverse client base. If you are a high performing undergraduate with a disability or long-term health condition who wants to pursue an exciting career in law, join us at our unique Explore the Law careers insight event on the 26th November 2024.

This is a unique opportunity to meet global law firms including A&O Shearman, Hogan Lovells, Kennedys, Latham & Watkins, Linklaters, and White & Case and gain a real insight into commercial law careers. Explore the Law is a career-enhancing event for ambitious students with disabilities* and long-term health conditions who want to find out more about careers the legal industry, the support that can be provided, and how to access this.

The event is open to undergraduate and graduates who have a disability* or long-term health condition interested in finding out more about career opportunities with disability inclusive law firms.

Deadline to apply: 20 November 2024

Tuesdays 5, 7 & 9

Have questions or need advice on academic matters or extracurricular aspects of your course? 🤔

Pop to Law Student Hub and have a chat with Daniel, the Deputy Director of UG Studies, and the Student Experience team.
We'll also provide hot drinks and snacks. 🍪

This is a live workshop that helps you to discover new strategies to get past the disappointment, frustration and worry of job search, to refocus on what you want for yourself, and to refresh your outlook so that you feel excited about taking the next steps towards creating the life that you want.

Come along for coffee and refreshments and to catch up with PGR staff and students.

Guest Speaker: Dr Sam Varvastian, Cardiff University

Title: 'Human Rights Approaches to Planetary Crises: From Climate Change to Plastic Pollution'

Chair: Professor Sam Adelman, Warwick Law School

Starting with lunch at 12:30pm in Room S2.09, followed by the Seminar at 1:00pm in Room S2.12

Join the Law School Student Experience Team to celebrate the end of the term and the start of the holiday season. There will be festive drinks and snacks provided, as well as seasonal crafts.

All Law School students and staff are welcome - please confirm your attendance HERE.

Negotiations are now underway for the creation of the UN Framework Convention on International Tax Cooperation (FCITC) after decades of advocacy for tax justice by civil society groups and developing countries. This roundtable will bring together academic, policy, and practitioner perspectives to explore the proposed landmark tax treaty and its implications for global tax reform. Our panel will provide the background to the treaty and discuss challenges ahead for negotiators, advocates and campaigners and explore the relationship between the global tax regime, human rights, social justice and sustainable development. There will be opportunities for Questions and Answers from the audience.

'Why does a commercial property lawyer need a pair of wellies?'

A practical insight into the legal issues to consider when developing property, revealing why a pair of wellies is such an integral part of a commercial property lawyer's wardrobe. Presented by Warwick Alumni commercial property lawyers from local firm, Feldon Dunsmore Solicitors.

Survivor Sanctuary which is a by and for peer support group for individuals impacted by sexual violence, is launching Peer Support sessions at Warwick in collaboration with Report and Support on Thursday 17th October. They will be running sessions every fortnight in the Oculus.

Survivor Sanctuary is a grassroots organisation, which is led by survivors, for survivors. We provide peer to peer support for victim-survivors who have experienced sexual violence. At our core we cultivate a safe space which provides connection, belonging and friendship through our shared lived experiences, no matter where survivors are on their journey.

Our peer support groups offer art, crafts, homemade treats and refreshments in a calming space, supported by our caring volunteers. (Free to attend).

PGR Module with Victor Tadros

This session tackles the history of how violence against women has historically been defined as a concern in international law.

Part of the Thinking Gender, History and International Law seminar series.
Find out more and register.

Guest Speaker: Dr Simon Tawfic, Warwick Law School

Title: (Work-In-Progress) 'Tainted victimhood and the impossibility of innocence in modern slavery'

Please note earlier start and finish time due to Staff Meeting: Starting with lunch at 12:00pm in Room S2.09, followed by the Seminar at 12:30pm to 1:30pm in Room S2.12

PGR Module with Victor Tadros

The event is an opportunity for women to consider whether a career at the Chancery Bar may be for them. Admission is free and open to all students. It will consist of a panel event, comprising women at the Chancery Bar, and will be followed by drinks.

Survivor Sanctuary which is a by and for peer support group for individuals impacted by sexual violence, is launching Peer Support sessions at Warwick in collaboration with Report and Support on Thursday 17th October. They will be running sessions every fortnight in the Oculus.

Survivor Sanctuary is a grassroots organisation, which is led by survivors, for survivors. We provide peer to peer support for victim-survivors who have experienced sexual violence. At our core we cultivate a safe space which provides connection, belonging and friendship through our shared lived experiences, no matter where survivors are on their journey.

Our peer support groups offer art, crafts, homemade treats and refreshments in a calming space, supported by our caring volunteers. (Free to attend).

Come along for coffee and refreshments and to catch up with PGR staff and students.

Guest Speaker: Dr James Thornton, Nottingham Trent University

Title: 'Criminal Justice in Austerity: Legal Aid, Prosecution and the Future of Criminal Legal Practice'

Chair: Lotte Young Andrade, Warwick Law School

Starting with lunch at 12:30pm in Room S2.09, followed by the Seminar at 1:00pm in Room S2.12

A free pupillage information evening aimed at anyone looking to join the 2025 application process to become a pupil barrister or for anyone who isn’t quite at that point yet but is seriously considering a career at the Bar. This informal evening, hosted by Chair of the Pupillage Committee, will see a range of barristers in attendance including current pupils and those who have recently started their practice.

This session interrogates the temporality of law by theorising the relationship between law and coloniality in African fictions and literature across the twentieth century.

Part of the Thinking Gender, History and International Law seminar series.
Find out more and register.

Guest Speaker: Professor Henrique Carvalho, Warwick Law School

Title: (Work-In-Progress) 'Love, Hate, Beauty and Justice: Exploring the Affective and Aesthetic Economies of Criminalisation'

Starting with lunch at 12:30pm in Room S2.09, followed by the Seminar at 1:00pm in Room S2.12

Come along for coffee and refreshments and to catch up with PGR staff and students.

Guest Speaker: Professor Mohammed Shahabuddin, University of Birmingham

Title: 'Decolonising Minority Rights Discourse'

Starting with lunch at 12:30pm in Room S2.09, followed by the Seminar at 1:00pm in Room S2.12

Guest Speaker: Professor Christian Twigg-Flesner, Warwick Law School

Title: (Work-In-Progress) 'Algorithmic Consumer Contracts and the European Law Institute's Guiding Principles and Model Rules'

Starting with lunch at 12:30pm in Room S2.09, followed by the Seminar at 1:00pm in Room S2.12

Guest Speakers: Christopher Brian and Eveline Lubbers

Title: 'The Undercover Research Group and the Spycops Scandal'

Chairs: Professor Jackie Hodgson, Warwick Law School and Professor Kimberley Wade, Warwick Psychology Department