Warwick Law School News

A team of LLM students from Warwick Law School made it to the quarter-finals of the Frankfurt Investment Arbitration Moot competition.

The team came in the top 8 from a field of 28 teams. Other finalists being La Trobe (Australia), Hong Kong, Georgetown, Quito (Ecuador), George Washington, Washington & Lee, and Mainz (Germany). 

Teams also competing included Paris I (Sorbonne), University College London, Queen Mary, Cologne, and NLU Jodhpur.

Assistant Professor, Tony Cole said "In short, the team did extremely well against genuinely top-tier competition."

Congratulations to Aurica Bhattacharya, Zainab Animashaun, Varun Lamba and Juhi Chowdhary.

A recent student law special in the Times featured the theatrical approach of Origins, Images and Cultures of English Law, a module run by Paul Raffield.

"Paul Raffield, director of undergraduate studies in law at the University of Warwick, says that the plays are both an opportunity for students to suggest how the ideal state should be governed, and an important part of helping to develop rhetorical skills and the ability to persuade an audience.

Why, he thought, shouldn’t students do that now?"

Coverage, Rebecca Attwood in the Times, 16^th Oct 2008.

Professor Antony Anghie (University of Utah and author of Imperialism, Sovereignty and the Making of International Law) will deliver a seminar on Imperialism and Sovereignty on Monday 27 October , 1.00 – 2.30 pm in Room S0.20.

All welcome.

Four events have been arranged as part of the Law School Programme of
Public Lectures 2008-09. Speakers include:

•  Professor Sally Engle Merry (20th October, 2008)
•  Professor Nicola Lacey (19th November, 2008)
•  Professor Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na’im (26th November, 2008)
•  Ms. Asma Jehangir (17th February, 2008)
  

Teaching and learning of Islamic law

2nd International Islamic Law Curriculum Development Project Workshop

3 July 2008, University of Warwick

Warwick Law School is delighted to announce that Professor Shaheen Ali has been appointed by the United Nations Human Rights Council as one of 13 new Special Procedures mandate holders, as a member of the Working Group on arbitrary detention. The announcement was made at the conclusion of the Human Rights Council meeting in Geneva on June 18^th. This is a huge accolade for Shaheen and the the Law School would like to express its congratulations.

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The Law School would like to congratulate Dr Paul Raffield who has recently been awarded a Warwick Teaching Excellence Award. (WATE). The WATE awards recognise and reward members of staff who have had an exceptional impact on the student learning experience, and are intended to enhance the profile of teaching excellence here at Warwick. This year 14 finalists were selected and the panel were faced with the difficult task of selecting the winners. This makes Paul’s achievement even more impressive. Professor Roger Burridge, Head of School, commented "In the past two years Paul has consolidated and extended his reputation as an enthusiastic teaching innovator and committed teaching leader. I wish to emphasise the significance of his contribution for the Law School and beyond." Examples of some of the feed back Paul has received from students this year include:

"Dr Raffield is an inspiration for me because of the passion with which he approaches everything that he teaches. He has a good sense of humour and makes all lectures interesting. There is never a boring moment in his lectures and I enjoy them most, out of all my others";

"The best lecturer I have experienced here at Warwick so far. His lectures are concentrated to the topic, with visual aids of cases, as well as using personal opinion to make some of the harder concepts in law more accessible. It is much easier to understand and learn, and is an effective way to encourage us to go away and develop what we have learnt already in lectures".

Congratulations once again Paul!

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