The first Public Lecture of the 2020-2021 series will take place virtually on Thursday 22 October at 5pm. We will be joined by Mark Drumbl from Washington and Lee University and Barbora Hola from Free University Amsterdam for ‘Exposing Collaborators: Lessons for Law and Transitional Justice’

Professor Shaheen Ali gave a lecture entitled Women's Rights and Plural Legalities as part of the 2016 Contextual Lecture Series: Taking Liberties.

In this talk Shaheen Sardar Ali contextualises the rights and place of British Muslim women negotiating their multiple identities. Some of the questions and issues addressed included the following: Is there an hierarchy of rights and legal norms that inform how British Muslim women order their lives and dealings with the plural legalities affecting their lives? To what extent do these plural legal systems contradict or reinforce each other and how does this interplay impact on the lives of British Muslim women?

The lecture was chaired by Dr Kenneth Wolfe, Convenor of the lecture series at Dulwich College, London.

Dora Kostakopoulou is to speak at the Durham European Law Institute's lunchtime seminar series. Dora's seminar, titled 'When Tomorrow is Yesterday: the Manufacturing of an EU Referendum', will take place on Tuesday 8 December at the University of Durham.

Due to the popularity of this lecture, many people were unable to get into the lecture hall. Our apologies for this. It is disappointing but we hope you will enjoy the recording which can be found here

Professor Abdul Paliwala appointed as international adviser to the Centre for Rights and Justice at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

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)