Thursday 2 May, 14:00 –15:00
Whiteknights Campus, Hopkins building, Room 101
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Category Archives: Events
Panel Discussion: ‘Financial and economic crime in the Global South’
Illicit financial activities undercut economic growth across Global South countries and hinder development efforts.
This event will critically examine whether the current global financial regulatory framework is best suited to effectively combat financial and economic crime in the Global South. We will discuss recent trends in financial and economic crime, the evolving global standards and their implementation challenges in the Global South, and the unintended consequences of implementing global standards across different contexts.
Click here for more details and to register for the event.
Professor Andrea Lista presents – IN SEARCH OF A NEW LEGAL PARADIGM
Sustainability & Islamic Finance
University of Reading and the School of Law are delighted to welcome Dr Edana Richardson for the latest event in our CCLFR Law Seminar series.
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The Hermit Problem: Autonomy’s role in liberating privacy from confidentiality’s grip
About the speaker: Paul Wragg is Professor of Media Law at the University of Leeds, a board member of Hacked Off, a member of the IMPRESS Code Committee, and is the co-host of The Media Law Podcast. Professor Wragg’s work has been published in leading journals in the UK and abroad, such as the Cambridge Law Journal, Public Law, Sydney Law Review, Industrial Law Journal, the Journal of Media Law, and the Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly. It has been referred to by, amongst others, a House of Lords select committee on press freedom, the Australian Law Reform Commission, and mentioned in the Supreme Court. His monograph, A Free and Regulated Press. Defending Coercive Independent Press Regulation, was published by Hart Publishing in 2020. Additionally, he is the co-editor (with Professor András Koltay) of Comparative Privacy and Defamation (Edward Elgar, 2020), and (with Dr Peter Coe) Landmark Cases in Privacy Law (Hart Publishing, 2022).
When: Thursday 7th April 2022 at 17:00 – Doors open at 16:45 (JJ Thomson Ditchburn Lecture Theatre, Whiteknights Campus)
Registration: The hermit problem: Autonomy’s role in liberating privacy from confidentiality’s grip
Ruvi Ziegler on the “Political rights of ‘aliens’ under the ECHR”
On Wednesday, 17 March 2021, 1-2pm Dr Ruvi Ziegler will be presenting a paper on Political rights of “aliens” under the ECHR’ at the Sussex Centre for Human Rights Research.
Bio, abstract and registration details: http://www.sussex.ac.uk/schrr/forthcoming/
‘Reflections on the future of Europe’ – ‘Who decides my right to vote?’
Dr Ruvi Ziegler gave a lecture on 10th February @ 6:30pm as part of the ‘Reflections on the future of Europe’ entitled: ‘Who decides my right to vote?’.
The full lecture is available here.
Panel discussion on ‘My father Was A Wandering European’ at JW3
Professor Miri Rubin, Rabbi Baroness Neuberger DBE, Dr Ruvi Ziegler and Simon Albert discuss triple loyalties in Brexit Britain – British, Jewish and European.
The online discussion takes place on February 3rd @ 7:30pm and is free to join; see here for details.
Wolfenden Seminar on LGBT+ inter-sectionality
The seminar takes place on 2nd February 2021 at 5pm and features Dr Ruvi Ziegler and Prof Alina Tryfonidou in conversation with S Chelvan (@S_Chelvan) and Ailbhe Smyth (@ailbhes) as part of LGBT+ history month.
Please see here for further details and how to join in the discussion.
Commemorating 100 Years of Women in Law at the School of Law
In 2019, the School of Law considered how best to commemorate the centenary of women being allowed to practise law. Our aims were to educate and inform each other through a cross-disciplinary and student-focused approach underpinned by the University’s Principles of Partnership, fostering a sense of belonging and empowerment.
The series of events, “100 Years of Women’s Voices”, was born and involved the performance of a staff-student play, a cross-disciplinary symposium, a student-led art exhibition, a student poetry competition, and the production of a collaborative book. These activities aligned closely with the University’s Teaching and Learning Strategy by offering students the best possible co-curricular personal development opportunities that enable them to reach their full potential.
The Play
The Play: ‘The Disppearance of Miss Bebb’
In 1913, Gwyneth Bebb challenged the Law Society’s refusal to allow women to become solicitors. Research by Professor Rosemary Auchmuty at the School of Law on the life of Bebb inspired dramatist, Alex Giles, to write a radio play, “The Disappearance of Miss Bebb”. Given the play’s provenance, it was apt that the School of Law should stage the play as part of our centenary celebrations. A large cast of students was assembled, and four members of staff (including Rosemary) took cameo roles. The performances (at the University’s Minghella Studios) informed, educated, and inspired and the play was hailed as a ‘triumph’ by a packed house. Student feedback was also overwhelmingly positive. One student noted the “fantastic environment”, and the “excitement and passion” of her fellow students. Another said, “I’m so grateful to have collected such wonderful memories! Truly unforgettable.” Yet others remarked, “we formed a real comradery which I believe shone through”, and, “the play has taught me never to give up”. Another said that he had learnt, “a great deal” about “how essential it is that we strive for equality in today’s society.”
See here for clips of rehearsals for the play.
The Symposium:
The playwright, Alex Giles, joined speakers from across the University and from the charities, Alana House and Women in Prison, for an afternoon of short ‘TED’-style talks. The Symposium was open to all students and staff and consisted of three seminars: ‘Past Protagonists’, ‘Present Challenges’, and ‘Future Hope’.
The Art Exhibition:
The art exhibition, ‘The Empowerment of the Female Artist’ included the work of staff at the School of Law and students at the Institute of Education.
The Poetry Competition
A poetry competition was organised on the theme of ‘equality’ which was open to all members of the University. The entries were celebrated and shared during a reading at the School of Law.
The Commemorative Book
Student involvement was integral to the design and creation of a commemorative book. The contributions from each of the events were collated into a beautiful anthology that is a lasting testament to “100 Years of Women’s Voices”. The book enables a wider audience to be reached and it provides students with a material record of their achievements.