Dear Colleague, Please ensure that the following information is distributed to members of the Society of Legal Scholars (SLS) in your law school:
1) Opportunities: a) Judicial Appointments Commission Appointments programme 2010 - 2011;
b) Salaried Immigration Judges of the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal - Deadline for applications: 28/01/2010;
2) Queen Mary Criminal Justice Centre Hate speech bans: critical perspectives Conference: 25/01/2010 7pm;
3) Birmingham Law School Staff Research Seminar Series 2009-10 Second Semester, 1st Lecture: 20/01/2010;
4) University of Sussex Lecture series. 'Issues in Criminal Justice' The Rt Hon Baroness Scotland QC - Attorney General 03/02/2010 5pm;
5) Brunel University Law School Criminal Justice Research Group SEMINAR SERIES commencing 27/01/2010;
6) University of Manchester- Conference "Introduction to Perspectives on Legal Research" 05/02/2010, 9:30-5:30;
7) University of Bristol International Workshop 'Climate Change and Global Public Health: Law, Justice and Governance' 08-09/02/2010;
8) University College Cork, Centre for Criminal Justice and Human Rights Postgraduate Conference 29/04/2010 Call for Papers: deadline 26/02/2010;
9) University of East Anglia ESRC Centre for Competition Policy Studentships. Application deadline: 1 March 2010. **************************************************************************** 1a) Judicial Appointments Commission - exercise programme 2010-11. The selection exercise programme is agreed with the Ministry of Justice every year and comprises the essential selection exercises needed to fill judicial vacancies forecast by Her Majesty's Court Service, Tribunals Service and other tribunals. We work closely with MoJ, HMCS and the TS to respond to their emerging requirements during the year, recognising that some changes during the year are inevitable as forecasting can not be an exact science. There were several significant changes in-year this year and it is expected that next year will be the same so please do remember to check our website regularly for updates.
The full programme can be found at http://www.judicialappointments.gov.uk/selection-process/selection-exercises/forthcoming.htm .
The programme for the remainder of 2009-10 is also on the website. **************************************************************************** 1b) The Judicial Appointments Commission is now inviting applications for new Salaried Immigration Judges of the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal.
http://www.judicialappointments.gov.uk/selection-process/selection-exercises/current/316.htm
Number of Vacancies: up to 21 Locations: throughout England and Wales Salary: £102,921 (plus £4,000 London allowance) Reference: 00459
Applications close: noon on 28 January 2010 ************************************************************************* 2) Queen Mary Criminal Justice Centre presents:
Hate speech bans: critical perspectives
Monday 25th January at 7pm
In recent years criminal law on 'hate speech' in England & Wales has undergone significant changes: new legislation on incitement to religious hatred and, most recently, homophobic hatred has been adopted. This conference seeks to discuss those new developments from a theoretical and legal comparative point of view. Issues to be discussed include the effects of hate speech bans on minority groups, the role European law on hate speech regulations and experiences of hate speech bans in other countries.
http://www.law.qmul.ac.uk/events/index.html#hatespeech ***************************************************************************** 3) Birmingham Law School Research Seminar Series Spring 2010
Wednesday 20th January, Venue: SCR Dr. Anastasia Vakulenko , Lecturer at Birmingham Law School “Who is a Jew? Notes on ‘religious reason’ and ‘secular affect’” Discussant: Dr. Martin Borowski, Senior Lecturer at Birmingham Law School
All are welcome to attend Birmingham Law School's Research Seminar Series (the details of which are included in the attached flyer). If you wish to attend please contact Dr. Veronica Rodriguez-Blanco at v.rodriguez-blanco@bham.ac.uk. *************************************************************************** 4) University of Sussex Law School 'Issues in Criminal Justice' lecture series:
The Rt Hon Baroness Scotland QC - Attorney General ‘Delivering an excellent public prosecution service’ Wednesday 3 February, 5pm Chowen lecture theatre, Brighton and Sussex Medical School, University of Sussex RSVP is essential to events@sussex.ac.uk or 01273 877488 Professor Jeremy Horder - Criminal Law Commissioner for England and Wales ‘Criminal Law and bureaucracy: has it all gone too far?’ Tuesday 20 April, 5pm Chowen lecture theatre, Brighton and Sussex Medical School, University of Sussex RSVP is essential to events@sussex.ac.uk or 01273 877488 Michael Mansfield QC ‘Memoirs of a radical lawyer’ Thursday 29 April, 5pm Chowen lecture theatre, Brighton and Sussex Medical School, University of Sussex RSVP is essential to events@sussex.ac.uk or 01273 877488 All lectures are free of charge and practitioners can claim one hour’s unaccredited CPD for attending. Directions to campus are available via www.sussex.ac.uk/aboutus/findus, and the venue is marked ‘47’ on the campus maps available from the same source ***************************************************************************** 5) Brunel University Law School Criminal Justice Research Group SEMINAR SERIES 2009-10
January 2010 Wednesday 27th 2 pm MJ159/160 Dr Sally Cunningham, University of Leicester Law School
Vehicular Homicide: the need for a special offence?
February 2010 Wednesday 3rd 2 pm MJ159 Chris Callender, Howard League for Penal Reform
Children in prison: the mark of a barbaric, inhumane and uncaring society?
March 2010 Wednesday 3rd 2 pm LC216 Professor Paul Roberts, University of Nottingham Law School
How to save the Human Rights Act: criminal evidence, human rights and cosmopolitan jurisprudence
All events are free and open Refreshment is provided
For all enquiries contact Dr Claire Corbett (claire.corbett@brunel.ac.uk) or visit: http://www.brunel.ac.uk/about/acad/bls/research/groups/cjrg ************************************************************************* 6) Introduction to Perspectives on Legal Research 5 February 2010, 9:30-5:30 University of Manchester
Please see attachment 'Manchester seminar'.
For further information and registration please contact: Louise Gorton tel. number 0161 275 0903 email – louise.gorton@manchester.ac.uk **************************************************************************** 7) Bristol University Law School
The event is an international workshop on 'Climate Change and Global Public Health: Law, Justice and Governance' to be held on 8-9 February 2010. Attendance is free but registration is required. Details are available at
http://www.wun.ac.uk/ghjnetwork/ **************************************************************************** 8) University College Cork Call for Papers – CCJHR Postgraduate Conference 29th Apil 2010
The Centre for Criminal Justice and Human Rights at University College Cork is pleased to announce its IV Annual Postgraduate Conference which will take place on Thursday, 29th April, 2010. The conference is aimed at those who are undertaking postgraduate research in the areas of crimial law, criminal justice and human rights.
The theme for this year's event is "Borders of Justice: Locating the Law in Times of Transition." The aim is to reflect upon how reactionary law making and the related rhetoric of crisis impact negatively on fundamental rights protection and the criminal law. We hope that this theme will encourage debate on the challenging and complex questions which arise when defining the remit of the law in changing and turbulent times.
This international one-day event will attract promising research scholars from Ireland, the UK and Europe in the areas of law, politics, philosophy and the related social sciences. We are especially interested in papers that relate to human rights, criminal justice, criminal law or the intersection of these fields. However, we also welcome papers dealing with issues outside these areas that fall within the broader theme of the conference. Papers will be streamed thematically, with previous years including such sessions as "Contemporary Discourse in Criminal Law", "Civil Liberties, Technology and State Security Claims" and "International Law, Human Rights and Development Policy".
The best paper of the conference will receive a prize of €200 which is sponsored by Griffith College, Cork.
Details of the keynote speaker will follow shortly.
Please submit an abstract (max. 300 words) to the organising committee by Friday, 12th February 2010. Successful conference submissions will be notified by Friday, 26th February 2010. Submissions and further enquires should be directed to ucclawconf@gmail.com. **************************************************************************** 9) University of East Anglia
ESRC Centre for Competition Policy Studentships
Application deadline: 1 March 2010
The ESRC Centre for Competition Policy (CCP) invites applications for PhD studentships, including two ESRC quota awards and one UEA Special award, from October 2010. These studentships provide home fees and full maintenance and can be held in any area of competition or regulation policy appropriate for supervision by the Centre’s faculty members, who come from the Schools of Economics, Law, Business and Political, Social and International Studies. Application details are available on the CCP website (www.ccp.uea.ac.uk). *********end************end*************end************end*********end***********end*************