UCL Faculty of Laws

Hybrid | Membership of the EU in an Era of Geopolitical Disorder This lecture will be delivered by Professor Michael Dougan, as part of the Current Legal Problems Lecture Series 2025-26

Announcing an upcoming event as part of our Current Legal Problems lecture series for 2025-26:

📢 Membership of the EU in an Era of Geopolitical Disorder
🗣️ Professor Michael Dougan @livunislsj.bsky.social
📅 23 October 2025 | 6pm
🏛️ UCL Laws + online
🔗 Book now: tinyurl.com/ysz46j3a

This will be terrific:
@bymyong.bsky.social consistently illuminates aspects of the constitution that the rest of us - unjustifiably - ignore

Essays on Logic, Ethics, and Universal Grammar This new volume of Bentham’s philosophical writings deals with his most fundamental ideas concerning logic, language, ethics and grammar. It includes four major essays written between 1814 and 1816, n...

Scheduled for publication in 1 December, just in time to be rammed into Christmas stockings the world over, is the next volume of The Collected Works of Jeremy Bentham - 'Essays on Logic, Ethics, and Universal Grammar', ed. P. schofield

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Hybrid | CLP - Bureaucracy and Distrust: The Civil Service in the Constitution This lecture will be delivered by Dr Ben Yong, as part of the Current Legal Problems Lecture Series 2025-26

Announcing an upcoming event as part of our Current Legal Problems lecture series for 2025-26:

📢 Bureaucracy and Distrust: The Civil Service in the Constitution
🗣️ Dr Ben Yong @bymyong.bsky.social
📅 16 October 2025 | 6pm
🏛️ UCL Laws + online
🔗 Book now: tinyurl.com/yz5bnrey

Professor Maria Lee FBA elected Fellow of the British Academy Professor Lee has been elected to a prestigious British Academy fellowship for her pioneering contributions to environmental law.

We're proud to announce that Professor Maria Lee has been elected as a new Fellow of @britishacademy.bsky.social for her scholarship in environmental law. 🌍 🌱
Congratulations, Professor Lee! ⭐
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We’re delighted to share that @ilianos.bsky.social gave the keynote at the UN’s global competition & consumer protection conference in Geneva, calling for an “agile competition law” to keep pace with rapid digital change and tackle fragmented enforcement worldwide.

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#CompetitionLaw

The academics taking on ‘cheating’ students using AI to write their essays With 92 per cent of undergraduates relying on AI tools, institutions are bringing back in-person exams to safeguard independent thought

Our @laws.ucl.ac.uk paper on integrity in legal education & assessment amidst AI profiled in the Telegraph. We are training our students to be thinkers who can work with the lights off, not plausible content creators. www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/07... archive link: archive.is/202507221913...

‘Confusion’ reigns over cost of UK’s Afghan rescue scheme, says spending watchdog Head of public accounts committee calls on ministers to disclose detailed bill for resettlement programme

“The Government must offer a forensic explanation for why present estimates are out of line with previous ones,” UCL Laws' Professor Jeff King has said in the @financialtimes.com in response to the data breach of Afghan resettlement programme costs. www.ft.com/content/03f5...

Dr John Sorabji gives expert evidence to House of Commons Standards Select Committee Dr Sorabji advises Select Committee on the judiciary’s approach to standards of conduct.

What lessons can the judiciary teach MPs about standards of conduct? 💡 This week UCL Laws' Dr John Sorabji gave evidence to the Select Committee on Standards as part of an inquiry into rules around MPs’ outside interests and employment. Read the full story tinyurl.com/msrxtc3j

Aerial view of Bentham House courtyard at UCL Faculty of Laws, showing modern beige brick buildings connected by glass walkways, an abstract metal sculpture, outdoor tables and chairs surrounded by green plants, and a few people enjoying the terrace

Delighted to share the J.A.L. Sterling Postgraduate Bursary in Copyright Law — up to £9,000 for students joining the UCL LLM in IP Law (2025–26). Includes mentorship, events & more.

Apply by 15 Aug 2025: www.ucl.ac.uk/laws/news/20...

#IPLaw #Scholarships

‘The Great Reset’: a far-right manifesto on the future of the EU Nicola Countouris critiques the report from Ordo Iuris and Mathias Corvinus Collegium, emphasizing its role as a far-right manifesto for EU reform. It advocates, he suggests, for a regression to a …

📖 New on the Blog: Nicola Countouris @laws.ucl.ac.uk‬ on the "Great Reset" report

ucleuropeblog.com/2025/07/17/t...

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Certificate for the "Sustainability Awards 2025," presenting the Green Impact Silver Award for 2024/25 to "Green Laws,"

UCL Laws awarded Silver in the Green Impact Awards for the 4th year running! 🌿

✔️ 28 Days of Sustainability challenge
✔️ Won UCL Christmas Switch Off, saving 1.1M kWh (≈ 3,700 trees!)

Help us go for Gold: join as a Green Champion! 💚

Find out more: www.ucl.ac.uk/laws/news/20...

Current Legal Problems to be published by UCL Press UCL Laws' flagship publication moves to to UCL’s open access publishing house.

UCL Laws is delighted to announce that our flagship volume, 𝘊𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘓𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘭 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘴, is to be published by @uclpress.bsky.social from 2026! 📚 We're excited to collaborate with UCL's award-winning #openaccess publishing house on sharing important legal scholarship.
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Dr Allison Lindner giving oral evidence at the Palace of Westminster. She wears glasses, has long dark dreadlocks, a black top, and an orange visitor lanyard. She is seated and speaking in a formal setting with others behind her

Last week, @allowrites.bsky.social, representing the Waste Law Research Group (WLRG), gave evidence to UK MPs on tackling plastic pollution.

The group supports the UK’s role in shaping a fair and flexible Global Plastics Treaty.

Find out more: buff.ly/eNEnqYx

#EnvironmentalLaw

There is a mountain valley with green trees growing, and there is silver mist beyond. In the distance you can see a horizon with a dramatic orange sunset.

A date for your 2026 diaries!
📢 Model Law? Template Legal Culture and the Global Production of Environmental Law
By Professor Natasha Affolder (The University of British Columbia).
📅 19 March 2026 | ⏰ 6pm–7pm
🏛️ UCL Laws + online
🔗 Book your free place: tinyurl.com/466yrx38

The Rt Hon Sir Christopher Floyd, Former Lord Justice of Appeal and Honorary Professor at UCL Faculty of Laws, is standing in front of a microphone delivering a lecture.

Last month UCL's Institute of Brand and Innovation Law welcomed The Rt Hon Sir Christopher Floyd, Former Lord Justice of Appeal, to deliver the 17th Annual Sir Hugh Laddie Lecture. His talk on patent law harmonisation is available on the UCL Laws YouTube channel: tinyurl.com/5n8s6f9u 📹
#PatentLaw

@uclei.bsky.social

New policy brief highlights procedural failures in global climate negotiations Dr Monserrat Madariaga Gomez de Cuenca and Tejas Rao publish policy brief on how procedural inequities are undermining global climate action

New policy brief by Dr Monserrat Madariaga Gómez de Cuenca (UCL Laws) & Tejas Rao (Cambridge) shows how procedural gaps in UN climate talks affect participation by developing countries & limit global progress. 🌍⚖️

Read: shorturl.at/zUjGc

#COP30 #UNFCCC #ClimateJustice @tejasrao.bsky.social

Events Register for upcoming events and watch recordings of past events.

The recording of our webinar with Iris van Domselaar discussing large scale miscarriages of justice & the role of professionals is now available: www.ucl.ac.uk/ethics-law/e...

Iris is joined by Karen Nokes & @stephenmayson.bsky.social as discussants
@laws.ucl.ac.uk
#ProfessionalEthics #PostOffice

Philippe Sands on 38 Londres Street Professor Sands KC recently delivered this years’ UCL European Institute’s Europe Lecture, recounting how he traced the links between Nazi SS officer Walther Rauff and Chilean dictator Augusto Pino…

📖 Read our latest blog post: Iona Lindsay looks back at this year’s #UCLEuropeLecture @laws.ucl.ac.uk, in which @philippesands.bsky.social discussed his latest book '38 Londres Street', stressing that the legacy of the Pinochet case maintains relevance today.

➡️ ucleuropeblog.com/2025/07/07/p...

Professor / Associate Professor / Lecturer in Corporate and / or Financial Law

We're hiring at @laws.ucl.ac.uk: full rank search in corporate and financial law, from lecturer (assistant prof) to associate and full prof. Multiple posts. www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

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We’re excited to announce that @uclcles.bsky.social will be hosting the 21st @ascola.bsky.social Conference in London in 2026, reinforcing the capital’s role as a global hub for competition law scholarship! 🎡💂🏼‍♂️🇬🇧 Congrats @ilianos.bsky.social @dmantzari.bsky.social
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Hybrid | AI and the Employed Bar: Exploring the Opportunities and Challenges A Middle Temple Employed Bar Society event in association with the Centre for Ethics & Law, UCL Laws Faculty, University College London

Join us as we discuss the legal, ethical & practical considerations for barristers in the employed sector arising from #AI. Speakers include: Alison Cotrell, Orla Lynskey, Philip Morgan, Flora Page & Raphael Reims.

@laws.ucl.ac.uk
#ProfessionalEthics
#LegalEthics

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As London prepares to march #Pride this weekend, we’re excited (and proud) to share a curated reading list from UCL Laws and our LGBTQI+ network, OutLaws. 🌈 🥳

Read the full list here: www.ucl.ac.uk/laws/news/20...

@prideinlondon.bsky.social #lgbtqi

Exploring the future of justice in a digital age: UCL Laws hosts groundbreaking conference How is technology reshaping the justice system? Can digital innovation truly enhance access to justice?

🤖 How is technology reshaping the justice system?
⚖️ Can digital innovation truly enhance access to justice?
These were just some of the Qs explored at UCL Laws' The Future of Justice conference last month. 🔗 Find out more and download the keynote speech tinyurl.com/4d2yp73t

Has there been a paradigm shift in how state power is exercised in the US? Professor Aziz Huq @uchicagolaw.bsky.social gave us food for thought today in a compelling talk that drew inspiration from the work of Ernst Fraenkel, Stuart Hall and even Bob Dylan.

Hybrid | The 'ideal mother,' Family Law and Domestic Abuse This lecture will be delivered by Professor Shazia Choudhry, as part of the Current Legal Problems Lecture Series 2024-25

📢 The 'Ideal Mother', Family Law and Domestic Abuse

A public lecture on the damaging effects of gender stereotyping in allegations of domestic abuse.

📅 20 November 2025 | ⏰ 6–7pm
🏛️ UCL Laws + online
🔗 Book your free place: tinyurl.com/yr23xhvv

⬇️ Happening tomorrow! ⬇️
In-person tickets have all been snapped up but there's still time to register if you'd like to join online.
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📅 2 July 2025 | ⏰ 1pm–2:30pm

Thank you, Michael!

I’ve delivered my paper on #Bentham’s writing on private deontology. Next, my talk ‘what is a utilitarian portrait?’ @laws.ucl.ac.uk on 24 July: