Public Lectures 

This talk draws from Jessica Greenberg's recent ethnographic monograph: Justice in the Balance: Democracy, Rule of Law and the European Court of Human Rights. Greenberg will discuss the practices, ideologies and normative frameworks that define the rule of law, and whether and how these can weather a moment of profound crisis in Europe and beyond.
 
Speaker: Professor Jessica Greenberg

The lecture examines how public law has evolved since Lester and Jowell’s 1987 article challenged the view that it concerns only procedure, not substance. It explores developments in principles such as legitimate expectations, human rights, equality, policy conformity, and the shift toward proportionality and reasonableness in judicial review.
 
Speaker: Lord Justice Rabinder Singh Chair: Professor Jo Murkens

The legal profession is being fundamentally reshaped by advances in artificial intelligence and automation. Lawyers, in-house counsels, regulators, and legal technologists are experimenting with new models, tools, and business structures, creating both opportunities and challenges for those entering the profession.

Will green capitalism save us from the climate crisis? ‘Clean' technologies and renewable energy are certainly growing sites of capitalist investment, with government policies playing a key role in making these sectors profitable. But the supply chains that produce the technologies pose vexing dilemmas for the energy transition.
 
Speakers: Thea Riofrancos and Christine Schwöbel-Patel

Jill Fisch is the Saul A. Fox Distinguished Professor of Business Law. Professor Fisch is an internationally known scholar whose work focuses on the intersection of business and law, including the role of regulation and litigation in addressing limitations in the disciplinary power of the capital markets.

In the third workshop addressing the question of national interest in the wake of the end of globalisation, Professor Peter Ramsay (LSE Law) and Dr Philip Cunliffe (UCL Risk and Disaster Reduction) will interview Angus Hanton, author of Vassal State: How America Runs Britain. 

Please join us to celebrate the publication of Sir Ross Cranston’s wonderful book on Judging.

Step into the lives of those whose pursuit of justice collided with the power of the press. This thought-provoking event brings together victims, legal experts, media voices and policymakers to explore how mass media can illuminate and distort the path to justice.
 
Speakers: Jo Hamilton, Martin Hibbert, Neil Hudgell, Nicola Lacey, Janet Street-PorterChair: Coretta Phillips

The Professor Bill Cornish Memorial Lecture series was established as an annual event by LSE academics Dr Martin Husovec and Dr Luke McDonagh to honour the late Professor Bill Cornish who passed away in 2022.
 
Speaker: Professor Madhavi Sunder