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SUMMARY:The Future of Financial Market Infrastructure LSE Law School: Winter Term 2026 - ‘Tokenisation: New technologies\, same legal basis?’
DESCRIPTION:This series of seminars on the future of FMI\, hosted by the LSE Law School\, was established in 2020 to provide a forum for interdisciplinary discussion of this systemic part of the global financial markets. \nOne major development in this area is the huge interest in the potential for securities tokenisation and in new settlement arrangements for digital assets. Given this\, the LSE Law School FMI series is very happy to invite you to join two online talks on aspects of these issues. We have further plans in this area too: watch this space! \n‘Tokenisation: New technologies\, same legal basis?’ \nDate: Monday 23rd March 2026\,  1630-1800 (UK time) \nSpeaker: Ben Santos-Stephens\, Executive Director on the Board and CEO\, ClearToken https://cleartoken.io/about-cleartoken/team/ \nIf you would like to attend\, please contact Professor Jo Braithwaite at j.p.braithwaite@lse.ac.uk for further details. \nThis event will be held in a hybrid format.  \nThese events will be subject to the Chatham House Rule and no press please.
URL:https://lselaw.events/event/the-future-of-financial-market-infrastructure-lse-law-school-winter-term-2026-tokenisation-new-technologies-same-legal-basis/
LOCATION:Online event
CATEGORIES:Seminars 
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SUMMARY:Mass media\, justice and me: a victim’s perspective
DESCRIPTION:  \nClick here for more information and how to attend \nStep 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. \nThrough personal stories\, panel debate and audience engagement\, we’ll confront the good\, the bad and the deeply complex issue of mass media – and its role in the pursuit of justice. \nMeet our speakers and chair \nJo Hamilton is a former sub-postmaster and ardent campaigner for victims of the British Post Office scandal. One of over 1\,000 people instructed by Hudgell Solicitors to help clear their names. Appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2025 New Year Honours. Named by the Independent newspaper as one of the 50th Most Influential Women in 2024. Played by Monica Dolan in the four-part Mr Bates v The Post Office\, watched by over 13.5million people. \nMartin Hibbert is a Manchester Arena bomb survivor left paralysed from the waist down. Recently Martin won a landmark High Court harassment case in October 2024 against conspiracy theorist Richard Hall\, who falsely claimed the Manchester Arena bombing was staged. He is Vice president of the Spinal Injuries Association and a motivational speaker and activist\, raising awareness in the media and parliament on behalf of people suffering with spinal cord injuries and others injured in the Manchester Arena bombing. \nNeil Hudgell is the founder and Executive Chairman of Hudgell Solicitors\, a nationally recognised law firm celebrated for its unwavering commitment to justice\, accountability\, and client care. Since establishing the firm in 1997\, Neil has built a reputation as a fearless advocate for those failed by powerful institutions — from victims of wrongful conviction to families affected by public tragedies \nNicola Lacey is School Professor of Law\, Gender and Social Policy. From 1998 to 2010 she held a Chair in Criminal Law and Legal Theory at LSE; she returned to LSE in 2013 after spending three years as Senior Research Fellow at All Souls College\, and Professor of Criminal Law and Legal Theory at the University of Oxford. \nJanet Street-Porter (CBE) is a writer\, broadcaster and former editor of The Independent on Sunday. She originally studied architecture\, before starting her journalistic career iin her early twenties as a columnist and fashion editor\, moving into television and radio as a presenter and a senior executive at the BBC. Janet has won numerous awards including Columnist of the Year\, the Prix Italia for arts programming and a BAFTA for originality. \nOlivia O’Kane is partner at Lewis Silkin and head of media practice in Belfast and Dublin. Specialist adviser to publishers\, tech platforms\, broadcasters\, and public figures.  She is a Solicitor Advocate and a specialist litigator\, with an expertise in online anonymity\, harassment\, and media law\, and regularly provides content clearance advice. \nCoretta Phillips is a Professor of Criminology and Social Policy. She joined the Department of Social Policy in September 2001\, and has been involved in teaching both Criminology and Social Policy in the department at BSc\, MSc\, and PhD levels. Coretta is a member of the Mannheim Centre for Criminology.
URL:https://lselaw.events/event/mass-media-justice-and-me-a-victims-perspective/
LOCATION:Sheikh Zayed Theatre\, Lower ground\, Cheng Kin Ku Building\, 54 Lincoln's Inn Fields\, LSE\, WC2A 3LJ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Public Lectures 
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260324T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260324T183000
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SUMMARY:Socio-Legal Hub Open Lecture: Why I Changed My Mind (POSTPONED)
DESCRIPTION:Unfortunately\, this event has been postponed and will be rescheduled at a later date. We apologise for any inconvenience caused. \nLaw Events \nThe academy ideally seeks to sustain an intellectual space for debate\, discussion\, and critique\, where individuals are encouraged to continually question and refine their worldviews. At the same time\, academics are expected to rigorously defend their scholarly positions\, which can sometimes make it difficult to change one’s views\, as doing so may be perceived as a sign of intellectual weakness. In this panel\, three scholars at the LSE will reflect on their academic trajectories and share personal experiences of how socio-legal research led them to rethink or revise their views on a particular issue. \nSpeakers: Professor Susanne Baer is Centennial Professor at LSE Law School\, Professor of Public Law and Gender Studies at Humboldt University Berlin. \nProfessor Emily Jackson is Professor of Law at the LSE. \nProfessor Nicola Lacey is School Professor of Law\, Gender and Social Policy at the LSE. \nChair: Dr Nafay Choudhury (LSE)
URL:https://lselaw.events/event/socio-legal-hub-open-lecture-why-i-changed-my-mind-postponed/
LOCATION:Moot Court Room\, 7th Floor\, Cheng Kin Ku Building\, LSE\, London\, WC2A 3LJ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Seminars 
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260330T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260330T140000
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SUMMARY:Regulatory Interoperability for AI: where is Alcibiades’ dog tail?
DESCRIPTION:When Alcibiades cut off his dog’s tail\, he knew what he was doing. Athens would gossip about the cruelty and ignore the war. Politics\, he understood\, is often about distraction. Artificial intelligence regulation may have acquired its own dog tail. \nThe AI-regulation debate is too often consumed by grand gestures: calls for global AI treaties and declarations; sweeping principles and landmark conferences; and ever longer lists of values\, codes of practice and “global firsts”. Meanwhile\, AI systems move across borders with ease\, while regulation (and risk-based analyses) do not. Models are trained in one jurisdiction\, deployed in another\, and governed—fragmentedly—by many (or none). Specific-purpose systems sometimes face jurisdictional barriers and some others do not\, without any kind of structural logic. Courts\, regulators\, standards bodies and procurement rules all seem to tug at some uses. No one is in charge. Everyone claims concern. \nInto this disorder steps “regulatory interoperability”. The words reassure. The concept suggests harmony without sacrifice. But too often it functions like Alcibiades’ dog: something eye‑catching that diverts attention from harder questions. What\, precisely\, must interoperate? Laws? Institutions? Evidence? Decisions? Or merely aspirations? \nTechnical interoperability we are familiar with. Regulatory interoperability we are not. It is not harmonisation in disguise\, nor deregulation by another name. It may be a strategy for a world that will not agree on first bests\, but we are not sure how that looks. It requires design\, not slogans. Translation\, not consensus. Without that work\, policymakers will keep debating the tail—while the dog runs without direction. \nIn this seminar José-Miguel Bello y Villarino will share his observations about this process and where it seems to be heading. He will present how he sees regulatory interoperability to be distinct or similar to other related concepts and where it is another byword for misdirection or\, even worse\, hiding attemps to reinvent the wheel. He will engage with (and criticise) previous work\, to dispiritedly offer limited (if any) solutions. He will discuss how the term has been used in policy documents\, just to illustrate its operational limitations. And yet\, he hopes something insightful would come out of this research agenda and seminar. \nBio: José‑Miguel Bello y Villarino is a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Sydney Law School and an Australian Research Council Early Career Industry Fellow (2025–27)\, affiliated with the ARC Automated Decision-Making and Society Centre of Excellence and the University of Sydney Centre for AI\, Trust and Governance. He is Director of Research Engagement at the Sydney Law School\, where he co‑teaches advanced Law and Technology\, together with an interdisciplinary course at the Faculty of Engineering. He is a member of Spain’s Diplomatic Corps (on leave)\, with prior experience at the European Union (Commission and Council). His ARC fellowship\, in partnership with the NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption\, develops governance frameworks for using AI and automation to combat systemic corruption in the public sector. He has held visiting appointments at the EUI School of Transnational Governance and Harvard Law School and is a graduate from Santiago de Compostela (Political Sciences and Law)\, College of Europe (Law)\, NYU School of Law\, the Spanish Diplomatic School and the University of Sydney. \nThis seminar will operate on a first-come\, first-served basis.
URL:https://lselaw.events/event/regulatory-interoperability-for-ai-where-is-alcibiades-dog-tail/
LOCATION:Moot Court Room\, 7th Floor\, Cheng Kin Ku Building\, LSE\, London\, WC2A 3LJ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Seminars 
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260331T123000
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SUMMARY:The Wonders of Originalism\, or It’s Amazing How Often Smart People Latch onto Dumb Ideas - Larry Kramer
DESCRIPTION:The US Constitution is the oldest and most intensely litigated modern constitution in the world\, and it has also spawned a most remarkable array of theories on how the Constitution should be interpreted. In this lecture\, LSE President Larry Kramer reflects on the issue of constitutional interpretation by focusing on one distinctive theory\, that of originalism. Originalism is a style of interpretation that claims that the Constitution has an original meaning which is gleaned from historical analysis and which trumps all other arguments for deciding what a constitutional provision means. Arguing that originalism is an incoherent theory\, Kramer explains how and why originalism has become an influential theory only since the 1950s. And in presenting that case\, he offers more general insights into the character of constitutions. \nSpeaker: Professor Larry Kramer\, President and Vice Chancellor \nCommentator: Justice Goodwin Liu\, California Supreme Court \nChair: Andrew Murray\, Dean LSE Law School \nThis seminar will operate on a first-come\, first-served basis. This event is not open to the public.
URL:https://lselaw.events/event/the-wonders-of-originalism-or-its-amazing-how-often-smart-people-latch-onto-dumb-ideas-larry-kramer/
LOCATION:MAR 2.04\, Marshall Building\, 44 Lincoln's Inn Fields\, London\, WC2A 2ES\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Convene 
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260331T173000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260331T190000
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SUMMARY:Arbitration and Peace
DESCRIPTION:In the grand tradition of philosophers of the project of perpetual peace\, Immanuel Kant once famously proposed that the spirit of commerce (“Verkehr”) provided the essential ingredient.  Building on Kant’s insight\, this talk proposes that this ‘spirit of commerce’ depends upon trust in a robust system of dispute resolution that provides credible infrastructure for resolving disputes when commercial relations go awry.  Absent that system\, the incentives for commerce will not materialize\, or “wronged” parties will appeal for domestic political intervention to vindicate their interests.  International arbitration\, one of the most profound successes of international law in the twentieth century\, provides that essential infrastructure.  The paper traces the history of the perpetual peace project\, explains how international arbitration advances that goal and proposes how scholars and practitioners of international arbitration can contribute to that project in the twenty-first century. \nSpeaker: Professor Peter Bo Rutledge \nTalmadge Chair of Law\, School of Law\, University of Georgia. Professor Rutledge is the Talmadge Chair of Law. From 2015 through 2024\, he served as dean of the University of Georgia School of Law. He is the author of the book Arbitration and the Constitution and co-author with Gary Born of the book International Civil Litigation in United States Courts. His works have been published by the Yale University Press\, the Oxford University Press and the Cambridge University Press\, and his articles have appeared in a diverse array of journals such as The University of Chicago Law Review\, the Vanderbilt Law Review and the Journal of International Arbitration. He also regularly advises parties on matters of international dispute resolution (litigation and arbitration). \nChair: Professor David Kershaw \nThis seminar is open to the public and will operate on a first-come\, first-served basis. \nThis event will be followed by a drinks reception. 
URL:https://lselaw.events/event/arbitration-and-peace/
LOCATION:MAR 2.05\, Marshall Building\, 44 Lincoln's Inn Fields\, LSE\, WC2A 2ES\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Public Lectures 
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260331T190000
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SUMMARY:Symposium on Judging
DESCRIPTION:This promises to be a unique event in which we have the opportunity of drawing on the experience of judges from several jurisdictions to reflect on certain challenges in the contemporary practice of judging. \nOur panel comprises: \nSir Tim Eicke\, who has recently completed his term as the British judge on the European Court of Human Rights \nJustice Goodwin Liu of the California Supreme Court \nProfessor Kate O’Regan\, former Justice of the South Africa Constitutional Court \nThe panel will be moderated by Sir Ross Cranston\, former Justice of the High Court of England & Wales and author of the recently published book on Judging (OUP\, 2026). \nDrawing on his extensive experience\, Ross will be asking questions of the panel on such issues as appointments processes\, conflicts of interests\, collegial decisions and dissents\, case management and similar matters. There will also be an opportunity for questions from the floor. \nThis Event will operate on a first-come\, first-served basis. This event is not open to the public.
URL:https://lselaw.events/event/symposium-on-judging/
LOCATION:Alumni Theatre\, Lower Ground Floor\, Cheng Kin Ku Building\, LSE\, WC2A 2AE\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Convene 
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260401T163000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260401T173000
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SUMMARY:Anti-colonial Resistance\, Academic Freedom\, and Political Dissent in Cameroon
DESCRIPTION:This event will take place in person\, with an option to attend remotely. If you would like to join remotely\, please register using the hyperlink below. \nAttend via Zoom: Register Here  \nIn this discussion\, Barrister Caroline Mbinkar examines the “Nera 10” case as a window into the criminalization of political dissent and the shrinking space for academic and civic freedoms amid the Anglophone conflict in Cameroon. In 2018\, ten professionals\, including academics\, associated with the Anglophone struggle were arrested in Nigeria and deported to Cameroon. Despite being civilians\, they were tried before a military tribunal and sentenced to life imprisonment on charges of terrorism and secession. The story of the Nera 10 is part of a longer struggle in which minority Anglophone peoples have sought equality and freedom in Cameroon. Longstanding grievances about political exclusion\, linguistic domination\, and the erosion of legal and other public institutions\, led lawyers and teachers to protest in 2016\, which sparked an ongoing civil conflict – one of the most overlooked in the world. In this context\, the prosecution of the Nera 10 illustrates a broader shift toward the securitization of political grievances and the repression of intellectuals\, professionals\, and civic actors whose work and words challenge the prevailing order. At stake is not only the fate of ten individuals\, but the meaning of justice itself. In this discussion. Barrister Mbinkar explores the freedom dreams that continue to drive the Anglophone struggle and broader aspirations for peace and self-determination in Cameroon and beyond. \nSpeaker: Barrister Caroline Mbinkar is a distinguished lawyer from Cameroon and a Visiting Senior Fellow in Practice at LSE. She co-founded a pro bono law chambers\, ALL for Cameroon\, which provides free legal assistance for those unable to otherwise afford it. Prior to being sworn into the Bar\, Caroline was a committed human rights defender in Cameroon. In 2017\, when violent conflict broke out in the anglophone regions of Cameroon\, Caroline co-established the Cameroon Conflict Research Group at the University of Oxford.  \nChair: Dr Roxana Willis  \nThis event will operate on a first-come\, first-served basis.
URL:https://lselaw.events/event/anti-colonial-resistance-academic-freedom-and-political-dissent-in-cameroon/
LOCATION:MAR 2.05\, Marshall Building\, 44 Lincoln's Inn Fields\, LSE\, WC2A 2ES\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Seminars 
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260402T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260402T140000
DTSTAMP:20260504T142323
CREATED:20260210T081213Z
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SUMMARY:PIL Hub: 'How International Law Dies. Variations on a Wittgensteinian Theme'
DESCRIPTION:The PIL hub lunch-time seminar series aims to provide an opportunity to discuss and debate leading research on contemporary\, theoretical and historical issues of international law. \nOn 2nd April 2026\, Professor Fuad Zarbiyev will present a talk titled ‘How International Law Dies. Variations on a Wittgensteinian Theme.’  This session will take place in Moot Court Room\, please see venue information below.
URL:https://lselaw.events/event/pil-hub-how-international-law-dies-variations-on-a-wittgensteinian-theme/
LOCATION:Moot Court Room\, 7th Floor\, Cheng Kin Ku Building\, LSE\, London\, WC2A 3LJ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Seminars 
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260402T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260402T190000
DTSTAMP:20260504T142323
CREATED:20260325T123522Z
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SUMMARY:LSE/ClientEarth Clinic Presentation: Who Pays for Climate Breakdown? Banks\, Financed Emissions\, and the Road to Climate Accountability
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER HERE \nPlease note this event will now be taking place in Marshall 1.04\, please see venue details below. \nAs the world’s biggest banks continue to pour billions into fossil fuels—nearly US$8 trillion since the Paris Agreement—a pressing legal frontier is emerging: are financial institutions that make climate-destructive projects possible legally accountable for the harms they help cause? Join us for the launch of the LSE/ClientEarth Report that stems from the Sustainability Law & Policy Clinic project\, on which a team of twelve students from across five LSE departments have worked throughout this academic year. Working at the cutting edge of climate litigation and financial accountability\, the Clinic has undertaken an interdisciplinary investigation spanning two interrelated strands of research. First\, we examined how courts around the world have grappled with the thorny question of legal causation and scientific attribution in climate cases against major emitters—whether states or corporations—asking what legal tests\, attribution evidence\, and litigation strategies have proved most compelling. Second\, we turned the lens to banks and financial institutions\, mapping how litigants and civil society have sought to quantify ‘financed emissions’ and articulate the responsibility of banks for their unique role in enabling climate breakdown. Together\, these strands lay the legal groundwork for what may become a landmark methodological study. Taking a ‘Heede for banks’ approach\, modelled on the groundbreaking study that traced global emissions to a handful of carbon majors\, this work seeks to guide the development of a methodology for attributing a justifiable share of global emissions to the world’s most systemically important financial institutions. \nStudents will present their findings\, followed by a discussion with external experts on strategic litigation\, climate attribution science\, and sustainable finance\, offering a rare opportunity for open dialogue on one of the most consequential and innovative questions in climate governance today. Whether you are a legal scholar\, a climate advocate\, a finance professional\, or simply a concerned citizen\, we warmly invite you to attend\, listen\, challenge\, and contribute to this vital conversation. The event will close with a drinks reception\, offering further opportunity for conversation and exchange. \nStudent presenters: \n\nFarah Alaradi (BA in Law & Anthropology)\nSahra Paucar Bejarano (MSc Environmental Regulation)\nNehanshu Rao Chetty (MSc in Law and Finance)\nMary Cline (MSc in Human Rights and Politics)\nPablo Sebastián Díez Pinto (LLM)\nZacharia El Khamloussy (LLM)\nLeong Yue Andrew Ko (LLM)\nNoreen Nakirinya (LLM)\nGeorgia Skapoulli (LLM)\nTomas Vladyka (LLB)\nAn-Ya Yap (LLB)\n\nDiscussants \n\nRobert Clarke and Alex Bennett (Lawyers in ClientEarth’s Accountable Finance team and project partners)\nPablo Felmer Roa (Strategic Litigator and Campaigner\, Member of the Board of Directors at Reclaim Finance)\nLéa Miomandre (Finance Analyst at Reclaim Finance)\nJasper Blom (Lead Researcher in the climate case against ING and Senior Policy Officer focusing on financial sector regulation at Milieudefensie)\nMaria Carvalho (Head of Climate Economics and Data at NatWest Group)\nTom Alcoran (Senior Analyst at InfluenceMap)\nJoana Setzer (Associate Professor at GRI & Co-lead of GSoS Theme 3)\n\nChair: Marie Petersmann (Assistant Professor at LSE Law School & Director of the SLPC) \nThe LSE Supervision Team of the LSE will also be present and includes: \n\nNoah Walker-Crawford (Research Fellow at GRI and Strand A Supervisor);\nJoy Reyes (Policy Officer at GRI and Strand A Supervisor);\nNicholas Petkov (Research Assistant at GRI and Strand A Supervisor);\nEoin Jackson (PhD Researcher at LSE Law School and Strand A Supervisor);\nAgnieszka Smoleńska (Senior Policy Fellow at CETEx and Strand B Supervisor);\nTiffanie Chan (Policy Analyst at GRI/CETEx and Strand B Supervisor).\n\nThis event is kindly supported by the LSE Global School of Sustainability (GSoS). \nThis event will be followed by a drinks reception. \nPlease note\, that although this event is ticketed\, seating will operate on a first-come\, first-serve basis.
URL:https://lselaw.events/event/lse-clientearth-clinic-presentation-who-pays-for-climate-breakdown-banks-financed-emissions-and-the-road-to-climate/
LOCATION:MAR 1.04\, Marshall Building\, 44 Lincoln's Inn Fields\, LSE\, London\, WC2A 2ES
CATEGORIES:Public Lectures 
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260429T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260429T153000
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SUMMARY:Climate Change on Trial - Book Talk by César Rodríguez-Garavito
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER HERE – IN PERSON \nREGISTER HERE – ONLINE VIA ZOOM  \nPlease join us for an event where Professor César Rodríguez-Garavito will speak about his book Climate Change on Trial: Mobilizing Human Rights Litigation to Accelerate Climate Action (Cambridge University Press\, 2025). Drawing on an original database of rights-based climate change lawsuits worldwide\, as well as interviews with leading actors and participant observation in the field\, the book explains the rise and global diffusion of rights-based climate litigation. It brings together insights from global governance\, international law\, climate policy\, human rights\, and legal mobilisation theory to offer a socio-legal account of the actors\, strategies\, and norms that have emerged at the intersection of human rights and climate governance.\n\nSpeaker: César Rodríguez-Garavito\, Professor of Law; Chair\, Center for Human Rights & Global Justice; Director\, The Earth Rights Research and Action (TERRA) Program; Director\, More-than-Human Life (MOTH) Program\, at NYU School of Law\nChair: Professor Siva Thambisetty\, Associate Professor of Law\, LSE Law School\n\nPanellist: Joana Setzer\, Associate Professor\, Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment\n\nSponsors: LSE Law School\, The Global School of Sustainability\, and the Grantham Research Institute\n\nPlease note\, although this event is ticketed\, seating will operate on a first-come\, first-serve basis.
URL:https://lselaw.events/event/climate-change-on-trial-book-talk-by-cesar-rodriguez-garavito/
LOCATION:Moot Court Room\, 7th Floor\, Cheng Kin Ku Building\, LSE\, London\, WC2A 3LJ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Public Lectures 
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260506T183000
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SUMMARY:Who is Britain really saving in the fight against modern slavery?
DESCRIPTION:Hosted by the International Inequalities Institute and the LSE Law School \nIn-person and online public event (Malaysia Auditorium\, Centre Building) \nHow can I attend? \n\n\nIn-person: You can request one ticket via the online ticket request form\, which will be open after 12noon on Monday 13 April. The ticket line will stay open until all tickets have been allocated. \nOnline: Registration will open in early April. \nIf you have a query see our Events FAQ or email events@lse.ac.uk. \n\n\nAs Black Lives Matter has exposed the legacies of transatlantic slavery and empire\, Britain has launched a new moral crusade at home: the fight against “modern slavery.” This panel discussion marks the launch of Drugs\, Race and the Politics of Modern Slavery Law by Insa Lee Koch and asks what this crusade is really doing. \nFocusing on the Modern Slavery Act 2015 and the policing and prosecution strategies enabled in its wake\, the panel examines how young Black and racialised working-class men involved in Britain’s street level economy of heroin and crack cocaine — once criminalised under the war on gangs — are now recast as “modern slaves” and their “masters”. Central to the discussion is Glodi Wabelua\, the first young man convicted under modern slavery laws for a county lines drugs offence. Bringing together ethnographic insights\, leading anti-racism campaigners and lived experience\, the event interrogates how modern slavery law deepens racial inequality while allowing Britain to deny its imperial past. \nMeet our speakers and chair \nLiz Fekete is Director of the Institute of Race Relations and an Advisory Editor of Race & Class. Liz was part of the CARF Collective\, and an expert witness at the Basso Permanent People’s Tribunal (PPT) on asylum and the World Tribunal on Iraq. Her second book Europe’s Fault Lines: racism and the rise of the Right won the Bread and Roses award for Radical Publishing 2019. \nInsa Lee Koch is a writer\, advocate-researcher and professor at the University of St. Gallen in Switzerland and a visiting professor in the LSE Law School. Trained in both anthropology and law\, she has published award-winning work on topics of inequalities\, class\, racism and community resistance. She is author of Drugs\, Race and the Politics of Modern Slavery Law: when Enemies Become Victims which is available open access. \nKojo Kyerewaa is a founding member of Black Lives Matter UK (BLM UK)\, where he remains as the National Organiser. BLM UK was founded by anti-racist activists in 2016\, it was inspired but is independent from the US-based organisation. It is a member-led\, campaigning organisation working towards collective liberation. Kojo is also a founding member of Against Borders for Children\, a grassroots campaign which successfully in 2021 deleted the UK Home Office child migrant database. \nGlodi Wabelua is a community advocate whose lived experience features centrally in Drugs\, Race and the Politics of Modern Slavery Law. His conviction under human trafficking law in a drugs-related case was the first of its kind and made precedent in English law. Today\, Glodi is passionate about community outreach and education. He is the creator and host of the GloTalks podcast\, the founder of GloFitnessUK promoting wellbeing\, and delivers talks and mentoring in schools and prisons. \nCoretta Phillips is a Professor of Criminology and Social Policy at LSE. She joined the Department of Social Policy in 2001\, and her research interests lie in the field of race\, ethnicity\, crime\, criminal justice and social policy. Since 2022\, her major research efforts have focused on a multi-disciplinary ESRC project providing the first systematic\, comprehensive and historically grounded account of the crime and criminal justice experiences of Gypsies and Travellers in England since the 1960s. \nMore about this event \nJoin us on campus or register to watch the event online at LSE Live. LSE Live is the home for our live streams\, allowing you to tune in and join the global debate at LSE\, wherever you are in the world. If you can’t attend live\, a video will be made available shortly afterwards on LSE’s YouTube channel. \nThe International Inequalities Institute (@LSEInequalities) at LSE brings together experts from many of the School’s departments and centres to lead cutting-edge research focused on understanding why inequalities are escalating in numerous arenas across the world\, and to develop critical tools to address these challenges. \nLSE Law School is one of the world’s best schools. In the UK\, it was ranked third by The Complete University Guide in 2025. In the QS World University rankings for 2025\, the law school was ranked sixth (out of 200 worldwide). We strive to accomplish excellence in all of our endeavours\, helping students\, alumni and staff to achieve their full potential in everything they do. \nHashtag for this event: #LSEEvents
URL:https://lselaw.events/event/who-is-britain-really-saving-in-the-fight-against-modern-slavery/
LOCATION:Malaysia Auditorium\, LSE Centre Building (CBG)\, Lower Ground\, LSE Centre Building (CBG)\, Lower Ground\, London\, WC2A 2AD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Public Lectures 
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260511T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260605T200000
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SUMMARY:‘Art from Guantánamo\, by Abu Zubaydah’
DESCRIPTION:Twenty-four years without charge\, without trial\, without communication – but not without a voice. What role can art and artivism play in the pursuit of justice? \nAbu Zubaydah is a 55-year-old Palestinian who has been detained in Guantánamo Bay for 24 years. In the aftermath of 9/11\, he was secretly held and brutally tortured by the CIA\, with the complicity of many states\, including the UK. He is dubbed the “forever prisoner” as the US claims the right to continue to detain him without any such charge or trial for the remainder of his life. Many facts surrounding that torture and complicity remain classified\, and his conditions of confinement at Guantánamo mean that he is not allowed to communicate with the outside world. In this exhibition\, he speaks through his art. It urges us to reflect\, learn and act to end torture\, arbitrary detention and the inhumanity of Guantánamo. \nThe artwork by Abu Zubaydah gives graphic insight into his experience. It mainly depicts the impact of the “extraordinary interrogation techniques” inflicted by the CIA with approval from the highest level of the US government. Some convey the hopelessness of being detained with no prospect of trial or release. Some of the most recent ones show his concern for the world beyond Guantánamo. In this exhibition\, his art is displayed alongside judgements in his favour that confirm his detention as “anathema to the rule of law”\, ongoing torture and call for his “immediately release”. \nMore about this exhibition\nThis exhibition is organised by LSE Law School in collaboration with Human Rights in Practice and Human Rights in the Picture\, in association with LSE Arts. \nThe exhibition forms part of a project focused on exposing and ending Abu Zubaydah’s ordeal. Multiple legal cases have been brought on his behalf\, clarifying the violations and responsibilities of many states\, including the UK. Most recently\, a substantial settlement was reached between the UK Government and Abu Zubaydah\, to end his civil claim concerning the security and intelligence agencies’ complicity in his torture and rendition. As of today\, he remains in unlawful detention at Guantánamo. \nArt and justice together call for an end to the notorious detention of the “#ForeverPrisoner.” This idea is explored in The Forever Prisoner\, a 2021 documentary by Alex Gibney\, which examines the United States’ use of torture and extraordinary rendition. The film focuses on Abu Zubaydah\, the first “high-value detainee” subjected to the CIA’s programme. \nPlease be advised this exhibition is not easy viewing. It contains graphic depictions of torture and abuse which may be distressing to viewers. \nRelated events\nJoin LSE Law School for a screening of The Forever Prisoner by Alex Gibney (2021) on Monday 11 May and hear from the authors of The Forever Prisoner: The Full and Searing Account of the CIA’s Most Controversial Covert Program. Register here to book your place.
URL:https://lselaw.events/event/art-from-guantanamo-by-abu-zubaydah/
LOCATION:Atrium Gallery\, Ground Floor\, Old Building\, Houghton Street\, LSE\, London\, WC2A 2AE\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Public Lectures 
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260511T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260511T193000
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SUMMARY:‘WAR ON TERROR’: LEGACY\, JUSTICE\, ART | Film Screening: The Forever Prisoner
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER HERE \nJoin us the evening before the conference on the ‘“War on Terror”: Legacy\, Justice\, Art’ for a screening of Alex Gibney’s acclaimed documentary The Forever Prisoner (HBO 2021)\, followed by a discussion with Cathy Scott-Clark\, co-author (with Adrian Levy) of the companion book of the same name. \nThe film tells the story of Abu Zubaydah—the first ‘high-value detainee’ subjected to the CIA’s post-9/11 torture and extraordinary rendition programme—and offers a searing portrait of the legal and moral failures that defined an era. Still detained without charge at Guantánamo after 24 years\, Abu Zubaydah’s case encapsulates many of the themes that will run through the conference the following day: impunity\, exceptionalism\, and the limits of law in the face of state power. \nSpeaker: \nCathy Scott-Clark is a British journalist who worked with the Sunday Times and The Guardian\, co-author of seven books with Adrian Levy\, including The Forever Prisoner: The Full and Searing Account of the CIA’s Most Controversial Covert Program (2022). In 2012\, she received the Ramnath Goenka Award for Excellence in Journalism and in 2009\, the British Journalist of the Year Award. \nChair: Marie Petersmann (LSE Law School) \nDownload the conference programme \nThe screening is co-organised by Helen Duffy (Leiden)\, Marie Petersmann and Gerry Simpson (LSE).
URL:https://lselaw.events/event/war-on-terror-legacy-justice-art-film-screening-the-forever-prisoner/
LOCATION:MAR 2.05\, Marshall Building\, 44 Lincoln's Inn Fields\, LSE\, WC2A 2ES\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Public Lectures 
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260512T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260512T173000
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SUMMARY:‘WAR ON TERROR’: LEGACY\, JUSTICE\, ART | Conference
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER HERE \nThe conference brings together international law scholars\, practitioners\, journalists and artists to reflect on the legacy of the so-called ‘war on terror’ (WOT) today\, and the implications for the future. It will examine both continuities and transformations of the WOT\, tracing how characteristics and patterns—such as militarisation\, dehumanisation\, legal imperialism and exceptionalism—have evolved from the WOT initiated nearly a quarter century ago. It also seeks to look forward\, exploring synergies between international law\, media and the arts in responding to the challenges that arise. The conversation—and exhibition that follows it—invites us to reflect on the dynamic between artistic expression and the pursuit of justice\, especially where legal avenues are limited or obstructed. \nThe backdrop for the discussion are the pervasive and flagrant international law violations around the globe\, echoing the WOT’s logic\, methods and justifications\, and the challenges they pose. Glaring examples include extra-judicial killings of so-called ‘narco-terrorists’ by the US in Caribbean waters\, the evolution to openly transactional imperialism in current interventions and regime change in Venezuela\, or US-Israeli military assault on Iran\, assassinating its Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei pursuant to evolving stated aims that have been compared to the ‘scattershot’ justifications of the WOT era. More broadly\, the WOT shadow continues to spread\, such as through the designation of migrants\, civil society\, protesters or political opponents as ‘terrorists’\, evolving migration laws and policies—including ICE brutality and detention at Guantánamo—or the normalisation of the repression of dissent and the erosion of democratic safeguards across the Middle East\, Latin America\, Africa and Europe\, among many others. Pretexts include familiar notions of endless ‘wars’ on ill-defined enemies\, the dangerous ‘other’ and ‘great powers’ exceptionalism. \nMany of the most emblematic WOT violations continue\, unaddressed and increasingly unseen. This is epitomised by the ongoing detention and torture at Guantánamo\, or the complete impunity for CIA torture to which many states contributed\, and the lack of meaningful reparation for its victims despite almost two decades of justice efforts. \nThe conference is an opportunity to reflect together on the influence of the WOT on key rule of law challenges today\, and what we can learn from legal and other responses to them. How do we reflect on the role of law\, the strengths and limits of the pursuit of justice\, accountability\, and the role of multilateral mechanisms? Do patterns of Western legal double standards—visible from Guantánamo to Gaza to Tehran—shape the credibility and legitimacy of international law as a whole\, and if so\, then what are the implications moving forward? What role have the arts and media played in this context\, alongside justice processes? Are there synergies that can be exploited to better give effect to human rights and rule of law in divisive and challenging contexts? \nThe discussion will be followed by the launch of the exhibition ‘Art/Justice by Abu Zubaydah’. It is the first exhibition in the UK of the original art of CIA torture victim and Guantánamo ‘forever prisoner’ Abu Zubaydah\, who has now been detained without charge for 24 years. The UK government recently paid a settlement to end a civil case brought by Abu Zubaydah\, in relation to UK complicity in his torture and extraordinary rendition\, raising questions as to what more should be done. The exhibition opens at a moment when the UK’s own relationship to US military and legal exceptionalism is once again under acute scrutiny\, as British bases and aircraft are drawn into a conflict that has been characterised as an illegal war of aggression. \nDownload the conference programme \nOrganised by Helen Duffy (Leiden)\, Marie Petersmann and Gerry Simpson (LSE) \n6.30pm: Drinks Reception at  LSE Atrium Gallery
URL:https://lselaw.events/event/war-on-terror-legacy-justice-art-conference/
LOCATION:MAR 1.09\, Marshall Building\, 44 Lincoln's Inn Fields\, LSE\, London\, WC2A 2ES\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Public Lectures 
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260512T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260512T180000
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SUMMARY:LSE Law School Workshop - Capital Markets in the Savings and Investments Union: Perspectives on supervision\, structure and equivalence
DESCRIPTION:Please register for this workshop using the hyperlink below: \nRegister Here  \nThe EU’s current proposals for the savings and investments union (SIU) have sweeping implications for the financial ecosystem in the EU and in third countries\, including the UK. \nFollowing the publication of an EU Legislative proposal\, the Market Integration Package\, on 4 December 2025\,* the aim of this LSE Law School workshop is to uncover the implications of these proposals for the capital markets from a variety of viewpoints. The workshop will explore the proposals for the integration of supervision and the harmonisation of trading and post-trade regulation\, and consider their consequences for equivalence. The overall objective of this timely workshop is to bring together regulators\, practitioners and academics and explore these significant proposals through presentations and participant discussion. \nPresenters include:  \n\nDr Elizabeth Howell\, LSE Law School\nProfessor Niamh Moloney\, LSE Law School\nDr David Murphy\, LSE Law School\n\nFurther speakers to be announced. \nDiscussant: \n\nProfessor Jo Braithwaite\, LSE Law School\n\n* For details\, please see: European Commission\, ‘Breaking down barriers to integrate financial markets’ at \nhttps://finance.ec.europa.eu/regulation-and-supervision/savings-and-investments-union/factsheet-breaking-down-barriers-integrate-financial-markets_en \nOrganisers: \nProfessor Jo Braithwaite\, LSE Law School –  j.p.braithwaite@lse.ac.uk \nDr David Murphy\, Senior Fellow\, LSE Law School
URL:https://lselaw.events/event/lse-law-school-workshop-capital-markets-in-the-savings-and-investments-union-perspectives-on-supervision-structure-and-equivalence/
LOCATION:MAR 2.05\, Marshall Building\, 44 Lincoln's Inn Fields\, LSE\, WC2A 2ES\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Public Lectures 
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260513T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260513T193000
DTSTAMP:20260504T142323
CREATED:20251103T164129Z
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SUMMARY:Global Tax Seminar Series – Functional Fallacy\, a critique of the conduct-based approach to applying the ALP
DESCRIPTION:The mission of the Global Tax Seminar Series (GTSS) is to provide a regular and convivial forum for the presentation and discussion of new academic tax law\, policy\, and theory research by colleagues from all continents. The seminars are run in person and online as Zoom meetings\, with 25—to 30-minute paper presentations followed by comments from a distinguished panel of discussants and then ample time for questions and discussion. \nOn Wednesday 13 May 2026\,  Richard Collier\, Oxford & Ian Dykes (TBC)\, PWC UK\,  will present on the following topic: Functional Fallacy\, a critique of the conduct-based approach to applying the ALP. \nSpeakers : Richard Collier\, Oxford & Ian Dykes (TBC)\, PWC UK \nDiscussants: \n\nEduardo Baistrocchi\, LSE\nMalcom Gammie\, KC\nReuven Avi Yonah\, Michigan University\nSol Picciotto\, Lancaster University\nDiane Ring\, Boston College Law School (Via Zoom)\n\nTo join online\, please register using the hyperlink below. \nRegister Here – Online Participation  \nTo sign up for the mailing list\, please \nvisit: https://www.lse.ac.uk/law/secure/taxation-signup. \nFor further information\, please contact Eduardo Baistrocchi\, Associate Professor of Law\, at e.a.baistrocchi@lse.ac.uk. \nThis seminar is open to the public and will operate on a first-come\, first-served basis.
URL:https://lselaw.events/event/global-tax-seminar-series-functional-fallacy-a-critique-of-the-conduct-based-approach-to-applying-the-alp/
LOCATION:Moot Court Room\, 7th Floor\, Cheng Kin Ku Building\, LSE\, London\, WC2A 3LJ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Seminars 
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260519T123000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260519T133000
DTSTAMP:20260504T142323
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SUMMARY:Socio-Legal Research Hub - Research Seminar: Professor Linda Mulcahy
DESCRIPTION:The Socio-Legal Research Hub will host a research Seminar delivered by Professor Linda Mulcahy of the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies\, University of Oxford.  \n  \nProfessor Mulcahy will present a paper on Strategic Litigation and Systemic Change from the bottom up. This draws on her AHRC-funded project An Oral History of Radical Lawyering.  \n  \n\nSeats will be allocated on a first-come\, first-served basis. 
URL:https://lselaw.events/event/socio-legal-research-hub-research-seminar-professor-linda-mulcahy/
LOCATION:Moot Court Room\, 7th Floor\, Cheng Kin Ku Building\, LSE\, London\, WC2A 3LJ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Seminars 
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260519T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260519T190000
DTSTAMP:20260504T142323
CREATED:20260219T105804Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260219T110308Z
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SUMMARY:The Professor Bill Cornish Memorial Lecture 2026 – “About-Face: Deepfakes and the Misuse of Copyright”
DESCRIPTION:The Public Lecture will be held in person.For those who are unable to attend on-site\, a remote attendance option will be available via Zoom. \nTo join online\, please register using the link below: \nRegister Here – Online Participation \nThe 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. During the late 1960s Prof Cornish pioneered the teaching of Intellectual Property Law at LSE\, becoming the progenitor of intellectual property law scholarship and teaching in the United Kingdom. He spent nearly 30 years at the LSE between 1962 and 1990\, from 1970 as a Professor of English Law. His work combined a deep knowledge of English legal history and intellectual property law\, with a European and law-in-context outlook on the regulation of markets and technologies. The inaugural Cornish Memorial Lecture was given by Prof. Jane Ginsburg (Columbia) in 2023\, the 2024 lecture was given by Prof. Caroline Ncube (University of Cape Town) and the 2025 lecture was delivered by Prof. Pam Samuelson (UC Berkeley). In the next years the lecture series will continue to feature eminent scholars who\, like Prof Cornish\, have contributed to the study of authorship\, creativity\, innovation and IP ownership. This year LSE welcomes Prof. Madhavi Sunder (Georgetown) to deliver the lecture. \nSpeaker: Professor Madhavi Sunder (Frank Sherry Professor of Intellectual Property Law\, Georgetown) \nProf Sunder is a widely published and influential scholar of intellectual property law\, law and technology\, women’s human rights\, and international development. Her scholarship is interdisciplinary\, straddling private and public law\, and engages the global dimensions of law\, from patents and access to medicines\, to trademarks and university brands. Her book\, From Goods to a Good Life: Intellectual Property and Global Justice (Yale University Press 2012) brings a humanist approach to intellectual property law. The author of over 40 articles and book chapters\, she has published in Yale Law Journal\, Stanford Law Review\, University of Michigan Law Review\, California Law Review\, Texas Law Review\, and many other leading law reviews. Her work has been featured in The New York Times\, The Washington Post and The Harvard Business Review. \nChairs: Dr Martin Husovec (LSE) and Dr Luke McDonagh (LSE) \nDiscussant: Prof. Dev Gangjee (Oxford) \nThis event functions on a first-come\, first-served basis. To secure your place\, we recommend arriving early. \nA drinks reception will also follow this event from 7pm-8pm. \nThis event is supported by the LSE Law\, Technology and Society (LTS) Hub.
URL:https://lselaw.events/event/the-professor-bill-cornish-memorial-lecture-2026-about-face-deepfakes-and-the-misuse-of-copyrightkk/
LOCATION:Shaw Library\, 6th floor\, Old Building\, Houghton Street\, LSE\, WC2A 2AE\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Public Lectures 
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260520T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260520T200000
DTSTAMP:20260504T142323
CREATED:20260423T103711Z
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SUMMARY:Due Diligence on Trial: What can corporate sustainability due diligence regulation deliver for people\, the climate and nature?
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER HERE \nCorporate sustainability due diligence has emerged as one of the most significant and contested regulatory innovations of the past decade. The EU’s Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD)\, alongside national laws in France\, Germany and beyond\, legally required companies to identify\, prevent and mitigate harmful human rights and environmental impacts across their operations and supply chain?  \nBut is due diligence regulation enough? Can such regulation itself cause harm?   \nThe Sustainability Regulation Observatory (SRO) at LSE’s Global School of Sustainability invites you to Due Diligence on Trial — a mock trial event that puts corporate sustainability due diligence in the dock\, examining its value\, its limitations\, and whether it can deliver the systemic change that people\, the climate and nature urgently require. Prosecutors\, defence counsel and independent witnesses will argue the case before a judge\, with the audience acting as the live jury and casting their verdict.  \nSpeakers: \nFor the prosecution: \nKate Levick — Associate Director\, E3G Arguing that corporate sustainability due diligence\, even at its strongest\, falls structurally short of what the climate and nature emergencies require.  \nProf. Dr. Galina Kolev-Schaefer — Senior Economist at the German Economic Institute (IW Köln) Presenting the economic critique of due diligence as a regulatory tool.  \nJudge Prof. Veerle Heyvaert — Professor\, LSE Law School; founding Editor-in-Chief of Transnational Environmental Law; Associate Dean\, LSE Law School \nFor the defence: \nSarah-Jane Denton — Operational Risk and Environment\, Travers Smith  \nThe event will be followed by a drinks reception.  \nPlease note that although this event is ticketed\, seating will operate on a first-come\, first-served basis.
URL:https://lselaw.events/event/due-diligence-on-trial-what-can-corporate-sustainability-due-diligence-regulation-deliver-for-people-the-climate-and-nature/
LOCATION:MAR 1.09\, Marshall Building\, 44 Lincoln's Inn Fields\, LSE\, London\, WC2A 2ES\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Public Lectures 
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260526T123000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260526T133000
DTSTAMP:20260504T142323
CREATED:20260501T112229Z
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SUMMARY:Spring Term Socio-Legal Reading Group Session
DESCRIPTION:The Socio-Legal Reading Group will be back for one session only in Spring Term! In this session\, we will be discussing the following article\, authored by anthropologist Lila Abu-Lughod. \n\nAbu-Lughod\, L. (1990). The Romance of Resistance: Tracing Transformations of Power Through Bedouin Women. American Ethnologist\, 17(1)\, 41–55\n\nThis session will operate on a first-come\, first-served basis.
URL:https://lselaw.events/event/spring-term-socio-legal-reading-group-session/
LOCATION:Moot Court Room\, 7th Floor\, Cheng Kin Ku Building\, LSE\, London\, WC2A 3LJ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Seminars 
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260527T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260527T180000
DTSTAMP:20260504T142323
CREATED:20260429T141959Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260429T141959Z
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SUMMARY:Legal and Political Theory Forum - "Methods for Comparative Constitutional Studies from and within the Global South"
DESCRIPTION:The Legal & Political Theory Forum was set up in September 2007 in order to provide an umbrella for seminars and colloquia on topics of common interest to scholars and graduate students working in various disciplinary areas\, but particularly in the fields of politics and law. The Forum holds a series of seminars during term-time\, at which papers are presented by academics who are based either at LSE or more commonly elsewhere. \nOn Wednesday\, 27th May 2026\, Prof Dinesha Samararatne will present the following paper: Methods for Comparative Constitutional Studies from and within the Global South. \nOur policy is to make Forum events as inclusive as possible. All Forum events are open to staff and students from all departments and all academic institutions. The Forum is run by Tarun Khaitan (LSE Law School). \n This seminar is open to the public and will operate on a first-come\, first-served basis.
URL:https://lselaw.events/event/legal-and-political-theory-forum-methods-for-comparative-constitutional-studies-from-and-within-the-global-south/
LOCATION:Moot Court Room\, 7th Floor\, Cheng Kin Ku Building\, LSE\, London\, WC2A 3LJ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Seminars 
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260603T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260603T180000
DTSTAMP:20260504T142323
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SUMMARY:Legal and Political Theory Forum - "What makes an official or authority public?"
DESCRIPTION:The Legal & Political Theory Forum was set up in September 2007 in order to provide an umbrella for seminars and colloquia on topics of common interest to scholars and graduate students working in various disciplinary areas\, but particularly in the fields of politics and law. The Forum holds a series of seminars during term-time\, at which papers are presented by academics who are based either at LSE or more commonly elsewhere. \nOn Wednesday\, 3rd June 2026\, Prof Sandy Steel will present the following paper: What makes an official or authority public?. \nOur policy is to make Forum events as inclusive as possible. All Forum events are open to staff and students from all departments and all academic institutions. The Forum is run by Tarun Khaitan (LSE Law School). \nThis seminar is open to the public and will operate on a first-come\, first-served basis.
URL:https://lselaw.events/event/legal-and-political-theory-forum-what-makes-an-official-or-authority-public/
LOCATION:Moot Court Room\, 7th Floor\, Cheng Kin Ku Building\, LSE\, London\, WC2A 3LJ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Seminars 
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SUMMARY:Reading wars: the story (so far) of Western literacy and the future of free speech
DESCRIPTION:Hosted by the LSE Law School and LSE Press \nIn-person and online public event (Old Theatre\, Old Building) \nHow can I attend? \n\n\nIn-person: You can request one ticket via the online ticket request form\, which will be open after 12noon on Monday 11 May. The ticket line will stay open until all tickets have been allocated. \nOnline: Registration will open in early April. \nIf you have a query see our Events FAQ or email events@lse.ac.uk. \nWho gets access to books? And\, to what extent does the act of reading shape our humanity? In conversation with Larry Kramer\, Don Herzog will discuss his new publication from LSE Press\, Reading Wars\, which examines the heated\, even murderous\, political struggles over who gets to read and what they get to read. \nHerzog studies the history and politics of anxieties about readers and reading\, spanning both the United States and Britain\, from the 1500s right up to contemporary battles over banning library books and freedom of speech. The author reconstructs arguments insisting that ordinary men and women could not be trusted to read what they liked – indeed\, that some of them ought not read at all. And he charts struggles to promote literacy. Herzog argues that at stake in these battles is whether some people – those banned from reading – are not fully human\, or lesser persons than others. The radical campaign to let more or less everyone read more or less everything is ultimately\, therefore\, a campaign for equality. \nMeet our speakers and chair \nDon Herzog teaches law and political theory at the University of Michigan\, where he has won the Golden Apple Award\, a university-wide teaching award bestowed by the student body. Among his previous books are Poisoning the Minds of the Lower Orders\, Household Politics: Conflict in Early Modern England\, Defaming the Dead\, and A Little Book of Political Mistakes. \nLarry Kramer has been President and Vice Chancellor of LSE since April 2024. A constitutional scholar\, university administrator\, and philanthropic leader\, he was previously the President of the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation and the Dean of Stanford Law School. \nNicola Lacey is School Professor of Law\, Gender and Social Policy at LSE. She is a Fellow of the British Academy\, served as a member of the British Academy’s Policy Group on Prisons\, which reported in 2014\, and was from 2014-2019 the Academy’s nominee on the Board of the British Museum. In 2011 she was awarded the Hans Sigrist Prize by the University of Bern\, for scholarship on the rule of law in modern societies; in 2022 she won the Law and Society Association’s International Prize; and in 2025 she won the UK Law Teacher of the Year Award. Her publications include A Life of HLA Hart; Women\, Crime and Character: From Moll Flanders to Tess of the D’Urbervilles; The Prisoners’ Dilemma\, and In Search of Criminal Responsibility. \nDevika Hovell is Professor of Public International Law at LSE\, specialising in the law on the use of force and international criminal law. She serves on the Editorial Board of the European Journal of International Law\, is an editor of the international law blog EJIL:Talk!\, and is a fixed-term member at Matrix Chambers in London. Her current book project examines the future of collective security. \nMore about this event \nJoin us on campus or register to watch the event online at LSE Live. LSE Live is the home for our live streams\, allowing you to tune in and join the global debate at LSE\, wherever you are in the world. If you can’t attend live\, a video will be made available shortly afterwards on LSE’s YouTube channel. \nLSE Law School (@LSELaw) is one of the world’s best schools. In the UK\, it was ranked third by The Complete University Guide in 2025. In the QS World University rankings for 2025\, the law school was ranked sixth (out of 200 worldwide). We strive to accomplish excellence in all of our endeavours\, helping students\, alumni and staff to achieve their full potential in everything they do. \nLSE Press is a non-profit\, open access publisher of the social sciences. It publishes high quality\, peer reviewed books and journals\, all available free of charge\, that shape the academic debate\, influence public policy and contribute to the broader conversation. \nThis book is free to read and download from LSE Press. Physical copies can be purchased from third-party retailers. \nHashtag for this event: #LSEEvents
URL:https://lselaw.events/event/reading-wars-the-story-so-far-of-western-literacy-and-the-future-of-free-speech/
LOCATION:Old Lecture Theatre\, Ground floor\, Old Building\, Houghton Street\, WC2A 2AE\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Public Lectures 
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SUMMARY:Socio-Legal Hub Open Lecture: Why I Changed My Mind
DESCRIPTION:You are warmly invited to attend\, The Socio-Legal Hub Open Lecture: Why I Changed My Mind\, followed by a celebratory afternoon tea\, which will be held in the student common room after the lecture has concluded. \nIn this panel\, three scholars will reflect on their academic trajectories and share personal experiences of how socio-legal research led them to rethink or revise their views on a particular issue. By way of a thank you to our wonderful speakers\, and to celebrate the end of the academic year\, we will close this event with an afternoon tea – we very much hope to see you there! \nPlease note that this event will operate on a first-come\, first-served basis. \n 
URL:https://lselaw.events/event/socio-legal-hub-open-lecture-why-i-changed-my-mind/
LOCATION:Moot Court Room\, 7th Floor\, Cheng Kin Ku Building\, LSE\, London\, WC2A 3LJ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Seminars 
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SUMMARY:How the right laws can save the planet
DESCRIPTION:CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION AND TICKETS \nThe planet and its inhabitants face critical threats – including climate change\, collapse of biodiversity\, reverses in progress on global poverty and persistent inequality. \nHow can international and national laws address these threats? What insights do we have about the conditions that lead to their enactment and implementation? How can they be applied in the face of growing threats to respect for international law? \nMeet your speakers and chair \nAlex Cobham is an economist and chief executive of the Tax Justice Network. His research has focused on illicit financial flows\, effective taxation and inequalities\, including at Oxford University and the Center for Global Development. He has led tax justice advocacy at a range of NGOs and has consulted widely\, including for UNCTAD\, the UN Economic Commission for Africa\, the UN Economic and Social Commission for West Asia\, DFID\, and the World Bank. Published books include The Uncounted (Polity Press) and Estimating Illicit Financial Flows (Oxford University Press\, open access\, with Petr Janský ). His most recent book\, What Do We Know and What Should We Do About… Tax Justice? is published by SAGE. \nTessa Khan is an international climate change lawyer and campaigner. Before founding Uplift\, she was co-founder and Co-Director of the Climate Litigation Network\, which supports groundbreaking strategic climate litigation around the world. She has spent two decades supporting grassroots\, regional and international movements for justice and has served as an expert advisor to UN human rights bodies and national governments\, while working in Thailand\, Egypt\, India\, the US\, the Netherlands and Australia. In 2019\, she was named by TIME magazine as one of fifteen women leading the fight against climate change. Tessa is also a recipient of a Climate Breakthrough award\, the largest climate action grant for individuals. \nSiva Thambisetty is an Associate Professor of Law at the London School of Economics\, where she teaches and researches on the legal protection of inventions\, innovation in emerging technologies\, cultural property and the use and circulation of genetic resources. Dr Thambisetty attended intergovernmental negotiations on the BBNJ Treaty\, first as an advisor to the Pacific Small Island Developing States (IGC2\, IGC3) and second\, as an expert on the G77 Chair’s Team in 2022 (IGC5) and 2023 (Resumed IGC5). From 2019 to 2023 her work and publications on the treaty negotiations were funded by LSE Knowledge Exchange and Impact. She currently leads a KEI-funded Oceans Biodiversity Collective\, engaging in policy conversations on the Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Treaty. \nAshfaq Khalfan is the Director of the Sustainability Regulation Observatory (SRO) and Distinguished Policy Fellow at LSE’s Global School of Sustainability. He was previously Climate Justice Director at Oxfam America and Law and Policy Director at Amnesty International. The SRO critically analyses sustainability regulation and generates insights into more effective design that advances human rights\, social justice and sustainability. \nThis event is part of the LSE Festival: How to save the planet running from Monday 15 to Saturday 20 June 2026. This year’s Festival explores how existential threats including the climate crisis\, conflict and AI are affecting all parts of the world\, transforming the way and where we live\, and how our societies function. With a series of events asking what can we be doing to save the Earth\, its people and environment? Booking for all Festival events will open on Monday 18 May. Please click here for more information.
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