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LSE Law School has a diverse and vibrant events programme. Convene and Social events provide our students opportunities for learning, enrichment and community building beyond the lecture theatre, our Research events focus on exchange of cutting-edge ideas, and we warmly welcome everyone with an interest in law to our Public Events.
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Thai Theatre

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Lower ground floor, Cheng Kin Ku Building, LSE WC2A 3LJ United Kingdom Get Directions

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  • Extraction: The Frontiers of Green Capitalism – book talk by Thea Riofrancos, followed by a discussion by Christine Schwöbel-Patel

    Thai Theatre Lower ground floor, Cheng Kin Ku Building, LSE, United Kingdom
    Public Lectures 

    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

  • Pathways to Breathe Clean Air: Ultra Low Emission Zones

    Thai Theatre Lower ground floor, Cheng Kin Ku Building, LSE, United Kingdom
    Public Lectures 

    Clean air is an essential element of the human right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment and a precondition for the enjoyment of rights including life and health. Yet most people still do not enjoy clean air.
     
    Speakers: Astrid Puentes Riaño, Gregor Singer,
    Debbie Obafemi, Chris Griffiths, Jemima Hartshorn, Dryden Goodwin, Suzanne Bartington     Chair: Joana Setzer (LSE)

  • Lord Sumption on Law and Courts in times of international discord

    Thai Theatre Lower ground floor, Cheng Kin Ku Building, LSE, United Kingdom
    Seminars 

    In a period of war, geopolitical tension, and growing scepticism toward international law, courts face increasing pressure over their authority and legitimacy. This fireside chat with Lord Sumption will explore the role of domestic and international courts, the practical limits of enforcing international judgments, and the resilience of human rights under conditions of international strain.

  • Trump and the Law: Insights from Five Legal Fields

    Thai Theatre Lower ground floor, Cheng Kin Ku Building, LSE, United Kingdom
    Convene 

    Join us for a timely discussion about the potential implications across the fields of public law, reproductive rights, financial law, climate change law, and trade law.
     
    Speakers: Professor Emily Jackson, Professor Larry Kramer, Dr Giulia Claudia Leonelli, Professor Niamh Moloney & Dr Mona Paulsen

    Convene events are organised for members of the LSE community.

  • Trade, Geopolitics and Climate: Fireside Chat with Ignacio Bercero

    Thai Theatre Lower ground floor, Cheng Kin Ku Building, LSE, United Kingdom
    Public Lectures 

    Join us for a thought-provoking conversation with Ignacio Bercero, former Director at the European Commission, about his long career in trade, the evolution of the geopolitical and economic landscape over the last 30 years, and the role of trade in the path to climate neutrality.
     
    Speaker: Ignacio Garcia Bercero

  • Trade and subsidies: Towards economic security and strategic autonomy

    Thai Theatre Lower ground floor, Cheng Kin Ku Building, LSE, United Kingdom
    Seminars 

    The global patterns of trade are changing as a consequence of the emerging geopolitical realities (and the associated frictions). In this new landscape, governments have become increasingly concerned with their economic security and have put in place measures to preserve their autonomy and resilience.

  • Book Launch “The New EU Competition Law” at LSE (6pm GMT)

    Thai Theatre Lower ground floor, Cheng Kin Ku Building, LSE, United Kingdom
    Seminars 

    Pablo Ibáñez Colomo (LSE) in conversation with Anthemis Economou (Latham & Watkins), Thorsten Käseberg (German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action) and Okeoghene Odudu

  • Fireside Chat with Robert Pickering, former CEO of Cazenove

    Thai Theatre Lower ground floor, Cheng Kin Ku Building, LSE, United Kingdom
    Careers 

    We are delighted to welcome Robert Pickering, former Chief Executive of Cazenove, and author of Blue Blood: Cazenove in the Age of Global Banking, for a fireside chat about his impressive career and what it takes to be successful in the intensely competitive world of investment banking.
     
    Speaker: Robert Pickering

  • Book Launch: Dickensland: The Curious History of Dickens’s London

    Thai Theatre Lower ground floor, Cheng Kin Ku Building, LSE, United Kingdom
    Seminars 

    Members of the public are welcome to attend this free public lecture.


    Tourists have sought out the landmarks, streets, and alleys of Charles Dickens’s London ever since the death of the world-renowned author. Late Victorians and Edwardians were obsessed with tracking down the locations—dubbed “Dickensland”—that famously featured in his novels.
     
    Speaker: Dr Lee Jackson

  • Uncertainties of Tax, Rent and Risk

    Thai Theatre Lower ground floor, Cheng Kin Ku Building, LSE, United Kingdom
    Careers 
    Speaker: Dr Ian Roxan (LSE)

    This event is part of the LSE Taxation Seminars series, organised by Dr Eduardo Baistrocchi. These events are held on LSE campus, but a Zoom link will also be circulated in advance. For further information, please contact Eduardo Baistrocchi e.a.baistrocchi@lse.ac.uk

  • Legal biographers on their subjects: 2. Advocates

    Thai Theatre Lower ground floor, Cheng Kin Ku Building, LSE, United Kingdom
    Public Lectures 

    Sally Smith KC on Marshall Hall KC; Tom Grant KC on Sydney Kentridge KC; Professor Catharine MacMillan on Judah Benjamin KC
    This is a Legal Biography Project event.

  • Legal biographers on their subjects: 1. Judges

    Thai Theatre Lower ground floor, Cheng Kin Ku Building, LSE, United Kingdom
    Public Lectures 

    Hilary Heilbron KC on Dame Rose Heilbron DBE; Dr Victoria Barnes on Lord Lindley; Sir David Foxton on Thomas E. Scrutton
    This is a Legal Biography Project event.