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December


A British Interpretation of Convention Rights

14 December

Lord Irvine of Lairg

Download the speech: A British Interpretation of Convention Rights (PDF)


Annual Jan Grodecki Lecture

1 December

University of Leicester

New System of Appointing Judges: The First Five Years by Professor Dame Hazel Genn


November


Achieving a Culture Change in Case Management

22 November

Lord Justice Jackson Special Judicial Guest Lecture

Download the speech: Achieving a Culture Change in Case Management (PDF)


Special UK Supreme Court Seminar

18 November

Taking Stock Two Year's On

This UCL Judicial Institute Special Event is held to mark the second anniversary of the opening of the United Kingdom Supreme Court. In the first two years of its existence, the court has firmly established itself as an independent final court of appeal for the country. But its decisions have not been without controversy.

Download the first report of the UCL JI UKSC Project (PDF)


Understanding Judging: Roles, Skills and Challenges

(This course is no longer available)

12-13 November 2011

Intensive Weekend Course for Practitioners
Accredited by SRA (12 CPD points)
Increasing Diversity Bursaries available

Understanding Judging (PDF)


October


Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, 4th Mediation Symposium

19 October

Keynote Speaker: Professor Dame Hazel Genn
Mediation and Civil Justice


Centre for Forensic Sciences Research Seminar

19 October

Myths, Misunderstandings and Mistakes of Jury Research
Professor Cheryl Thomas

Myths, Misunderstandings and Mistakes of Jury Research (Powerpoint)


Delivering Summary Justice

14 October

Magistrates Association 650th Anniversary Forum


September


15 September

The William B Lockhart Lecture

University of Minnesota


Selecting Judges, English Style: Are there lessons for the United States?

Keynote Speaker: Professor Dame Hazel Genn

Download pamphlet: Selecting Judges, English Style (PDF)


July


Australian Bar Association Conference, Berlin

20 July

Paths to Justice Revisited by Professor Dame Hazel Genn


Cambridge Lectures: Canadian Institute for Advanced Legal Studies

11 July

English Civil Justice: An Uncertain Future by Professor Dame Hazel Genn


June


Nuffield Foundation

28 June

Enforcement and Outcomes in Civil Law: Civil Law and Tribunals by Professor Dame Hazel Genn


Can Tribunals Retain Their Identity?

27 June

One-day Special Roundtable Seminar convened by the UCL Judicial Institute, Tribunal Service and the Nuffield Foundation


May


European University at St Petersburg

13 May

The Value of Social Science Methods in Studying Courts and Judicial Decision Making by Professor Dame Hazel Genn


April


Justice in the Round Conference

18-20 April

Waikato, New Zealand
Keynote Speaker: Professor Dame Hazel Genn
Judicial Determination and Dispute Resolution


Judges Conference

16 April

Napier, New Zealand
Reform of Civil Justice by Professor Dame Hazel Genn


14 April

Judges Conference

Napier, New Zealand
Aspects of Judicial Conduct by Professor Dame Hazel Genn


Higher Courts Judges Conference

High Court of New Zealand
Civil Justice Reforms in England and Wales by Professor Dame Hazel Genn


March


UCL Lunch Hour Lecture

10 March

Sex, Drugs, the Internet and Juries by Professor Cheryl Thomas

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February


Constitution Unit

20 February

Judicial Diversity by Professor Dame Hazel Genn


Representing and Contesting Ideologies Symposium

4 February

Yale University
What is Civil Justice For? by Professor Dame Hazel Genn


January


Judicial Institute Seminar and Book Launch

19 January

Representing Justice: Invention, Controversy and Rights in City-States and Democratic Courtrooms (Yale University Press)
Professor Judith Resnik & Professor Dennis Curtis, Yale University