Find out more about Judicial Institute events from 2011
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
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
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
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)
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
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
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
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
UCL Lunch Hour Lecture
10 March
Sex, Drugs, the Internet and Juries by Professor Cheryl Thomas
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
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