Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

UCL Faculty of Laws @laws.ucl.ac.uk · 6h

Happening today! We're looking forward to plenty of insights about democracy and constitutionalism in the Trump Era. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-state-...

1 1 2

UCL Faculty of Laws @laws.ucl.ac.uk · 7h

We’re delighted to share that UCL Laws has been ranked #3 in the UK for studying law in The Times & Sunday Times Good University Guide 2026. 🌟
🔗 Read more on the new UCL Laws website: www.ucl.ac.uk/laws/news/20...

UCL Faculty of Laws @laws.ucl.ac.uk · 5d

Academic freedom. Freedom of expression. Who defines them — and who decides their limits?

Join Michael Ignatieff in conversation with Erin Delaney at the 2025 UCL Europe Lecture hosted by UCL Laws & UCL European Institute

✱ 30 Oct, 6–7:30 PM
✱ Bentham House, London
✱ Register:

Academic Freedom: What It Is, What It Isn’t, and Why It’s Under Threat

Come and join us for the 2025 UCL Europe Lecture with Michael Ignatieff

shorturl.at

1

UCL Faculty of Laws @laws.ucl.ac.uk · 6d

Don’t miss UCL Laws' Quain Lectures in Jurisprudence with Professor Seana Shiffrin @law.ucla.edu – a rare opportunity to hear one of the world’s leading legal and moral philosophers live in London.

📅 20–24 October | 🏛️ UCL Laws
🎟️ Free to attend – book now: buff.ly/pi9UWE4

A close-up of the front of UCL's neo-classical Wilkins Building, which has steps leading up to six pillars that form part of the building's portico. A student is sitting on the steps leaning against one of the pillars, and there are two stone statues of male figures in shot.

2 2

Reposted by UCL Faculty of Laws

UCL Centre for Ethics & Law @uclcel.bsky.social · 7d

You can now watch our event discussing #Ethics and #AI and co-hosted with the @middletemple.bsky.social here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOni...

With huge thanks to our speakers: Prof Orla Lynskey, Prof Phillip Morgan, Flora Page KC, Dr Raphael Reims and Alison Cottrell.

@laws.ucl.ac.uk

AI and the Employed Bar: Exploring the Opportunities and Challenges

YouTube video by UCL Laws

www.youtube.com

2 2

Reposted by UCL Faculty of Laws

Uta Staiger @ukstaiger.bsky.social · 8d

Looking forward to chairing the 2025 UCL Europe Lecture on #AcademicFreedom.

Michael Ignatieff, with @efieldingd.bsky.social & @ucl.ac.uk's Provost Michael Spence.

Convened by @uclei.bsky.social with @laws.ucl.ac.uk & Disagreeing Well.

30 Oct. Free tickets:

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/academic-f...

2 5

Reposted by UCL Faculty of Laws

UCL European Institute @uclei.bsky.social · 12d

How can the EU, faced by the likes of Putin & Trump, reconcile the demands for a more geopolitical union with its commitment to a constitutional one?

Join @laws.ucl.ac.uk in person or hybrid for Michael Dougan @livunislsj.bsky.social Current Legal Problems lecture.

www.ucl.ac.uk/laws/events/...

Hybrid | Membership of the EU in an Era of Geopolitical Disorder

This lecture will be delivered by Professor Michael Dougan, as part of the Current Legal Problems Lecture Series 2025-26

www.ucl.ac.uk

3 4

UCL Faculty of Laws @laws.ucl.ac.uk · 14d

🇺🇸 The State of the United States: A Conversation with Jack Smith 🇺🇸
Join us for an exclusive conversation with Jack Smith (former US Special Counsel) and Andrew Weissmann (Professor of Practice, @nyulaw.bsky.social).
📅 8 October 2025
🎟️ Book now: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-state-...

The red, white and blue flag of the United States against a background of blue sky and fluffy white clouds.

1 2 4

Reposted by UCL Faculty of Laws

Constitutional Court Trust @concourttrust.bsky.social · 15d

Wishing Catherine Marcus, former law clerk to Justice Kollapen at the Constitutional Court of South Africa and the Pius Langa Memorial Fellow at UCL for 2025-26, all the very best for their LLM studies at UCL Faculty of Laws in London starting this week @laws.ucl.ac.uk

1 1

Reposted by UCL Faculty of Laws

UCL @ucl.ac.uk · 15d

UCL has been rated as a leading university for knowledge exchange for the fifth year in a row in Research England’s Knowledge Exchange Framework (KEF).

Read the news story: bit.ly/46tDarL

#KEF5

@uclenterprise.bsky.social

18 31

Reposted by UCL Faculty of Laws

UCL Centre for Ethics & Law @uclcel.bsky.social · 16d

Join our event with Middle Temple on 24 Sept discussing the ethics of #AI for barristers in the employed sector. Hear from our panel of experts: Alison Cottrell, Prof Orla Lynskey, Prof Philip Morgan, Flora Page KC & Raphael Reims.Chair: Dr Alan Brener @laws.ucl.ac.uk

www.ucl.ac.uk/laws/events/...

Hybrid | AI and the Employed Bar: Exploring the Opportunities and Challenges

A Middle Temple Employed Bar Society event in association with the Centre for Ethics & Law, UCL Laws Faculty, University College London

www.ucl.ac.uk

1 1

Reposted by UCL Faculty of Laws

Martins Paparinskis @mpaparinskis.bsky.social · 16d

Pleased to see my @laws.ucl.ac.uk inaugural Current Legal Problems lecture from this February published doi.org/10.1093/clp/...

The Development of International Law: The Case for Revisiting Compensation

Abstract. How can the development of public international law work in a decentralised and pluralist international society, where actors and institutions in

doi.org

3 5

UCL Faculty of Laws @laws.ucl.ac.uk · 20d

How have epidemics shaped the law over the course of history? 🦠📚
Meet the editors of Epidemics and the Law: From Plague to the Present – including UCL Laws’ Professor Charles Mitchell – in this new blog post from @journallawsociety.bsky.social.
buff.ly/7KkB6Mt

A cover of Epidemics and the Law from the Plague to the Present, featuring an illustration of a skeleton standing on coffins with historic London in the background.

1 4

Reposted by UCL Faculty of Laws

UCL Centre for Ethics & Law @uclcel.bsky.social · 22d

We are delighted to invite you to join a distinguished conversation between Professor John Lowry & Lady Arden of Heswall as they discuss Lady Arden's transformative influence on company law

When: 15 October 2025, 6-7pm
Where: hybrid

Register here: www.ucl.ac.uk/laws/events/...

@laws.ucl.ac.uk

Hybrid | In conversation with Lady Arden of Heswall, DBE

This event is organised by the UCL Centre for Ethics & Law

www.ucl.ac.uk

2 3

Reposted by UCL Faculty of Laws

Markus W. Gehring @mwgehring.bsky.social · 28d

Very cool CLE event on the ICJ Advisory Opinion on Climate Change by our friends @ucl.ac.uk @laws.ucl.ac.uk Centre for Law and the Environment - on 2 Oct 6pm UK time.

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cle-high-l...

CLE: High-Level Panel on ICJ Advisory Opinion on Climate Change

The UCL Centre for Law and Environment will be hosting an event on the International Court of Justice’s advisory opinion on climate change

www.eventbrite.co.uk

2 1

UCL Faculty of Laws @laws.ucl.ac.uk · Sep 8

Congratulations to all the amazing UCL Laws students who’ll be graduating today! 🎓🥳

We wish you a wonderful time celebrating your fantastic achievements. It will be a day to remember! ✨

#UCLLaws #UCLGrad #LoveUCL #WeAreUCL #UCLLaws2025

A group of UCL Laws graduating students are standing while in their graduation ceremony. They are wearing black robes, purple stoles and black mortar boards.

UCL Faculty of Laws @laws.ucl.ac.uk · Sep 4

🎓 𝗦𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲: 𝗨𝗖𝗟 𝗟𝗮𝘄𝘀 𝗔𝗹𝘂𝗺𝗻𝗶 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗲𝗻𝗱, 𝟴–𝟭𝟬 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 🎓
Calling all Laws alumni! We will be hosting a special 𝗔𝗹𝘂𝗺𝗻𝗶 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗲𝗻𝗱 next year as part of UCL’s bicentennial celebrations. Please make a note of the date and we'll share more soon.🗓️

There is a purple background with the following text overlaid: Save the date, 8–10 October 2026, UCL Laws Alumni Weekend. Next to the date is an icon of a calendar. To the right side of the text is an image of the iconic Tower Bridge in London, which features twin Gothic-style towers connected by high-level walkways and a drawbridge that raises for passing ships. The image also features the River Thames in the foreground and the City of London in the background.

1

UCL Faculty of Laws @laws.ucl.ac.uk · Sep 1

Congratulations to UCL Laws' Dr Franziska Arnold-Dwyer who has been announced as a Women in Insurance Awards 2025 finalist! 🥳 Dr Arnold-Dwyer has been recognised in the Insurance Lawyer of the Year category. ⚖️🏆
www.ucl.ac.uk/laws/news/20...

Dr Franziska Arnold-Dwyer is Women in Insurance Awards 2025 finalist

Dr Arnold-Dwyer has been announced as a finalist in the Insurance Lawyer of the Year category for the second year in a row.

www.ucl.ac.uk

Reposted by UCL Faculty of Laws

UCL Centre for Ethics & Law @uclcel.bsky.social · Sep 1

We are delighted to share the recording of @stephenmayson.bsky.social UCL lunch hour lecture discussing lawyers and what it means (or should mean) to be acting in a client's best interests.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Pa5...

#ProfessionalEthics
#LegalProfession
#BestInterests

@laws.ucl.ac.uk

This link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn

lnkd.in

3 5

UCL Faculty of Laws @laws.ucl.ac.uk · Aug 4

Announcing an upcoming event as part of our Current Legal Problems lecture series for 2025-26:

📢 Membership of the EU in an Era of Geopolitical Disorder
🗣️ Professor Michael Dougan @livunislsj.bsky.social
📅 23 October 2025 | 6pm
🏛️ UCL Laws + online
🔗 Book now: tinyurl.com/ysz46j3a

Hybrid | Membership of the EU in an Era of Geopolitical Disorder

This lecture will be delivered by Professor Michael Dougan, as part of the Current Legal Problems Lecture Series 2025-26

tinyurl.com

1

Reposted by UCL Faculty of Laws

Aileen McHarg @aileenmcharg.bsky.social · Aug 1

This will be terrific:
@bymyong.bsky.social consistently illuminates aspects of the constitution that the rest of us - unjustifiably - ignore

UCL Faculty of Laws @laws.ucl.ac.uk · Jul 31

Announcing an upcoming event as part of our Current Legal Problems lecture series for 2025-26:

📢 Bureaucracy and Distrust: The Civil Service in the Constitution
🗣️ Dr Ben Yong @bymyong.bsky.social
📅 16 October 2025 | 6pm
🏛️ UCL Laws + online
🔗 Book now: tinyurl.com/yz5bnrey

Hybrid | CLP - Bureaucracy and Distrust: The Civil Service in the Constitution

This lecture will be delivered by Dr Ben Yong, as part of the Current Legal Problems Lecture Series 2025-26

tinyurl.com

5 17

Reposted by UCL Faculty of Laws

Tim Causer @timcauser.bsky.social · Jul 18

Scheduled for publication in 1 December, just in time to be rammed into Christmas stockings the world over, is the next volume of The Collected Works of Jeremy Bentham - 'Essays on Logic, Ethics, and Universal Grammar', ed. P. schofield

uclpress.co.uk/book/essays-...

Essays on Logic, Ethics, and Universal Grammar

This new volume of Bentham’s philosophical writings deals with his most fundamental ideas concerning logic, language, ethics and grammar. It includes four major essays written between 1814 and 1816, n...

uclpress.co.uk

1 5 8

UCL Faculty of Laws @laws.ucl.ac.uk · Jul 31

Announcing an upcoming event as part of our Current Legal Problems lecture series for 2025-26:

📢 Bureaucracy and Distrust: The Civil Service in the Constitution
🗣️ Dr Ben Yong @bymyong.bsky.social
📅 16 October 2025 | 6pm
🏛️ UCL Laws + online
🔗 Book now: tinyurl.com/yz5bnrey

Hybrid | CLP - Bureaucracy and Distrust: The Civil Service in the Constitution

This lecture will be delivered by Dr Ben Yong, as part of the Current Legal Problems Lecture Series 2025-26

tinyurl.com

2 8

UCL Faculty of Laws @laws.ucl.ac.uk · Jul 29

We're proud to announce that Professor Maria Lee has been elected as a new Fellow of @britishacademy.bsky.social for her scholarship in environmental law. 🌍 🌱
Congratulations, Professor Lee! ⭐
tinyurl.com/yv7h4wtc

Professor Maria Lee FBA elected Fellow of the British Academy

Professor Lee has been elected to a prestigious British Academy fellowship for her pioneering contributions to environmental law.

tinyurl.com

5

UCL Faculty of Laws @laws.ucl.ac.uk · Jul 25

We’re delighted to share that @ilianos.bsky.social gave the keynote at the UN’s global competition & consumer protection conference in Geneva, calling for an “agile competition law” to keep pace with rapid digital change and tackle fragmented enforcement worldwide.

buff.ly/s0b5imo

#CompetitionLaw