Public Lectures from the Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge

Speaker : Dr Yin Harn Lee, Senior Lecturer in Law at the University of Bristol Biography : Dr Yin Harn Lee is a Senior Lecturer in Law at the University of Bristol. Her research interests lie primarily in copyright law. A significant part of her research focuses on copyright and videogames, and she is also interested in historical aspects of copyright as well as the interface between int...

Harro van Asselt is the Hatton Professor of Climate Law with the Department of Land Economy, a Fellow and Director of Studies at Hughes Hall, and a Fellow with the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law, University of Cambridge. He is also Professor of Climate Law and Policy at the University of Eastern Finland Law School, and an Affiliated Researcher with the Stockholm Environment Institute. Th...

Speaker : Dr Julian Ghosh, Cambridge University   Abstract : In this seminar Dr Ghosh will address what, post-Lipton are the rules for REUL/AL; examples of UK Court decisions which should but do not apply REUL/AL and will provide a useful template for future litigation. For more information see: https://www.cels.law.cam.ac.uk/weekly-seminar-series

🎙️ Welcome to CULSCAST, the podcast from the Cambridge University Law Society — one of the world’s oldest and largest student-run societies, founded in 1901. This is the first episode of our new season of CULSCAST Conversations, where we bring the Cambridge law community closer together through insightful and engaging discussions. In this episode, we’re introducing the 2024–2025 CULS Committee! Jo...

Speaker:  Professor Marc Steinberg (SMU Dedman School of Law) This presentation, based on Professor Steinberg’s June 2025 Oxford University Press book Corporate Director and Officer Liability — “Discretionaries” Not Fiduciaries, posits that corporate directors and officers are not fiduciaries. In fact, the liability standards that normally apply are too lenient to be identified as fiduciary....

Speaker : Professor Andrew Christie, University of Melbourne Biography : Professor Andrew Christie was the foundation appointment to the Chair of Intellectual Property at the University of Melbourne in 2002.He holds BSc and LLB (Hons) degrees from the University of Melbourne, a LLM from the University of London, and a PhD from the University of Cambridge (Emmanuel College). Admitted...

International organizations law has always revolved around the relationship between the organization and its member states. This has proven to be of some use, but leaves important gaps unaddressed. What, e.g., about purely international affairs (think judicial review, think relations between organs)? And it ignores the existence of a vast external world. By concentrating solely on the relations wi...

On 26 September 2025 Cambridge Women in Law (CWIL) hosted the Right Honourable Lady Arden of Heswall DBE as she chaired a compelling discussion with four exceptional legal minds shaping the future of human rights law, Nicola Greaney KC, Irena Sabic KC, Katherine Apps KC and Dr Kirsty Hughes, Associate Professor of Human Rights Law. The event took place as part of the Cambridge Alumni Festival, and...

On Tuesday 17th November the Rt. Hon. Professor Shirley Williams delivered the 2009 Alcuin lecture at the Law Faculty, discussing the future of the European Union after the Lisbon Treaty. Shirley Williams, Baroness Williams of Crosby, was one of the 'Gang of Four' moderate Labour politicians who in 1981 founded the Social Democratic Party (SDP), which merged with the Liberal Party in 1988 to form...

Former President of the Queen's Bench Division, Sir Brian Leveson, was appointed by the government to carry out an independent review into the criminal courts. Specifically, the review considered 2 key themes, which are outlined in the Terms of Reference: 1) Reform: how the criminal courts could be reformed to ensure cases are dealt with proportionately, in light of the current pressures on the Cr...

The Hersch Lauterpacht Memorial Lecture is an annual three-part lecture series given in Cambridge to commemorate the unique contribution to the development of international law of Sir Hersch Lauterpacht. These lectures are given annually by a person of eminence in the field of international law. We will come together to celebrate the life and scholarship of our colleague and friend, Professor Kare...

Hersch Lauterpacht Memorial Lectures 2025: Diversity and Self-Determination in International Law: Continuing Conversations with Karen Knop We will come together to celebrate the life and scholarship of our colleague and friend, Professor Karen Knop (1960-2022). Karen, until her untimely passing, was the Cecil A Wright Chair at the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Law. A long-time friend of the L...

Hersch Lauterpacht Memorial Lectures 2025: Diversity and Self-Determination in International Law: Continuing Conversations with Karen Knop We will come together to celebrate the life and scholarship of our colleague and friend, Professor Karen Knop (1960-2022). Karen, until her untimely passing, was the Cecil A Wright Chair at the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Law. A long-time friend of the L...

Hersch Lauterpacht Memorial Lectures 2025: Diversity and Self-Determination in International Law: Continuing Conversations with Karen Knop We will come together to celebrate the life and scholarship of our colleague and friend, Professor Karen Knop (1960-2022). Karen, until her untimely passing, was the Cecil A Wright Chair at the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Law. A long-time friend of the L...

An online debate considering the recent Supreme Court case of 'For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers' which was handed down on 16 April featuring Aidan O’Neill KC (Scot.), KC (E&W), BL (Ireland) who appeared for For Women Scotland. In the discussion Aidan reflected on his experiences of the case, the judgment and participate in a debate of the issues it raises going forward. This was...

The Cambridge Pro Bono Project (CPP) hosted the annual lecture featuring Professor Judge Leonardo Brant (International Court of Justice; Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil) on Thursday 16th May 2025. The Cambridge Pro Bono Project is a research centre that draws on the subject-matter expertise of graduate researchers and Faculty experts to produce reports on a wide range of public interest...

Lady Rose visited Cambridge on 3rd February 2025 at Newnham College, as a guest on the Cambridge University Law Society (CULS) Speaker programme. She spoke to CULS about her career, the landmark decisions she has contributed to since her appointment to the Supreme Court in 2021, and the functioning and evolving role of the Supreme Court. Lady Rose was called to the Bar by Gray's Inn in 1984. She p...

In the  mare liberum , seafarers are protected by the age-old maritime duty to rescue anyone in distress at sea. This principle has also been codified in various treaties, including the 1974 Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) Convention. This convention was adopted in response to the Titanic disaster and mainly focuses on safety on board of commercial ships. But the most vulnerable people at sea n...

Closing address by the Editors-in-Chief and Conference Convenor (Marno Swart, Renatus Otto Franz Derler (00:00) and Kevin Zou(01:33)). This is a recording from the events of the 14th Annual Cambridge International Law Conference This is a collection of recordings from the events of the 14th Annual Cambridge International Law Conference, held under the title 'Navigating a Multipolar World: Challeng...

Moderator: Joshua Kelly, Freshfields. 1. Ms Paulina Rundel, PhD Candidate, University of Vienna: The UN Charter Navigating the Moon: The Moon Agreement versus the Artemis Accords. (02:10) 2. Dr Abbie-Rose Hampton, Research Associate; Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellow, King’s College London: Pathogen Access and Benefit-Sharing and the Pandemic Treaty: Maintaining the Status Quo? (20:55) 3. Dr Mi...

Moderator: Commodore Ian Park, UK Royal Navy; Visiting Lecturer in Law, Yale Law School. 1. Ms Liuva Ramos Masó, Early Career Researcher (Ghent Alumni), Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR): Hide and seek with private military companies (pmcs) the urgent need for an international regulatory framework. (01:48) 2. Dr Kostia Gorobets, Assistant Professor of International Law, Univ...

Moderator: Bart Wasiak, Senior Associate, Arnold & Porter. 1. Dr Ernst-Ulrich Petersman, Professor Emeritus, European University Insitutite: Constitutional Pluralism as Political Driver for Multipolar Re-ordering of International Legal Systems. (04:35) 2. Dr Konstantina Georgaki, Assistant Professor in International and European Economic Law, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki: The EU's defe...

Moderator: Dr Tugba Basaran, Director of the Centre for the Study of Global Human Movement, University of Cambridge. 1. Dr Lora Izvorova, LSE Fellow, London School of Economics and Political Sciences: Deconstructing Dignity: Two Archetypes in European Human Rights Law. (01:10) 2. Dr Chloë McRae Gilgan, Senior Lecturer, University of Lincoln: Refuge in Peril: The Responsibility to Protect Populatio...

Moderator: Émilie Pottle, Barrister, Temple Garden Chambers. 1. Ms Danielle Flanagan, Associate, Hogan Lovells LLP: Rethinking Universal Jurisdiction: A Shift Towards Greater Universality? (01:54) 2. Dr Ata Hindi, Murphy Institute Visiting Assistant Professor of Law, Tulane University School of Law: Here Comes Your Ghost Again: Individual Immunities for International Crimes. (16:51) 3. Dr Giovanni...

Moderator: Jessica Simor KC, Barrister, Matrix Chambers. 1. Ms Crisela Bernardino, Researcher in Corporate Climate Litigation, British Insitutue of International and Comparative Law (BIICL): In the Interests of Climate Justice: International Law and Decolonial Perspectives on the Philippine Climate Case Against the ‘Carbon Majors’. (02:08) 2. Mr Selman Aksünger, PhD Candidate, Maastricht Universit...