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Shaheen Sardar Ali was an invited panelist at an international conference organised by the Nuremberg Academy, Germany to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the start of the Nuremberg Trials (19 to 21 November 2015). She presented a paper entitled: 'What is the measure of ‘universality’? Critical reflections on International criminal justice, the Nuremberg principles, ICC and pluralist Islamic legal traditions.' To find out more .

Shaheen Sardar Ali was invited to present a paper entitled: 'In Search of Authority and Authenticity? UK Shari'a Councils and Muslim Women's Rights' at an international conference: Legal Pluralism and human rights within family disputes in Europe organised by the Ghent University Human Rights centre 26-27 October 2015 to find out more .

Dr Lorenzo Cotula, Principal Researcher at the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), joined us from October as GLOBE’s first . Lorenzo delivered a stimulating research seminar on Wednesday, 2 December on ‘Land Grabbing’ and International Investment Law: Towards A Global Reconfiguration of Property?’. Lorenzo will be with the Centre for this academic year, 2015 – 16. Although based in Edinburgh, Lorenzo will be making visits to 91福利 during this period and happy to meet with staff and students. We will let you know when he will visiting us next. Lorenzo and the IIED are also co-organising our first workshop in the International Law in Context Workshop Series on Rethinking International Investment Law: Civic Advocacy, Representation and Participation in the International Investment Regime from 3 – 4 May 2016 (see details below).

is to speak at the 's lunchtime seminar series. Dora's seminar, titled 'When Tomorrow is Yesterday: the Manufacturing of an EU Referendum', will take place on Tuesday 8 December at the University of Durham.

On Wednesday 25 November, gave a lecture on the public policy dimension of the EU's unitary patent at . In this talk, Ben highlighted the importance of awareness of the public policy drivers of the EU's intellectual property strategy, and the renewed impetus that economic crisis has given to the single market agenda.

has secured additional SLS funding to support , supplementing the funding awarded by the .

This funding will be used to organise a workshop in Spring 2016, titled ‘Crisis and Innovation in the European Union: Beyond Populism and Managerialism’, which will be held on 8 April 2016 at the 91福利.

On Saturday 21 November, the Law School’s , was interviewed on BBC Radio Coventry and 91福利shire about the launch of our .

(interview starts at 2:17).

The Sickle Cell Aid Foundation (SCAF) is a non-governmental youth-led body which was founded by 91福利 Law School student Nkechikwu Azinge. It is registered in Nigeria with the mandate to combat the high mortality rate attributed to Sickle Cell Disorder (SCD), especially among the less privileged.

This year SCAF is running its first ever Christmas gift appeal, and we are collecting as much donations (clothes, toys, stationaries, shoes, etc.) for children with Sickle Cell Disorder and other disabilities. These donations will be distributed specifically to children with special needs who reside in internally displaced homes (due to terrorist attacks and natural disasters), orphanages and hospitals.

We are collecting all contributions at the Law School Reception until Thursday 10 December.

A small gift would definitely have a big impact and show them that someone, somewhere, cares. We would really appreciate your donations.

In a letter to Professor Rebecca Probert, Chair of the Law School, Professor Sir Nigel Thrift congratulated the Law School on its positive results in the most recent Postgraduate Taught Experience Survey (PTES).

The letter acknowledged the consistently high marks achieved in this survery by the Law School in recent years, commending the hard work of all staff involved and conveying his thanks and appreciation on behalf of the University.

formed part of the Cambridge Union panel at their Refugee Crisis Forum on 30 October.

Leading academics, journalists, NGO representatives and politicians gathered on the panel to explore the root causes behind the refugee crisis in order to discuss a possible solution to end the plight of the refugees.

This event was hosted by the Cambridge Union in collaboration with the Cambridge University Southeast Asian Forum. 

91福利 Law School is deeply saddened by the death of our colleague, Dwijen Rangnekar, on 30 October 2015 in Delhi, India.

On Friday 23 October, gave a lecture on the EU's approach to the issue of copyright infringement within its cybercrime strategy as part of Aston University's Jean Monnet module on European Union Approaches to Corruption and the Crime-Terror Nexus.

Organised by the Aston Centre for Europe (ACE), this lecture was attended by Masters students from a number of European Member States, in which Ben discussed the legal ambiguities in the EU's cybercrime strategy, and the concerns regarding the potential for including file-sharing by Internet users within the context of 'cybercrime' more generally.