Collaboration|Bristol: A Bristol Law Club Cultural Event, 25 June13 May 2011The University of Bristol Law Club is holding a multicultural event - Collaboration|Bristol - on the evening of 21 June, 2011. The event includes a global fashion show, cultural performances, food, an auction, raffle, stalls, and an end to the evening with an open dance floor. Money raised by the event will be donated to charitable causes supporting victims of the recent floods in Pakistan and the earthquake and tsunami in Japan.
Bristol Festival of Ideas - Bristol Genius: Naughton, The Innocence Project, 21 May 2011.18 April 2011As part of Bristol Festival of Ideas, the Bristol Genius programme looks at the people and organisations working on breakthrough ideas in the city of Bristol - ones that have the potential to change how we think, live, work, eat, play; that provide new business opportunities; and that can transform the environment, justice and society. Dr Michael Naughton established the Innocence Network UK (INUK) in the School of Law, University of Bristol, in September 2004 to undertake casework, research and communications in the area of wrongful convictions. He talks about this work at a free event at the Arnolfini Gallery, Sat 21 May, 2pm.
Naughton speaks at International Innocence Network Conference 201112 April 2011Michael Naughton, Senior Lecturer in the Law School and SPAIS gave two invited presentations at the first international Innocence Network Conference 'An International Exploration of Wrongful Conviction' hosted by the University of Cincinnati, Ohio, 7-10th April 2011.
Law School's latest successful PhD: Victoria Trimble29 March 2011Congratulations to Victoria Trimble who has been awarded the degree of Doctor of Philosophy for her thesis entitled "Anti-Terrorist Legislation in the United Kingdom: Continuity and Change".
Parents' representation research reveals reality of care proceedings29 March 2011A new study of how the parents of children in care proceedings are represented has provided the first detailed findings for 20 years. The research, led by academics at the University of Bristol and published today, addresses some of the key issues around the operation of the care proceedings process.
UPR Submission Thailand October 20119 March 2011Submission by HRIC for the Universal Periodic Review of Thailand which will take place in October 2011.
Innocence Network UK (INUK) Annual Spring Conference, 25 Mar. 20117 March 2011The Innocence Network UK (INUK) Annual Spring Conference will take place on the 25th March 2011. The conference is organised by Dr Michael Naughton, School of Law and School of Sociology, Politics and International Studies (SPAIS), and Gabe Tan, School of Law, University of Bristol.
Dr Morag McDermont short-listed for SLSA-Hart Book Prize 201123 February 2011Dr Morag McDermont’s, Governing Independence and Expertise: The business of housing associations (Hart Publishing, 2010) has been shortlisted for the Socio-Legal Studies Association (SLSA) 2011 Book Prize.
Bristol students progress in European Law Moot Court competition25 January 2011A student team from the School of Law participating in the European Law Moot Court Competition (ELMC) has qualified for the Regional Finals. The Bristol team will compete in Barcelona, Spain in February 2011.
University of Bristol Innocence Project response to Simon Hall judgment by the Court of Appeal25 January 2011Following a three-day appeal at the Royal Courts of Justice between 7-9 December 2010, the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) handed down its judgment last week dismissing the appeal of Simon Hall and upholding his conviction for the murder of 79-year-old Joan Albert. The University of Bristol Innocence Project has worked on Simon Hall’s case since 2006 and contributed significantly to the referral of his case back to the Court of Appeal by the Criminal Cases Review Commission.
Colloquium on Interpretivism in International Law, 10 Feb.19 January 2011On 10 February 2011, the Institute for Human Rights, University College London and the School of Law, University of Bristol will hold a colloquium entitled ‘Interpretivism in International Law’. It will be hosted by Macfarlanes LLP.
Academic's research central to Law Commission review of pre and post-nuptial agreements19 January 2011On 11 January 2011, the Law Commission published two research reports conducted by Dr Emma Hitchings, a Senior Lecturer in the School of Law, relating to Marital Property Agreements (pre-nuptial and post-nuptial agreements). Both reports are available on the Law Commission’s website.
Academics discuss gendered violence, safety and the Joanna Yeates homicide12 January 2011Lois Bibbings, a senior law lecturer, and Tanya Palmer, who is researching sexual violence, have spoken to the Bristol Evening Post and The Guardian about the recent safety advice for women in Bristol in light of the Joanna Yeates murder.
UoBIP: Naughton and Tan interviewed in The Observer magazine11 January 2011Dr Michael Naughton and Gabe Tan of the University of Bristol Innocence Project (UoBIP), were featured in The Observer Magazine talking to Sarfraz Manzoor about the role of Innocence Projects, and the involvement of the Bristol University Innocence Project in the case of Simon Hall. This was recently referred back to the Court of Appeal, and judgment on whether Hall will have his conviction quashed will be announced this month.
