Queen Mary Postgraduate Law Conference 2012: Taking Risks and Challenging Legal Thought
22 May 2012
Time: 9:00am - 7:00pm
Venue: Joseph Rotblat Building, Queen Mary, University of London, Charterhouse Square, London EC1M 6BQ
Suggested hashtag for this event for Twitter users: #QMLawConf
Paper Presentations
Each 1.5 hour session will include three papers in a range of subject areas:
Arbitration, Asylum and Refugee Law, Commercial Law, Constitutional Law and Legal History, Criminal Law, European Union Law, Human Rights, Intellectual Property Law, International Law and Medical Law.
Poster Session
Poster Presentations will be displayed during lunchtime.
Special Sessions
- The ‘soapbox’ session is new to the Queen Mary PhD Conference and will provide a dynamic forum for short presentations on risky ideas or controversial legal views.
- Plenary session: ‘After the PhD: Academia or Legal career?’
Chaired by:
Merris Amos, Professor Richard Ashcroft, Dr Nick Bernard, Dr Stavros Brekoulakis, Professor Alan Dignam, Professor Malgozia Fitzmaurice, Dr Paresh Kathrani (SAS), Amber Marks, Dr Mario Mendez, Professor Chris Reed, Professor Guido Westkamp.
Organised by:
Hélène Tyrrell and Ana Alba Betancourt
(Law PhD students at Queen Mary, University of London)
Programme
Download the full programme for the QM Postgraduate Law Conference 2012.
Book a place
Register online via the Queen Mary e-shop by 17 May 2012.
Directions
Download detailed directions to the Joseph Rotblat Building in Charterhouse Square, EC1M 6BQS or view an online map.
Further information
For more information email: law-gradconference@qmul.ac.uk or find us on Facebook ‘QMUL Postgraduate Conference 2012’.
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Conference Papers
Some presenters have made materials available ahead of the event:
- Handout: Katie Bales, Refugee & Asylum Law Session
- Handout: Robin Callender Smith, Constitutional Law & Legal History Session The Times 2 Feb 1911 page 6-8
- Handout: Rodrigo Céspedes, International Law Session