As part of its research training day programme the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies is running the following event on Thursday 28th February:
How to get a PhD in Law: The PhD Journey - supervision, research ethics and preparing yourself for upgrade and vivas
It is open to MPhil / PhD students across the country, and costs £75.
Further information, and online booking can be found by going to: https://ials.sas.ac.uk/events/event/16868
Strictly Legal - The Birkbeck Law Librarian's Blog
This blog is for students studying and staff teaching on law and criminology courses at Birkbeck, University of London. Visit for the latest library news, tips on new resources, links to useful web sites and more.
Wednesday, 20 February 2019
Wednesday, 23 January 2019
Demystifying the language of the courtroom
The January 22nd episode of Radio 4 programme Word of Mouth focused on the language of the courtroom and ways of demystifying family justice. Lucy Reed, who chairs The Transparency Project was the main contributor. Worth a listen if you have half an hour to spare.
Wednesday, 19 December 2018
Legislation relating to Brexit on Westlaw
There is no escaping Brexit, even within Westlaw! There is now a section of draft statutory instruments (SIs) that relate to the leaving of the EU. This can be found under the Browse section of the legislation content screen:
There are quite a lot of them:
There is also a section headed 'Retained EU Legislation' which has selected EU documents appearing in a new format, and aims to preserve a snapshot of current EU legislation. Documents display as currently in force, with amendments pending (the exclamation mark).
There are quite a lot of them:
There is also a section headed 'Retained EU Legislation' which has selected EU documents appearing in a new format, and aims to preserve a snapshot of current EU legislation. Documents display as currently in force, with amendments pending (the exclamation mark).
Wednesday, 28 November 2018
Equality & Human Rights Commission Research Database
The following information came through to me, and I thought that it was worth sharing for those of you with an interest in the work of the EHRC.
The Equality and Human Rights
Commission (EHRC) maintains a research database. Four times a year, in March,
June, September and December, newsletters are emailed to database members.
These provide information about our most recent research and inquiry reports
across the protected characteristics and human rights. Our most recent
newsletter, for example, included descriptions of new research reports on the
Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED), measuring ethnicity and disability pay gaps
and access to justice. It also included information about new EHRC corporate
documents and guidance and policy briefings. Each newsletter lists our ongoing
research projects and provides details of all our research publications since
the establishment of the EHRC in 2007. It also includes a new or revised
reading list (or occasionally more than one reading list) on a particular issue
or protected characteristic; recent topics have included equal pay and pay
gaps, flexible working, housing, the PSED, sex discrimination, sexual
orientation and welfare reform.
Wednesday, 31 October 2018
Lex Chat - podcast from Lexis
Episodes vary in length from 15 to 40 minutes. So far topics covered include:
- The Gender Pay Gap
- Fake News
- Smart Contracts and Block Chain
- The Gig Economy
- Autonomous Vehicles and the Law
Lex Chat is available via Spotify, Google Play, iTunes and Lexis' Future of Law blog.
Wednesday, 17 October 2018
Institute of Advanced Legal Studies PhD training
The training days below may be of interest if you're a PhD student within the Law Department. Student cost is £75 per day.
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The How to Get a PhD in
Law training days are back for 2018/19 with three days now available to book.
MPhil and PhD students in law registered at universities across the UK are
invited to attend.
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Day One: The PhD in Law and Research Methods
Saturday 24th November 2018
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Day Two: The PhD journey: Supervision, research ethics
and preparing yourself for upgrade and vivas
Thursday 28th February 2019
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Day Three: Researching, disseminating and publishing in
the digital world
Friday 10th May 2019
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Friday, 14 September 2018
Institute of Advanced Legal Studies library - temporary closure and information about new library cards
The latest news bulletin from the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies includes the following information:
Library closure for annual stock moving and
refurbishment
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The Library will close to readers at 5:00pm on Friday
14th September 2018 for essential annual stock moving and refurbishment work
and will re-open at 9:00am on Monday 1st October 2018.
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Readers will still be
able to access online resources, including thousands of e-books, using the Library Catalogue and the Electronic
Law Library.
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Apply
for a new library card
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As of next term there
will be new library cards for students and academic members of IALS Library.
If your status as a student or academic has not changed then you can reapply
for a new card, either in person or electronically, from 1st
October. University of London academic staff will be sent their new card automatically.
To find out more about access see http://ials.sas.ac.uk/library/joining-library/access-academic-users. If in doubt, please
email our admissions team who will be happy to advise you: ials.libadmin@sas.ac.uk.
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