LawPORT: open-access training resources from IALS Library

Launched today, LawPORT (Law Postgraduate Online Research Training) is a collection of free-to-use online training resources designed to improve the information literacy skills of law PhD students. The tutorials have been created by the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies Library to support researchers across the UK with public international law research and the use of OSCOLA.

Although targeted at PhD students, these online tutorials are likely to be useful to students studying at all levels - particularly the one on OSCOLA.

The three training resources are:

•   Citing references using OSCOLA

•   Researching customary international law

•   Treaties and international conventions

How to get a PhD in Law - National Research Training Day at IALS

I've been sent this email, and thought that it may be of interest to PhD students:

On Friday 17 March 2017 the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies will be hosting one of its popular “How to get a PhD in Law” training days called Meeting the Key Challenges. This specially tailored day of presentations, library tours and networking opportunities is aimed at students enrolled for an MPhil / PhD in Law from across the UK. Sessions include:

·         The challenges of researching a PhD in law: where to start?

·         The PhD in law in the digital world

·         Handling the supervision relationship

·         Panel discussion.

·         IALS Global Law Library: making the most of our electronic resources

·         Free law e-resources available from IALS including the BAILII gateway

To see the full programme and to book a place visit http://ials.sas.ac.uk/study/research-training/how-get-phd-law-national-research-training-days-ials

PhD Training Day at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies

The first session of a 3 part series being run this academic year on 'How to get a PhD in Law' will take place on Saturday December 3rd and will include sessions on:

• literature reviews
• comparative legal research
• qualitative and quantitative research for PhDs
• the foreign, international and comparative research collections at IALS
• research resources

The cost for the day is £75 for students. For more details and to book, go to www.bit.ly/21D9qnt 

Institute of Advanced Legal Studies library - Summer opening hours

From Saturday 13 June to Friday 11 September 2015 IALS Library will operate the following summer vacation hours:    

Monday to Friday: 09:00 to 20:00 (Last admission to Library at 19:45)       
Saturday: 10:00 to 17:30 (Last admission to Library at 17:15)       
Sunday: Closed      

IALS Student Law Review - issue on child protection

This term's Institute newsletter includes a mention of the latest issue of the

IALS Student Law Review, this focuses on reforming the law on child protection. As the newsletter explains, it:

arose out of a workshop organised by the Sir William Dale Legislative Drafting Clinic on the mandatory reporting of child abuse held on 10 December 2013, which considered the necessity and the content of possible legislative intervention in the UK. The papers in this edition reflect and continue the debate at the workshop and are written by a wide range of professionals; academics, practising lawyers, child protection experts and law commissioners

Worth a look if you're studying Child Law, or are interested in the rights of the child. 

Institute of Advanced Legal Studies - library refurbishment

From mid-June to the end of September, part of the IALS library will be closed as a result of refurbishment work. The affected floor (L2) contains material from key commonwealth jurisdictions as well as material on jurisprudence and islamic law. A fetching service will be available throughout this time.
Further information can be found on the Institute's web site.

Legal Biography: A national socio-legal training day

On 15th May, the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies will be hosting a training day on Legal Biography with the aim of drawing attention to archives that those new to the field may not be aware of. The day will focus on the methodological considerations and problems involved in doing archival research for legal biographies.

Speakers include archivists, librarians and academics, with Les Moran of Birkbeck Law School talking about 'Whose biography? The challenge of researching the judicial image'. 

For more information, including details of the event's cost, please visit the IALS web page.

'How to get a PhD in Law' Training Days

The Institute of Advanced Legal Studies has 2 days remaining in its 2012/13 PhD Training Programme. Please note that there is a charge associated with these events.

Saturday 16^th March 2013: covers legal research skills, literature reviews, qualitative and quantitative research methods and comparative legal research for PhD students. See web link for more details: http://events.sas.ac.uk/events/view/12063

Wednesday 22^nd May 2013: concentrates on preparing PhDs for the mini-Viva and the Viva, presenting skills, publishing your research, and preparing for the Ethics Committee. See web link for more details: http://events.sas.ac.uk/events/view/12333

Lecture at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies - Tuesday 17th February

I've just received notification of the following - given the timing many of you will be unable to attend, but I thought that it was worth flagging up.

Free Access to Legal Information: Roles in the expansion of liberty, the rule of law and democracy
PROFESSOR GRAHAM GREENLEAF AM, Professor of Law & Information Systems, University of New South Wales (UNSW); Co-Director, Australasian Legal Information Institute (AustLII); Founding Director, Cyberspace Law and Policy Centre, UNSW (2000-10); Asia-Pacific Editor, Privacy Laws & Business International Report (PLBIR).

Chair: Jules Winterton, Associate Director and Librarian, Institute of Advanced Legal Studies.

Tuesday  17 January 2012, 6pm - 7pm
Venue: Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, 17 Russell Square, London WC1B 5DR
Website:  www.sas.ac.uk/events/view/10933 
If you wish to attend, please reply to: IALS.Events@sas.ac.uk 
ADMISSION FREE - ALL WELCOME

Synopsis:
After nearly twenty years of development, free online access to legal information is approaching maturity in some parts of the world, but is in its infancy in others. We can answer some practical questions: 'what is the geographical scope of its advance?'; 'what types of institutions have been the main contributors to its provision?'; and perhaps even 'what are the main conditions for its success and sustainability?' But deeper questions need answers too. What should 'free access' mean in relation to legal information in order to be fully effective?: free as in beer, or free as in speech?  Perhaps we must first work out what is the significance of free access to legal information to values such as liberty, the rule of law, and democracy. But are the answers to these questions everywhere the same? This paper will start at the shallow end of the pool and progress to the deep.

Eagle-i Internet Portal for Law

Compiled and hosted by the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, the Eagle-i Internet Portal links through to over 4,500 freely available web resources.
For each resource, Eagle-i features brief evaluative descriptions indicating who is providing the site and why. Important content and coverage are also highlighted to help researchers to judge which Internet resources are appropriate for their particular legal studies and research. 
Searches can be carried out by subject keyword, and restricted by document type and/or jurisdiction where this is required. Resources focussing on UK, European, Foreign, Comparative and International Law are all covered.