The City Law School

01/06/2026

📣 Working towards becoming a barrister? Come along to our upcoming BVS online event.
📅 18 June, 16:00-17:00

💭 The Bar Vocational Studies (BVS) is primarily designed for those who want to qualify as a barrister, however the course offers three different routes depending on whether you're working towards the Call to the Bar, or if you'd prefer to enhance your employability and develop specialist knowledge and skills.

Book your place here ➡️ https://ow.ly/Bpgx50Z2E11

22/05/2026

👏 "PhDs are instrumental: they show that you have a curious mind. Hold onto that curiosity — it will keep you going, and that is what keeps life exciting, interesting, and fresh.”

🗣️Such empowering words for our PhD students from our Executive Dean, Richard Ashcroft, who opened this year's PhD Forum.

Thanks to everyone who made the event possible, and all our speakers! 🙌

19/05/2026

📣 LIDW26: The Enforcement of International Arbitral Awards: Immunity post UKSC's ISL Border Judgment.

🗣️ Join us for a discussion on the enforcement of international arbitral awards in light of the recent decision of the Supreme Court, regarding The Kingdom of Spain v Infrastructure Services Luxembourg S.A.R.L and another.

👑 This session will explore the implications of the Supreme Court’s decision on sovereign immunity, investor–state arbitration and the practical challenges faced by practitioners seeking to enforce awards against states and state owned entities.

👏 Speakers include: Dr Doğan Gültutan, Katherine Reece Thomas, Karen Denny, Zainab Hodgson, Daria Kuznetsova, Benedict Tompkins.

📅 5 June 11:30 - 13:00
📍The City Law School
Register here ➡️ https://ow.ly/hmL550Z1w2f

14/05/2026

🗣️ This year marked our third DiverCity@CityLawSchool Workshop, bringing together academics and practitioners to explore the evolving challenges of inclusivity and access within the United Nations minority rights framework.

Prof Alexandra Xanthaki delivered the keynote presentation. Thanks to Dr Lilija Alijeva, Professor Tawhida Ahmed and Dr Isilay Taban who organised the workshop as part of their funded project. 👏

Read more here ➡️

The School convenes its third DiverCity@CityLawSchool Workshop

11/05/2026

📚 The Future of Past Trauma, a collaborative event by the Centre for Justice Reform and the Wiener Library, brought together scholars and practitioners to explore trauma-informed archival practice, participatory archiving and the ethical dimensions of survivor narratives.

🗣️ In the final public panel discussion, chaired by Dr Cassandra Wiener, panelists Dr Christine Schmidt, Elise Bath, Dr Rebecca jinks, Prof Anna Sexton, Dr Aldo Zammit Borda, explored emotional justice, institutional responsibility and social change.

⚖️ "Victim survivors knowing what's going to happen is not enough", Dr Borda explained, "survivors need to be recognised and validated by the court beyond reasonable doubt."

💭 The event ended with powerful closing remarks by President Anthony Finkelstein, who concluded with "The most important part of testimony is what you tell your children, about what you experienced, and the protective value that has."

⭐ Thank you to all who made the event possible!

07/05/2026

📣 The Meta Oversight Board as a Global Standard-Setter
📅 22 May, 10:15 - 18:30.

📱The Meta Oversight Board has emerged as a distinctive experiment in global platform governance. With the power to influence content moderation affecting billions of users worldwide, the Board has become an important site for debates on freedom of expression, human rights, and the regulation of online speech.

💭 This one-day international symposium brings together leading scholars and practitioners to examine whether and how the Meta Oversight Board functions as a global standard-setter.

Register here ➡️ https://www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/news-and-events/events/2026/may/the-meta-oversight-board-as-a-global-standard-setter

06/05/2026

📣 Calling postgraduate researchers to submit relevant abstracts for the 16th Maritime Law and Policy International Postgraduate Research Conference.

📅 Conference date: 19 June.
⏰ Submission deadline: 16 May.

More details here ➡️ https://ow.ly/WC6K50YVsow

05/05/2026

📣 Join us for our next upcoming event: The Changing Landscape of International Arbitration: Immunity, Anti-Suit/Arbitration Injunctions, Applicable Law and Conflicts

📅 7th May 2026, 5pm -7pm

🗣️ The International Law and Affairs Group is delighted to welcome Dr Ylli Dautaj, and Cem Kalelioğlu, to discuss recent developments in international arbitration, with a particular focus on immunity, anti-suit/arbitration injunctions, the law applicable to arbitration, and the disclosure of conflicts by arbitrators.

Register here ➡️ https://ow.ly/bC0p50YUVik

30/04/2026

🛳️ Why is the Strait of Hormuz such an important tool in the US-Iran war?

🌊 Maritime law expert and Associate Prof Katherine Reece Thomas provides her expertise on the complex situation.