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United Nations Arms Trade Treaty
Dr Gilles Giacca (Programme Co-ordinator of the Oxford Martin School Programme on Human Rights for Future Generations and Research Associate, Oxford Institute for Ethics, Law and Armed Conflict) co-authored a legal briefing on the new United Nations Arms Trade Treaty http://www.geneva-academy.ch/docs/publications/Arms%20Trade%20Treaty%203%20WEB.pdf.Emily Hudson's work informs Australian Law Reform Commission report proposing broad fair use exception to copyright.
On 5 June 2013, the Australian Law Reform Commission released its Discussion Paper in the inquiry Copyright and the Digital Economy.
Oxford Global Justice Internship Programme
The Oxford Global Justice Internship Programme is a new programme initiated by the Public International Law Group within the Oxford Law Faculty.
'Reason, Morality and Law' Feschrift for John Finnis, Thursday 20 June 2013
The Jurisprudence Discussion Group invites you to attend the Festschrift for John Finnis which is taking place on Thursday, 20 June 4.30pm at the Gulbenkian Theatre, St Cross Building. Jeremy Waldron, Timothy Endicott, Maris Kopcke Tinture and John Keown will take part in a panel discussion with responses from John Finnis.
St John's in Edinburgh 19 June 2013
St John’s College is delighted to invite you to their first ever event in Scotland which is being held on 19 June in the beautiful surroundings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.
Claire Hansen is appointed as Chair of the UK Law Students' Association
Claire Hansen, a second year senior status law student at Harris Manchester College, has recently taken up the role of Chair of the Executive Committee of the UK Law Students' Association (UKLSA) for 2013-2014.
St Petersburg International Legal Forum
On 15-17 May 2013 Professor Timothy Endicott attended the St Petersburg International Legal Forum and took part in the Plenary Session 'Competition and Cooperation between Legal Systems', and in a roundtable discussion on legal education.
Lecture by Mr John Bellinger III, Former Legal Adviser to the US Department of State
The Public International Law Discussion Group and the Oxford University Strategic Studies Group were absolutely delighted to welcome Mr John Bellinger III to Oxford on 15 May 2013.
Oxford Graduate Wins World Competition Young Writer's Award
Ramin Gohari, an Oxford graduate (Lincoln College), has been awarded the World Competition Young Writer's Award for his article "Margin Squeeze in the Telecommunications Sector: A More Economics-based Approach" which was published in the June 2012 issue of the World Competition Law and Economics Review and which was based on his dissertation prepared for his MJUR.
The Hon J Dyson Heydon AC is appointed as Visiting Professor to the Oxford Law Faculty
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The Law Faculty is pleased to announce that the Hon J Dyson Heydon, formerly a Justice of the High Court of Australia, has been appointed a Visiting Professor at Oxford commencing in 2013-14.
The Value of Competition
The ‘The Value of Competition’ is a novel pro-bono programme dedicated to educating secondary school students about the benefits of competition and the role of competition law enforcement.
The Roger Hood Public Lecture 23 May 2013
Criminology has had a home in Oxford for over fifty years and has thrived under the leadership of Professor Roger Hood since 1973, first as an independent unit within the University and, since 1991 as an integral department of the Faculty of Law.
The Eldon Law Scholarship 2013
Interviews for the Eldon Law Scholarship took place at St Hugh’s College on Saturday 4 May.
Judge Sacha Prechal to address EU Law Discussion Group on Wednesday 22 May
On Wednesday 22 May the Faculty of Law will welcome Professor Alexandra (Sacha) Prechal, a Judge at the European Court of Justice.
Lecturer Vacancies at Pembroke College
Pembroke College proposes to appoint two Stipendiary Lecturers and two Senior Retained Lecturers in Law for the academic year 2013-2014 as follows:
Stipendiary Lecturers
4- hours per week in Contract and Land Law (salary £8,255-£9,285 per annum)
3-hours per week in European Union Law (salary £6,192-£6,924 per annum)
Senior Retained Lecturers
Senior Retained Lecturer in Criminal Law
Senior Retained Lecturer in Administrative Law
The payment for a Senior Retained Lecturer is £3318 per annum (paid termly) plus teaching at Senior Tutors' Committee agreed rates.
Brunsfield Foundation Scholarship Announcement
Students and graduates from the University of Oxford’s Master’s in International Human Rights Law engage in a range of human rights activities worldwide, including working in refugee camps, defending detainees in Guantanamo and at the International Criminal Court, designing a human rights-based curriculum for disabled primary school students in Uganda, as well as engaging in human rights work in Afghanistan's Helmand province and in Burma.
The Wilhem C Vis International Arbitration Moot
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The University of Oxford competed in the 20th Wilhem C Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot held in Vienna between the 23 and 28 of March 2013.
Oxford International Intellectual Property Moot and Conversazione 2013
Oxford International Intellectual Property Moot 2013
The annual Oxford International Intellectual Property Moot was held at the Faculty of Law and Pembroke College from 14 to 16 March 2013.
Pembroke students win the JustCite Oxford Legal Assistance Immigration Law Moot Court Competition
Twelve teams consisting of two members each engaged in oral argument throughout the day.
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