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Media
Lack of understanding of judiciary unacceptable and dangerous
Fancy being a judge? Try it for a weekend first
The UCL Judicial Institute interview with Lord Saville; 'Can a Public Inquiry Work Without Digital Technology?'
BBC Radio 4: Unreliable Evidence: Jury Trial (listen again)
BBC News: Do media reports influence juries? (including Today Programme discussion)
Groundbreaking report finds juries fair and effective: (UCL News with Podcast interview)
Jury
Trial: Case Dismissed (Guardian Editorial)
Lead news article in The Times newspaper 16 February 2010
Juries
show society at its fairest (Independent Editorial)
UCL launches institute to teach students about workings of the judicial system (Legal Week)
Schedule of Events
| 2012 | |
| 28 & 29 June | The Magistrates' Association Conference Keynote Speaker: Rt Hon Nick Herbert MP Minister of State for Policing and Criminal Justice Register for the conference here |
| 20 June | Inaugural Lecture: Purple Haze: The Danger of Being in the Dark about Judges Professor Cheryl Thomas Professor of Judicial Studies, UCL Faculty of Laws Chair: Lady Justice Hallett Watch the lecture here |
| 1 May | Interpreting & Generating Rights in Multi-Level Jurisdictions UCL Judicial Institute-Yale Law School Collaborative Seminar Download the seminar materials here |
| 27 April | IT for Judicial Case Management Lord Justice Jackson Professor Richard Susskind |
| 17 April | Critique of civil justice reforms in England: Monash University Law School, Melbourne Meeting Challenges in the Civil Justice System Guest Speaker: Professor Dame Hazel Genn Lecture details and booking form |
20 February |
Inner Temple Lecture Series Why Judges and Juries Need (Some) Academics Professor Cheryl Thomas Download lecture |
| 2011 | |
| 14 December | A British Interpretation of Convention Rights Lord Irvine of Lairg Watch the lecture here Download the speech here |
| 1 December | Annual Jan Grodecki Lecture: University of Leicester New System of Appointing Judges: The First Five Years Professor Dame Hazel Genn |
| 22 November | Achieving a Culture Change in Case Management Lord Justice Jackson Special Judicial Guest Lecture Watch the lecture here Download the speech here |
| 18 November | Special UK Supreme Court Seminar Taking Stock Two Year's On Download the first report of the UCL JI UKSC Project |
| 12-13 November | Understanding Judging: Roles, Skills and Challenges Intensive Weekend Course for Practitioners Accredited by SRA (12 CPD points) Increasing Diversity Bursaries available (see course description) Download the course brochure |
| 19 October | Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, 4th Mediation Symposium Keynote Speaker: Professor Dame Hazel Genn Mediation and Civil Justice |
| 19 October | Centre for Forensic Sciences Research Seminar Myths, Misunderstandings and Mistakes of Jury Research Professor Cheryl Thomas Download Presentation |
| 14 October | Delivering Summary Justice Magistrates Association 650th Anniversary Forum |
| 15 September | The William B Lockhart Lecture: University of Minnesota Selecting Judges, English Style: Are there lessons for the United States? Keynote Speaker: Professor Dame Hazel Genn Download Pamphlet |
| 20 July | Australian Bar Association Conference: Berlin Paths to Justice Revisited Professor Dame Hazel Genn |
| 11 July | Cambridge Lectures: Canadian Institute for Advanced Legal Studies English Civil Justice: An Uncertain Future Professor Dame Hazel Genn |
| 28 June | Nuffield Foundation Enforcement and Outcomes in Civil Law: Civil Law and Tribunals Professor Dame Hazel Genn |
| 27 June | Can Tribunals Retain Their Identity? One-day Special Roundtable Seminar convened by the UCL Judicial Institute, Tribunal Service and the Nuffield Foundation |
| 13 May | European University at St Petersburg The Value of Social Science Methods in Studying Courts and Judicial Decision Making Professor Dame Hazel Genn |
| 18-20 April | Justice in the Round Conference: Waikato,
New Zealand Keynote Speaker: Professor Dame Hazel Genn Judicial Determination and Dispute Resolution |
| 16 April | Judges Conference: Napier, New Zealand Reform of Civil Justice Professor Dame Hazel Genn |
| 14 April | Judges Conference: Napier, New Zealand Aspects of Judicial Conduct Professor Dame Hazel Genn |
| 14 April | Higher Courts Judges Conference: High Court
of New Zealand Civil Justice Reforms in England and Wales Professor Dame Hazel Genn |
| 10 March | UCL Lunch Hour Lecture Sex, Drugs, the Internet and Juries Professor Cheryl Thomas, Director of the UCL Jury Project and Co-Director of the UCL Judicial Institute YouTube link: Watch here |
| 20 February | Constitution Unit, UCL Judicial Diversity Professor Dame Hazel Genn |
| 4 February | Courts: Representing and Contesting Ideologies Symposium: Yale What is Civil Justice For? Professor Dame Hazel Genn |
| 19 January | Judicial Institute Seminar and Book Launch Representing Justice: Invention, Controversy and Rights in City-States and Democratic Courtrooms (Yale University; Press) Professor Judith Resnik & Professor Dennis Curtis, Yale University |
| 2010 | |
| 26-27 November | Law Society of Manitoba, Isaac Pitblado Lectures: Winnipeg, Canada Keynote Speaker: Professor Dame Hazel Genn Mediation, Arbitration and Civil Justice |
| 16 November | Launch of the UCL Judicial Institute Expert Panel Debate on The Future of Judging For further information please visit: www.ucl.ac.uk/laws/news/index.shtml#JIa |
| 11 October | Inner Temple Lecture Professionalism and the Public Good Professor Dame Hazel Genn |