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The Durham Law School International Arbitration Practitioner Day Programme
The Durham Law School International Arbitration Practitioner Day Programme will be held at Durham Law School on Friday 25th July 2025, preceded by a gala dinner on Thursday 24th July 2025. We know that busy practitioners may not be able to attend our full programme. The Practitioner Day forms part of Durham Law School's five-day Summer Course on International Arbitration and is designed to address a range of issues encountered in practice. It is the practical skills finale to the Summer Course.
25 July 2025
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
All talks take place in the Hogan Lovells Lecture Theatre, Durham Law School.
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
- Law School
Workshop: A Research Agenda for Critical Trusts Law
We are pleased to announce a joint workshop hosted by Durham and Loughborough law schools dedicated to exploring a research agenda for critical trusts law. This event will bring together international scholars working in the field, and will offer new perspectives on trusts law that will be of interest to both new and established researchers.
08 September 2025
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Anne Galbraith Room, Palatine Centre, Durham University
- Workshop
- Law School
Singapore Convention and sharing the SIDRA Survey results
This session explores the Singapore Convention on Mediation and its relevance to English legal practitioners. Drawing on insights from the SIDRA Survey, it examines what users value in mediation, such as confidentiality, mediator quality, and enforceability, and how these preferences intersect with the Convention’s key features.
09 September 2025
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
PCL057, Durham Law School / Online via Teams
- Research event
- Law School
RISCS Event: Cybersecurity: A Matter of Law or Justice?
We are pleased to announce a joint workshop hosted by Durham and Bristol universities, with sponsorship from RISCS, dedicated to exploring best practice in cybersecurity governance. This event will convene leading experts to address the evolving regulatory challenges and ethical considerations within the field.
23 September 2025 - 24 September 2025
12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
PCL054, Durham Law School
- Workshop
- Law School
Reflections on Reimagining Health Law
Atina Krajewska and Jean McHale, Birmingham Law School reflect on their new edited collection, Reimagining Health Law (November 2025, Edward Elgar). This groundbreaking book explores the development of health law as a field of academic study in the UK. Drawing on the diverse expertise of leading scholars in the field, it examines health law’s disciplinary boundaries, research methods and interrelationships with other academic disciplines.
08 October 2025
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Online via Teams
- Other
- Law School
Modern Slavery and Human Rights: Migrant Workers in the Agricultural and Care Sectors in the UK
Contemporary forms of slavery and exploitation, including forced labour, debt bondage, and domestic servitude, are some of the most pressing human rights issues of today. In this webinar, Professor Tomoya Obokata, the current UN Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Slavery since 2020, will discuss his mandate and views on states’ and non-state actors' responses to these concerns.
28 October 2025
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Online via Teams
- Online
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
- Law School
"In/fertility in the workplace: challenges and opportunities for law reform
This is a discussion with Natalie Sutherland, co-founder of In/Fertility in the City, an events series and award-winning podcast exploring the complex relationship between infertility and professional careers.
29 October 2025
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
PCL050 and online (Teams)
- Research event
- Law School
"Non-court Dispute Resolution", Suzanne Kingston
Guest lecture with Suzanne Kingston on the amendments to the Family Procedure Rules
31 October 2025
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Online via Teams
- Lecture
- Law School
CCLCJ Book Launch: Gregory S Gordon, Nuremberg's Citizen Prosecutor (Virginia Press 2025)
The Centre for Criminal Law and Criminal Justice welcomes you to the launch of the book Nuremberg's Citizen Prosecutor: Benjamin Ferencz and the Birth of International Justice, written by Professor Gregory S Gordon. This event is both online and in person.
05 November 2025
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Room PCL057 (Palatine Centre, Durham Law School) and online via Teams
- Research event
- Law School
From Durham Law School to Financial Services Consulting (Dr. Volker Kang, Durham Law School Alumnus, KPMG Director)
We are pleased to announce that Dr Volker Kang (former Durham Law School student) will be presenting a Career Talk at the Centre for Chinese Law and Policy.
10 November 2025
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
In person in room D/CG91
- Research event
- Law School