Liverpool Law School A Year in Review 2018/19 2 Liverpool Law School, Year in Review 2018/19 www.liverpool.ac.uk/law 3 Contents Introduction Introduction .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 3 Welcome Welcome ................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 3 It is with great pleasure that I introduce this publication, which aims to give a snapshot Our Future ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 4 of key activity taking place in the Law School during the academic year 2018-19. At The New Home for the School of Law and Social Justice ........................................................................................................................... 4 the time of writing this message, the Law Department has just moved into our new Student successes ............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 6 home, the School of Law & Social Justice building, alongside our sister Department, Law Extra .................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 6 Sociology, Social Policy and Sociology. This impressive new home brings all staff in The Law Extra team ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 6 the School together, and houses our state of the art clinic teaching facilities, as well Key Speakers ............................................................................................................................................................................................................7 as housing our friends from the University of Law, who are offering the LPC and GDL Placements ............................................................................................................................................................................................................... 8 from our premises in Liverpool, and, soon, will be offering SQE provision as well. It also McLean Wickham Overview ................................................................................................................................................................................ 8 provides a student support hub and gives a heart and soul to our centre of operations. Law Professional Mentoring Programme ......................................................................................................................................................... 9 You will see from this publication that we have had numerous high profile events, both Partners ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 9 in terms of research seminars, conferences and symposia, as well as many student- Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition....................................................................................................................... 9 facing events. Most of these, going forward, will take place in our new building, with University of Liverpool Facts ..............................................................................................................................................................................10 its many meeting rooms and purpose built, configurable event space International Partners .......................................................................................................................................................................................................11 Enough of the future. It is with great pride that I look back through this volume at the Overseas immersion programme .......................................................................................................................................................................11 extent and excellence of the work that is undertaken at Liverpool Law School. I am Law With a Year Abroad .......................................................................................................................................................................................11 immensely proud of my colleagues and our students – the work they do on policy, the Liverpool Law Clinic .........................................................................................................................................................................................................13 community and, most importantly, to improve people’s lives is incredible. The pace of The Module .............................................................................................................................................................................................................13 modern life is so fast, and the demands on our collective time so great, that there is Successes ...............................................................................................................................................................................................................14 often not enough time to reflect on what has been achieved – this publication provides that opportunity. I am sure that anyone flicking through the pages will agree with me Research Activities ...........................................................................................................................................................................................................15 that there is much to celebrate and I invite you, the reader, to enjoy this set of edited Research Clusters .................................................................................................................................................................................................15 highlights of our collective activity. Charity law and policy unit (CLPU) ....................................................................................................................................................................15 Law & Non-Communicable Diseases Unit (Law & NCD) .............................................................................................................................15 Happy reading The Human Rights Implications of Excluding Animals from Care Homes ..............................................................................................18 International Law and Human Rights Unit (ILHRU) .......................................................................................................................................16 Professor Warren Barr (PFHEA) European children’s rights unit (ECRU) ...........................................................................................................................................................16 Head of Department Liverpool Economic Governance Unit (LEGU) ............................................................................................................................................... 17 Research Funding and Impact ...........................................................................................................................................................................18 Events ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................19 School of Law and Social Justice Building Topping Out Ceremony .......................................................................................................19 High Court Chancellor speaks on smart legal contracts and English Law at Liverpool Law School ...............................................19 Public lectures .......................................................................................................................................................................................................20 Health Law and Regulation Unit Annual Public Lecture (with European Children’s Rights Unit) ......................................................21 The Role for the Coroner in Investigating Stillbirths ....................................................................................................................................21 Dame Rose Heilbron: England’s First Female Judge ..................................................................................................................................22 Alumni Association ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................23 Supporting students