9/9/2015 Oxford Faculty of Law ebulletin TT 2015 . Trinity 2015 Open Day 2015 Faculty news St Cross Building Project . Jessup mooting success . Read the latest from the building project. Publications Can Algorithms Form Price‑Fixing Cartels? Slaughter and May Professor of Competition Law and Director of the Oxford University Centre for Competition Law and Policy Ariel Ezrachi's recent research paper discussing algorithms involved in price­fixing, co­ authored with CCLP visiting fellow Professor Maurice Stucke, was featured in the New Yorker and the Business Insider. New book! The 2015 team from the University of Oxford achieved its best­ever . Employment Law by Anne Davies result in the international rounds of the Philip C. Jessup International 'A comprehensive introduction to Law Moot Court Competition, progressing to the semi­finals and individual and collective employment law finishing in the top four teams in the world. Read the full story on principles.' our website. Another Freshfields Stephen Lawrence Scholar for the Faculty . Alumni events Oxford Law alumni are made up of those who read law or those who read a different subject but are working in the field of law. The global reach and diverse careers of our Law alumni are of great interest to us. For this reason, we host events, often linked to University alumni events, whenever possible. Our ambition is to create a worldwide network to put you in touch with other Oxford alumni and current students. You can find out more about these events through the LinkedIn Group 'Oxford University Lawyers' or by contacting Huge congratulations to Joel Semakula who has been chosen as one [email protected]. of seven Freshfields Stephen Lawrence Scholars 2015. This You can update your email preferences to hear about different prestigious scholarship from global law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus University events on the Alumni pages of the University website. Deringer aims to address the disproportionate under­representation of http://www.law.ox.ac.uk/published/newsletters/2015TT.html 1/4 9/9/2015 Oxford Faculty of Law ebulletin TT 2015 black men from less privileged backgrounds in large commercial law firms. Joel’s scholarship follows one of the 2014 scholarships awarded Oxford Women in Law last year to Bertrand Nzabandora. You can read about Joel's . reaction to the news in the next issue of Oxford Law News. Workshop on Future‑proofing flats: overcoming legal barriers to energy improvements in private flats . This event was held in London on the 17 March and organized by Westminster Council, Professor Susan Bright of New College, Oxford The new group for Oxford Law alumnae, OWL, continues to grow in and Future Climate to focus on what has hitherto been an under­ popularity. Read about the latest event with a panel discussion 'Your explored issue: the legal and consent barriers to the promotion of Career in Law ­ The Next Step?' chaired by Claire Pointing. energy saving improvements in blocks of flats, with a particular focus on private sector blocks. Thanks to our Patrons and Supporters The report following the conference is now available. We are very grateful for the support of all our benefactors. The Oxford Human Rights Hub launches Visit the website to find out more about the work of the Faculty's Development & Alumni office. ʹRightsUpʹ podcast series In May, the Oxford Human Rights Hub released the first episode of RightsUp, an New donations interdisciplinary podcast series dedicated The growing support that we receive from individuals and the legal to exploring the big human rights issues profession has given us the crucial additional resources to maintain of the day, bringing in new perspectives excellent standards in education and remain a world­class university on human rights law from all over the free to pursue new initiatives and expand the boundaries of scholarship. world. RightsUp features interviews with experts, academics, practicing lawyers, activists and policy makers who are at The Des Voeux Chambers Oxford‑HKU Visiting . the forefront of tackling contemporary Fellowship and complex human rights issues. We are very happy to announce the Topics covered include revenge pornography, the implications of establishment of this Visiting Fellowship at human rights law for businesses, the death penalty and gender Oxford University which enables Oxford justice in different global contexts. The series is written, edited and Law academics to visit the HKU Law produced by Kira Allmann, Max Harris and Dr Laura Hilly, with support Faculty for a few weeks each year in order from the Oxford Human Rights Hub and The Oxford Research to stimulate and strengthen collaborative Centre in the Humanities. The podcast is available for subscription research and academic links between the . and download through iTunes U, and each episode is accompanied by Faculties of Law of Oxford and HKU. We information and resources provided by the Oxford Human Rights expect the first visitor to come to HKU this Hub. year. We are very grateful to Mr William Wong SC, of Des Voeux Chambers in Hong Kong for facilitating this initiative. Magna Carta in Context . The Planethood Foundationʹs Prize for International Criminal Law The Faculty are grateful for the continued support of the Planethood Foundation. With this generous donation, we announce the creation of The Planethood Foundation's Prize for International Criminal Law prize. This £1,000 will go to the best paper in Criminal Law with £750 awarded to an outstanding International Criminal Law student and £250 provides much needed support for the Bodleian Law Library. The conference explored the constitutional legacy of Magna Carta and Dates for your diary how the charter – and the myths it inspired – influenced the diffusion of constitutionalism across the globe. Twenty Years of the Institute of European and Comparative Law ­ General Principles of Law: Co­organised by the Oxford Faculty of Law (through the Programme European and Comparative Perspectives for the Foundations of Law and Constitutional Government), the Oxford Centre for Socio­Legal Studies, and by FGV Law School (Rio de St Anne's College, 25­26 September 2015 Janeiro). A major international conference with high profile speakers from the UK and abroad, specifically aimed at those who have been involved with The first Socio‑Legal Lecture on Constitutions in the Institute in the first 20 years of its existence but equally attractive Islamic Society for everyone with one of the most contentious issues at the cross­ The Centre for Socio­Legal Studies held section of European and comparative law. Early booking is advised via its first Annual Socio­Legal Lecture on 20 the conference website, which also provides further detail. May. The speaker was Professor Abdullahi A. An­Na'im from Emory What are your memories of the MJur? Do you have any stories or http://www.law.ox.ac.uk/published/newsletters/2015TT.html 2/4 9/9/2015 Oxford Faculty of Law ebulletin TT 2015 University, who spoke on the subject of pictures you could share with us? Please send your stories (no more 'Sharia and Constitutionalism in Islamic than 250 words) and high quality images to [email protected] to be Societies: Dialectics of Legality and included in a celebratory publication. Normativity'. Contracts in Commercial Law conference James Goudkamp will be co­convening with Oxford alumnae Professor Simone Degeling and Justice James Edelman a conference entitled 'Contracts in Commercial Law'. The conference will take place in Sydney on 18­19 December 2015. It is expected that it will be the largest private law conference in terms of delegates ever to have been held in . the southern hemisphere. Numerous Faculty members will deliver presentations at the conference, along with some of the most Lecture and Webinar on the Statutory Review of distinguished judges and academics from a wide range of jurisdictions. the Australian Personal Property Security Act A discount is available for Oxford Faculty of Law students and alumnae. This lecture, the third in the Commercial Law Centre series was Full particulars about the conference are available on the conference given on 27 May 2015 by Associate Professor David Brown of the website. University of Adelaide and was sponsored by Norton Rose Fulbright. An alumni gathering will be planned just prior to the conference date The session was chaired by Professor Hugh Beale, a senior research for all Australian Oxford alumni. Details will follow in the Michaelmas fellow at the Commercial Law Centre, and Professor Louise Gullifer, ebulletin. the Director of the Centre, commented. Obligations Discussion Group General enquiries should be directed to Esme Wilks, Panel Discussion Communications Manager at on AIB Group The Faculty of Law, University of Oxford (UK) Plc v Mark T: ( +44) 0 1865 271484 Redler & Co E: [email protected] On Friday 5 June, the Obligations Discussion Group held a panel discussion on the recent Supreme Court decision in AIB Group (UK) Plc v Mark Redler & Co [2014] UKSC 58. The proceedings took place in the MBI al Jaber Auditorium at Corpus Christi College. It attracted over 60 enthusiastic audience members keen to discuss the intricacies of this highly controversial case. The event was chaired by Dr Fred Wilmot­ Smith. The panel comprised the Rt Hon The Lord Millett, Professor Sarah Worthington QC (Hon) FBA, Mr Jeremy Cousins QC (counsel who appeared for the bank in the case) and Key to photos (from top): Associate Professor Paul Davies. Each Distinguished Panel