Cambridge Law: Public Lectures from the Faculty of Law

The Faculty of Law has a thriving calendar of lectures and seminars spanning the entire gamut of legal, political and philosophical topics. Regular programmes are run by many of the Faculty's Research Centres, and a number of high-profile speakers who are leaders in their fields often speak at the Faculty on other occasions as well.Audio recordings from such events are published in our various podcast collections. Video recordings are available via YouTube.

HLML2025: Discussion and Q&A led by Professor Susan Marks
Jun 10, 2025 – 19:39
HLML2025: Diversity and Self-Determination in International Law: Continuing Conversations with Karen Knop - Session III Private and Foreign Relations Law
Jun 10, 2025 – 01:22:44
HLML2025: Diversity and Self-Determination in International Law: Continuing Conversations with Karen Knop - Session II - Gender and Feminism
Jun 10, 2025 – 01:06:17
HLML2025: Diversity and Self-Determination in International Law: Continuing Conversations with Karen Knop - Session I - History and Theory
Jun 10, 2025 – 01:07:26
The 'For Women Scotland' judgment - An academic discussion: CELS Webinar
May 21, 2025 – 01:00:02
Environmental Law and Climate Change: Cambridge Pro Bono Project Annual Lecture 2025
May 16, 2025 – 51:22
Rubber boats: Transnational legal encounters in the Mediterranean - Prof Tanja Aalberts
May 8, 2025 – 39:35
CILJ 2025: Closing addresses
May 7, 2025 – 04:24
CILJ 2025: Panel 7: The international law of tomorrow: legal innovation and developing fields
May 7, 2025 – 01:04:53
CILJ 2025: Panel 6: Armed conflict and challenges to international peace and security in a multipolar world
May 7, 2025 – 57:16
CILJ 2025: Panel 5: The growing role of international economic law in a globalised world
May 7, 2025 – 01:13:02
CILJ 2025: Panel 4: International human rights law: quo vadis?
May 7, 2025 – 01:14:11
CILJ 2025: Panel 3: Challenges to international criminal law post-2025 - Rethinking, reframing, reforming
May 7, 2025 – 54:11
CILJ 2025: Panel 2: The role of international law in achieving climate justice
May 7, 2025 – 01:07:44
CILJ 2025: Panel 1: Reconstructing the international legal order in the 21st century
May 7, 2025 – 01:14:11
CILJ 2025: Keynote 4 by Ambassador Rena Lee
May 7, 2025 – 36:13
CILJ 2025: Keynote 2 by Judge Tomas Heidar
May 7, 2025 – 42:38
CILJ 2025: Opening and First keynote address by Judge Bogdan Aurescu
May 7, 2025 – 53:47
BACL Book discussion: 'Press Freedom and Regulation in a Digital Era: A Comparative Study'
Apr 29, 2025 – 01:25:10
Harnessing GenAI to Inform IP Standards: CIPIL Spring Conference 2025
Apr 3, 2025 – 56:25
(Re)evaluating trade secrets protection in light of AI: CIPIL Spring Conference 2025
Apr 3, 2025 – 23:15
AI and IPR Enforcement – Challenges and Opportunities: CIPIL Spring Conference 2025
Apr 3, 2025 – 28:40
AI and the Right to Research: CIPIL Spring Conference 2025
Apr 3, 2025 – 33:01
Re-thinking IP Territoriality in the Context of AI: CIPIL Spring Conference 2025
Apr 3, 2025 – 19:12
More in Hope than in Fear – the Potential (Positive!) Impact of AI on Design Law: CIPIL Spring Conference 2025
Apr 3, 2025 – 25:17
'The Reports of my Death are Greatly Exaggerated': Will Brands Survive the AI Bypass?: CIPIL Spring Conference 2025
Apr 3, 2025 – 20:21
Substantive Human-Centric IP Standards in the Age of AI: CIPIL Spring Conference 2025
Apr 3, 2025 – 14:56
Copyright and Related Rights - Protectability of AI-Generated Content: CIPIL Spring Conference 2025
Apr 3, 2025 – 25:01
Emotional Perception AI: Are Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs) Computer Programs?: CIPIL Spring Conference 2025
Apr 3, 2025 – 25:09
An Introduction to AI: What we mean by ‘Artificial Intelligence’ and how does AI affect Human Creation and Innovation?: CIPIL Spring Conference 2025
Apr 3, 2025 – 25:30
Repugnant transactions and taboo trades: The Baron de Lancey Lecture 2025
Mar 21, 2025 – 42:33
The statehood of Palestine: A Palestinian account: Cambridge University Lawyers Without Borders
Mar 21, 2025 – 56:02
State Immunity: Theory and Practice - Hussein Haeri KC, Withers
Mar 20, 2025 – 42:29
Cousins, Not Twins: Patent Claim Scope vs. The Breadth of Patent Enforcement: 18th Annual International Intellectual Property Lecture
Mar 19, 2025 – 53:45
The UK's Relationship with the European Union: 2025 Mackenzie-Stuart Lecture
Mar 17, 2025 – 37:54
The Future of the European Union: Socio-Economic and Political Challenges to its Legal-Constitutional Framework: CELS Seminar
Mar 13, 2025 – 36:23
Property and Provenance: CIPIL Evening Seminar
Mar 11, 2025 – 41:34
Official responses to sexual violence: obstacles and opportunities: CCCJ Evening Seminar
Mar 5, 2025 – 53:37
Equitable Ownership: XXIV Old Buildings Lecture 2025
Mar 4, 2025 – 58:20
Explaining Sudan’s Catastrophe: From Popular Revolution to Coup, War and Famine
Mar 3, 2025 – 42:31
Much Ado about Disclosure: The WIPO 2024 IP Treaties: CIPIL Evening Seminar
Feb 28, 2025 – 46:56
Property Rights at Sea - Prof Richard Barnes
Feb 25, 2025 – 46:44
SkyKick in the UKSC: is the Sky a limit at all?: CIPIL Evening Seminar
Feb 21, 2025 – 01:00:41
(Non-)Defining 'Gender' in the Crimes Against Humanity Draft: Possibilities, Alliances, and Strategies
Feb 10, 2025 – 02:00:20
Governing Sovereign Debt Crises: The Case for International Sovereign Insolvency Law - Dr Karina Patrício Ferreira Lima
Feb 10, 2025 – 41:01
On the Interface between Public and Private International Law: 1973 Professor Inaugural Lecture 2025
Feb 7, 2025 – 58:45
'Digital Empire or Fiefdoms? The Role of 'the EU' as a Digital Power': CELS Seminar
Feb 5, 2025 – 38:00
What is Project Finance, and Why is it Important?: 3CL Seminar
Feb 4, 2025 – 31:21
The Law of State Succession: Principles and Practice' - Dr Arman Sarvarian
Feb 4, 2025 – 27:36
'An Institutional Theory for Corporate Law': 3CL Seminar
Jan 28, 2025 – 32:06