AGM and Lecture on Neoliberalism and Human Rights

The Haldane Society of Socialist Lawyers invites you to join us at the next lecture in our human rights series on 6 December 2018 at 6.30pm. Our speaker, Patrick O’Connor QC of Doughty Street Chambers will be speaking on Neoliberalism and human rights.

The lecture will be followed by our Annual General Meeting. The lecture is open to all, although the AGM is open only to members.

Motions for discussion at the AGM, and candidatures for election, can be submitted up to 72 hours in advance of the AGM, or at the AGM itself.

The lecture will take place at:

Room S101
University of Law
14 Store Street
London
WC1E 7DE

Latecomers are welcome to enter quietly.

 

Free Public Lecture (MANCHESTER): Fracking and Protest

 

The Haldane Society of Socialist Lawyers is proud to host this meeting with speakers Richard Brigden and Anna Morris (barristers) and Ewa Barker (anti-fracking activist). The meeting will discuss the defence of protest, injunctions, and campaigning in light of the quashing of the convictions for the anti-fracking protesters - the Preston Road Three - and the resumption of fracking by Cuadrilla.

The meeting will take place from 6pm to 8pm at Garden Court North Chambers, 3rd Floor, Blackfriars House Parsonage, Machester, M3 2JA.

Latecomers are welcome to enter quietly.

Free Public Lecture: Mental Health, Austerity, and Capitalism

 

The Haldane Society of Socialist Lawyers invites you to our free public lecture, Mental Health, Austerity, and Capitalism. The lecture will take place on Thursday 29 November 2018 at 6.30pm to 8.30pm, at Room S101, University of Law, 14 Store Street, London, WC1E 7DE.

Speakers:

• Rheian Davies: mental health lawyer

• Daniel Carelli: mental health service user

• Sophie Talbot: Disability Labour national executive member.

Latecomers are welcome to enter quietly.

Egypt and Human Rights: The Case of Haitham Mohamedain

The Haldane Society invites you to our first lecture of our annual series, on Egypt and Human Rights: The case of Haitham Mohamedain. 
Speakers:

• Dr Taher Mukhtar, former political prisoner and member of the Egyptian Doctors' Union

• Anne Alexander, UCU and campaigner against repression in Egypt.

The event will take place today at 6.30pm to 8.30pm at the University of Law, 14 Store Street, London, WC1E 7DE. 
All are welcome and there is no need to book.

Latecomers are welcome to enter quietly.

Haldane Fringe at Labour Party Conference

On 24 September 2018 at 6pm the Haldane Society of Socialist Lawyers will host speakers Richard Burgon MP, Shami Chakrabarti, Mark George QC, Chris Peace, and Neil Findlay MSP for a discussion on Orgreave, the miners’ strike and political policing.

Join us at the Hilton Liverpool (Grace Suite), 3 Thomas Steers Way, Liverpool, L1 8LW. No need to book in advance.

Free Public Lecture: Are Prisons Obsolete?

 

Join us on Wednesday 7 March 2018 at 6:30pm for the next installment of our human rights lectures series: Are Prisons Obsolete? The crisis in our system.

Speakers will be:

• Andrew Neilson, Howard League for Penal Reform;
• Arlette Piercy, 25 Bedford Row.

Film screening on the forgotten migrant crisis *UPDATED VENUE*

This is Europe?' Voices from the forgotten migration crisis in Greece.

Speakers: 

• Theodoris Zeis, Greek Asylum and Immigration Lawyer   
• Christina Orsini, Director of Inadmissible, Founder of Threadable

 

Date:     Wednesday, 24 January 2018
Time:     6.30pm
Venue:   Karamel, 4 Coburg Road, N22 6UJ London, United Kingdom
Tickets:  £5 - tickets available on the door

The Haldane Society of Socialist Lawyers present a seminar discussion and documentary film screening on the daily life and experiences of refugees in Greece.

Whilst the refugee crisis is no longer front-page news, many refugees and migrants continue to arrive in Greece seeking protection and assistance.

During this evening, we will hear from Theodoris Zeis, a Greek Lawyer who will share his experience working at a grassroots level with refugees in mainland Greece.

Following his talk, there will be a film screening of 'Inadmissable', a documentary film discovering the daily life of refugees on the Greek island of Lesbos, exploring the legal and human consequences of the migration agreement between Turkey and Greece.

Download the flyer.

AGM and Lecture: What does it mean to be a socialist lawyer?

Members of the public and of the Society are invited to attend the first installment of our annual lecture series, on 16 November 2017 at 6.30pm.  Our lecture will be on "What does it mean to be a Socialist Lawyer?  A tribute to Michael Seifert."  The main speaker will be Michael Mansfield QC, and there will be time for questions and contributions from the floor.

The event will take place at:
Room S101,
University of Law,
14 Store Street,
London,
WC1E 7DE

AGM

The lecture will be followed by our Annual General Meeting.  The Annual General Meeting passes the policy of the Society, receives reports, and elects the Officers and Executive Committee.

Elections

The following positions will be open to election, and members are encouraged to stand:

• President (honorary)
• Vice Presidents (honorary)
• Chair
• Vice-Chair (2 positions)
• Treasurer
• Secretary
• Membership Secretary
• International Secretary
• Socialist Lawyer Editor
• Executive Committee Members (number of positions to be decided at the AGM)

The following positions may also be elected at the AGM from within the new Executive Committee, and members are encouraged to stand:

• Assistant Secretary
• Assistant Membership Secretary

Nominations for election, along with a manifesto of up to 100 words (statements longer than 100 words will be truncated) may be received any time up to 72 hours before the meeting (i.e. by 6:30 pm on Monday 13 November 2017).  Nominations may also be taken from the floor at the meeting, but these obviously will not be supported by a manifesto.

Motions

Motions may be proposed any time up to 72 hours before the meeting (i.e. by 6:30 pm on Monday 13 November 2017).  Emergency motions may be submitted from the floor at the meeting.

Where Next for the ICC?

On 26 April 2017 at the University of Law Wayne Jordash QC (Doughty Street Chambers) and Carla Ferstman (Redress) spoke to a packed meeting organised by the Haldane Society, on "Where Next for the ICC?"  View it online below.

Wayne Jordash

Carla Ferstman

Q&A Session

Free public lecture: Where next for the ICC?

On 26 April 2017 at 18:30 to 20:30 we will hold our next lecture in our Human Rights Lecture Series.

"Where next for the ICC?" will feature speakers:

• Wayne Jordash QC (Doughty Street Chambers) and
• Carla Ferstman (Redress)

The event will take place at the University of Law, 14 Store Street, London, WC1E 7DE.

No need to register; latecomers welcome.

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