How to get a PhD in Law: The PhD journey: Supervision, research ethics and preparing yourself for upgrade and vivas
- Event type
- Research Training
- Address
- In-person - Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, 17 Russell Square, London WC1B 5DR
- Event dates
- Contact
- ials.events@sas.ac.uk _
The Institute of Advanced Legal Studies welcomes students enrolled for an MPhil / PhD in Law from across the UK to this specially tailored day of presentations, library tours and networking opportunities.
How to get a PhD in Law
The PhD journey: Research ethics and preparing yourself for upgrade and vivas
Held at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies
Charles Close House, 17 Russell Square, London, WC1B 5DR
PROGRAMME
9.45-10.00 Registration
10.00-10.45 Becoming a legal researcher: what is a PhD in law?
Susan Breau, Interim Director of Postgraduate Research, Institute of Advanced Legal Studies
10.45-11.30The PhD journey: The staging posts of your PhD and support for research students
Dr Constantin Stefanou, Director of the Sir William Dale Centre for Legislative Studies, Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University of London
11.30-12.00 Coffee break
12.00-13.00 Panel of research students who have completed or nearly completed their PhD will discuss how they approached researching their theses and the PhD journey. Session to be open to questions from the audience and discussion.
Session Chaired by: Dr Constantin Stefanou, Director of the Sir William Dale Centre for Legislative Studies, Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University of London
13.00-14.00 Lunch
14.00-14.45 Preparing for the Ethics Committee
Emeritus Professor Avrom Sherr, Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University of London
14.45-15.30 Preparing for upgrade viva and the PhD viva
Emeritus Professor Avrom Sherr, Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University of London
15.30-16.00 Coffee break
16.00-16.30
The foreign, international and comparative law research collections at IALS Library
Hester Swift, Foreign and International Law Librarian, IALS Library
16.30 Close
Optional tours of IALS Library 16:30-17:00
Although tailored specifically for PhD in Law students, this training programme does contain some material which repeats and reinforces generic training suitable for all PhD students.
Download Programme (Pdf) here
Two further days will be held on:
Wednesday, 17 April: https://ials.sas.ac.uk/events/how-get-a-phd-law-phd-law-and-research-methods
Wednesday, 15 May: https://ials.sas.ac.uk/events/how-get-a-phd-law-researching-disseminating-and-publishing
FEES AND BOOKING:
Attendees are welcome to book for all three days or individual days.
Price for this day only: £80 student, £95 non-student
Price for all three days: £150 student, £195 non-student (please note that the first training day on 20th March will be held in-person at the IALS building; the two subsequent training days will held online).
Bundle Price: Register for day one only, you will be manually registered for day two and three.
IALS and SAS students may attend free of charge (please email IALS.Events@sas.ac.uk from you SAS email address).
