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Featured List: Black History Month

Cover of Iris de Freitas Brazao: Legal Luminary and Trailblazer Caribbean, Canada, Wales, England, 1896-1989

Review: Joanne Collins-Gonsalves, Iris de Freitas Brazao: Legal Luminary and Trailblazer Caribbean, Canada, Wales, England, 1896-1989

June 2024

Clare Cowling, IALS Archivist

A photo of the plaque commemorating Eric Irons which is located on the wall of the National Justice Museum in Nottingham.

Eric Irons OBE – UK’s first Black Magistrate

October 2021

An black and white image of two hands in a pair of handcufffs

On this day 28 August 1833 – Abolition of Slavery Act

August 2021

A close up image of a man of colour in hand cuffs, with both clenched hands placed upon his forehead

Lawyers urged to ‘educate themselves’ over endemic racism in the justice system

July 2021

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A look at the archives

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Legal Education in the Caribbean: records in the IALS Archives

October 2024

Clare Cowling, IALS Archivist

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War, Terrorism and the Law: records in the IALS Archives

August 2024

Clare Cowling, IALS Archivist

Cover of Iris de Freitas Brazao: Legal Luminary and Trailblazer Caribbean, Canada, Wales, England, 1896-1989

Review: Joanne Collins-Gonsalves, Iris de Freitas Brazao: Legal Luminary and Trailblazer Caribbean, Canada, Wales, England, 1896-1989

June 2024

Clare Cowling, IALS Archivist

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Environmental Law: records in the IALS Archives

May 2024

Clare Cowling, IALS Archivist

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On This Day

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On this day 25 December 1647 – Christmas was cancelled

Photo of a child holding a teddy bear while a number adults sitting at a table behind her

On this day 16 November 1989 – The Children Act

An black and white image of two hands in a pair of handcufffs

On this day 28 August 1833 – Abolition of Slavery Act

August 2021

A photo of the statue of justice that sits atop the Old Bailey in London

On this day….27 July 1967

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The Post Office Horizon Scandal

Digital Evidence and Computer Reliability on the Parliamentary Agenda in the Wake of the Post Office Horizon Scandal

March 2021

Recommendations for the probity of computer evidence requested by the Ministry of Justice, now published

December 2020

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Robustness and reliability in computer systems

June 2019

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The Use of Statistics and Software Code

June 2019

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Academic Careers Q & A

Dr Colin King, Director of Postgraduate Research.

Academic Careers Q & A: Professor Colin King

July 2020

Dr Enrico Albanesi

Academic Careers Q & A: Professor Enrico Albanesi, IALS Associate Research Fellow

May 2020

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Academic Careers Q & A: Tasneem Kausar, PhD Student

March 2020

Highlights from the ILPC Blog

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Contempt of court, data protection and criminal records: the Law Commission’s consultation

October 2024

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Reformulating Fundamental Rights and Freedoms in UK Data Protection Law

October 2023

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Policy Developments at the UN regarding the Safety of Journalists

February 2023

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A Trustworthy Framework that Respects Fundamental Rights? The Draft EU AI Act and Police Use of Biometrics

August 2021

Past Posts

Black and white photograph of Maurice Bishop (on the right in the foreground) while Prime Minister of Grenada walking at the head of a group of people at a rally

Legal narratives of the invasion of Grenada, 1983

October 2024

Wren Smith, IALS Senior Library Assistant (Serials)

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Legal Education in the Caribbean: records in the IALS Archives

October 2024

Clare Cowling, IALS Archivist

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IALS Legal Research Skills Training Programme

October 2024

Katie Radford, Access Librarian

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Lead, Innovate, Transform: a report from AALL 2024, Chicago

September 2024

Marilyn Clarke, IALS Librarian

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