Cambridge Centre for Criminal Justice Lectures and Seminars

The Parole: Law, Policy and Practice in 2018 Conference was held at the Faculty of Law on 2 July 2018, hosted by the Cambridge Centre for Criminal Justice, and the Centre for Public Law. The Ministry of Justice announced a public consultation into the law, policy and procedure relating to parole which closes on 28 July. The purpose of this conference was to engage in discussions with leading figures in the field and to enrich responses to the consultation. For information about the conference see: http://www.cccj.law.cam.ac.uk

The Assize Seminars provide a space for cutting-edge academic work to play a practical role in understanding and developing the law. They are a chance to challenge, debate and refine criminal justice, providing a bridge from academia to criminal legal practice. Just like the Assize of old, the seminars are peripatetic. The third Assize seminar took place in Cambridge on 27 April 2018. This session was entitled "Difficulties in Getting Into the Court of Appeal Following a Change in Law", featuring: - Speaker: Francis FitzGibbon QC, Doughty Street ChambersFor more information see the CCCJ website at: https://www.cccj.law.cam.ac.uk/assize-seminars

The Assize Seminars provide a space for cutting-edge academic work to play a practical role in understanding and developing the law. They are a chance to challenge, debate and refine criminal justice, providing a bridge from academia to criminal legal practice. Just like the Assize of old, the seminars are peripatetic. The third Assize seminar took place in Cambridge on 27 April 2018. This session was entitled "Disclosure", featuring: - Speaker: Professor Ian Dennis, University College London- Commentator: Alex Chalk MPFor more information see the CCCJ website at: https://www.cccj.law.cam.ac.uk/assize-seminars

The Assize Seminars provide a space for cutting-edge academic work to play a practical role in understanding and developing the law. They are a chance to challenge, debate and refine criminal justice, providing a bridge from academia to criminal legal practice. Just like the Assize of old, the seminars are peripatetic.The third Assize seminar took place in Cambridge on 27 April 2018. This session was entitled "What is a Sentence?", featuring:- Speaker: Professor Nicola Padfield QC (Hon), University of Cambridge- Commentator: Professor Andrew Ashworth QC (Hon), University of OxfordFor more information see the CCCJ website at:https://www.cccj.law.cam.ac.uk/assize-seminars

Professor Jonathan Jacobs is Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Institute of Criminal Justice Ethics at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York City, whose publications include: Choosing Character: Responsibility for Virtue and Vice (2001) and the Routledge Handbook of Criminal Justice Ethics (co-edited with Jonathan Jackson, 2017). Professor Jacobs spoke at the Institute of Criminology on 29 November 2017.

Professor Dr Jennifer Ann Drobac of Indiana University (Visiting Fellow, Clare Hall) was a guest at a joint CCCJ/Cambridge Socio-legal Group event on 2 February 2017.