THE UH STUDENT LAW SOCIETY
PUBLIC LECTURE SERIES - FEBRUARY / MARCH 2010

Tuesday 23rd February 2010 (1 CPD point*)
(5.00pm for 5.30pm, UH St Albans Campus, 7 Hatfield Road, St Albans AL1 3RR)
‘Asylum, Gender and Human Rights'
Debora Singer
Policy and Research Manager at Asylum Aid, a registered charity providing advice and legal representation to asylum-seekers and refugees


Thursday 4 March 2010 - N.B. TO BE CONFIRMED

(5.00pm for 5.30pm, UH St Albans Campus, 7 Hatfield Road, St Albans AL1 3RR)
‘According to the Text ...Technology and the law'
Dr Paul Wernick
Senior Lecturer in Computer Science, University of Hertfordshire

Thursday 11th March 2010

(7.00pm for 7.30pm, UH St Albans Campus, 7 Hatfield Road, St Albans AL1 3RR)
Student Law Society / Amnesty International Play
‘Journey Through Thorns: A Personal Story of Courage, Vision and Hope’
Written and presented by Mohamed Altawil, David Harrold and Sylvia Pepper
This event will take the form of a dramatised reading with video clips, slides and music. It is the story of Mohamed Altawil’s early life and aims to give some personal insights into what it has been like to be a Palestinian in Gaza, not just in recent months but over the past few decades.

N.B. The venue for all of the above events will be the UH School of Law, 7 Hatfield Road, St Albans AL1 3RR. Each lecture in St Albans will be preceded by free tea in the Refectory of the School. Admission is free and open to the public. UH staff, students and alumni as well as sixth form students and members of the legal profession are particularly welcome to attend. As each event is subject to possible change or delay (especially if the speaker is a Parliamentarian), it is advisable to contact the School of Law in advance to confirm that the relevant event is going ahead. For further details, please contact Lorraine de Souza (Tel: 01707 286203; Email: uhlaw-cpd@herts.ac.uk).

* 1 CPD point will be available to any solicitors who attend. The School of Law's SRA CPD Reference is LT:UHER.