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Read more at: Registration open for 'Medicine and the Rule of Law' - Baron de Lancey Lecture 2024

Registration open for 'Medicine and the Rule of Law' - Baron de Lancey Lecture 2024

12 February 2024

Registrations are now open for LML's annual Baron de Lancey Lecture, held on 21 March 2024. Our guest speaker this year will be Professor Sir Jonathan Montgomery (University College London) who will speak on “Medicine and the Rule of Law”.He will challenge lawyers (including judges) to improve the way they respect the rule...


Read more at: LML welcomes Ira Chadha-Sridhar as the Hatton-WYNG Junior Research Fellow

LML welcomes Ira Chadha-Sridhar as the Hatton-WYNG Junior Research Fellow

8 February 2024

As the Hatton-WYNG Junior Research Fellow in Law, Medicine, and Life Sciences, Ira’s research project will focus on the ‘ethics of care’. The ethics of care – a moral theory with feminist origins that emerged in the early 1980s – emphasizes that caring actions are morally valuable. Given that actions carried out within the...


Read more at: LML Annual Report 2022-23

LML Annual Report 2022-23

29 December 2023

After a busy successful year in 2022-23, we are delighted to share LML's Annual Report. LML Annual Report 2022-23 LML Annual Report 2022-23


Read more at: LML and CIPIL Joint Christmas Party 2023

LML and CIPIL Joint Christmas Party 2023

12 December 2023

LML and the Centre for Intellectual Property and Information Law (CIPIL) held their joint annual Christmas party at Millworks on Monday 11 December 2023. It was a fantastic evening for the members of both centres, filled with laughter, quizzes and Christmas crackers!


Read more at: Dr Stephanie Palmer presents on the precarity of abortion rights

Dr Stephanie Palmer presents on the precarity of abortion rights

24 November 2023

LML member Dr Stephanie Palmer recently presented ‘Abortion and the precarity of rights’ at St John’s College, University of Cambridge. She offered the following summary of her talk: “The overturning of Roe v Wade by the Supreme Court of the USA is a salient reminder of the uncertainty of rights. Nor is restriction of...


Read more at: A Successful CANVAS November 2023 Meeting

A Successful CANVAS November 2023 Meeting

23 November 2023

The Cambridge Network for Values and Science (CANVAS) met on Friday 17 November 2023 at Newnham College, Cambridge. CANVAS is a collegial forum for a Cambridge-based ecosystem of law, social sciences, medical sciences and public engagement. The group was created to provide a space to touch base for those working at the...


Read more at: Prof. Mateo Aboy Presents on AI and Quantum Computing at WIPO

Prof. Mateo Aboy Presents on AI and Quantum Computing at WIPO

23 November 2023

Prof. Mateo Aboy, Director of Research in Biomedical Innovation, AI, and Law at the University of Cambridge, shared his insights at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) on 22 November 2023. His lectures focused on Artificial Intelligence (AI), Quantum Computing, and evidence-based (empirical) IP research...


Read more at: Dr Zoë Fritz takes part in Vice-Chancellor's Dialogue exploring ethics of assisted dying amidst ongoing legislative debate

Dr Zoë Fritz takes part in Vice-Chancellor's Dialogue exploring ethics of assisted dying amidst ongoing legislative debate

9 November 2023

LML Affiliate Dr Zoë Fritz, a doctor and ethicist at the University of Cambridge Clinical School, spoke at the inaugural Vice-Chancellor’s Dialogue at Selwyn College, Cambridge. The Dialogue focused on the question of whether assisted dying is compassionate or dangerous for society. This important discussion happened at a...


Read more at: LML welcomes several new members

LML welcomes several new members

3 November 2023

LML welcomed a number of new members to the centre this academic year: Three new PhD members: Emma Scott, Quentin B Schafer and Marno Swart. Isaac Weldon , who returns to LML in a new position as Senior Research Associate. Professor Stephen Gilmore , Professor of Family Law, and Director of the Cambridge Family Law Centre...


Read more at: Inter-CeBIL Research Programme granted up to DKK 50 million for research into legal barriers within health and life science innovation

Inter-CeBIL Research Programme granted up to DKK 50 million for research into legal barriers within health and life science innovation

25 October 2023

The Novo Nordisk Foundation has awarded a five-year grant of up to DKK 50 million to be shared between a consortium including LML at the University of Cambridge, CeBIL at the University of Copenhagen, the Petrie Flom Centre at Harvard, and the Technical University of Denmark (DTU). The partners will deliver the Inter-CeBIL...