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Read more at: LML Director Welcomes LLM IP Students for End-of-Michaelmas Lunch

LML Director Welcomes LLM IP Students for End-of-Michaelmas Lunch

2 December 2025

This November, LML Director Prof Kathy Liddell hosted a sandwich lunch for the 2025/26 LLM class in Intellectual Property. The event marked the end of the Michaelmas term, during which students have settled into Cambridge life and engaged deeply with their studies. The lunch offered a welcome opportunity to socialise and...


Read more at: LML participates in Cambridge-wide Science, Technology and Society Fishbowl Experiment
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LML participates in Cambridge-wide Science, Technology and Society Fishbowl Experiment

1 December 2025

This November, LML was pleased to take part in the Science, Technology and Society (STS) Fishbowl Experiment organised by the Science and Technology Studies Cambridge Network (SCaN). The experimental workshop, conducted in an open, rotating “fishbowl” discussion format, brought together diverse stakeholders to shape an...


Read more at: LML welcomes Dr Steven Steyl as a Visiting Research Scholar
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LML welcomes Dr Steven Steyl as a Visiting Research Scholar

24 November 2025

LML is delighted to be hosting Dr Steven Steyl Lecturer in Bioethics in the School of Medicine, University of Notre Dame, Australia. During his time at LML, Dr Steyl is exploring the relationship between care, including health care, and Aristotelian character traits, with a particular focus on kindness and charity. “It’s...


Read more at: Prof. Jeff Skopek presents his work-in-progress “Created to be Killed” in Taboo Trades podcast

Prof. Jeff Skopek presents his work-in-progress “Created to be Killed” in Taboo Trades podcast

14 November 2025

This November, LML Deputy Director Prof Jeff Skopek was invited by Prof Kimberly Krawiec to discuss his work in progress, “Created to be Killed” on her Taboo Trades podcast. The conversation explored a challenging ethical question about the practice of raising and killing animals for food (or for medical research, etc.)...


Read more at: LML hosts Professor Andrew Christie as a Visiting Research Scholar

LML hosts Professor Andrew Christie as a Visiting Research Scholar

11 November 2025

This October, LML welcomed Professor Andrew Christie, the foundation Chair of Intellectual Property at Melbourne Law School as Visiting Scholar. During his visit, Prof. Christie has been examining the UK's patent term extension (PTE) framework, including divergent case law and proposed reforms. This analysis is expected to...


Read more at: LML and CUMLS welcome Professor Emily Jackson for a talk on global shifts in reproductive rights

LML and CUMLS welcome Professor Emily Jackson for a talk on global shifts in reproductive rights

11 November 2025

LML was delighted to welcome Professor Emily Jackson for a talk organised by the student-led Cambridge University Medical Law Society (CUMLS) on “Global Shifts in Reproductive Rights.” The lecture explored recent developments in the United States and the United Kingdom, including the evolving legal landscape surrounding...


Read more at: Matt Jordan Shares PhD Research at AHRC International Conference 
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Matt Jordan Shares PhD Research at AHRC International Conference 

31 October 2025

This September, Matt Jordan, a PhD student and member of LML delivered a talk on Legal Boundedness, Lived Experiences and the Liminal Self during the 2025 AHRC International Conference at Queen’s College, University of Oxford. Speaking on the Perspectives of Methodology panel, Matt drew upon his PhD research on the...


Read more at: Dr Ira Chadha-Sridhar’s monograph "Care and the Mandate of Medical Law" to be published by Oxford University Press
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Dr Ira Chadha-Sridhar’s monograph "Care and the Mandate of Medical Law" to be published by Oxford University Press

27 October 2025

We are pleased to announce that Dr Ira Chadha-Sridhar, our Hatton-WYNG Junior Research Fellow, will publish her forthcoming book Care and the Mandate of Medical Law with Oxford University Press as part of its Oxford Legal Philosophy series. Medical professionals are bound by the expectation that they will exercise a...


Read more at: LML welcomes Professor Michael Hopkins
Professors Hopkins and Liddell

LML welcomes Professor Michael Hopkins

8 October 2025

This October, LML was delighted to welcome Professor Michael Hopkins as a new member of the team. Professor Hopkins joins LML as a part-time Senior Research Associate within the International Collaborative Bioscience Innovation & Law (Inter-CeBIL) Programme. He will work closely with Professor Kathy Liddell (LML...


Read more at: Tia Whitmore joins LML community as CUMLS Law Ambassador

Tia Whitmore joins LML community as CUMLS Law Ambassador

12 September 2025

On 5 September, we were delighted to welcome Ms Tia Whitmore to the LML community as the Cambridge University Medical Law Society (CUMLS) Law Ambassador. Tia is a second-year law student at St Catherine’s College passionately interested in medical law, especially medical negligence. Since its founding in 2021, CUMLS has...