School of Law News

The Mediation Project

8 February 2013

In the closing weeks of last semester, the School of Law introduced its first Mediation Project for family law students. The purpose of the Project is to give students an understanding of the aims of mediation and how the process works, as well as how it fits into the family justice system. At the opening event, the School of Law welcomed onto campus guest speaker, facilitator and mediation expert Lynn Henderson from Hendersons Family Law in Godalming. Lynn read law at Exeter University and Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge before training in the City of London with Lovells. She was previously Head of Family Law at a firm in Cambridge. Having trained in collaborative law in March 2005, Lynn now specialises in all aspects of private family law, with particular emphasis on the financial consequences of relationship breakdown including cases where there are substantial assets, trusts, pensions and family businesses.

Top of Their Class

5 November 2012

When Surrey law students and graduates enter the world of work, whether it is to begin a fledgling career in the legal profession, plant those first tentative steps into the political arena or indeed embark on any other career, our goal remains the same.  We guarantee that our students will have received the highest standard of academic tuition, developed well-honed critical and analytical skills, and been challenged to engage with the latest ideas and debate igniting the legal world.

Over the summer break, the University of Surrey’s School of Law attracted more academics into the fold, bringing with them a wealth of experience and research excellence, along with the very latest ideas, to deliver that promise to students. Our new recruits arrive on Surrey turf with outstanding academic credentials gained across the globe. Between them they have held teaching, research and legal posts in the United States and Hong Kong, Italy, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Canada, the United Kingdom and Serbia. 

Their experience ranges from practising at the Bar and course design at a leading College of Law, to legislative work in the field of international criminal law for the UN, and posts in the Senate Opposition Research Office of the Progressive-Conservative Party of Canada and the Department of Justice at the U.S. Embassy in Serbia.

Dr Kaime presents at the 89th Annual Meeting of the International Law Association

27 October 2012

Dr Thoko Kaime presented a paper titled ‘Africa’s Leadership Prospects in the Climate Change Regime’ at the 89^th Annual Meeting of the International Law Association hosted at Fordham University School of Law. The theme of the conference was ‘Ideas, Institutions, and Interests – Dynamics of Change in International Law’. Dr Kaime’s panel focused on ‘The International Climate Change Regime and Africa’ and focused on the extent to which African interests have been adequately represented and reflected in the international negotiations on climate change. 

Dr Kaime attends 8th African Development Forum

22 October 2012

Dr Thoko Kaime served as resource chair at the 8th African Development Forum  (ADF VIII) organised and hosted by the UN Economic Commission for Africa. The ADF, an ECA flagship biennial event created in 1999 is a multi-stakeholder platform for debating, discussing and initiating concrete strategies for Africa's development. It is convened in collaboration with the African Union Commission (AUC), African Development Bank (AfDB), and other key partners to establish an African-driven development agenda that reflects consensus and leads to specific programmes for implementation.