News from Hughes Easter Term 2012
Issue 16
Newsletter for Hughes Hall members
Law at Hughes
– from strength to strength Law has been a major feature of life at Hughes Hall for several decades, with significant recent developments. College Fellows have contributed much to this over the years, notably Nick Sinclair Brown, Robin Pirrie, Frank Dawson and Keith McVeigh, whom many older LLM alumni will fondly remember. Of our current Fellows, Marc Weller and John Barker fly the College flag at the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law. We continue to have large cohorts of LLM students – a record 32 in 2009–2010. And they achieve excellent results – 6 of the 18 in 2010–2011 gained Firsts. Two recent LLM students have continued to PhDs, and both are worthy recipients of Hughes Hall bursaries. Next year we will add yet another course, with the Faculty’s new Masters in Corporate Law, for which we are already receiving applications. BA alumni will also have fond memories – in their case of John Hopkins’ wise counsel and shrewd direction of studies. John has taught law in Cambridge for over 50 years, to the great benefit of generations of students at Hughes, Downing and elsewhere. In recent years the College has greatly enjoyed the Charnley Law Dinner, with eminent guests from the Law Faculty and the legal profession. President of the UK Supreme Court, Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers, was the guest speaker this year, and has become an Honorary Fellow of the College. In this he joins alumnus Judge Evan Wallach, of the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
On the right, Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers, President of the UK Supreme Court and Honorary Fellow, with the President, William Charnley and Sir Robin Auld
The Charnley Law Dinner The College was delighted to welcome as this year’s speaker Lord Phillips, President of the Supreme Court, for the third annual Law Dinner. Lord Phillips is a good friend of law at Hughes, having supported the Law Dinner for the past three years. The evening, sponsored by Mr William Charnley, Fellow of the College, was an excellent networking opportunity for students and alumni and we were joined by many Law professionals and academics.
Our latest exciting news is the appointment of a Hughes Hall Law Fellow, Dr Markus Gehring. Last year Trinity College launched a scheme offering financial support for joint appointments between faculties and colleges. We immediately approached the Law Faculty, and reached agreement on the funding and a joint appointment. As a result, from October 2012, Dr Gehring will be a University Lecturer in the Faculty and Fellow in Law at Hughes Hall, taking over as our BA Director of Studies. Markus has studied at Hamburg and Yale, worked at Oxford, Ottawa and Santiago, and is a member of the Frankfurt/Main Bar. He knows Cambridge well, having been at Robinson College since 2005 as Fellow in Law, Tutor, Director of Studies, and organiser of a whole range of activities. He remains Deputy Director of the Centre for European Legal Studies at the Law Faculty and continues to teach in the Departments of Politics and International Studies, and Land Economy. His main legal interests are European Union law, particularly on the environment and sustainable development, and he is an active member of various related international bodies. This joint appointment is a new step for Hughes Hall, and Markus Gehring will bring considerable energy and enthusiasm to it. Law at Hughes goes from strength to strength!
Dr Markus Gehring
Philip Johnston, Senior Tutor Easter Term 2012
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