STAFF NEWS DR STEPHEN SKINNER Dr Stephen Skinner is pleased to announce the publication of his edited collection Fascism and Criminal Law: History, Theory, Continuity.
This is the first work in English to explore the nature, role and significance of criminal law and criminal justice under Italian Fascism and other fascist and authoritarian regimes in the early 20th century. It includes eight chapters by international experts, focusing on Fascist Italy, interwar Romania, Franco’s Spain, Vargas’s Brazil, and interwar Japan. Partly the result of a series of conference panels convened by Dr Skinner at the European Society for Comparative Legal History biennial conference in 2012, the collection addresses historical and theoretical dimensions of the relationship between fascism and criminal law, and importantly considers elements of continuity between the regimes in question and previous and subsequent legal orders. On 25 March 2015, Dr Skinner will be holding a workshop at Doughty Street Chambers, London, on ‘Lethal Force, Policing and the ECHR’. The workshop will mark the 20th anniversary of the McCann v UK ruling.
ALUMNI NEWS LAW ALUMNI NETWORKING EVENT On Tuesday 11 November 2014, the Law School held an alumni networking event, very kindly hosted by two of our alumni, Robert Lee (LLB Law 1986) and David Pudge (LLB Law 1986), at their Clifford Chance offices in Canary Wharf, London, UK. The main purposes of the event were to: • Celebrate the many successes of the Law School, its students and alumni over its distinguished 91 year history • Look forward to the 100th anniversary of the Law School and all that can be achieved in the intervening period • Outline our dynamic, ambitious and innovative vision and update attendees on current projects within the Law School
• Continue to build ever stronger links with our alumni, outlining the wide variety of ways in which our alumni can really make a difference • Widen the pool of Law School ambassadors, who will help spread the word about our exciting developments.
THE EVENT WAS ATTENDED BY 55 EXETER ALUMNI AND PRESENTATIONS WERE GIVEN BY PROFESSOR JAMES DEVENNEY, STEVE EDGE (LLB LAW 1972, HON LLD 2012) AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE BRACTON LAW SOCIETY, NEIL TANNA.
MOCK INTERVIEWS Law undergraduate students were offered an invaluable opportunity to practice their interview skills when last term four alumni came back to run mock interviews. Students sign up for mock interviews for a variety of reasons, some have no interview experience at all and some have tried applying for vacation schemes or mini pupillages and want some feedback on their interview skills. Peter Baldwin, (1991), a Partner with Ropes & Gray, said: “I greatly enjoyed returning to Exeter to meet such an interesting and talented cross-section of current undergraduates. Their dynamism and energy was wonderful to see and it is so exciting to return to the University and find it in such good heart. If you have not been back in recent years you really must find an excuse to visit”. Exeter Law graduates Jonathan Hammond (1990) and Mark Waghorn (1988) also came back and offered a practice interview and
PETER BALDWIN (HISTORY, 1991) PARTNER AT ROPES & GRAY AND JOHNNY CLARK, FINAL YEAR LAW STUDENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF EXETER
subsequent feedback to 10 undergraduate students. Caroline Addy (1990), a Barrister with Brick Court Chambers, used a scenario based interview to give four students a taste of what they might face in an interview process. Johnny Clark, a final year law student who took up the opportunity of a mock interview, said: “It was a great session. I really struggle with nerves in interviews, but it was a real confidence booster! I left with a clear sense of direction, particularly with what type of firms to be applying to”.
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