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Bringing together students and staff to discuss important current issues, events or crises. Our first event will explore how the interference of Big Tech in political elections is shaping the international legal order. This was prompted by the .

It will be a great opportunity to catch up with your classmates over some tea, coffee, and cake, and engage with WLS staff outside the classroom.

Speaker: Sonia Cruz Dávila, ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ Law School

Chair: Daniel Matthews, ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ Law School

Title: Judges Appointed by Lottery: A Solution to a Legitimacy Deficit?

Room S2.09 will be available from 12:00pm, with lunch served from 12:30pm. The Seminar will begin at 1:00pm to 2:00pm in Room S2.12.

Active listening is listening to understand; and can enhance your supervisory practice. This practical How To and Why session will help you uncover the skills of Active Listening and how to use it in your next supervision session. Please be prepared to engage with the exercises and practice.

Guest Speaker: Professor Alison Liebling, University of Cambridge Faculty of Law

Chair: Amanda Wilson, ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ Law School

Title: 'Aristotle’s Prison: A Search for Humanity in Tragic, Punishing Places'

Room S2.09 will be available from 12:00pm, with lunch served from 12:30pm. The Seminar will begin at 1:00pm to 2:00pm in Room S2.12.

The talk will cover reforms to the landscape in which public inquiries are conducted. It will draw on Jason Beer KC's considerable professional experience of inquiries at the Bar. He literally "wrote the book" in this area, as the lead author on the first practitioner manual dealing with public inquiries. He has appeared in many inquiries, including the Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry (as Leading Counsel to the Inquiry). He was made an honorary professor at Warwick in 2026, and is an alumnus of the Law School.

The talk is open to all and will be of particular interest to those whose research interests are in public law, public inquiries, and alternative forms of redress outside traditional court processes.

Following on from the talk, there will be time for questions, mingling and refreshments.

Where does our responsibility for our PGR start and stop? How can we support our PGRs without carrying it all? The session run by an experienced Researcher and Supervisor coach looks at tactics for being helpful without being responsible for everything. A positive check in allowing us to use five tools for being supportive without carrying the load. (Applicable to all sectors of our lives too)

There will be a further session on 12 April 13.30-14.30.

Delivered by Dr Rebecca Vipond, CDT & PG Scholarships Coordination Manager in the Doctoral College. A discussion about key aspects to be aware of when a PGR you supervise is funded by a scholarship.

Guest Speaker: Romain Chouffart, The Arctic Institute

Chair: Daniel Matthews, ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ Law School

Title: 'Arctic, Autonomous, Artificial: Thinking of Normative Climate Exosomatisation'

Room S2.09 will be available from 12:00pm, with lunch served from 12:30pm. The Seminar will begin at 1:00pm to 2:00pm in Room S2.12.

Speaker: Christian Twigg-Flesner, ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ Law School

Chair: Daniel Matthews, ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ Law School

Title: 'Consumer Law without the consumer? AI Agents, and humans-in-or-out-of-the-loop'

Room S2.09 will be available from 12:00pm, with lunch served at 12:30pm. The Seminar will begin at 1:00pm to 2:00pm in Room S2.12.

Delivered by Psychologist and Warwick ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½, this session will equip you to best support your PGR when they are researching sensitive subject areas.

Speaker: Tara Mulqueen, ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ Law School

Chair: Daniel Matthews, ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ Law School

Title: 'Legal Consciousness, Alienation and the Desire for Law'

Room S2.09 will be available from 12:00pm, with lunch served from 12:30pm. The Seminar will begin at 1:00pm to 2:00pm in Room S2.12.

What challenges do you face when trying to give feedback to your PGRs? We may be familiar with the notion of the Feedback Sandwich: 'Positive Comment, Criticism, Encouragement/ Praise', but in this session we will discuss why this may not be the most effective way of communicating our point and offer some suggestions for alternative strategies.

Guest Speakers: Professor Kate Ogg, Australian National University and Dr Saba Vasefi, University of Sydney

Chair: Daniel Matthews, ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ Law School

Title: 'Decolonising Strategic Litigation Scholarship: Leading with Refugees’ Justice Frameworks'

Room S2.09 will be available from 12:00pm, with lunch served from 12:30pm. The Seminar will begin at 1:00pm to 2:00pm in Room S2.12.

Guest Speaker: Judith Bueno De Mesquita, University of Essex Law School

Chair: Daniel Matthews, ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ Law School

Title & Abstract: TBC

Room S2.09 will be available from 12:00pm, with lunch served from 12:30pm. The Seminar will begin at 1:00pm to 2:00pm in Room S2.12.