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In December 2009, Professor Sir Robin Auld was interviewed for the Squire Eminent Scholars Archive regarding his thoughts upon taking up the seat of the Goodhart Visiting Professorhip for Legal Science. Sir Robin is a former Lord Justice of Appeal and Vice-Chairman of the Judicial Appointments Commission. He is now a Justice of the Bermuda Court…

The Squire Library and the Faculty of Law are pleased to announce an important enhancement to the existing entry for the late Mr R.W.M. Dias (1921 – 2009) to the Eminent Scholars Archive. Mr Dias began his association with the Faculty in the final days of the pre-WWII era. In mid 1939 he travelled with his father from Ceylon, via the Suez Canal an…

David Wills, Squire Law Librarian at the University of Cambridge, has been elected to the position of President of the British and Irish Association of Law Librarians (BIALL) for the year 2010/2011. This is the first time that a librarian from the University of Cambridge has been elected President (formerly referred to as the Chair) of the Associat…

The Faculty Building and the Squire Law Library will be closed for the Easter Bank Holiday from Friday 2 April - Monday 5 April inclusive. They will re-open on Tuesday (6 April) at 9am.

The Squire Law Library and the Faculty of Law are pleased to announce that an important entry for Professor Stroud Francis Charles (Toby) Milsom has just been added to the Eminent Scholars Archive. Professor Milsom retired from his chair of Law in 1990, and has been associated with the University and Faculty for over sixty years, following his arri…

The Squire Law Library and the Faculty of Law are pleased to announce that an interview with Professor Sir Robin Auld has been added to the Eminent Scholars Archive. Professor Sir Robin Auld is currently Arthur Goodhart Visiting Professor of Legal Science (2009-2010). He is a former Lord Justice of Appeal; Justice, Bermuda Court of Appeal; Presiden…

The Squire Law Library and the Faculty of Law are pleased to announce that an important entry for Professor J. A. (Tony) Jolowicz has just been added to the Eminent Scholars Archive. Professor Jolowicz, who retired from his chair of Comparative Law in 1993, has been associated with the Faculty and Trinity College for over sixty years, while his mem…

The Squire Law Library will be closed from Wednesday 23rd December at 12.30pm for the Christmas and New Year break. The Library will re-open at 9.00am on Monday 4th January 2010. The Library will also close early, at 5.00pm on Tuesday 22nd December.

The Law Faculty building and the Squire Law Library will be closed on Saturday 12 December 2009 for the entire day due to essential maintenance work affecting all power to the building. The Institute of Criminology will also be closed. The Faculty building and Library will close the previous day at 7pm and will re-open at 9am on Monday 14 December.…

The Squire is saddened by the death yesterday of Mr RWM (Mickey) Dias QC (Hon.), formerly University Lecturer in Law and director of studies in law at Magdalene College. Mr Dias read law at Trinity Hall, the third generation of his family to do so, followed by war service in the RAF. His academic interests were in Roman law, jurisprudence, and the…

The Squire Law Library and the Faculty of Law are pleased to announce that an entry for Judge Stephen M. Schwebel has just been added to the Eminent Scholars Archive Judge Schwebel’s associations with the Faculty of Law and Cambridge University extends back over sixty years. Although he was never a formal member of its legal fraternity, he had, and…

It is with great sadness that we report the death of Professor Sir David Williams, who passed away on 6 September. Sir David was enormously supportive of the Squire Law Library throughout his life. He chaired the Law Library Sub-Syndicate from 1982 - 1988 and became the Chairman of the Squire Appeal that was launched to coincide with the centenary …

The annual stock-taking week for the Squire Law Library will take place on 14th-19th September inclusive. During this time the library will be closed. The library will re-open at 9:00am on Monday 21st September.

In December 2008, Professor Martti Koskenniemi from the University of Helsinki was interviewed for the Squire Eminent Scholars Archive regarding his thoughts upon taking up the seat of the Goodhart Visiting Professorhip for Legal Science. Having completed his year in the position, Professor Koskenniemi was interviewed again by Lesley Dingle, and of…

The Squire Law Library welcomes those students attending the Annual Summer School in English Legal Methods which is organised by the Institute of Continuing Education at the University of Cambridge. The course runs from 6th to 31st July 2009. For further information see the Institute website.