9 AM

Registration & Opening (Foyer)

10 AM

Opening Keynote (TR 39)

  - Satbir Singh, JCWI

11:15 AM

Coffee Break (TR 31-35) 

11:45 AM

1. Breaking the silence: challenging the abuse of NDAs in a post-MeToo era (TR 39)

   • Aceil Haddad, Pregnant Then Screwed

   • Neil Emery, Bindmans LLP

   • Kevin Poulter, Freeths LLP

2. Unsettled status: protecting vulnerable EU citizens’ rights post-Brexit (TR 31-35)

   • Mihai Calin Bica, Roma Support Group

   • Nicole Masri, Rights of Women

   • Ruth Mercer, Southwark Law Centre

   • Ollie Persey, Public Law Project

3. Tackling pollution discrimination in the UK (TR 11-12)

   • Emma Dixon, Blackstone Chambers

   • Rosamund Asoo-Kissi-Debrah, Ella Roberta Family Foundation

   • Nina Pindham, No5 Chambers

4. Lawyers in the foodbank: holistic legal support to prevent destitution (TR 37-38)

   • Sophie Earnshaw, Shelter

   • Vicky Fewkes, Ealing Law Centre

   • Martin Williams, Child Poverty Action Group

   • Koldo Casla, Policy Director at human rights NGO Just Fair

1:15 PM

Lunch / Exhibition Space (TR 40 & Foyer)

2:30 PM

Plenary: 'In Conversation with'

Edward McGowan, APPEAL (TR 31-35)

3:15 PM

1. Resisting the hostile environment in hospitals (TR 37-38)

   • Kamla Adiseshiah, Southwark Law Centre

   • Ros Bragg, Maternity Action

   • Seb Casalotti, Doc Not Cops

2. After Cambridge Analytica: big data and privacy online (TR 11-12)

   • Dr Bernard Keenan, Birkbeck University

   • Amy Shepherd, Open Rights Group

   • Daniel Carey, Deighton Pierce Glynn

   • Elettra Bieti, SJD student at Harvard Law School & an Affiliate at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society. 

3. Youth (in)justice, austerity and knife crime  (TR 31-35)

   • Michael Etienne, No5 Chambers

   • Adeela Khan, Edward Fail Bradshaw & Waterson

   • Brian Richardson, Nexus Chambers

   • Laura Jane Miller, Red Lion Chambers

4. Towards a social justice conception of animal rights (TR 39)

   • Edie Bowles, Advocates for Animals

   • Alexandra Pimor, Liverpool John Moores University

   • Paula Sparks, UK Centre for Animal Law

4:30 PM

Coffee Break (TR 31-35)

4:45 PM

Plenary: Protest, Rebellion and Social Change (TR 31-35)

• Danielle Manson, Garden Court Chambers

• United Voices of the World

• Paul Powlesland, lawyer for Extinction Rebellion 

• Brian Richardson, Nexus Chambers

9 AM

Registration & Opening (Foyer)

10 AM

Opening Keynote (TR 31-35)

- Dr Laura Janes, Howard League for Penal Reform

11:45 AM

1. The Shamima Begum Effect: Deprivation of citizenship and the rule of law  (TR 31-35)

   • Tayab Ali, ITN Solicitors

   • Amanda Weston QC, Garden Court Chambers

   • Dr Helena Wray, Exeter University

2. Failing women in the criminal justice system (TR 11-12)

   • Paramjit Ahluwalia, Lamb Building

   • Holli Waterson, RASAC

   • Harriet Wistrich, Centre for Women’s Justice

3. Litigating the Special Educational Needs Funding Crisis (TR 39)

   • Katherine Barnes, 39 Essex Chambers

   • Amanda Elliott, SEND Action

   • Anne-Marie Irwin, Irwin Mitchell

4. Tough on crime? Evidence-based approaches to prison reform (TR 37-38)

   • Dr Laura Janes, Howard League for Penal Reform

   • Rebecca Roberts, INQUEST

   • Jane Ryan, Bhatt Murphy

1:15 PM

Lunch / Exhibition Space (TR 40 & Foyer)

2:15 PM

1. Towards HIV Prevention: the (courtroom) fight for PrEP (TR 11-12)

   • Deborah Gold, National AIDS Trust

   • Greg Owen, I Want Prep Now

   • Louise Whitfield, Deighton Pierce Glynn

2. Lawyering to protect the rights of sex workers and/or women exploited in prostitution     (TR 37-38)

   • DecrimNow

   • Richard O’Keefe, United Voices of the World

   • Harriet Wistrich, Centre for Women’s Justice

3. (Un)intentionally homeless: challenging unfair housing decisions (TR 31-35)

   • Connor Johnston, Garden Court Chambers

   • Simon Mullings, Edwards Duthie Shamash

   • Jo Underwood, Shelter

   • Housing Action Southwark and Lambeth (HASL)

4. Building a social justice campaign online   (TR 39) 

   • Rita Amin, Change.org

   • Jakub Makowski, CrowdJustice

   • Fiona Bawdon, Legal Education Foundation

11:15 AM

Coffee Break (TR 31-35)

3:45 PM

Question time Plenary: Legal Aid MATTERS: 70 years of legal aid - what next?  (TR 31-35)

• Rhona Friedman, Commons

• Sue James, Hammersmith and Fulham Law Centre

• Stephanie Lightfoot-Bennett, United Families and Friends

• Mary-Rachel McCabe, Doughty Street Chambers

4:30 PM

Networking Social (Foyer)

1:45 PM

Soapbox Competition (TR 39)

5:30 PM

Networking Social (Foyer)

Saturday 23rd November (subject to change)

Sunday 24th November (subject to change)