Critical Legal Conference 2025
Unless otherwise stated, all seminar rooms and lecture theatres are in the Peter Chalk Centre, University of Exeter
PhD Day – 3rd September 2025, Peter Chalk Centre
Day 1 – 4th September 2025
09:00 -10:00 | Refreshments and Registration |
10:00 – 10:30 | Welcome to the Conference – Green Lecture Theatre |
10:30 -12:00 | Parallel Panel Sessions 1 |
12:00 – 13:00 | Lunch |
13:00 – 14:30 | Plenary 1 (Keynote) Green Lecture Theatre (Gina Heathcote, Professor of International Law, Newcastle University) |
14:30 – 16:00 | Parallel Panel Sessions 2 |
16:00 -16:15 | Coffee Break |
16:15-17.45 | Parallel Panel Sessions 3 |
17.45-19:00 | Book Launch & Drinks Reception Collaborative Lecture Theatre |
Day 2: 5th September 2025
08:30 – 09:00 | Refreshments and Registration |
09:00-10:30 | Parallel Panel Sessions 4 |
10:30 – 11:00 | Coffee Break |
11:00 – 12:30 | Plenary 2 (Keynote) Green Lecture Theatre (Vito De Lucia, Professor of International Law, Norwegian Center for the Law of the Sea– UiT The Arctic University of Norway) |
12:30 – 13:30 | Lunch |
13:30 – 15:00 | Parallel Panel Sessions 5 |
15:00 – 15:30 | Coffee Break |
15:30 – 17:00 | Parallel Panel Sessions 6 |
17:00 – 18:30 | Plenary 3 (Keynote) Green Lecture Theatre (Anne Bottomley, Emeritus Reader, Kent Law School, University of Kent) |
20:00 – 22:00 | Conference dinner, Reed Hall |
Day 3 – 6th September 2025
09:00 – 10:00 | Refreshments and Registration |
10:00 – 11:00 | Plenary 4 (Documentary Screening – Dartmoor Calling) – Green Lecture Theatre![]() |
11:00 – 11:30 | Coffee Break |
11:30 – 13:00 | Parallel Panel Sessions 7 |
13:00 – 14:00 | Lunch / CLC Business Meeting / Conference Closing – Green Lecture Theatre |