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Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law

Web pages of the academic institution based at Lund University, Sweden, and named after Raoul Wallenberg, the distinguished Swedish diplomat of the Second World War. The Institute was founded in 1984 and promotes research, training and academic education in the fields of human rights and humanitarian law. The site outlines the Institute's academic and research programmes and gives details of the Institute's work in Central and South East Asia, Latin America, North Africa and the Middle East concerned primarily with human rights and humanitarian law.

ELSA: the European Law Students' Association

Website of ELSA, the European Law Students Association, an organisation for law students and recent graduates in Europe, which helps them to explore opportunities in Europe for working and learning, and helps to give them an international perspective in their studies. The site includes areas on legal research, events and human rights awareness. There are opportunities to join legal research groups and participate in student exchange programmes. Selected papers on European law can be downloaded as PDFs from the site.

Chambers and Partners

Web pages of Chambers and Partners, providing searchable versions of their directories of leading lawyers: Chambers UK, Chambers Europe, Chambers USA, Chambers Global and Chambers Asia. The directories give independent rankings and editorial comment based on Chambers' own research; profiles provided by the firms and individuals themselves; and contact details. The directories can be searched by practice area, firm/barristers' chambers, lawyer's name or country (where appropriate). The Chambers Student Guide is also available.

Centro de Estudos Judiciários

The Portuguese Centro de Estudos Judiciários was set up under the auspices of the Portuguese Ministry of Justice to train judges and public prosecutors and to carry out research on judicial matters. Information about the Centre's constitution and work are provided, as well as details of publications, including the contents pages of its journal, the Revista do CEJ. Some publications are available in full, notably its studies and annual report. The site is mainly in Portuguese, but basic information about the Centre is available in English.

SSRN Legal Scholarship Network

The Legal Scholarship Network aims to facilitate the distribution of scholarly information related to law, economics and business; it is a division of the Social Science Research Network (SSRN). It is free to join the Network, but subscriptions are payable for some of the services offered. Users of the Network can access research papers, conference papers, pre-print journal articles and other scholarly writings, either in the form of abstracts, or as full-text documents. Authors can submit their abstracts and papers online, for possible publication on the LRN website.

Chartered Institute of Legal Executives

The Chartered Institute of Legal Executives (CILEX) is the professional organisation representing legal executives and trainee legal executives in the United Kingdom. Established in 1963 to provide education and training facilities particularly for non solicitor staff employed in fee earning work and in the management of firms. CILEX is also involved in the development and regulation of the professional conduct and practice standards of its members. The website provides information about legal executives, their role and how to qualify as a legal executive.

Human Rights Law Centre

Website of the Human Rights Law Centre at the School of Law, University of Nottingham. "The aim of the Centre is to facilitate teaching and research on human rights issues". The site includes an overview of the Centre and its members, details of research and publications emanating from the Centre and a list of conferences, workshops and courses organised by the Centre.

International Centre for Criminal Law Reform and Criminal Justice Policy

The International Centre for Criminal Law Reform and Criminal Justice Policy is an independent non-profit institute, officially affilated with the United Nations and based at the Faculty of Law, University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada. The website contains publications, occasional papers and reports which can be ordered online or downloaded in PDF. The site gives details of the following programmes conducted by the Centre: Corrections Programme; China Programme; Transnational Organised Crime; UN Congress on Crime and International Criminal Court.

Centre for Criminological Research and Probation Studies Unit, University of Oxford

Web pages for the University of Oxford's Centre for Criminological Research and Probation Studies Unit. The site describes the history, work and resources of the Centre and Unit which involves empirical research into current problems of criminal and penal policy in the UK. The site outlines the courses, seminars, publications and research projects undertaken by the Centre. Information about the Centre's Library, contact details for staff members and information on job vacancies are also given. Additionally a list of links to other relevant sites is provided.

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