Past PhD Masterclasses

2018-2019

• Top Tips for PhD Studies
• Research Presentation
• Mock Viva Session
• PhD Student Pastoral Session
• Research Presentation
• Careers – Academia, Legal Practice, NGOs

2016-2017

• Top Tips’ Session – A panel discussion
• Your PhD programme and careers in legal academia
• Pastoral Session
• How to Construct a PhD Thesis
• Legislative Research for a PhD [PDF]
• Viva sessions
• Jurisprudential Methodologies
•  Editing and publishing while completing a PhD 

2015-2016

• Methodology [video]
• Publishing a book
• Working with your supervisor
• Constructing a thesis [video] 
• Submitting your thesis [video]
• How to complete a PhD in 3 years [video] 
• Legal research and digital engagement
• Medical ethics - anencephalic babies and organ donation [video]
• Getting published and getting a job in academia [video]
• Overcoming practical difficulties and motivating yourself to complete your PhD [video]

2014-2015

• Getting ahead in legal academia
• Originality in dissertation and research techniques
• Viva and mini-viva
• Research and writing techniques
• How to construct a thesis
• The difference between description and analysis
• Accessibility of Legislation and the Rule of Law
• Vivas and min-viva
• Prosecution Duty of Disclosure before International Criminal Tribunals
• From informal to formal burden-sharing: an alternative insight into the early development of refugee law and international forms of cooperation
• Originality / research techniques
• Regulating Risk: Conceptual issues and Framework Challenges
• Fairness in International Law