Herbert Smith Freehills Oxford Disability Mooting Championship 2015 Grand Final and Conversazione

Herbert Smith Freehills Oxford Disability Mooting Championship 2015 Grand Final and Conversazione

By Dr Marie Tidball, Co-ordinator, The Oxford University Disability Law and Policy Project

Date and time

Sat, 7 Nov 2015 15:00 - 18:30 GMT

Location

Holywell Music Room, Wadham College,

Holywell Street Oxford OX1 3SD United Kingdom

Description

About The Herbert Smith Freehills Oxford Disability Mooting Championship

This is a prestigious moot court competition which has been established by the Oxford Law Faculty to promote the intellectual study of disability and its intersection with domestic and international law.

Event Description
You are invited to attend the Grand Final of the Herbert Smith Freehills Oxford Disability Mooting Championship, which will take place at 3pm on Saturday Saturday 7th November 2015, at the historic Holywell Music Room, Wadham College. Watch skilled law students go head to head in this mock court case to debate a legal problem about issues affecting persons with a disability. The talented finalists will showcase the challenges faced by academics and legal practitioners who work in this field. The Grand Final will be judged by Sir James Munby, President of the Family Division of the High Court of England and Wales, Professor Anne Davies, Dean of the Faculty of Law, Professor Anna Lawson, Professor of Law and Director of the Centre for Disability Studies at the University of Leeds and Mr Ian Gatt QC, Head of the Advocacy Group at Herbert Smith Freehills. Audience members will have the opportunity to hear the reasoning of these senior judges and witness their interactions with contestants.

To celebrate the beginning of Disability History Month UK, the Grand Final will be followed by a converszione at 5pm. This panel discussion is on the theme 'Nothing About Us, Everything Without Us? The representation of disabled people in the UK media'. The discussion will be chaired by Lord Ken Macdonald QC and will include the BBC's Disability Correspondent, Nikki Fox, Dom Hyams, Editor of Power 100 list of Britain's most influential people with a disability or impairment, Liz Sayce OBE, CEO of Disability Rights UK and three times paralympic gold medallist Giles Long MBE. The panellists are invited to discuss the following points, with a particular focus on the representation of disabled people in the UK Media:
  • The role played by mainstream media representation of people with disabilities in cultivating an environment of social justice and inclusion.
  • How media narratives, such as the ‘scrounger’ and ‘super hero’, have contributed to the legal and social issues faced by disabled people in today’s society.
  • The road forward – how better representation can increase power and influence in political and public life.
Members of the University, invited guests and members of the public are welcome to attend the Grand Final and panel discussion.

Timetable

3.00pm - The Grand Final of the Herbert Smith Freehills Oxford Disability Mooting Championship, Holywell Music Room, Wadham College.

4.15pm - Afternoon Tea in the Holywell Music Room, Wadham College.

4.45pm - Audience to take their seats

5.00pm - The Conversazione on the theme: 'Nothing About Us; Everything Without Us? The representation of disabled people in the UK Media', Holywell Music Room, Wadham College.
6.25pm - Announcement of Mooting Champions and Prize Giving
6.30pm - Event Ends
The Law Faculty and Organising Committee are grateful for the generous support and enthusiasm provided by Herbert Smith Freehills and their Disability Network, Ability.

Organised by

Dr Marie Tidball, Co-ordinator, The Oxford University Disability Law and Policy Project

The Oxford Disability Law and Policy Conference will launch the Oxford University Disability Law and Policy Project. This project has been established to develop initiatives which bring new perspectives to academic analyses of law and policy, and to generate policy-relevant research which better engages with the intersectional experiences of people with disabilities.  It is also intended that in addition to these specific academic aims, the objectives for expanding the substantive discussion of disability in the University’s teaching and research will also have a filter-down effect: improving the accessibility of facilities for students and academics with disabilities, enabling our increased representation, career progression, success and inclusion in the University's academic life.

Visit our webpage here: https://www.law.ox.ac.uk/research-and-subject-groups/oxford-university-disability-law-and-policy-project

About The Bonavero Institute of Human Rights

The Bonavero Institute of Human Rights Institute (hosted by the Faculty of Law at the University of Oxford and located at Mansfield College, Oxford) has been established to foster excellent research and scholarship in human rights law and to improve the understanding of human rights law beyond the academy. To achieve these purposes, the Institute hopes to integrate existing human rights research and practice within the Law Faculty and also hopes to host a cohort of outstanding visiting scholars and practitioners, and to collaborate with human rights scholars in other disciplines and with legal practitioners engaged in human rights work across the world. 

Visit our webpage here: https://www.law.ox.ac.uk/centres-institutes/bonavero-institute-human-rights

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