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(B)Orders Roundtable: Practitioners meet Academics: The Role of Academic Arguments in Practical Work with Refugees and Migrants

When: Friday, October 27, 2023, 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Where: Online or Centre for Commercial Law Studies (CCLS), Queen Mary University of London, 67-69 Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London WC2A 3JB

This roundtable discussion brings together academics working on asylum and immigration law in the UK context with practitioners from law, policy and practice to discuss the role of academic arguments in their day-to-day work with refugees and migrants and how academics and practitioners can work more closely together to bring about change.

Programme

Welcome and Introduction

Professor Violeta Moreno-Lax (she/her), Founding Director of the (B)OrderS Centre at Queen Mary University of London & Ramón y Cajal Professorial Research Fellow, Universitat de Barcelona

Roundtable

Chair: Dr Maja Grundler (she/her), Royal Holloway, University of London

Speakers:

  • Zoe Bantleman (she/her), Legal Director of the Immigration Law Practitioners’ Association (ILPA) and an editor of the Journal of Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Law
  • Professor Elspeth Guild (she/her), Queen Mary, University of London and Partner, Kingsley Napley LLP
  • Mark Symes (he/him), Barrister, Garden Court Chambers
  • Ellen Allde (she/her), Queen Mary, University of London and I Have Rights
  • Eric Fripp (he/him), Barrister, Joint Head of Public and Human Rights, The 36 Group

*The event will be followed by a drinks reception*

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