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Zahida Manzoor, CBE (Legal Services Ombudsman, 2003-10). Zahida delivered a lecture at the "Legal Sevices in North-West England: the changing landscape" conference at Lancaster University on 27th September 2007.

Professor Linda Colley (Princeton University, History Department)

Professor Colley gave the Iredell Lecture in Law and History on 30th October 2012, at Lancaster University. Her lecture was entitled; "Britain, Empires and the Re-Writing of Written Constitutions."

Lord Hope of Craighead (Deputy President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom)

Lord Hope chaired a panel at the conference "The Pinochet Case and its consequences ten years on" on 11th November 2008, at the University of London.

Craig Murray (former British Ambassador to Uzbekistan, author and former Rector of the University of Dundee)

Craig gave a lecture on "The War on Terrorism and Human Rights" at Lancaster University on 15th November 2006.

Roger Smith (OBE, Director of Justice 2011-12).

Roger gave a lecture on "Access to Justice and Human Rights" at Lancaster University on 18th February 2008.

Captain James 'Yusuf' Yee
(US Army Muslim Chaplain who served at Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility)

Captain Yee gave a lecture on “The Guantanamo Detention Centre and My Wrongful Arrest on Charges of Spying and Aiding the Taliban and Al-Qaeda” at Lancaster University, on 28th November 2007.

Geoffrey Robertson QC
(Founder and Head of Doughty Street Chambers, London)

Geoffrey delivered a lecture at the conference, "The Pinochet Case and its consequences ten years on" on 11th November 2008, at the University of London.

Bill Braithwaite QC (Exchange Chambers, Manchester)

Bill gave a lecture at the conference; "Legal Services in North-West England: the Changing Landscape" at Lancaster University on 27th September 2007.`

At The People's History Museum, 28th April 2012.

Front row: Prof. Paul Preston (LSE); Prof. Helen Graham (Royal Holloway); Richard Baxell (International Brigade).

Back row: Prof. David Sugarman, Elaine Frankenberg, Prof. Mercedes Camino (Lancaster University); Dolores Long (International Brigade).

At the conference; "Guernica 75: Memories of the International Brigades and the Spanish Civil War" at the People's History Museum, Manchester on 28th April 2012.

At the conference; "Guernica 75: Memories of the International Brigades and the Spanish Civil War" at the People's History Museum, Manchester on 28th April 2012.

From right to left; Prof Paul Preston (LSE); Richard Baxell (International Brigades) and Prof Mercedes Camino (Lancaster University).

Rachel Dobson (Partner and Director of Support Services, Pannone LLP until December 2011, currently senior consultant at Rachel Dobson consulting).

Rachel delivered a lecture at the conference "Legal Services in North-West England: the Changing Landscape" at Lancaster University on 27th September 2007.

Sir Geoffrey Bindman
(Founder, Bindman LLP)

Sir Geoffrey gave a lecture; "Reflections on My Life as a Civil Liberties Lawyer" at Lancaster University on 23rd February 2009.

Professor Jose Zalaquett (University of Chile)

Professer Zalaquett gave the Iredell Lecture in History and Law in 2008 at Lancaster University. He lecture was titled; "Truth and Justice in the Wake of Dictatorship and Armed Conflict".

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Professor Amanda Vickery
(Queen Mary, London University)

Professor Vickery gave the Iredell Lecture in History and Law in 2011 at Lancaster University. Her lecture was titled; "Burglary and the Englishman's Castle".

Professor Conor Gearty
(Law, LSE)

Professor Gearty delivered a lecture at the conference "Insecure Times, Emergency Measures, State(s) of Exception? at Lancaster University on 22nd July 2010.

Professor Kieran McEvoy
(Queen's University Belfast)

Professor McEvoy gave a lecture; "Victims as Idealised Citizens; Transition, Mobilisation and the Contested Past in Nothern Ireland" at Lancaster University on 16th February 2012.

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Professor SirNigel Rodley.

Sir Nigel gave a lecture; "The Role of NGO's in Governance" at Lancaster University on 22nd December 2007.

Des Hudson
(Chief Executive, The Law Society).

Des delivered a lecture at the conference"Legal Services in North-West England: the Changing Landscape" at Lancaster University on 27th September 2007.

Steve Hynes
(Director, Legal Action Group)

Steve gave a lecture at the conference"Legal Services in North-West England: the Changing Landscape" at Lancaster University on 27th September 2007.