Practising Change - Goldsmiths Law Clinics Showcase 2026

A two-day showcase of interdisciplinary, practice-based work across the Goldsmiths Clinics, spanning legal practice, advocacy, research and media/public engagement.

Practising Change brings together students, academics, alumni, practitioners and external collaborators to showcase how different perspectives can become real-world work. Across two days, the Goldsmiths Clinics will share practice-based projects spanning legal work, advocacy, academic and applied research, and media/public engagement.

Hosted and organised by the Department of Law, the Clinics bring together students from different educational backgrounds around shared real-world questions. Across legal practice, advocacy, academic and applied research, and media/public engagement, students contribute to projects and tangible outputs with audiences beyond the classroom.
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Thursday 24 September — PSH 326 (Hybrid Event)

1.00pm
Doors open / Registration

2.00–3.00pm
Keynote Lecture — Professor Linden Thomas

3.00–3.15pm
Break

3.15–5.15pm
Law & Creative Industries Clinic Showcase

3.15-3.30pm
Welcome and Introduction
Dr Lucy Finchett-Maddock

3.30-5.00pm
Art & AI Panel
Students & Representatives Addleshaw Goddard LLP

Fashion & Design Panel
Students & Representatives Lewis Silkin LLP

Art Crime Panel
Students & Representatives Wedlake Bell LLP

5.15-5.30pm
Q&A and Closing Remarks
Dr Lucy Finchett-Maddock

5.15pm-5.30pm
Break

5.30–7.00pm
Drinks Reception
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Friday 25 September — PSH 314 (Hybrid Event)

1.00pm
Doors open / Registration

2.00–3.30pm
Immigration Law & Policy Clinic Showcase

2.00–2.10pm
Welcome and Introduction
Dr Natalie Katsou

2.10–2.30pm
CSR in Libya
William Russell and Nina Lago Burity — Josi and Loni Project

2.30–2.50pm
Al Masri: Investigation and Legal Proceedings
Dr Matteo Zamboni and Student Contributor (TBC)

2.50–3.10pm
Charting Uncharted Waters: Unravelling Extraterritorial Duties under Articles 2 and 3 of the ECHR
Cara Shields, Martha Mills and Aneesa Raja

3.10–3.30pm
Q&A and Closing Remarks

Dr Natalie Katsou
3.30–3.45pm
Break

3.45–5.30pm
Human Rights Law & Policy Clinic Showcase

3.45–3.55pm
Welcome and Introduction
Dr Natalie Katsou

3.55–4.15pm
Europe’s Decades of Queerphobia: Anti-LGBTQI+ Legislation and Democratic Erosion across Europe and Central Asia
Vahid Aliyev, Ro Mansfield-Corbett and Iona Fournier

4.15–4.35pm
The Penal Drift of Immigration Detention: Vulnerability, Arbitrariness, and ECHR Safeguards
Iona Fournier

4.35–4.55pm
The Architecture of Distance: Pushbacks, Externalization, and Collective Expulsion after Hirsi Jamaa
Hanya Aljamal

4.55–5.30pm
Q&A and Closing Remarks
Dr Natalie Katsou

5.30–7.00pm
Drinks Reception
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