Oxford Undergraduate Law Podcast

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Hosted by the Oxford University Undergraduate Law Journal’s Podcast Editors, Chum Sdiq, Isaac Tan Kah Hoe, and Bonnie Yeo, and managed by Vice-Editor Yvette Young, the Oxford Undergraduate Law Podcast explores the law, its relationship with society, and its impact on everyday life. The OULP aims to bring academic legal discussion to a wider audience and is brought to you by the Oxford University Undergraduate Law Journal, with the kind support of Crown Office Chambers. For more information, discussion and academic publications on the issues discussed in our Podcast episodes, visit our Podcast’s webpage at https://www.law.ox.ac.uk/ouulj/oxford-undergraduate-law-podcast. For the accompanying blog posts and legal discussions on other topics, visit the OUULJ Blog at https://www.law.ox.ac.uk/ouulj/blog. Automated transcripts are available for certain episodes at https://rss.com/podcasts/oulp/.

  1. 3d ago

    Reflections from the Bench: A Conversation with Lord Reed

    On this special episode of the Oxford Undergraduate Law Podcast, we had the privilege of speaking with The Rt. Hon. Lord Reed of Allermuir, President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom. This episode takes the opportunity to reflect on Lord Reed’s legal career, from his early years as a student and advocate to his time on the bench. As many of our listeners will know, Lord Reed will retire as President of the Supreme Court on 10 January 2027, bringing to a close an extraordinary period of judicial service. In this conversation, Podcast Editor Bonnie Yeo speaks with Lord Reed about the experiences that shaped his perspectives on justice, the responsibilities of judicial service, and the areas of law that have most engaged him throughout his career. This special episode was recorded on the occasion of the Oxford University Undergraduate Law Journal’s Annual Publication Evening.

    Reflections from the Bench: A Conversation with Lord Reed

  2. May 20

    Data Protection and Privacy in the Age of Artificial Intelligence: In Conversation with Mr Adrian Mak

    When using artificial intelligence, we often care more about what the answer is rather than where it comes from. However, as Adrian Mak, a Fellow at the Stanford Law School AI Initiative explains, we should think more about the fact that the answer is usually generated from the sensitive personal data used in training such models. A co-editor of ‘Privacy and Personal Data Protection Law in Asia’ by Hart Publishing and contributor to ‘The Cambridge Handbook of Private Law and Artificial Intelligence’, Mak has extensive practice experience in international technology, commercial and energy disputes. In Hilary Term 2026, Isaac Tan, a Podcast Editor of the Oxford University Undergraduate Law Journal, had the opportunity to sit down with Mak to discuss the underlying norms of data protection and privacy and how these norms may be challenged and maintained in the Age of AI.

    Data Protection and Privacy in the Age of Artificial Intelligence: In Conversation with Mr Adrian Mak

  3. Mar 16

    For the Love of the Game - Liability and Sanctions in Anti-Doping Regulation: In Conversation with Dr Jan Exner

    From the boundaries of implied consent in contact sports to antitrust disputes in collegiate programmes, legal rules both shape and respond to sporting practice. In this episode, we take a closer look at anti-doping regulation and the difficult balance it seeks to strike between protecting the rights of athletes and enforcing the rules of the game. Bonnie had the privilege of sitting down with Dr Jan Exner to consider anti-doping regulation and the frameworks that guide liability and sanctions. Dr Exner is an Assistant Professor in EU and Sports Law at the Law Faculty of Charles University and a partner at Fairzone, a sports-law firm. He contributes to the development of sports regulation, particularly in the areas of compliance, the proportionality of sanctions and the impact of EU Law on sports regulation. Most recently, his commentary on doping sanctions has been recognised in the draft 2027 World Anti-Doping Code.

    For the Love of the Game - Liability and Sanctions in Anti-Doping Regulation: In Conversation with Dr Jan Exner

  4. Mar 4

    International Arbitration and Private International Law: In Conversation with Professor Anselmo Reyes SC

    When one is faced with a complex, multi-jurisdictional dispute, many questions may arise: Which court is the dispute to be resolved in? What law is applicable? Can the award rendered in one country be enforced in another? In response to these pertinent questions, Professor Reyes says that international arbitration is the answer. Professor Anselmo Reyes SC is a world-renowned international arbitrator, International Judge of the Singapore International Commercial Court (SICC), a member of the International Expert Committee of the China International Commercial Court and a member of various arbitration institutions across London, China, Hong Kong, Japan and Singapore. In Michaelmas Term 2025, Isaac Tan, a Podcast Editor of the Oxford University Undergraduate Law Journal had the opportunity to sit down with Professor Reyes and discuss the principles of international arbitration; arbitrators’ duties; comparisons between the jurisdictions of the United Kingdom, Hong Kong and Singapore; and the future of private international law.

    International Arbitration and Private International Law: In Conversation with Professor Anselmo Reyes SC

  5. Jan 20

    Science, Technology, and the Law: In Conversation with Professor Sheila Jasanoff

    Many of us scrutinise science and technology much less than we do the law. The field of Science and Technology Studies (STS) directly interrogates this incongruence. An interdisciplinary field, STS sees science and technology not as existing in a vacuum, but as producing types of authorities that can be studied just as much as law. Although science and technology are often treated as higher authorities that the law must follow as it inevitably lags behind, Professor Sheila Jasanoff (founder and director of the Harvard STS Program) rejects this characterisation. In November 2025, Professor Jasanoff delivered the Oxford Clarendon Law Lecture Series this year, together entitled ‘Science, Technology and the Constitution of Modernity’. The conversation in this episode is separate but complementary to these lectures. The first portion of the episode elucidates the key conceptual ideas pertinent to STS thinking and its relation to law. The latter portion questions the more specific positions Professor Jasanoff has voiced in her works regarding intellectual property, especially in relation to the most recent legal developments, such as the environment, AI, and the concept of personhood. Each of the Clarendon Law Lectures can be accessed below: Part 1: https://youtu.be/1pp07pHzGTY?si=Op27oAPfJp7XdDrd Part 2: https://youtu.be/QWxI-ybskEE?si=GItwlb0sROgK895C Part 3: https://youtu.be/8UaHoB8oZic?si=pOwpdY5-bMpE0fMv

    Science, Technology, and the Law: In Conversation with Professor Sheila Jasanoff

  6. 09/09/2025

    Climate Change, Ecological Vulnerability, and Piracy: The Legal Regime of Straits in International Law with Professor Nilüfer Oral

    Straits are incredibly important for international shipping, energy security, and military purposes. However, climate change, ecological vulnerability, and piracy are testing the international legal framework governing the straits used for international navigation around the world. Professor Nilufer Oral discusses these challenges in her paper - 'Navigating the Oceans: Old and New Challenges for the Law of the Sea for Straits Used in International Navigation’. Rachel is honoured to interview her today in a summer guest episode. Professor Nilufer Oral is Director of the Centre of International Law at the National University of Singapore. Amongst her many accomplishments, she is a member of the UN International Law Commission (ILC) and was the Chairperson of the 74th session of the ILC. She is a Co-chair of the ILC Study Group on sea-level rise in relation to international law, and is currently a Member of the Committee of Legal Experts of the Commission of Small Island States on Climate Change and International Law (COSIS).

  7. 06/17/2025

    Sentencing and Appeal for Children with Dr Laura Janes

    The jurisdiction of England and Wales has one of the highest numbers of children in detention across Western Europe, and is one of the few jurisdictions in Europe that still has mandatory life sentences for children. Given the frequency and severity of punitive measures levied towards children in England and Wales, it is all the more important that children are adequately represented in sentencing and appeal processes. However, whether this is a reality is a question that Elysia Boon explores in this episode with Dr Laura Janes. Dr Janes is a consultant solicitor at GT Stewart Solicitors and Scott-Moncrieff and Associates. She specialises in prison law, criminal appeals, mental health law and public law, with a particular focus on representing children, youth and vulnerable people in detention both in penal and mental health settings. She is also the founder of Young Legal Aid Lawyers, holds a professional doctorate in youth justice, and teaches at the London South Bank University. Most recently, she was appointed honorary King’s Council! Publications and cases referenced/drawn from: ZA v R [2023] EWCA Crim 596 R v S [2010] EWCA Crim 1462 Children Convicted of Sexual Offences: Do Lifelong Labels Really Help? (The Howard Journal Vol 50 No 2. May 2011) JF & Anor, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2009] EWCA Civ 792 Child appeals (Solicitors Journal: Justice Gap series, 2012) R (on the application of M) v Chief Magistrate [2010] EWHC 433

  8. 05/09/2025

    Describing Disability in the Law with Dr Heloise Robinson

    The definition of disability is primarily governed by the Equality Act 2010. One is considered to have a disability if they have a physical or mental impairment that has a ‘substantial’ and ‘long-term’ negative effect on one’s ability to do normal daily activities. The law as it relates to disability affects a range of social interactions, from discrimination to a duty to make reasonable adjustments, and conversations surrounding it primarily focus on ethical considerations and the legal decisions themselves. However, an often-forgotten aspect of disability law is the terminology legislation and the judiciary specifically use to describe and label disability, which has profound impact on how people understand and treat people with disabilities. In this episode, Elysia interviews Dr Heloise Robinson, Singer Fellow in Law at the University of Oxford. Dr Robinson is interested in the philosophical foundations that inform the law, with a special focus on legal and ethical issues surrounding the selection against disability, including in relation to eugenics, and to gender equality. Her work has been published in leading law and bioethics journals, such as the Modern Law Review, Legal Studies, the Journal of Medical Ethics, and the Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics. Publications referenced/drawn from: Robinson H, Herring J. Naming and Describing Disability in Law and Medicine. Camb Q Healthc Ethics. 2024 Jul;33(3):401-412. doi: 10.1017/S0963180123000609. Epub 2024 Jan 2. PMID: 38163993. Robinson, H. (2023). Discrimination in Abortion Law and the Message the Law is Sending: R (Crowter) v Secretary of State for Health and Social Care. The Modern Law Review, 87(1), 218–230. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-2230.12831. Accessed from: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1468-2230.12831.

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Hosted by the Oxford University Undergraduate Law Journal’s Podcast Editors, Chum Sdiq, Isaac Tan Kah Hoe, and Bonnie Yeo, and managed by Vice-Editor Yvette Young, the Oxford Undergraduate Law Podcast explores the law, its relationship with society, and its impact on everyday life. The OULP aims to bring academic legal discussion to a wider audience and is brought to you by the Oxford University Undergraduate Law Journal, with the kind support of Crown Office Chambers. For more information, discussion and academic publications on the issues discussed in our Podcast episodes, visit our Podcast’s webpage at https://www.law.ox.ac.uk/ouulj/oxford-undergraduate-law-podcast. For the accompanying blog posts and legal discussions on other topics, visit the OUULJ Blog at https://www.law.ox.ac.uk/ouulj/blog. Automated transcripts are available for certain episodes at https://rss.com/podcasts/oulp/.

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