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ADULT-PROTECTION
The discussion list has developed in response to the growing concern around abuse, neglect and exploitation of vulnerable adults. The response has been encapsulated in the ‘No Secrets: Guidance on developing and implementing multi-agency policies and procedures to protect vulnerable adults’ Framework, announced in 2000.

AFRICA-DUNDEE
One of several internet forums associated with CEPMLP specifically focusing on AFRICA in matters of energy, natural resources, oil and gas and mining and in their more general role in international economic law, policy and economics.

ASSESSINGACCESSION
Assessing Accession - Central & Eastern Europe in the EU is a new Research Forum that aims to bring together researchers, academics, students and practitioners with a specific interest in developing a broader understanding of how the EU's political institutions and policy-making structures have impacted on, and been impacted by, the EU's new Central and East European member states.

ASTON-FL-READING-GROUP
Forensic Linguistics Reading Group - Centre for Forensic Linguistics at Aston University

BEL-NET
International Research Network for Law & Dispute Resolution in Property, Construction, Housing, Planning & the Environment. Associated with the International Journal of Law in the Built Environment, the international CIB Working Commission (W113) on Law and Dispute Resolution, and the annual COBRA research conference (see below).

BIICL-PRIVATEINTLAW
This forum, promoted and moderated by the British Institute of International and Comparative Law, seeks to facilitate discussion of developments and themes in private international law including at a domestic, European and international level among those teaching, practising and studying the subject in the United Kingdom.

BILETA-NEWS
News bulletin of the British and Irish Law, Education & Technology Association (BILETA)

BRITGOVLSE
British Government@LSE is an new initiative currently based in the Government Department to promote and develop research on British Government being conducted at the LSE. We hold public events and produce research publications. British Government@LSE will be a focus for scholars in the Government Department and around the School who are analyzing and commenting on these developments. It will also host high profile public lectures, seminars, symposia and visiting speaker programmes addressing scholars, civil and public servants and students of British politics and it #will support the British Politics and Policy Blog.

CANON-LAW-UK
The UK Canon and Ecclesiastical Law mailing list is for the discussion of academic topics related principally to Anglican and Roman Catholic canon and ecclesiastical law.

COMMONWEALTHLEGALED
The CLEA fosters and promotes high standards of legal education in the Commonwealth. Founded in 1971, it is a Commonwealth-wide body with regional Chapters and Committees in South Asia, Southern Africa, West Africa, the Caribbean and the UK.

CONF-AND-PRIV
Confidentiality and Privacy is a burgeoning cross-disciplinary research topic.

CRIMINALJUSTICE-PRACTICEVSPOLICY
This list is for practitoners and academics wishing to build networks and discuss current criminal justice issues. Also a way for CCJS to announce current activities of interest to the members

CRIMINOLOGY
This list will be used to disseminate information about forthcoming events that will be of interest to those working in UK HE institutions who are interested in criminology, criminal justice and socio-legal studies.

CRIMINOLOGY-POSTGRADS
This list is intended as a support and information network for postgradate criminologists.

CYBERCRIMES
The purpose of this list is to provide a forum which will: a) identify a network of academics who are interested in discussing the issue(s) of cybercrime, b) it will also engender discussion on the subject.

DIGITAL-MANUAL
This list is used as a discussion forum by the project team, research participants and network members of the AHRC-funded project: Creation and Publication of the 'Digital Manual': Authority, Authorship and Voice". The online discussions will add to the #contextualisation and dissemination of the project themes.

DP-FOI-TECH
The introduction of the Data Protection Act 1998 and the Freedom of Information Act 2000 imposes a number of requirements for transparency and openness regarding information held by private and public organisations. The role of Information Technology is of paramount importance in order to improve compliance and minimise the consequences of both legal frameworks. Interest in the technological implications of Data Protection and Freedom of Information compliance is beginning to gain momentum. It is accepted that there is great potential to harness the technology effectively to provide real benefits in the way organisations deal with the information management challenges posed by the new legislation. This will be the first email list dedicated exclusively to technological issues regarding Data Protection and Freedom of Information compliance. The existing lists do not deal with such issues.

ESLJ
This list is used by the Entertainment and Sports Law Editorial Team to announce events such as conferences, calls for papers for standard and special issues, updates to the Journal including new issues and other legal issues relevant to the subject.

ETHNICITYANDEMPLOYMENT
Promoting and disseminating research on 'race', ethnicity and employment

FOI-WALES
This list is intended for staff in further and higher education in Wales to share information and discussion relating to the implementation of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and related issues e.g. Data Protection and Records Management. It is owned by RSC Wales www.rsc-wales.ac.uk.

FORENSIC-LINGUISTICS
Members will discuss the use of linguistic evidence in court, features of courtroom and legal discourse including courtroom interpreting, and other aspects of the relationship between Language and the Law. Most members are academic linguists, though researchers in other disciplines are welcome.

GLOBALFORUM
The globalforum mailing list is set up for the benefit of all those with a stake or an interest in the ethics of biomedical research involving human participants in developing countries. It aims to encourage discussion, networking and exchange of information across the globe, and in particular between developing and developed countries.

GLOMIN
Dissemination of knowledge on international mineral law and policy.

HEALTH-AND-HUMANRIGHTS
A network of academics, lawyers, health professionals and NGOs:

I-TRUST
The aim of iTrust is to provide a forum for cross-disciplinary investigation of the application of trust as a means of establishing security and confidence in the global computing infrastructure, recognizing trust as a crucial enabler for meaningful and mutually beneficial interactions.

ID-PRIVACY
This is an e-mail for the Identity, Privacy and New Technologies Project.

IJPA-EB
This is a list for members of the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Public Administration

INT-BOUNDARIES
International boundaries, both on land and at sea, are often a major source of stress between states. This list provides a forum for the exchange of information and ideas relating to the management of international borders, particularly the peaceful resolution of boundary-related conflict.

INVESTIGATIVE-INTERVIEWING
A group of researchers in the field of investigative, security and police sciences

IPR-SCIENCE
Intellectual property - science. This list covers intellectual property in science, academic-industry links, sociological/ethical/legal analyses, inventiveness and exploitability (eg via patents). Information, bibliographies, news, research-in-progress, meetings etc. All welcome.

ISJ
Information Society and Justice (ISJ) is a biennial peer-review journal based in the Department of Applied Social Sciences (DASS) at the London Metropolitan University. It seeks to provide a proactive space for critical discussion of the issues around information, society and justice.

JISC-FSTTMGT
Mailinglist for board of the Film and Sound Think Tank.

JISC-LEGAL-NEWS
This list is provided by JISC Legal in order to give monthly digests of legal news relevant to the use of ICT in the FE and HE sectors, and to announce updates of JISC Legal resources.

JISC-LEGAL-OER
A JISCmail list to allow discussion, assistance and support in relation to the legal issues which arise when creating, disseminating and using open educational resources The legal issues are likely to include, first and foremost, copyright and other intellectual property rights issues, but might also include questions in relation to liability, data protection and disability discrimination duties.

LAW-AI
A list for the discussion of law and artificial intelligence. This list covers AI and intelligent techniques & their applications in law, their jurisprudential implications, the teaching of AI in law schools, and the development of relevant practical systems for the legal profession.

LAW-DEPT-HEADS
Closed discussion list for members of CHULS (the Committee of Heads of University Law Schools).

LAW-EJOURNALS
This mailing list discusses issues in electronic law journals generally and is a companion to the Electronic Law Journals project. As such it may be used to discuss particular articles appearing within the journals such as JILT and will be used to post news and developments of the project.

LAW-ICT
The purpose of the list is to facilitate the exchange of information on the use of ICT in legal education and training across European Law schools (primarily).

LAW-POSTGRADS
Networking and peer-mentoring support list for postgraduate law students. Subscription requests should normally be made from an institutional address e.g one containing <.ac.uk>, <.edu>.

LAW-RELIGION-UK
The mailbase of the Law and Religion Scholars Network (LARSN).

LAW-WWW
A list for UK academia to notify one another of new WWW sites in law, to share hints on writing better Web pages, to make known new additions to existing Web pages and to discuss law-web related issues such as Crown copyright, avoiding copyright pitfalls in electronic publishing, etc.

LIS-MOYS-USERS
A list for users of the Moys Classification and Thesaurus for Legal Materials. This is the primary means whereby the classification scheme is maintained and updated. Proposed changes and additions are discussed here for inclusion in the next edition

LOCALCOMMUNITYSAFETYPARTNERSHIP
This mailing list promotes discussion and a network of academics and practitioners working in the areas of voluntary and community sector involvement in community safety and supporting offenders.

MEDLAW
An email list for studies in Medical Law

MIGRATIONLAW
This list is an activity of the Migration and Law Network. It is open to those whose research or teaching interests include UK immigration and asylum law.

MIN-LANG
Electronic discussion forum of the research network on minority languages in Europe.

MSU
The LSE Migration Studies Unit MSU was founded in 2007. It promotes the cross-disciplinary study of migration and is open to academics, students and policy-makers.

MSU-READING-GROUP
The LSE Migration Studies Unit's Reading Group organises meetings on fortnightly basis. Students, acdemics and practitioners interested in migration issues are invited to discuss key texts in the field. Such issues include: migration and development; highly skilled immigration; refugee policy; immigration law; theories of migration; migration and integration; family migration and international coordination of migratory flows.

NEWFEMINISTLEGALSTUDIES
This is the email list for the new board of Feminist Legal Studies.

NOTTINGHAMMPAMP
This list is to provide an electronic discussion forum for students and staff on the University of Nottingham's Masters in Public Administration and Masters in Public Policy programmes on issues relating to public administration, public management and public policy. The list will also include Staff/Practitioners/Policy-makers from other institutions

OCEANLAW
The OceanLaw Mailing List is an un-moderated academic and professional e-mail list for the discussion of issues and the exchange of information relating to the international law of fisheries and related law of the sea and international law subjects, such as the protection of the marine environment or maritime boundary claims.

PARENTINGRESEARCH
The Parenting Research List has been established by the Centre for Research on Families and Relationships to facilitate discussion, development, collaboration and new research on parenting. It is open to academics, researchers in the public and voluntary sectors, and to agencies with an interest in parenting research from both public and voluntary sectors

PARTYWALLS
For the discussion of all matters relating to the law and practice of boundaries and party walls. This includes the application of the Party Wall etc. Act 1996, the resolution of boundary disputes, the determination of rights to light issues and all other negotiations between neighbouring owners in construction and other situations.

POLICE-POST-SOC
An interdisciplinary list bringing together those engaged in research, including action research, on any aspect of policing and crime in post-socialist countries. Focus on discussion of theoretical and practical issues relevant to police reform and new approaches to tackling crime.

POLICINGNETWORK
The list provides a forum for communication between members of the Policing Network of the British Society of Criminology. Anyone interested in joining the Network can do so by contacting the list owner.

POSTGRAD-BISA-USFP
The list aims to aid the development of a coherent postgraduate network attached to the BISA US Foreign Policy working group. It will help facilitate postgraduate discussions about US foreign policy by linking students from all universities from across the UK and further afield, and will help organise postgraduate oriented workshops and conferences.

PRIORITYINPRACTICE
Research network designed to look at emerging issues in egalitarian political philosophy and public policy.

PROPERTYRIGHTS-PLANNING
This list brings together researchers interested in property rights, planning and the evolution of cities at the boundary of planned and market order.

REGULATION-LONG-TERM-CARE-UK
This list aims to provide a discussion forum for academics interested in the socio-legal or policy aspects of the regulation of long term care in the UK.

RESPONSIBLE-INNOVATION
This email list serves the members of the EPSRC funded research project on "Framework of Responsible Research and Innovation in ICT". It is open to anyone interested in the subject.

REUSE-PSI
To discuss implications of the Re-Use of Public Sector Regulations and consequent implications for Research Institutions

SE-LAW
The list has been established to allow Law Lecturers in the South East to communicate and share information and resources for teaching and learning.

SLS-CRIMINAL-JUSTICE
The sls criminal justice mailing list is used for the discussion and distribution of matters relating to university teaching and research in criminal justice.

SPORTS-LAW
Covering a broad range of areas related to sport and its regulation, this list will be of use to legal academics and academics with interests in sports science/medicine/sociology/history.

TRANSFORMATIONOFSTATEANDMARKET
This is a group involved in analysising the role of privatisation and liberalisation in EU law. Its core members are based in the EU.

URBAN-SAFETY
This list is intended as a forum of international exchange for academics working on problems of crime prevention and urban safety. Participatns are members of a collaborative research network set up under the auspices of the Law and Society Association and the international Sociological Association Research Commitee on the Sociology of Law.

WARN
A network of researchers, lawyers, practitioners, and all persons with professional and/or academic interest in furtherance of anti corruption laws

WATERLAW
The list has been setup to facilitate discussion relating to international and national water law.

WEBJCLI-NEWS
A list for intending readers of the Web Journal of Current Legal Issues to register and to discuss matters arising in new issues of the Journal.

WHISTLEBLOWINGRESEARCH
This list is used by the whistleblower research network to exchange views, disseminate information and organise events.

WILE
A discussion list for law teachers with an interest in learning and teaching issues that affect increasing the participation of women in law.

YCYJ
This list is a forum for for academics and others involved in the study of youth crime, youth criminology and youth justice. It supports the Youth Criminology / Youth Justice Study Network of the British Society of Criminology and is open to all other interested parties. The list acts as a resource for the announcement of relevant meetings, seminars, conferences, calls for papers, research and publications. It is also hoped that members will use the list to share and debate ideas and ways of disseminating ideas into the practice and policy field.

YP-POLICY
This discussion group has developed in response to the UK's changing policies on prostitution, especially in relation to young people in prostitution. This list is for academics, researchers and practitioners with an interest in this area.

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