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The schedule for the LSE’s public lectures has been made available, and here I highlight a few key lectures that those with an interest in Politics should make the effort to attend

Details of the LSE public lectures has been posted elsewhere on this website, but I would like to highlight three lectures that I will be encouraging my Politics students to attend.

These lectures are free and a great opportunity for teachers and students in the London area to hear from some of the most prominent figures in the world of politics.

The schedule for April to May can be found here

A lecture by David Miliband

Date: Wednesday 7 May 2008
Time: 6:30-8pm
Venue: Venue TBC to ticket holders 24 hours before the event
Speaker: Rt Hon David Miliband
Chair: Professor David Held

David Miliband was appointed Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs in June 2007.

Ticket Information

This event is free and open to all however a ticket is required. One ticket per person can be requested from 10.00am on Monday 28 April.
Members of the public, LSE staff and alumni can request one ticket via the online ticket request form which will be live on this weblisting from 10.00am on Monday 28 April.

LSE students are able to collect one ticket from the LSESU reception, located on the ground floor of the East Building from 10.00am on Monday 28 April.

The Pursuit of Justice

Date: Monday 19 May 2008
Time: 6.30-8pm
Venue: Old Theatre, Old Building
Speaker: Lord Woolf
Chair: Professor Michael Zander

Lord Woolf will express his personal views and offer insights into the main law reforms over the past four decades.

The event marks the launch of his new book, The Pursuit of Justice (OUP, May 2008).

Lord Woolf was master of the rolls from 1996 to 2000, and the lord chief justice of England and Wales from 2000 until October 2005.

This event is free and open to all with no ticket required. Entry is on a first come, first served basis. For more information, email events@lse.ac.uk or call 020 7955 6043.

Problems in US Democracy: the electoral college and gerrymandering
Date: Tuesday 6 May 2008
Time: 6:30-8pm
Venue: Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House

Speakers: Professor Steve Bickerstaff, Professor Nicholas R Miller

Chair: Professor Dan S Felsenthal

If the electoral college can elect the loser of the popular vote and make voters in some states more powerful than those in others, and if gerrymandering of congressional districts allows representatives to pick their voters and control the outcome of congressional elections, how can the US repair its electoral institutions?

Steve Bickerstaff is professor of Law at the University of Texas School of Law. Nicholas R Miller is professor of political science at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.

This event is free and open to all with no ticket required. Entry is on a first come, first served basis. For more information, email evetns@lse.ac.uk or call 020 7955 6043.