Transparency in the Family Justice System (England) - the series

Gresham College (London) is presenting a series this year, Transparency in the Family Justice System, featuring Professor Jo Delahunty QC. Lectures already given include Women Lawyers: Equals at the Bar?, What Do Judges Do in the Family Court? Vulnerable Clients and the Family Justice System. The lectures are about one hour long. You can watch the lecture in streaming or download it. A transcript is always available as well as the slides that are used.

The last three lectures will be Dealing with Sex Abuse, The Child in the Family Court Room: Whose Child is it Anyway? and Transparency in the Family Court: What Goes On Behind Closed Doors?

Unreliable Evidence Is Back

BBC’s programme Unreliable Evidence presented by Clive Anderson has begun a new series. The first episode looks at how English law balances the interests of parents and children. Anderson’s guests include a former president of the High Court Family Division, several senior lawyers and a law professor. 43 min, no transcript.
Further episodes include

• The Law and the Gender Pay Gap
• Human Rights on the Battlefield
• The Law of the Road

An English High Court Judge on Family Law

Peter Jackson, one of the most senior High Court judges assigned to the Family Division of the High Court, spoke at London School of Economics on 12 December 2013. He detailed what he does by going through his agenda for the last two weeks, then described how he reaches decisions. His talk is here, available as a video or audio, 1 h, 25 min, no transcript available.

McGill University Faculty of Law videos

McGill  has a series of "Mini-Law" lectures by some of their professors. Subjects covered include family law, human rights, criminal law, civil wrongs (torts). 1 hour, streaming or downloadable wmp, no transcript.
More video lectures available here.

BBC Radio 4 programmes you won't want to miss.

Jeopardising Justice -

Part one of a four part series examining the victims' rights movement and its unexpected consequences. Programmes will be available for only one week - episode one will disappear Monday Sept. 7, replaced by episode two.

Also coming up this week :

Top Dogs: Britain's New Supreme Court - next Tuesday 8 Sept. 40 min.

The Last Chance Court - next Wednesday 9 Sept. 30 min.

The UK's first family, drug and alcohol court, a groundbreaking experiment designed to keep children of addicts from going into care.

other programmes still available online :

The Chambers

Two programmes that present the barristers, clerks and staff of one of London's leading law chambers (Outer Temple Chambers). 30 min. BBC iPlayer, no script

Unreliable Evidence

programmes from May 2009 - 45 min. BBC iPlayer, no script

• The Law and Climate Change
• The Law and Protest
• The Law and Death
• The Law and the Unborn

Other Unreliable Evidence programmes from 2009 are available here - but they won't stay available forever, so listen now!

Inside the Family Court - BBC A two-part series on BBC Radio 4 goes inside the Family Court for the first time. The first programme was broadcast on June 8, the second is scheduled for June 15. The first recording is available at this site today. They will also be available on the Radio 4 Listen Again page (under "Inside the Family Court"). Journalist Jenny Cuffe interviews family members and a district judge. For more information about the programme, click here.