The Centre for European Legal Studies brings together a broad community of scholars with research interests and expertise spanning a wide range of fields of European and comparative legal enquiry.
Our range of experts are the authors of leading research monographs, texts and articles published by the major academic legal publishers, and are also involved in the editorial boards of many law journals in the field.
CELS hosts an annual public lecture in honour of Lord Mackenzie-Stuart, the first British Judge to be President of the Court of Justice. Among the eminent scholars of European legal studies invited to give the lecture are Professor Joseph Weiler, former Judge David Edwards of the European Court of Justice, and Advocate-General Francis Jacobs of the European Court of Justice.
News
9 Jul 2026
Workshop on 'The European Judiciary in Times of Crisis: Old and New Challenges'
9 Jul 2026
Faculty hosts symposium on 'The Constitutional Architecture of EU Values'
19 Jun 2026
Ukrainian judge Yevhen Synelnykov visits Cambridge
28 Apr 2026
Pursuit of Legal Harmony in a Turbulent Europe: Essays in Honour of Eleanor Sharpston
27 Mar 2026
Professor Catherine Barnard Provides expert testimony to House of Lords on post-brexit legal alignment
9 Sep 2025
'Low-Paid EU Migrant Workers: The House, The Street, The Town' Wins UACES Best Book Prize
Events
CELS Lunchtime Seminar: 'Compliance under the EU AI Act: How Firms Navigate Regulatory Complexity in the Digital Landscape'
25 November 2026 * 1:00pm to 2:00pm Faculty of Law, B16
2027 Mackenzie Stuart Lecture: 'Res Interpretata: Precedent and Its Authority in the Case Law of the Court of Justice of the European Union'
22 January 2027 * 5:30pm to 6:30pm Faculty of Law