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The Ecclesiastical Law Society is pleased to announce the publication of the Report of its Working Party on the Seal of Confession.

A report on the visit of Danish university researchers and social field practitioners to religious courts and councils in London.

On Saturday 10 June 2023, the Ecclesiastical Law Society’s Thirty-fifth Annual Conference took place at St Peter’s Eaton Square in London.

The Revd Stephen Coleman, trustee of the ELS, and the Revd Russell Dewhurst, Communications Officer, have been introducing ordinands to the canon law of the Church of England at TEIs (Theological Education Institutions) across the Church of England.

To mark the Coronation, the ELS and Cambridge University Press have published ‘The established nature of the Church of England: a collection of essays to mark the Coronation of King Charles III.’

In March 2023, the Rt Revd Humphrey Southern gave a lecture to the Ecclesiastical Law Society, entitled ‘Called on the Mountain to serve on the Plain – Priorities for Ministry Formation.’

The February 2023 edition of our newsletter is now available for download.

The Institute for Ecumenical Studies of the Angelicum, Rome, hosted an International Ecumenical Conference “Listening to the West” 26-28 January 2023. Organized under the patronage of the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity and the General Secretariat of the...

“An Elizabethan Mystery: The Lever Canon Law Manuscript at Inner Temple” Lecture by Norman Doe at the Temple Church, Tuesday 28 February 2023, 6.00pm, followed by drinks in the Round.

The Ecclesiastical Law Society has announced its programme of London lectures for 2023.

The September 2022 edition of our newsletter is now available for download.

The editorial board of the Ecclesiastical Law Journal met in Cambridge on Tuesday 25 October.

The Colloquium of Anglican and Roman Catholic Canon Lawyers, a network of the Centre for Law and Religion at the School of Law and Politics, Cardiff University, met in Rome in October 2022.

A report on Professor Norman Doe’s lecture on the Chancery Court of York at York Minster on 29th September.

The September 2022 edition of our newsletter is now available.

Members of the Ecclesiastical Law Society mourn the loss of Queen Elizabeth the Second, who has been an inspirational Christian leader for as long as many of us can remember. May she rest in peace. We pray for the whole Royal Family in mourning, and especially for the...