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Sarah White gives John Lewis Memorial Lecture (Cardiff)

Sarah White gave the annual John Lewis Memorial Lecture at the Centre for Law and Religion in Cardiff, held as part of the LLM in Canon Law. Professor John Lewis, an associate of the Centre and professor at Windsor University Ontario, taught regularly from 1993 until his death in 1999. Dr White’s lecture was about the beginnings of the canon law profession in England and focused on three individuals: Roger de Cantilupe, a lawyer from the 1240s, Richard de Clyve, a judge from the 1290s, and an unnamed lawyer, also from the 1290s. Although we know a considerable amount about legal education at the universities, the details of the men who studied and practiced law are often less well known. Using the case records from the Court of Canterbury, this lecture highlighted elements of these men’s careers – who they were, where they worked, and how they used their legal education.