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We're excited to announce the launch of our Short Course offering!
🎓 3-week Summer School for students & grads to develop their legal knowledge
⚖️ Intensive 4-day Executive Education Courses for working professionals
🔗 View our Courses and apply:
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Professor Colm O'Cinneide, Professor of Constitutional and Human Rights Law at
@UCLLaws
, has been nominated For election as a Judge of the European Court of Human Rights
@colmocinneide
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We are delighted to announce Baroness Hale of Richmond, President of the Supreme Court, has been appointed as an Honorary Professor at UCL Faculty of Laws
@UCL
@uclnews
@UKSupremeCourt
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We're delighted to share Professor
@vmantouvalou
(Prof of Human Rights & Labour Law at UCL Laws) has been awarded a British Academy Mid-Career Fellowship, supporting 12 months research leave to work on her book on ‘Structural Injustice and Workers’ Rights’
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We are delighted to share that Professor Steven Vaughan, Professor of Law and Professional Ethics at UCL Laws, has been appointed Vice-Dean (Staffing) of the Faculty. Professor Vaughan will begin his appointment at the start of 2021
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UCL Laws is delighted to announce that Professor Eloise Scotford has been appointed as Dean of UCL Faculty of Laws.
Professor Scotford will take up the appointment on 1 November 2022, succeeding Professor Piet Eeckhout after five years in the role
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Huge congratulations to Dr
@Andi_Hoxhaj
, Lecturer (Teaching) at
@UCLLaws
, who is awarded an OBE in the New Year 2024 Honours List. The Honour recognises Dr Hoxhaj's contributions to Albanian and UK relations
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UCL Laws has been ranked 2nd in the UK for studying Law in the recently published Guardian University Guide 2021 🎓
UCL Laws has moved up one place from last year's position, ranking no. 2 out of 101 institutions
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Best of luck to the first joint Baltic candidate, Dr Martins Paparinskis
@MPaparinskis
(Reader in Public International Law at UCL Laws), in the elections to the
@UN
International Law Commission this Friday
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Congratulations to Dr Megan Donaldson (Lecturer in Public International Law at UCL Laws), who has been named the inaugural winner of
@HumanityJ
's Early Career Scholar essay prize for her essay ‘The League of Nations, Ethiopia, and the Making of States’
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Dr Danae Azaria appointed member of the Advisory Panel on Public International Law at the British Institute for International and Comparative Law
@BIICL
@azaria_danae
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Congratulations to the UCL Laws staff who have received academic promotions for 2019-20:
Dr
@markedsouza1
to Associate Prof of Law
Dr
@TomRHickman
to Prof of Law
Dr
@d_mantzari
to Associate Prof of Law
Dr Prince Saprai to Prof of Law
Dr Kevin Toh to Prof of Philosophy of Law
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We're delighted to share that UCL Laws has been ranked 1st in the UK for studying law in the Guardian University Guide 2024 🌟🎓
Read more:
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▶️ If you missed Dr
@ntinatzouvala
's
#CurrentLegalProblems
lecture on 'Aggression, Capitalism, and International Law: Missed Opportunities or Structural Constraints?', a recording is now available to watch on our YouTube channel
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UCL Laws is delighted to share that Dr Tom Hickman, Reader in Public Law at UCL Laws, has been appointed Queen’s Counsel
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In the next event in the "decolonising" law public lecture series (15 Nov, 3-4pm), Professor Mindy Chen-Wishart (Dean of
@OxfordLawFac
) discusses anti-racist declarations made by institutions and whether they're really listening
@MindyWishart
@ralphwilde
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Congratulations to Natalie Sedacca, PhD Candidate & Teaching Fellow
@UCLLaws
, joint prize winner for best PGR paper at
@SLSA_UK
sponsored Gender Pay Gap seminar
@nataliesedacca
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Prof Steven Vaughan
@lawvaughan
(Prof of Law & Professional Ethics and Vice-Dean (Staffing) at UCL Laws) has been appointed as a Council Member of the Health and Care Professions Council
@The_HCPC
, a regulator of 15 health and care professions in the UK
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UCL Laws is delighted that Jonathan Montgomery, Professor of Healthcare Law
@UCLLaws
, has been awarded a knighthood in the New Year’s Honours for Services to Bioethics and Healthcare Law
@Prof_JonMont
@ucl
@uclnews
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Research by Professor Virginia Mantouvalou
@vmantouvalou
(Professor of Human Rights and Labour Law at UCL Laws) has been cited by the Constitutional Court of South Africa in a landmark judgment on the human rights of domestic workers
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UCL Laws is delighted to announce the senior academic promotions for 2018-19, with effect from 1 October 2019.
Congratulations to:
- Dr Barnali Choudhury
- Dr Martin Petrin
- Dr Magda Raczynska
- Dr Kimberley Trapp
- Dr Steven Vaughan
Find out more:
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We're delighted to share that out of 69 Law Faculties in the UK submitted to the 2021 REF, UCL Laws is rated the top law school for research excellence in the UK 1⃣
Read more about our results and our research impact:
#UCLResearch
#REFResults
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Prof
@jeff_a_king
: ‘The best case for a written constitution is not that it will bring clarity or improve protection of rights, but rather that people should write the fundamental law that governs them.’ Read about his inaugural lecture here:
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Profs George Letsas (UCL Laws) & Nicos Stavropoulos
@stavropoulos_n
(
@OxfordLawFac
) have launched a new podcast series about legal philosophy, called The Jurisprudes 🎙️
The first two episodes are available to stream now 🎧
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We're delighted to share that UCL Laws has been ranked 6th in the world for Law in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2022, moving up two places from last year 🌏🎓
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We are thrilled that Dr Danae Azaria
@azaria_danae
has been awarded the ERC grant on her new project on State Silence!
#StateSilence
,
#ERCStG
,
#EU
funded,
@ERC_Research
,
@UCL_Global
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UCL Laws announces academic promotions for 2021-22:
Dr
@MPaparinskis
- Prof of Public International Law
Dr Niamh Connolly - Associate Prof
Dr Megan Donaldson - Associate Prof
Dr John Sorabji - Associate Prof
Dr
@TimCauser
- Principal Research Fellow
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Yesterday, Baroness Hale of Richmond was welcomed to UCL Laws at an ‘In Conversation’ event with Professor Dame Hazel Genn.
Baroness Hale has joined UCL Laws as a Honorary Professor, where she will play a part in research, teaching & public engagement
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We are delighted to launch a new PhD scholarship for underrepresented BAME groups, to address structural barriers and promote race equality in legal education and academic careers
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.
@UCLLaws
is absolutely delighted at the much deserved academic promotions which have been announced today for:
@RonanMcCrea
, Alex Mills, Nigel Balmer and Ugljesa Grusic:
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Congratulations to Professor Sir Jonathan Montgomery, Professor of Healthcare Law at UCL Laws, who received his knighthood from the Prince of Wales at yesterday's Investiture Ceremony at Buckingham Palace!
@Prof_JonMont
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To mark the publication of 'History, Politics, Law', the editors Annabel Brett
@Cambridge_Uni
, Megan Donaldson
@UCLLaws
, Martti Koskenniemi
@helsinkiuni
are convening a forum for the interdisciplinary conversations reflected in the book. Register now 👇
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UCL Laws' Professor of Constitutional & European Law
@RonanMcCrea
spoke to Sky News last week on the
#BrexitDeal
.
He argued the deal results in a "pointless Brexit" and that the idea of the UK govt getting a better deal through re-negotiation is a fantasy
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Prof Alex Mills, Prof of Public & Private International Law at UCL Laws, will be delivering his inaugural lecture on The Privatisation of Private (and) International Law next Thurs, chaired by Prof Campbell McLachlan QC (Victoria University of Wellington)
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Professor
@philippesands
QC (Professor of the Public Understanding of Law at UCL Laws) is co-chairing a panel of international lawyers drafting plans for a legally enforceable crime of ecocide, convened by
@EcocideLaw
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Dr Veale
@mikarv
(Lecturer in Digital Rights & Regulation, UCL Laws) spoke to BBC News about proposed EU regulations on artificial intelligence, including who the legislation is aimed at & a clause forcing organisations to disclose the use of deepfakes
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Prof
@colmocinneide
@UCLLaws
re-appointed specialist legal adviser to Women & Equalities Committee
@HouseofCommons
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This evening, transparency campaigner and philanthropist
#GinaMiller
will be delivering the Annual
#MishconLecture
2018, chaired by The Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws QC.
Watch the live stream of Gina's unmissable speech on 'What is Truth?' today from 7pm
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Prof
@MPaparinskis
(Professor of Public International Law at UCL Laws) will be speaking at 'The UN International Law Commission in 2023: A Conversation', discussing the role & relevance of the ILC
📅 Wednesday 29 November
⏰ 6:15pm
🎫 Online & in person
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Congratulations to Dr Martins Paparinskis (Reader in Public International Law at UCL Laws), who has been elected to the International Law Commission 🎉👇
Congratulations
@MPaparinskis
! Today history was made as the first Baltic candidate 🇱🇻 🇪🇪 🇱🇹 got elected to the
#ILC
. We thank all UN 🇺🇳 Member States for their support. Best of luck to Dr. Paparinskis and all newly elected ILC ⚖️ members!
#Latvia4ILC
➡️
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"decolonising" law is an interdisciplinary series of lectures on topics concerned with the relationships between law, race, imperialism, colonialism, anti-imperialism, and de-/anti-/post-colonialism.
Registration is free - view the full list of lectures
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Today, the British Council and UCL hosted a university roundtable with Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama to discuss collaboration between the UK and Albania in the education sector.
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This year’s
#MishconLecture
will be delivered by
#GinaMiller
, with an introduction by Dean of UCL Laws, Professor
@PietEeckhout
.
We'll be live streaming Gina's speech on 'What is Truth?' from 7pm today - watch it here:
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UCL Laws has been ranked no. 2 in the UK for studying Law in The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2021 🎓
The guide evaluates measures including student experience, degree completion rates and graduate employment prospects
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Join us on Thurs 30 November for a
#CurrentLegalProblems
lecture, where Dr
@ntinatzouvala
(
@ANU_Law
) will explore how and why international law ended up having very little to say about the existence of economic structures that directly facilitate warfare
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UCL Laws students Joseph Crampin & Sonia Anwar-Ahmed Martinez participate in oral pleadings before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights
@CorteIDH
, as part of a delegation led by Prof Alex Mills representing the
@UCLPILProBono
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UCL Laws is delighted to announce the academic promotions for 2020-21 🎉
Congratulations to:
- Dr Ilanah Fhima
- Dr Rob George
@RobertHGeorge
- Dr Myriam Hunter-Henin
- Dr Silvia Suteu
- Dr Michael Veale
@mikarv
- Rachel Knowles
@rachelklawyer
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A new two-year ground-breaking research project on ‘Gender Equalities at Work’ will be funded by the AHRC, which Professor
@colmocinneide
(Professor of Human Rights Law at UCL Laws) is involved in as a co-investigator
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UCL Laws is delighted to welcome four new members of academic staff, who joined at the beginning of the academic year: Dr Megan Donaldson, Rory Kelly, Professor Marc Moore and Dr Michael Veale.
Find out more about their research interests and activity:
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Professor David Ormerod QC, Chair in Criminal Law at UCL Laws, has been appointed a Deputy High Court Judge.
“I am delighted by this appointment which will enhance my academic work further by providing me with direct experience of the judicial role."
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Baroness Hale will be live on the
@BBCRadio4
Desert Island discs tomorrow at 9am, sharing her eight tracks, book and luxury item she would take with her if cast away to a desert island.
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UCL Laws is appointing:
- Lecturer in Corporate Insolvency and/or Commercial Law
- Lecturer/Associate Professor in Social Justice and/or Social Welfare Law
- Professor/Associate Professor/Lecturer in Competition Law and/or Data Protection Law
🔗 Details:
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.
@MPaparinskis
appointed to Management Board of European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights
@EURightsAgency
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We are delighted to share that UCL Laws' Professor Jeff King has been appointed Legal Adviser to the House of Lords Constitution Committee.
The Committee examines Public Bills for constitutional implications & investigates broad constitutional issues
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Congrats to
@hannesjoebstl
for winning the Georg Schwarzenberger Prize in International Law! Read more about the prize:
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Congratulations to the UCL Laws team for winning the UK National Rounds of the Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition 🎉
The team of LLB and LLM students will now set their sights on the international finals in Washington DC this April ⚖️
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The European Court of Justice's advocate general has delivered an opinion that the UK should be able to unilaterally cancel its withdrawal from the EU.
Prof
@PietEeckhout
, Dean of UCL Laws, was part of the legal team which brought the case - find out more
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UCL Laws is pleased to welcome new academic staff joining in the 2021-22 academic year, including 10 new Lecturers in Law. The Faculty has also appointed a number of Lecturer (Teaching) staff and Research Fellows & Assistants
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Dr
@BerihunGebeye
will be speaking about his monograph, A Theory of African Constitutionalism, which asks & seeks to answer why we need a new theoretical framework for African constitutionalism.
🗓️ Monday 30 January
⏰ 11:30am–1pm
🖥️🧍 Online or in-person
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We are delighted to welcome three new academic staff to Bentham House:
Paul Burgess, Senior Teaching Fellow in Public Law & Human Rights Law
Dr Deni Mantzari, Lecturer in Competition Law & Policy
Professor Eloise Scotford, Professor of Environmental Law
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UCL Laws has been ranked 2nd for studying Law in the UK in the Guardian University Guide 2022 🎓
In the Guardian's overall university league table, UCL has risen to 9th from 14th place last year
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UCL Laws welcomes three new members of academic staff, who joined in September:
- Dr
@fabiana_bettini
, Lecturer in Property Law
- Dr
@David__Foster
, Lecturer in Property Law and Legal History
-
@killianobrien23
, DAAD Lecturer in German Law
Find out more
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Dr Martins Paparinskis
@MPaparinskis
(Reader in Public International Law at UCL Laws) nominated for election to the
@UN
International Law Commission by
@Latvian_MFA
, endorsed by
@LatviaUN_NY
@EstoniaUN
@LithuaniaUNNY
#ILC
#Latvia4ILC
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Huge congrats to
@UCLLaws
@UCLPILProBono
winners of a Provost's Education Award! It recognises contribution to the learning experience &success of their students.We're also thrilled for
@lawvaughan
@AnnaHLPDonovan
, UCL Education Award winners
@UCL_teaching
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Congratulations to all UCL Laws graduates who will be celebrating their virtual graduation today! 🎉
We’re incredibly proud of all your achievements and wish our graduates the very best of luck for the future 🎓
#UCLGrad2020
#MadeAtUCL
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We're delighted to share that the redevelopment of Bentham House, the historic home of UCL Laws, has been shortlisted for the Refurbishment of the Year prize at this year's Education Estates Awards!
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UCL Laws has been ranked 2nd in the UK for Law in The Times Good University Guide 2020!
Olga Thomas, Vice Dean (Education) and Faculty Tutor, said: "This is a reflection of our high-quality teaching and research, and our outstanding student experience."
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A huge congratulations to Professor Paul S Davies, Professor of Commercial Law at UCL Laws, who has won the Inner Temple Book Prize 2018 for his book Accessory Liability!
The awards will be presented by HRH The Princess Royal in December.
Read more:
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Tomorrow (Thursday 28 Oct),
@OxfordLawFac
will host a symposium to discuss whether the UK should adopt a written constitution, framed around UCL Laws' Professor
@jeff_a_king
’s article on 'The Democratic Case for a Written Constitution'. Register now
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The Financial Times Weekend has published an article featuring an interview with Prof
@vmantouvalou
(Prof of Human Rights & Labour Law at UCL Laws), discussing the plight of migrant domestic workers who arrive in UK under an Overseas Domestic Worker visa
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We're delighted to share that UCL Faculty of Laws has been ranked 15th in the world for studying law, according to the recently published QS World Rankings 2021 for Law & Legal Studies - moving up one place from last year’s position 🎓
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UCL Laws is delighted to welcome new staff joining in 2022-23:
- Martin Fischer
- Andi Hoxhaj
- Nabil Khabirpour
- Ewan Smith
- Alina Trapova
- Laura Vialon
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📢 Upcoming Current Legal Problems Lecture (online)
Empire Comes Home: Three Phases in the Struggle to Decolonise International Law
Speaker: Professor
@SundhyaPahuja
, University of Melbourne
Date: Thursday 3 March
Book your free place now:
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We'll be cheering on UCL Laws alumna Abigail Irozuru (LLB 2008-12), who will be competing in the Long Jump event this weekend! 🗼
Best of luck to
@TeamGB
long jumper and UCL alumnus Abigail Irozuru (
@Airozuru
) competing in the Tokyo Olympic Games tomorrow!
@UCLAlumni
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Congratulations to Andrew McLean
@awpmclean
(PhD candidate & Teaching Fellow at UCL Laws), who received the Best Junior Paper Award at the Annual Conference of the Academic Society for Competition Law (ASCOLA) 🎉
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Prof
@philippesands
of
@UCLLaws
wins Non Fiction: Narrative Book of the Year at British Book Awards
@thebookseller
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Congratulations to all of our graduating
@UCLLaws
LLB, LLM and PhD students! We have loved having you study with us. We look forward to following your journeys as important members of the
@UCLLaws
community
#UCLGrad18
@UCLAlumni
@ucl
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Register now for 'Accountable Algorithms - Adopting the Public Law Toolkit Outside the Realm of Public Law', an upcoming Current Legal Problems lecture which will be delivered by Prof Rebecca Williams (University of Oxford) on Thursday 24 February, 6-7pm
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It’s a beautiful day for the grand opening of Bentham House! We’ve been delighted to welcome Baroness Hale, President of Supreme Court, along with our staff, students, alumni & friends to celebrate this new era for our Faculty
#BenthamHouseOpening
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Congratulations to Andrew McLean, UCL Laws PhD candidate & Teaching Fellow, named as International Scholar-in-Residence by the Antitrust Section of the American Bar Association!
The Program provides $10000 funding for early-career competition law scholars
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An international expert panel co-chaired by Professor Philippe Sands (Professor of the Public Understanding of Law at UCL Laws) and Dior Fall Sow (UN jurist and former prosecutor (Senegal)) have proposed a legal definition of ecocide
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We're looking forward to Professor Steven Vaughan
@lawvaughan
's inaugural lecture 'The Unethical Environmental Lawyer' on 13 October 2022, 6pm BST. Join us online via our live stream -
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We're delighted to share that Priya Urs, UCL Laws PhD candidate, has been awarded the Joseph Hume Scholarship.
The scholarship, awarded on the basis of academic merit and research potential, will support
@priya_urs
' research in international criminal law
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🏆 Dr Silvia Suteu wins
@ICON__S
International Society of Public Law Book Prize
📚 We're delighted to share that Dr Suteu (Associate Professor at UCL Laws) won the prestigious award for her monograph Eternity Clauses in Democratic Constitutionalism
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On 9 November (5-7pm), the UCL Centre for Ethics and Law will host an online panel discussion on regulating AI systems, based on recent work published by Dr Michael Veale
@mikarv
.
Find out more about the speakers and book your place now
Online | European Regulation of AI Systems
UCL Centre for Ethics and Law virtual event
www.ucl.ac.uk
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UCL has climbed from 10th to 8th place in the latest QS World University Rankings 🎉
UCL has been ranked 8th best university in the world in the QS World University Rankings 2022!
@TopUnis
@worlduniranking
#QSWUR
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This year's shortlist has been announced for the UCL Education Awards 🏆
We're delighted to share that UCL Laws' Dr Mark Dsouza, Dr Silvia Suteu and Dr Alina Trapova have been nominated for an award 🎉
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UCL Laws was proud to host a drink reception to celebrate the award of PhDs. Congratulations to Luminita Olteanu, Gönenç Gürkaynak, Jeevan Hariharan,
@DaniellaLock
,
@jcrampin11
,
@awpmclean
, Peter Lythe, and
@Alonso_GD
!
Read more:
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UCL Laws PhD student Terry McGuinness appointed as legal advisor to the Master of the Rolls
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Huge congratulations to
@markedsouza1
, winner of the
@legalscholars
Annual Conference Best Paper Prize for his paper ‘Beyond Acts and Omissions: Remark-Able Criminal Conduct’
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Congratulations to
@vmantouvalou
of
@UCLLaws
on winning Provost’s Award for Public Engagement
@UCL_in_public
@ucl
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Congratulations to UCL Laws PhD students
@AleishaEbrahimi
and
@awpmclean
, who have been awarded the prestigious Modern Law Review Scholarships for the academic year 2020-21. The scholarship provides financial support for their doctoral research
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