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Funding awarded for new Criminology research project
Dr Mary Bosworth has been awarded a €1.2 million Starter Grant from the European Research Council to conduct a five-year project on “Subjectivity, Identity and Penal Power: Incarceration in a Global Age”.
Our loss in the Nepal aircraft disaster
It is with sorrow that we record the death of Ben Ogden in an airplane accident on 28th September 2012 in Nepal.
The Journal of Antitrust Enforcement
The University of Oxford Centre for Competition Law and Policy, in collaboration with the George Washington University Competition Law Center, launched a new law Journal dedicated to Antitrust Enforcement.
Cape Town Convention Academic Project – Annual Conference
The first annual conference of the Cape Town Convention Academic Project took place on 5th and 6th September 2012 and was a great success.
Oxford graduate Imran Tehal wins The Times-Herbert Smith Student Advocacy Competition
The Law Faculty congratulates Imran Tehal (St John’s College) on being declared winner of The Times-Herbert Smith Student Advocacy Competition 2012.
Law Faculty's Maureen O'Neill carries the Olympic Torch
The Law Faculty's Director of Development, Maureen O'Neill, was selected as an Olympic Torchbearer in recognition of her tremendous contributions in volunteering.
Law Feast 2012
On Wednesday 4 July, the Faculty hosted its 2012 Feast for Graduate Students.
OSCOLA available for first time in hard copy
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OSCOLA, The Oxford University Standard for Citation of Legal Authorities has now been published by Hart Publishing. This latest revision of OSCOLA (the fourth edition) is the first to be published in hard copy, and provides more detailed coverage of both primary and secondary legal sources.
Cooperative Agreement with the Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law, Hamburg
On 6 June 2012, the Institute of European and Comparative Law and the Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law renewed their academic partnership, which has existed since 2007, for a further five years.
Imogen Goold wins OxTALENT prize
Imogen Goold has won an OxTALENT award for technology innovation in teaching, for her use of WebLearn tools specifically for feedback and building a learning community.
Leading US scholars visit Law and Finance Programme
The Law and Finance programme was delighted to host two leading US scholars in recent weeks, Professor John Coates of Harvard Law School and Professor Jack Coffee of Columbia Law School.
ESRC-funded seminar series on immigration detention
Mary Bosworth is part of an interdisciplinary team from the Universities of Oxford, York, Birmingham, Lancaster and Exeter who have been granted funds from the ESRC to hold a seminar series entitled 'Exploring Everyday Practice and Resistance in Immigration Detention'.
Oxford is placed 6th in the world in the largest ever Jessup Competition
The Oxford team performed superbly at the International Round of the Philip C Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition.
Professor Sandy Fredman, QC
The Oxford Law Faculty congratulates Professor Sandy Fredman who has been made Honorary Queen's Counsel.
Fifth International Roman Law Moot Court Competition
Alexandra Baumgart (St Hilda’s), Tara Beattie (Pembroke), Hollie Higgins (Worcester) and Fatima Zafar (Merton) secured a fourth-place ranking for Oxford at the 5th International Roman Law Moot Court Competition, mooting against Naples in the Small Final, held in the ancient Roman forum at Philippi in northern Greece.
The 2012 International Intellectual Property Moot and Conversazione
The annual International Intellectual Property Moot and Conversazione were held on 16 and 17 March 2012 at St Catherine’s College.
New British Academy Mid-Career Fellowship award
Dr Liora Lazarus has been awarded a British Academy Mid-Career Fellowship to develop her research on Juridifying Security.
Pattishall Medal for excellence and innovation in teaching
The Oxford Law Faculty congratulates Professor Vaver, Emeritus Professor of Intellectual Property & Information Technology Law, on being awarded the Pattishall Medal for excellence and innovation in teaching of subjects related to trademarks and trade identity, having been nominated by one of his former students.
Middle East Rounds of the Price Media Law Moot Court and Seminar on Media Policy in the Aftermath of the Arab Spring
From February 21st-23rd, the Programme in Comparative Media Law and Policy (PCMLP) at the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies held the Middle East Regional Rounds of the Price Media Law Moot Court Competition in Doha, Qatar.
Oxford Diploma in Intellectual Property Law and Practice Alumni Drinks Reception and Talk
On Tuesday 28 February, the Faculty of Law hosted the first Diploma in Intellectual Property Law and Practice Alumni Drinks and Talk at the Oxford Cambridge Club in London.
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