Philippa Whipple appointed as a Lady Justice of the Court of Appeal

Dame Philippa Whipple, Honorary Fellow of Merton and Faculty of Law alumna, has been appointed as a Lady Justice of the Court of Appeal. She joins...

Juliet Stumpf as co-Director of Border Criminologies

Border Criminologies is pleased to announce that Juliet Stumpf will be joining Mary Bosworth as co-Director of the Border Criminologies Network. Juliet Stumpf is the Robert E. Jones Professor of...

‘Drop Cover and Hold’: How to Spend an Earthshaking Sabbatical

It started as a distant rumble which from my vantage point on the top floor of the Law Building at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch New Zealand seemed to...

The Impact of New and Emerging Internet Technologies on Climate Change and Human Rights: Submission to the Advisory Committee to the UN Human Rights Council

Dr Kira Allmann and Dr Mike Hazas have made a submission to the Advisory Council to the UN Human Rights Council:Innovative solutions for Internet connectivity constitute one of the most...

Professor Louise Gullifer elected to the International Insolvency Institute

Professor Louise Gullifer has been elected a member of the International Insolvency Institute, a selective non-profit organisation of leading practitioners, academics, judge and regulators in the international insolvency field. ...

Oxford Postgraduate Diploma in Intellectual Property Law and Practice Alumni Event 2017

Alumni and tutors of the Oxford Postgraduate Diploma in Intellectual Property Law and Practice gathered at the Royal Society on 3 May 2017 for the annual alumni drinks reception. ...

Oxford Pro Bono Publico recognised in the Commission on a Bill of Rights Report

OPBP's research has been recognised in the recent Commission on a Bill of Rights Report, in which it recommends the adoption of a UK Bill of Rights. The Commissioners said...

Law and Philosophy: Brian Leiter

Brian Leiter has been made a Visiting Professor in the Faculty of Philosophy for the academic year 2011–2012.Professor Leiter will visit Oxford in Michaelmas Term 2011 and Trinity Term 2012,...

‘Women and Poverty: A Human Rights Approach’ Conference

The Opening Ceremony and first four panels of the Oxford Human Rights Hub and Human Rights for Future Generations Programme international conference ‘Women and Poverty: A Human Rights Approach’ in...

The Nicolas Berggruen Prize for Best Doctoral Dissertation in Philosophy, Law & Politics at the University of Oxford 2022

2022 marks the inaugural year of this prestigious prize, generously funded by Nicolas Berggruen of the Berggruen Institute in Los Angeles. Each year the prize will be...

2012-13 University Traineeship Programme at the International Court of Justice: Funded Internship

The Public International Law Group is delighted to announce that the Oxford Law Faculty has been invited by the International Court of Justice to propose names for an internship on...

New College win University of Oxford Maitland Chambers Inter-Collegiate Mooting Competition 2021

The Grand Final of the University of Oxford Maitland Chambers Inter-Collegiate mooting competition (Cuppers) 2020-21, took place, virtually, on Tuesday, 2 March 2021 between St Anne’s and New College. ...

Conference on Anti-Social Behaviour and the Courts

Dr Jane Donoghue, Centre for Criminology, ran a halfday conference on Anti-Social Behaviour and the Courts in England and Wales at New College on 22 March 2011. This conference disseminated...

Legal and Technology Industry Leaders Join Deep Tech Dispute Resolution Lab Advisory Board

The Lab is led by Dr Mimi Zou, Fangda Fellow in Chinese Commercial Law at St Hugh's College, Oxford and Mark Beer OBE, Visiting Fellow at the...

Journal of the Oxford Centre for Socio-Legal Studies - New Issue Out Now

The new issue of the Journal of the Oxford Centre for Socio-Legal Studies has now been published. Including articles on what judges really think, advice for online intermediaries, and ground-breaking...

Migration and Human Rights: Trends and Priorities for Action

COMPAS is pleased to host Dr Nils Muizniek, Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights on March 5 at 2pm at the Puling Centre (58a Banbury Road, Oxford). The seminar...

Professor Linda Mulcahy invited to join Administrative Justice Council

Professor Linda Mulcahy has been invited by Sir Keith Lindblom, Senior President of Tribunals to join the Administrative Justice Council. The Administrative Justice Council is the only...

Lavanya Rajamani appointed external counsel by Vanuatu government to seek advisory opinion from International Court of Justice

The Pacific law firm Blue Ocean Law are leading a team of prominent international lawyers representing the Republic of Vanuatu in its initiative to request an advisory...

The Principle of Mutual Recognition in the EU's Area of Freedom, Security and Justice, by Judge Lenaerts

Judge Koen Lenaerts gave the annual (and fourth) lecture in honour of Sir Jeremy Lever on Friday 30 January, in the Gulbenkian Lecture Theatre of the Oxford Law Faculty. Judge...

Inaugural Des Voeux Chambers Oxford Scholarship awarded

BCL student Tom Ng (Brasenose) has been awarded the first Des Voeux Chambers Oxford Scholarship.
 
 This scholarship has been generously donated by Hong Kong-based Des Voeux Chambers for students embarking on the BCL. It is...

Bonavero Institute Welcomes Professor Martin Scheinin as British Academy Global Professor

We are delighted to announce that Professor Martin Scheinin will join the Bonavero Institute of Human Rights as a British Academy Global Professor. His research project “Addressing...

Two new British Academy grants awarded to projects in the Centre for Criminology and the Bonavero Institute for Human Rights

Leah Trueblood and Francesca Esposito have each been awarded £10,000 by the British Academy to further develop their research projects. Leah is a post doctoral fellow...

The Death Penalty in China - the road to reform

The Death Penalty in China - the road to reform Research by Oxford academics, Professor Roger Hood and Professor Carolyn Hoyle, has influenced worldwide reform of the death penalty. Nowhere...

NEW RightsUp #RightNow Podcast: About Abortion - Carol Sanger (Colombia University)

Since the 1973 Supreme Court ruling on Roe v. Wade, abortion has been legal in the United States. But terminating pregnancy remains a controversial issue, and it...