Winner of 2022 Socio-Legal Studies Association book prize comes to Oxford as Visiting Professor

Professor Mark Fathi Massoud has been appointed a Visiting Professor at the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies in the Faculty of Law. He is a professor of politics...

Halefom Abraha wins Dean's Award for Academic Excellence at University of Malta

Halefom Abraha, a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Bonavero Institute of Human Rights, working on the iMANAGE project, has won the Dean’s Awards 2021 for Academic Excellence for his PhD project...

Join Aitima to Support Refugees in Greece

Greece has been a key entry point for refugees who seek protection in Europe since 2000. Wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, Sudan, Somalia, Syria and in other countries as well as...

Cape Town Convention Academic Project Conference 2013

The second conference of the Cape Town Convention Academic Project took place in the Cube at the Oxford Law Faculty on 10 and 11 September 2013. There were 60 delegates...

How much is it the responsibility of the LGBT+ community globally to ensure that all voices of minority/oppressed groups are heard?

On 5 July Victoria McCloud was a panellist online on a panel entitled “How much is it the responsibility of the LGBT+ community globally to ensure that all voices of...

Professor Linda Mulcahy publishes new book

The Democratic Courthouse: A Modern History of Design, Due Process and Dignity by Linda Mulcahy and Emma Rowden examines how changing understandings of the relationship between government...

Oxford Pro Bono Publico appoints new committee

The new Oxford Pro Bono Publico (OPBP) student committee for 2012/13 has been inducted. They are:
 
 Chris McConnachie (Chairperson); 
 
 Ingrid Cloete (Deputy-Chairperson); 
 
 Chintan Chandrachud (Treasurer); 
 
 Richmond Glasgow (Communications); 
 
 Tamas Szigeti...

Women on the Inside: A discussion on the impact of prison on women offenders

PANEL:Dame Elish Angiolini QCFormer Lord Advocate of Scotland and Principal of St Hugh’s CollegeKirstie MorrisonPast offender and peer mentor for One Stop Women’s’ Learning ServiceProfessor Mary BosworthDirector...

Kira Allman awarded a knowledge exchange seed fund grant

As more of our everyday lives become digitised, it is increasingly vital to ensure that everyone has access to a digital future. The Oxfordshire Digital Inclusion Project,...

Leverhulme Lectures on Law and Finance

On 9, 10 and 11 November 2010, Professor Steven L Schwarcz, Stanley A Star Professor of Law and Business at Duke University, and Leverhulme Visiting Professor of Law at Oxford...

Call for Papers: Forgotten Corridors: Global Displacement & the Politics of Engagement

Never before in modern history have so many people been forced to leave their homes and journey abroad for temporary or permanent settlement. According to the UNHCR Mid-Term June 2015...

Liz Fisher wins American Bar Association Award

Warm congratulations to Professors Liz Fisher and Sidney A. Shapiro who have been jointly awarded the 2021 American Bar Association Administrative Law Section’s Annual Scholarship Award for...

Call for Papers: Migration and Urban Change

The Center for Ethnic and Migration Studies (CIMIC) of the University of Liège is glad to welcome applications for the third edition of the IMISCOE 3CI PhD Summer School ‘Migration...

Professor Christopher Hodges hosts Fifth Annual Consumer ADR Conference

The importance of effective dispute resolution, of collecting data to feed back and drive interventions to change behaviour and culture, and the relevance of mediation in ADR were the major...

The 6th Annual Conference of the Cape Town Convention Academic Project

As with the previous conferences, attendees of the 6th Annual Conference were a mixture of policy makers, regulators, practising lawyers, academics and others involved in the financing of equipment. ...

Professor Fernanda Pirie: Law and Buddhism Principle and Practice in Pre-modern Tibet

Cahiers d'Extrême-Asie 26 (2017) Droit et Bouddhisme Principe et pratique dans le Tibet prémoderne / Law and Buddhism Principle and Practice in Pre-modern TibetLewis DONEY, Fernanda PIRIE, David...

Dr John Vella advises House of Lords EU Sub-Committee on the Financial Transaction Tax

On 19 March 2013 Dr John Vella gave evidence before the House of Lords EU Sub-Committee A (Economic and Financial Affairs) on the EU Commission's proposal to introduce a Financial Transaction...

Times Higher Education review of Virtual Competition by Ariel Ezrachi and Maurice E. Stucke

Eldon Law Scholarship 2014

Reminder: Applications for the 2014 Eldon Law Scholarship close on Friday 1 November. The Eldon Law Scholarship is a two year scholarship awarded annually to students intending to follow a career...

Symmetries: International Humanitarian Law and International Human Rights Law

The Oxford Institute for Ethics, Law and Armed Conflict (ELAC) and the Oxford Martin School's Programme on Human Rights for Future Generations (HRFG) hosted a two day transatlantic workshop...

Oxford Victorious in 2013 Varsity Roman Law Moot

Adding a third outright victory to its two past honourable draws, the University of Oxford edged ahead of Cambridge in this seventh year of the annual Oxford v Cambridge Clifford...