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IP Diploma alumni event

The Faculty of Law hosted its annual Diploma in Intellectual Property Law & Practice Alumni Reception at the Royal Society in London on 16 April 2015. The event, attended by...

Oxford team reaches semi-finals in the 2015 HSF - NLU Delhi International Negotiation Competition

The HSF - NLU Delhi International Negotiation Competition 2015 was held in September, with 23 teams from the UK, Australia, Germany, Hong Kong, Pakistan and India participating....

Book Series Launch

A new series on EU Law in the Member States, published by Hart | Bloomsbury and edited by Jeremias Prassl and Michal Bobek, was launched at a workshop in Stockholm last week. The first volume, Viking, Laval, and...

Modern Law Review Scholarship award to DPhil student

Camilla Barker, a second year DPhil candidate at St Cross College, has been awarded a Modern Law Review Scholarship to support her doctoral research on humanitarian access in natural disasters....

Call for Papers: Oxford Monitor of Forced Migration, Vol. 6, No. 2

OxMo, a journal dedicated to protecting and advancing the human rights of refugees and forced migrants, is accepting submissions for their twelfth issue. For more information you can go here....

Humans 2.0 talk at the Oxfordshire Science Festival

Dr Imogen Goold presented an interactive talk on human enhancement and the law at the Oxfordshire Science Festival on Saturday 25th June at Oxford Town Hall. The Science Festival is...

New OxHRH Podcast - A Theatre of Death: Challenging the Death Penalty in India

The death penalty was written into the colonial penal code in India when the country was under British direct rule, and it stayed on the books after independence. Today India...

Researchers find climate change imperils countries’ ability to repay pandemic debts

As the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Board of Governors of the World Bank Group convene their spring meetings, a paper in Nature by researchers...

Prospects for Prices

Prof Chris Hodges’ concepts of Ethical Business Practice (EBP) and Ethical Business Regulation (EBR) have formed the core of the setting of water prices in Scotland for 2021-27. The Final...

Guardian gives top marks to Oxford Law

Oxford Law achieves first place in the Guardian's 2008 University Guide, and Oxford University as a whole tops the overall rankings as the best university for students, according to new...

Indian Bankruptcy Code: Impact on Markets and the Economy

The Code was a landmark reform that followed decades of complaints about the operation of India’s corporate insolvency laws. The new law has been designed to improve the prospects of...

Power shutdown - Sunday 10 January 2016

Please note that there will be a power shutdown on Sunday 10th of January....

Faculty members part of new research initiative tackling global carbon emissions

The research team includes Lavanya Rajamani and Thom Wetzer from the Law Faculty. The initiative brings together leading academics from across the university’s disciplines, including Geography, Physics,...

National Mooting Finals

Oxford teams have enjoyed great success in two prestigious national mooting competitions this year and will advance to the final stages of both the ESU-Essex Court Chambers National Mooting Competition...

September Alumni gatherings

September saw graduates and friends coming together at four international events to celebrate the global reach of Oxford Law. These events provided our alumni with an opportunity to catch up...

Building project notices w/c 23 November

Works w/c 23 NovemberBuilding works will recommence next week. This will involve:7:30am-9am - heavy demolition works and the installation of acoustic partitioning.From 9am - clearing and carrying rubble. Acoustic...

OTJR Hilary Term Card 2019

Exploring the case for Virtual Jury Trials during the COVID-19 crisis – an evaluation of a pilot study conducted by JUSTICE

On 23 March all new trials were suspended, due to fears that they may contribute to the spread of COVID-19. JUSTICE has a number of concerns about this. ...

Global Prisoners' Families Research: New publications

The past few months have seen the publication and launch of some fantastic new titles from members of the Global Prisoners' Families Network. Cara Jardine's book 'Families, Imprisonment and Legitimacy...

Sandy Steel to deliver online lecture to Centre for Constitutional Studies, Mexico

Sandy Steel, Associate Professor of Law, will deliver an online lecture at the Supreme Court of Mexico’s centre for constitutional studies. The lecture 'Departing from Proof of...

Times Higher Education: Dr Liora Lazarus writes about sifting great students from the very good

Liora, Chair of the National Admissions Test for Law (or LNAT), explains why the LNAT helps to ensure that undergrdauates are admitted on the basis of their skills and not the coaching...

Faculty members cited in landmark ruling of the Indian Supreme Court decriminalising homosexual conduct.

Section 377 of the Indian Penal code Section 377, introduced in 1861, criminalized sexual activities "against the order of nature". The Supreme Court of India earlier this month overturned...

Winner announced: Hogan Lovells Equality and Diversity Essay Competition 2021

This summer Oxford Law held its first-ever Hogan Lovells Equality and Diversity Essay Competition for undergraduate students, including those who were finalists in the 2020-2021 academic year. The panel, composed of...

BNY Mellon Achievement Awards

MSc Law and Finance students Demetrio Santander Martinez and Christopher Hsu – recently awarded a BNY Mellon Achievement award, nominated by their peers for having ‘consistently and effectively demonstrated their...

Launch of Oxford Guidance on the Law Relating to Humanitarian Relief Operations in Situations of Armed Conflict

The United Nations Secretary-General, in his recent reports to the Security Council on the Protection of Civilians, has identified improving access for humanitarian operation as one of the five 'core...