Dr Cathryn Costello to give Current Legal Problems Lecture at UCL

Dr Cathryn Costello will give the Current Legal Problems lecture on 21 November 2013 at UCL Laws. The topic of the lecture is 'Immigration Detention: The Grounds Beneath our Feet'.
 
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OPBP launches 2012 Internship Programme

OPBP is pleased to announce that applications for the 2012 Internship Programme are open. The Programme will provide financial assistance to graduate students in the Law Faculty seeking non-paid or...

Border Criminologies Masters' Dissertation/Thesis Prize

Border Criminologies seeks to support early career researchers working on the intersections between border control and criminal justice. As part of this goal we are pleased to announce the new...

Career Development Fellowship in Property Law in association with Trinity College, Oxford

The University, in association with Trinity College, invite applications for the position of a full-time Career Development Fellow in Property Law for 3 years, to commence not later than 1...

Exploring the Fundamentals of Public Law

On the 27th and 28th September 2018, St John’s hosted a large international conference, The Foundations and Future of Public Law: A Conference in Honour of Paul Craig. Paul Craig...

Oxford Human Rights Conference on Women and Poverty in Rwanda

Professors Timothy Endicott and Sandra Fredman and Dr Barbara Havelkova were in Kigali, Rwanda 28 - 30 April to present at the Oxford Human Rights Conference on Women and Poverty.Opening...

Ian Loader's 'Insight Paper' for The Strategic Review of Policing in England & Wales

Ian Loader has published an 'Insight Paper' for The Strategic Review of Policing in England & Wales, which has been set up and hosted by the Police Foundation. The paper...

Oxford team wins the HSF Disability Mooting Championship 2021

Jake Emerson and Oliver Clement, of Magdalen College, University of Oxford, won the prestigious Herbert Smith Freehills Disability Mooting Championship 2021: Oxford v Cambridge after the high quality of advocacy...

Episode 2 of RightsUp Out Now! ‘Some Sort of Monster’?: The Benefits and Burdens of Human Rights for Business

RightsUp, produced by the Oxford Human Rights Hub, has launched episode 2 of its new podcast series, which addresses contemporary human rights issues in an accessible way.
 
 Episode 2 Some Sort...

New research will examine the impact of the experiences of immigration processes on the individuals who navigate them

There is an urgent need to understand the impact of the experiences of immigration processes on the individuals who navigate them. Current approaches to these issues focus largely on policy...

Build an internet for, and from, us all

In 2014, Grace Banu joined Sri Krishna College of Engineering and Technology in Sugunapuram, India, to study electrical engineering. This would be an important achievement for anyone, but Grace’s admission...

Report of the 12th Symposium on Trends in Retail Competition

The Report of the 12th Symposium discussing Trends in Retail Competition is now available and can be viewed here.This year's symposium focused on consumer choice, competition and...

Transatlantic Workshop on International Law and Armed Conflict

The Oxford Institute for Ethics, Law and Armed Conflict and the Oxford Martin Programme on Human Rights for Future Generations, in cooperation with the International Committee of the Red Cross,...

New paper co-authored by Jonathan Herring explores children’s willingness to receive COVID-19 vaccine

A large school-based survey of students from 9 to 18 years old (Years 5 to 13) has shown that the younger students are, the less likely they...

New publication: Human Dignity, 'Unfair Discrimination' and Guidance (2014) Oxford Journal of Legal Studies (forthcoming)

OxHRH founding Editor and Administrator, Chris McConnachie, has recently published 'Human Dignity, ‘Unfair Discrimination’ and Guidance' (2014) Oxford Journal of Legal Studies (forthcoming).
 
 (Electronic access here).
 
 Abstract:
 
 In Human Dignity: Lodestar for Equality in...

Professor Ian Loader on BBC Oxford

Ian Loader, Professor of Criminology and Professorial Fellow at All Souls College, was interviewed on BBC Oxford this week as part of their ‘Oxpert’ series, talking about...

Professor Andrew Burrows appointed to the Supreme Court

Professor Andrew Burrows will join the Supreme Court on 2 June 2020.Her Majesty The Queen has made four new appointments to the Supreme Court, including appointing a new President to...

OPBP Internship Fund and Project Co-Ordination Meeting

Oxford Pro Bono Publico is holding an informal information session on Friday 29 November on project co-ordination opportunities and the OPBP Internship Fund.
 
 If you think you might be interested...

First-ever comprehensive study on Lawtech and Sustainable Development Goals

In times of COVID-19, which represents the most catastrophic health, social, and economic crisis in living memory, the United Nation's SDGs are more relevant today than ever...

National Admissions Test for Law: update

Further details of the new National Admissions Test for Law (LNAT) have been published today. The new Reminder: The Oxford colleges have agreed with the Oxford law faculty that with...

Building project update w/c 5 December

Please note that there will be a partial shut-down of power on Friday from 6.15am to 8am. Fire tests are planned from 8am – 9am on Monday 5th December....

Diversifying the Curriculum

On 16 May 2019, Dr Sanja Bogojević and the Law Faculty hosted a workshop titled ‘Diversifying the Curriculum’. The workshop was organised as part of the Race Equality Coordinator’s work...