MLF Open Day

Every year we run an open day for prospective MLF applicants, to give them an opportunity to come to Oxford, visit the Law Faculty and Saïd Business School, and to...

International seminar on “iniuria and the common law”

An international seminar on “iniuria and the common law” took place at All Souls College on 9 and 10 September 2011. This was organised by two former fellows of St...

Oxford Law takes top spot in Guardian's annual university guide by subject

The rankings also place Oxford top overall in the UK for the first time in a decade, with St Andrews taking second place and Cambridge third. The...

Call for papers: Comparative Approaches to Immigration, Ethnicity, and Integration

Submit a paper to be presented at the 6th Workshop on Comparative Approaches to Immigration, Ethnicity, and Integration hosted by Yale University on 14-15 June 2016. This two-day, invitation-only conference...

A tale of two publics? Online politics in Ethiopia’s elections by Prof. Nicole Stremlau

ABSTRACTThis article examines two apparently contradictory uses of digital media during elections: in 2005, when still nascent digital tools were employed by Ethiopians to contest power in ways that pre-configured...

Professor Adrian Briggs appointed QC honoris causa

Many congratulations to Professor Adrian Briggs who has been appointed Queen's Counsel honoris causa.The Ministry of Justice have released the following with further information about Professor Briggs' appointment:Professor Adrian Briggs...

Human Rights Blog Builds a Worldwide Community

The Oxford Human Rights Hub (OxHRH) Blog has fast become a leading source of human rights news and opinion.  Since its launch in July 2012, the blog has featured contributions...

Oxford students take part in Landmark Chambers Property Law moot court competition 2015/2016

The Oxford team, consisted of Sarah O’Keeffe and Gabriel Lim of Brasenose, mooted and won against the London School of Economics in the first round of the Landmark Chambers Property...

Christopher Hodges elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts

Professor Chris Hodges has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. One of the aims of the RSA is to promote ethical values in business, which fits...

MLF Open Day

The next MLF Open Day will be held on Thursday 11 December 2014. The day starts at 10.30am at the Law Faculty with an introduction to the MLF programme and...

The Faculty and the PIL group congratulate Ms Yulia Ioffe on her selection by the International Court of Justice to participate in its 2018-2019 Judicial Fellows Programme

As the result of a very generous donation and further funds raised by members of the Oxford Public International law subject group, the Oxford Law Faculty is able to...

International Dispute Settlement student visit to The Hague

The PIL group and the convenor of the IDS course of the BCL/MJur (Professor Antonios Tzanakopoulos) organised again this year a trip to The Hague for IDS students of the...

Victoria McCloud appointed Visiting Professor at the Tashkent State University of Law

Dr Victoria McCloud (CSLS DPhil student) has been appointed a Visiting Professor at the Tashkent State University of Law, Uzbekistan and will be delivering a series of lectures on Mondays...

A New Regulator for Labour Market Enforcement

Professor Christopher Hodges submitted a Response to the Consultation by the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy on Good Work Plan: establishing a new Single Enforcement Body for employment...

*NEW* OxHRH Podcast Available: The Internet, Climate Change, and Human Rights (with Michael Oghia)

Covid-19 lockdowns worldwide have forced huge portions of our lives online, from education to work, with important human rights ramifications. But there's an argument to be made that the Covid-19...

Building notices w/c 14th September 2015

The works taking place this week are as follows:Demolition in IECL areasDemolition within toilet areas (GF, outside Lecture Theatre 2)Groundworks will now be starting during w/c 21 September....

Memorial Service for Tony Honoré

A memorial service for Antony Maurice Honoré QC, BCL, DCL, LLD (Hon), FBA 30 March 1921 – 26 February 2019 will be held on Saturday 8 June 2019 at 2.30pm...

'Human Rights - Alternative Enforcement Mechanisms' 14 January, London

The Equality and Human Rights Commission, Doughty Street Chambers, and the New Zealand Centre for Human Rights will be jointly hosting a conference on alternative enforcement mechanisms for human rights...

Professor John Gardner FBA

The Faculty of Law is delighted to announce that Professor John Gardner has been elected to the British Academy.John Gardner is Professor of Jurisprudence and a Fellow of University College....

Hilary Term Update

The St Cross Building project works are now nearing completion. The main building works are now complete and the contractors are now carrying out the final works to reinstate the...

New Publication: Socio-Economic Rights and Constitutional Law

Socio-economic rights raise many complex challenges to the traditional understanding of the nature of human rights, the role of courts in democratic society and the nature of...

CSLS hosts 'Law in Context' Early Career Workshop

The International Journal of Law in Context and the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies jointly invited early career scholars to participate in a workshop held in Oxford 29-30 June 2015. The...

New Zealand prisons are “failing women” as new report reveals Māori and Pacific women disproportionately segregated

A webinar was held on the 4th of November to launch the report. The webinar was hosted by the EEO Commissioner and features Dr Shalev speaking about her report, and...