A Call for blogposts on border control and Covid-19

Since the beginning of the Covid-19 outbreak, the Border Criminologies team, along with others around the globe, has expressed reiterated concerns about the impact of the pandemic on the wellbeing...

OPBP: Call for Volunteer Researchers for project on Data Protection under International Human Rights Law

Oxford Pro Bono Publico (OPBP) is looking for volunteers to assist with research for a project in collaboration with Human Rights Watch (HRW) concerning Data Protection under International Human Rights...

Watch: Single Parent Discrimination in the UK and its Impact

Professor Ewan Gordon McKendrick has been awarded QC honoris causa

Professor Ewan Gordon McKendrick is a legal academic and barrister. He has been recommended for this high accolade for his work as Registrar of the University of Oxford and for the...

MLF Alumni Reunion HT 2019

The recent alumni reunion for the Masters in Law and Finance programme (MLF) was held on Tuesday 26th February 2019 at the offices of Allen & Overy in London. The...

Recognition of Distinction Awards 2021 - Congratulations to our new Professors!

The Faculty of Law is delighted to announce that nine Faculty members have received the title of full Professor in the University's 2021 Recognition of Distinction Awards. Congratulations to: Antonios Tzanakopoulos...

Oxford wins 2018 Oxford-Cambridge Inter-Varsity Advocacy Cup

Oxford succeeded against Cambridge in the 2018 Inter-Varsity Advocacy Cup.The winning team comprised of Rory Turnbull (Oriel), Andrew Dixon (Merton), Amy Gregg (Somerville) and Emma Franklin (Univ).The mock trial was...

UN Secretary General uses Oxford Guidance

In his annual report to the Security Council on the Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict, the United Nations Secretary General drew upon and referred to the Oxford Guidance on...

Funding secured for new UNCTAD programme proposed and led by Dr Ying Yu and team

At the United Nations' Intergovernmental Group of Experts on Consumer Protection/ Competition Law and Policy on 10 July 2019, it was announced that an initial round of $2.5 million in...

Apply to be a Student Resident at the Bonavero Institute of Human Rights

The Bonavero Institute of Human Rights has established a six-month research residency programme for Oxford postgraduate students working in the broad field of human rights law, public law, public international...

Webinar on proposed EU Climate Law

Kevin Grecksch, British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow, held a webinar on the proposed EU Climate Law as part of the Model European Union (MEU) Bratislava on 5 September 2020. Speaking to...

Copyright and Course Packs

The Oxford Intellectual Property Research Centre (OIPRC) and the Oxford India Centre for Sustainable Development (OICSD) held a panel discussion to discuss the recent Delhi High Court judgment on reproduction...

16th Oxford International Intellectual Property Law Moot: 15 - 17 March 2018

The Oxford Intellectual Property Research Centre (OIPRC) is delighted to announce arrangements for the 2018 Oxford International Intellectual Property Law Moot, and invites universities from around the world to enter...

The Death Penalty Project Internship Programme

The Death Penalty Project (DPP) offers a number of formal internship programmes for students and graduates who are interested in working in the human rights legal sector, and in particular,...

Hilary All Souls Seminars Commence

Open to all, with no registration required, join us at the slightly different time to usual, of 3pm in the Wharton Room, All Souls College for the following seminars:18th January...

Oxford alumnus appointed director of Greek Asylum Service

Dr Karavias took up the position on 19 April 2018, succeeding Maria Stavropoulou, who was in the role for six years. During his time in Oxford, Dr Karavias completed a...

Global Borderlands: getting to the core of Crimmigration

Crimmigration has rapidly become the dominant response to human mobility around theglobe. It has emerged, ironically, in tandem with growing economic globalization. Forcapital, national borders have virtually...

Pavlos Eleftheriadis at the OECD Integrity Forum

Pavlos Eleftheriadis, an Associate Professor of Law at the Faculty of Law at the University of Oxford and and a Fellow in Law at Mansfield College at the University of...

Biomodifying Technologies Project: Second Policy Briefing Published

Michael Morrison, who leads the Biomodifying Technologies project, has recently published a second policy briefing titled "Accelerating Innovation: Speed and Timing in Translational Research". The policy briefing can be viewed...

Alternative Dispute Resolution and Justice

The Fourth Annual Oxford Consumer ADR Conference, entitled 'ADR AND JUSTICE', was held at Wolfson College on 18-20 April 2016. The event continued to expand on previous...

Maitland Chambers University of Oxford Intercollegiate (Cuppers) Mooting Competition 2014-15

The Grand Final of the Maitland Chambers University of Oxford Intercollegiate (Cuppers) Mooting Competition took place in Keble College on Thursday the 26th February. The moot question involved the application...

Non-credit research training programme on “Police Use of Force Legislation and Operating Procedures”

This Bonavero Institute of Human Rights research training programme will provide students with training on research and analysis on use of force legislation and jurisprudence. Participants will be expected to...

Invited talk on OBOR legal issues at World Chinese Economic Summit 2016

Professor Denis Galligan and Dr Ying Yu have been invited to speak about OBOR legal issues at the upcoming 2016 World Chinese Economic Summit (WCES) from 16-18...

Coronavirus: Children denied contact with parents in prison

Despite lockdown easing across the UK , thousands of children have still not seen their parents for four months. An estimated 310,000 children have a parent in prison, and Oxford-based...