ICJ Traineeship Programme – Emma Dunlop

In May 2013 Emma Dunlop (St Anne's College) completed a nine month traineeship in the International Court of Justice as the University of Oxford candidate under the Court’s Traineeship Programme.
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Article co-authored by Jonathan Herring on the "rough sex defence" to murder

An article written by Jonathan Herring, Professor of Law, and Hannah Bows (Durham University) for the Journal of Criminal Law explores several high-profile murders of women killed during alleged consensual...

Call for Applications: The Researching Borders Masterclass

The aim of the Masterclass is to bring together postgraduate scholars (who must be enrolled in a PhD or MA or equivalent at the time of the event) working on...

Published: Race, Criminal Justice and Migration Control: Enforcing the Boundaries of Belonging (Oxford University Press)

This timely volume brings together fourteen stellar chapters, a prologue and epilogue written by academic contributors from around the world and border criminologies members who are working within and across...

Defences in Contract workshop

On the 8 and 9 January 2016, a workshop on Defences in Contract was held at All Souls College. This is the third event in the Defences...

OPBP and OLA Social Event

A strong turnout from enthusiastic and committed student volunteers, and encouraging words from the Dean of the Law Faculty, Hon. Justice Kate O’Regan and Professor Sandra Fredman marked the Annual...

British Academy and All Souls Forum on Imprisonment

On Thursday 29 November 2012 a Forum on Imprisonment took place at the British Academy in London. It was co-sponsored by All Souls College and by the British Academy Policy Centre, which...

Honorary doctorate for Professor Wolfgang Ernst from the University of Edinburgh

Senatus Academicus of the University of Edinburgh has voted to bestow upon Professor Wolfgang Ernst, Regius Professor of Civil Law, the degree of Doctor of Laws (honoris causa). The degree...

Building project notices w/c 14 March

Please note: Phase B works are scheduled to commence next week. This will include works to the toilets on the first floor and to the JCR/ SCR area on the...

Oxford mooting fever spreads to Hong Kong

On 10 September 2011, the Inaugural Oxford-Hong Kong Mooting Competition was held at the Excelsior Hotel in Hong Kong. Over 40 current and former Oxford students watched the judges firing...

Recruitment Drive for UK Magistrates

Did you know that you (yes, you!) could become a magistrate?Massive recruitment drive is underway for 4,000 UK magistrates. The £1 million campaign aims to attract...

Oxford Law Alumni Event, St Petersburg, 16-20 May 2013

Professor Timothy Endicott, Dean of the Faculty of Law, will be visiting St Petersburg from 16-20 May. We will be hosting an alumni reception during his visit. More details will follow regarding the...

Professor Christopher Hodges speaks in Cardiff

Professor Chris Hodges gave evidence in Cardiff on 8 April 2019 to the Commission for Justice in Wales on ideas for reforming Ombudsmen, Courts, Tribunals and delivering advice to people...

New OxHRH podcast episode - The Impact of Covid-19 on Worker's Rights in the UK (with Michael Ford, QC)

The spread of Covid-19 has affected many areas of our lives with major implications for our rights and freedoms. The instigation of a UK-wide lockdown has had an especially pronounced...

Oxford Law and Myanmar, December 2013

In December 2013, Yangon University receives 65 undergraduates in Law, for its first undergraduate programme since the 1980s. The beautiful campus of the University is undergoing renovations. These developments in...

The Death Penalty: A Worldwide Perspective. Roger Hood and Carolyn Hoyle

The 5th edition of Hood & Hoyle's The Death Penalty: A Worldwide Perspective was published on 8 January 2015, and launched in the House of Lords on 13 January at...

Building project updates w/c 24th October

Please note that there will be a crane at the front of the building from 7:30am on Tuesday 25th October, please use the Manor Road entrance during this time. The...

OLBA Changemakers Series

This series will contribute to an ongoing and vital discussion on these themes, both within and outside the University, and help to further solidify the foundations of the OLBA Network. You...

Building project updates w/c 7 November

There are medium to high level noisy works planned on site for this coming Saturday morning (8am-1pm) - 12th November.w/c 7th NovemberFF Criminology - final finishes, painting and decoratingSF Main...

Insolvency Conference 2011

A most successful conference on various aspects of insolvency law was held on 14 January 2011 at Harris Manchester College involving many eminent academic and practising lawyers.Professor John Armour of...

Launch of new report on death row prisoners in Bangladesh

On 17 June, DPRU partner organisation The Death Penalty Project published a new report on the death penalty in Bangladesh, in collaboration with the University of Dhaka and Bangladesh Legal...

U of OxHRH J Publishes New Article by Dr. Nomfundo Ramalekana

U of OxHRH journal has published a new article titled "A Critique of the Stigma Argument Against Affirmative Action in South Africa" authored by Nomfundo Ramalekana....

Roxana Willis awarded funds to document human rights abuses in the Cameroon

Cameroon is in the midst of a civil conflict, which is worryingly under-investigated. This project 'Voices from Anglophone Cameroon: A socio-legal analysis of the ongoing civil conflict in Cameroon' will...

Professor Subedi awarded a higher doctorate degree by the University of Oxford

Professor Subedi obtained his DPhil in Law at Oxford in 1993, the first Nepali to obtain a DPhil from Oxford. His thesis was awarded the Dasturzada Pavry...