Register now for University Virtual Open Day on 18th September

There will be taster lectures, information lectures and Q&A sessions so that students can really discover what Oxford Law can offer them.We will have a livestreamed Criminal...

Border Criminologies Masters' Dissertation/Thesis Prize 2020

Border Criminologies seeks to support early career researchers working on the intersections between border control and criminal justice. As part of this goal, we have established a Border Criminologies Masters’...

Inaugural Gibson Dunn-OSCOLA Commercial Law Moot

In Michaelmas 2020 the Oxford Society for Commerical Law (OSCOLA) and Gibson-Dunn, a leading international law firm with a major presence in the City, collaborated to hold the inaugural Gibson...

Shona Minson wins Vice-Chancellor’s Public Engagement with Research Award: safeguarding children when sentencing mothers

“My DPhil analysed the rights of children in adult sentencing decisions in England and Wales where 17,000 children annually are separated from their mother when she is imprisoned, often not...

Update from Professor Christopher Hodges

Christopher Hodges has been explaining his concept of Ethical Business Regulation in discussions with various regulators across UK in areas from water to gambling, as a member of the Scottish...

Dapo Akande Speaks at a UN Panel Discussion on Drones

On 25 October 2013, Dapo Akande spoke at a United Nations Panel Discussion on "Drones and the Law". The panel discussion was convened on the occasion of the submission of...

Oxford Law Faculty responds to consultation on changes to solicitors’ training

The SRA’s proposal to introduce a Solicitors’ Qualifying Examination – public statement by the Faculty of Law, University of OxfordThe Solicitors’ Regulation Authority (SRA) is proposing to introduce a Solicitors’...

Work by Hugh Collins and Tarun Khaitan cited by Indian Supreme Court

The introductory chapter, authored by Hugh Collins and Tarun Khaitan, of ‘Foundations of Indirect Discrimination Law’ (edited by Collins and Khaitan) has recently been cited by the...

OIPRC Annual Report 2013-2014

The OIPRC Annual Report 2013-2014 is now available...

Linda Mulcahy to participate in 'Difficult Dialogues' festival

In February 2020 Linda Mulcahy, Director of the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies will be taking part in the Difficult Dialogues festival in Goa, India. Difficult Dialogues is an annual forum...

African Law School Deans’ Forum

The Dean visited Nairobi in May 2014 to participate in the third annual African Law School Deans’ Forum, convened by the International Association of Law Schools. He chaired a panel...

Video: Public International Law in Action

BackgroundIn 2009 and 2010, the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued arrest warrants for Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir on counts of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes committed in Darfur....

New book published: 'Constitutions and the Classics', edited by Prof. Denis Galligan

The period from the fifteenth century to the late eighteenth century was one of critical importance to British constitutionalism. Although the seeds were sown in earlier eras, it was at...

Professor Sir David Yardley Memorial Service - Friday 14th November


 
 Sir David was educated at the University of Oxford and the University of Birmingham. After serving in the RAF and being called to the Bar at Gray’s Inn, he had...

Michaelmas Term Research Awards

Lucinda FergusonThe Pivot of Positive Intervention: Local Authority Inclusion Services and School ExclusionEconomic & Social Research Council Impact Acceleration Account - Outgoing fellowship7 months spending time with the Oxfordshire County...

Second workshop of Digital Assets Project run by Commercial Law Centre at Harris Manchester College

The project has several aspects. First, it will assist and facilitate the individual research of its members by the collection and collation of relevant material from around the world. This...

The Wilhem C Vis International Arbitration Moot

The University of Oxford competed in the 20th Wilhem C Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot held in Vienna between the 23 and 28 of March 2013.The team members, Jessica Howley...

Call for Papers: Migration/Representation/Stereotypes

The omnipresence of stereotypes in the age of global migration is increasingly evident both at the level of governing structures and in everyday practices. Stereotypes, as Patrice Pavis tells us,...

CINETS/Border Criminologies conference postponed until 2021

The fifth biennial CINETS conference, a joint project of the CINETS research network and Border Criminologies, is postponed to 2021. It was originally scheduled for September 2020 at Lewis &...

Dr Agnieszka Kubal


 Dr Agnieszka Kubal  has been awarded a post-doctoral grant from the British Academy and an award from the University’s John Fell OUP Research Fund to pursue an international research project focusing...

The Eldon Law Scholarship 2013


 Interviews for the Eldon Law Scholarship took place at St Hugh’s College on Saturday 4 May. The scholarship was awarded to Charlotte Thomas of Lincoln College.
 
 
 The Eldon Law Scholarship is...

Virtual Open Day Success!

Preliminary results show that the University as a whole received over 15,000 questions, had over 2,500 poll votes and almost 9,000 likes of questions. The Law Faculty...