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Graduation Ceremony Class of 2024

On Tuesday 7th January we welcomed over 750 CCLS students back to Queen Mary for their Graduation ceremonies.

Date added: Monday, January 13, 2025

Queen Mary Law Journal

A new website for the Queen Mary Law Journal has been recently launched online.

Date added: Thursday, January 9, 2025

Grand Launch of the British Indonesian Lawyers Association (BILA)

This month BILA was launched with an event in Jakarta which included a public lecture delivered by Professor Ioannis Kokkoris and attended by many CCLS Alumni and legal professionals.

Date added: Tuesday, January 28, 2025

CCLS Celebrates Alumna Sarah Abulkassem, Winner of the British Council Alumni UK Photo Competition

CCLS Alumna Sarah Abulkassem returns to CCLS for a Celebratory Lunch Honoring Her and Her Award-Winning Royal Photograph

Date added: Thursday, January 30, 2025

United by Queen Mary

To mark Valentine's Day we asked our alumnus Cassiano Feitas Neto to send us a story of how he met his wife during his studies at CCLS.

Date added: Friday, February 14, 2025

What Counts as Sovereign in the Cloud?

Cloud Legal Project Researcher, Dave Michels, was recently interviewed by Politico Europe.

Date added: Monday, February 10, 2025

Yashvardhan Rana Recognized for his Decade-Long Career in Intellectual Property Law.

CCLS alumnus & YVR Law Offices firm earn prestigious recognition in World Trademark Review, WTR 1000 – 2025.

Date added: Monday, February 3, 2025

Society for Computers and Law: Public Sector Tech Conference

CCLS Alumna, Selen Alkan, has been invited to speak at the Public Sector Tech Conference.

Date added: Tuesday, February 18, 2025

India UK Achievers Honours 2025

CCLS alumna has been shortlisted as a Finalist in the “Society, Policy & Law” category at the India UK Achievers Honours 2025.

Date added: Monday, February 24, 2025

Advancing Arbitration: Queen Mary University of London Hosts Third Joint Research Seminar with Vienna and Sorbonne

Joint Research Seminar of the University of Vienna, QMUL and University Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne – Third Edition by Thomas Gauvin Roussel (LLM London, 2023) & Ipek Ince (LLM London, 2023)

Date added: Monday, February 24, 2025

Progress or Piracy: Can the British Music Industry Survive AI?

Watch Dr Michaela McDonald, CCLS Senior Lecturer, interview for ITV News

Date added: Monday, March 3, 2025

3VB's International Women’s Day Event-Afternoon Tea with Lady Vivien Rose

3VB celebrated the achievements of women in law with guest speaker Lady Rose, Justice of the Supreme Court

Date added: Friday, March 7, 2025

Exploring AI regulation, Anti-Discrimination, and Data Protection.

Jingxi Liu’s Groundbreaking Research

Date added: Sunday, March 16, 2025

Special Guest Lectures and Professional Visits for our Current Students

We invite all our alumni students based in the UK to act as guests speakers for special lecturers or host visits to professional venues.

Date added: Monday, March 10, 2025

CCLS Alumni Spotlight: Anisha Mathur’s Path to Recognition

Read about Anisha Mathur's recent recognitions and her work since graduating from CCLS in 2016.

Date added: Sunday, March 23, 2025

Dr. Natalie Corthésy Wins Principal's Award for Research Impact

CCLS alumna won the Principal’s award for 'Research Project with the Greatest Business/Economic/Development Impact’.

Date added: Wednesday, March 26, 2025

Middle East Legal Awards 2025.

CCLS Alumnus, Chadi Akiki, has been recently shortlisted for the Middle East Legal Award.

Date added: Thursday, March 20, 2025

Export Controls and Sanctions Risks for Malaysian Companies

Professor Dr. Harald Sippel, CCLS alumnus, has recently been interviewed on sanctions and related risks for companies by Free Malaysia Today.

Date added: Monday, March 31, 2025

CCLS Alumna Shares Her News of Starting a Training Contract

Zoe Potolia (Intellectual Property LLM, 2020) shares her career journey with our alumni community.

Date added: Tuesday, April 1, 2025

CCLS Alumni Participated in a New Research on Gambling Related Financial Harm

Research paper on how banks could contribute to minimizing serious gambling-related harm suffered by their customers.

Date added: Tuesday, April 22, 2025

Celebrating our Graduates

CCLS alumna recently promoted from a First Level Court Judge in Philippines to a Second Level Regional Trial Court Judge.

Date added: Monday, May 5, 2025

Queen Mary Expands Judicial Training Collaboration with Thailand

Professor Helen Bailey, Vice-Principal International at QMUL, welcomed a senior delegation from the Office of the Judiciary of Thailand on Thursday 22 May, for the formal signing of an agreement that strengthens a long-standing partnership in judicial education with the CCLS.

Date added: Tuesday, June 10, 2025

The Law and Ethics of ESG in the Energy Transition

On 30th April CCLS and Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Milan held in-depth session exploring the law and ethics of environmental, social and governance in the energy transition.

Date added: Thursday, May 15, 2025

Shaping the Future of Central Banking

Sida Özler current Banking and Finance Law LLM Postgraduate Student and Student Representative reports on the Bank of England event in collaboration with Queen Mary University of London.

Date added: Monday, May 26, 2025

CCLS Alumnus has been Recommended by Legal 500 EMEA 2025 as a Leading Partner in the Field of Dispute Resolution in Cyprus

Read about Yiannis Karamanolis's recent recognitions and his work since graduating from CCLS.

Date added: Monday, June 2, 2025

Asia Legal Business Southeast Asia Law Awards 2025

CCLS Alumnus, Antonius Tigor, scoops another award for the second consecutive year.

Date added: Thursday, June 12, 2025

Chief Executive of the Swedish Securities Markets Association and CCLS Alumnus, Urban Funered

We are proud to share Urban’s illustrious career from completing an LLM at CCLS back in 1991 to the present day.

Date added: Wednesday, June 11, 2025

International Arbitration Survey 2025

The current year's edition titled: "The path forward: Realities and opportunities in arbitration" has been published.

Date added: Thursday, June 12, 2025

First ICC Dispute Resolution Universities Programme

School of International Arbitration, QMUL: London and Paris Students Participate in the first ICC Dispute Resolution Universities Programme, hosted by the ICC International Court of Arbitration.

Date added: Wednesday, June 18, 2025

From Queen Mary to Regally Legal: A Journey of Fashion, Law, and Purpose

Abhaia Sharma, CCLS alumna, Lawyer & Founder of Regally Legal shares her story.

Date added: Tuesday, June 17, 2025

Queen Mary Alumni Entrepreneur Award

CCLS alumna in the ‘highly commended nominees’ category in the recent awards ceremony.

Date added: Friday, June 20, 2025

Centre for Commercial Law Studies Celebrates 45 Years

In 2025, the Centre for Commercial Law Studies is celebrating 45 years since its founding. On Monday 9 June 2025 members of the CCLS community from past and present gathered to celebrate this achievement and to commemorate Sir Roy Goode’s fundamental role in the existence of the Centre.

Date added: Tuesday, June 24, 2025

CCLS Alumnus Awarded IBA Scholarship for Legal AI Research

Read about Yash Jangid’s recent recognitions and his work since graduating from CCLS.

Date added: Tuesday, June 24, 2025

CCLS Alumnus Presented with a Honourary Doctor of Law Degree at Queen Mary Founders' Day Event.

Queen Mary University of London alumni, staff and students gathered on 9th July to celebrate the founding of the University 240 years ago.

Date added: Wednesday, July 16, 2025

Lord Browne Essay Prize 2025 Winners.

We are delighted to announce the winners of the Lord Browne Energy and Climate Change Law Essay Prize for 2024/25.

Date added: Monday, July 21, 2025

Yours Lawfully Podcast

Keep ahead of the game in Tech, Media and IP law.

Date added: Wednesday, August 6, 2025

Centre for Climate Crime and Climate Justice

Legal professionals are increasingly finding themselves struggling with ethical predicaments posed by the climate and ecological crisis.

Date added: Thursday, August 28, 2025

New Book on Investment Arbitration and International Climate Change Law: Revaluing Legitimate Expectations 

CCLS Alumnus has published a new book on arbitration and environmental law.

Date added: Monday, August 18, 2025

Is Denmark Leading Europe in the Fight Against Deepfakes?

Recent roundtable on the proposed legislation in Denmark, which would extend "image rights" to personality traits and create a right to "own" one's own personal traits.

Date added: Tuesday, September 2, 2025

Intellectual Property and Cannabis Book Launch

Read about the launch of the latest book co-published by CCLS alumna.

Date added: Wednesday, September 3, 2025

A CCLS Alumna Career Journey

Birjees Hussain talks about her experience since graduating from CCLS in 1989.

Date added: Tuesday, September 9, 2025

CCLS Alumni Newsletter Autumn 2025

This month's edition for CCLS Alumni Newsletter is now online

Date added: Wednesday, October 1, 2025

CCLS Alumna is Highly Commended for “Best Newcomer Paralegal 2025” at the National Paralegal Awards.

Zahra Gafuro talks about her journey to getting a role at Mishcon de Reya, overcoming challenges during covid and gives advice to other aspiring young legal professionals.

Date added: Tuesday, October 14, 2025

Rising Star for Türkiye Intellectual Property Law 2025

CCLS alumna Begüm Alpaslan collects two prestigious law accolades.

Date added: Friday, October 17, 2025

QMUL Alumnus Gives Career Lecture to Current LLM Students

QMUL Alumnus, Professor Paul Ng, delivers career lecture to LLM students on the International Maritime Law programme.

Date added: Monday, October 20, 2025

Dr Crina Baltag Joins CCLS as a Newly Appointed Senior Lecturer in International Arbitration and Dispute Resolution

CCLS is pleased to welcome back our PhD alumna, now as our Senior Lecturer and Associate Professor.

Date added: Monday, October 27, 2025

PhD Law Candidate, Mathilda Lorkin, Reflects on her COP29 Experience Ahead of COP30

In November 2024, Mathilda Lorkin was the first PhD student to join a Queen Mary COP delegation, attending COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan.

Date added: Friday, November 7, 2025

Herchel Smith Lecture 2025: Martin Senftleben

Reconciling AI Innovation with Copyright Values – are Copyright Exceptions for AI Training the Right Answer?

Date added: Thursday, November 13, 2025

40th Annual Freshfields Arbitration Lecture

The Legacy of NAFTA Chapter II

Date added: Monday, November 17, 2025

From Finance and Law to Transformation in Cybersecurity: A Global Journey of Growth

CCLS alumna joins Thales as part of its Cybersecurity premium Services global leadership team.

Date added: Monday, November 24, 2025

A New Exciting Position as Legal Counsel at Bacardi for CCLS Alumna.

Maria Francesca Autuori talks about her new role and her professional journey after completing LLM.

Date added: Monday, November 17, 2025

Two CCLS Alumni from Latin America Share their Experience of Studying at CCLS Two Decades Apart.

Read about two very different but equally positive and inspirational career journeys.

Date added: Monday, December 1, 2025

Energy & Climate Change Law Institute’s Inaugural Alumni Event

CCLS Energy Law alumni and students gathered for a forum event at the Law Society in London.

Date added: Monday, December 8, 2025

Sawyier Conference on the Ethics of Technology

QMUL Alumna Presents AI and Copyright Research at Ethics of Technology Conference in Chicago.

Date added: Tuesday, December 9, 2025

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