New report highlights major free speech issues in UK universities 2 October 2023
A recently published report by the British Society for Middle Eastern Studies (BRISMES) and the European Legal Support Center (ELSC) found breaches of fundamental rights in UK Higher Education by using the ‘IHRA definition of antisemitism’.
Sanatan Dharma’s pseudo malcontents 26 September 2023
Dr Prakash Shah has written an opinion piece for The Indian Express on India’s caste system and its wrongful association with Santanan Dharma.
Hundreds of thousands of innocent people on police databases as forces expand use of facial recognition tech 26 September 2023
Daragh Murray speaks to iNews about concerns of using retrospective facial recognition.
Alexis Alvarez-Nakagawa delivers keynote lecture in Germany 25 September 2023
Queen Mary law academic named as a leading voice in tech 19 September 2023
Professor Noam Shemtov has been chosen by the European Patent Office (EPO) to feature on their prestigious list of “50 Leading Tech Voices”; a list of 50 celebrated international experts in the field of sustainable innovation throughout the years.
Professor Fitzmaurice takes part in L’Institut de Droit International 150 anniversary 13 September 2023
Professor Malgosia Fitzmaurice returns from a special 150 anniversary of L’Institut de Droit International, held in Angers between 27 August - 2 September 2023.
Queen Mary School of Law academic shortlisted for THE Awards 8 September 2023
The School of Law at Queen Mary University of London is delighted to announce that Professor Julia Hörnle has been shortlisted for the Times Higher Education (THE) Awards 2023.
Ian Yeats awarded the prestigious Queen Mary Medal 6 September 2023
On 28 July 2023, Ian Yeats was awarded the Queen Mary Medal at the Department of Law’s annual graduation ceremony. The Queen Mary Medal is a prestigious honour, conferred by Council on those who have made an exceptional, sustained contribution to Queen Mary.
Professor Del Mar publishes special issue on ‘Cognitive Legal Humanities’ 4 September 2023
Maks Del Mar, Professor of Legal Theory and Legal Humanities, has co-edited, together with Professor Simon Stern (Toronto), a special issue of CAL (Critical Analysis of Law) – an open-access, interdisciplinary legal studies journal – on ‘Cognitive Legal Humanities’.
White & Black award second annual Queen Mary LLM essay prize in European and US Law of Patents to Cody Wong 30 August 2023
Oxford based law firm White & Black has awarded the second annual prize for best essay in LLM European and US Law of Patents 2022-23 for students studying at the Centre for Commercial Law Studies (CCLS), Queen Mary University of London to Cody Wong.
AI exposes designers and architects to copyright complications say experts 29 August 2023
Professor Noam Shemtov speaks to Dezeen about how artificial intelligence will impact designers and architects.
Queen Mary academic awarded prestigious funding on access to care for women from ethnic minority and migrant groups 17 August 2023
IHSS Fellow and Strategic Senior Lecturer in Queen Mary University of London’s School of Law has been awarded a highly competitive grant from the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) to support ground-breaking work on access to care for women from ethnic minority and migrant groups.
Carbon Cash Machine: New report reveals the dramatic rise in cash earnings of shareholders in Britain’s big 2 oil companies 10 August 2023
Amid the cost of living crisis in a world getting rapidly hotter, a new report published today reveals the staggering £113bn cash earnings of BP and Shell shareholders.
Queen Mary academic part of amici curiae urging DC Circ. to enforce $330M Romania award 3 August 2023
Professor Loukas Mistelis was among a group of eminent international law scholars urging the D.C. Circuit not to overturn a ruling enforcing a $330 million arbitral award against Romania, despite EU’s highest court arguing otherwise. He also participated in a second amici curiae brief relating to arbitration against Spain rendered in Energy Charter Treaty arbitrations.
Professor Del Mar is co-organising the WG Hart Workshop 2024 31 July 2023
The event is hosted by the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies and will focus on the topic of Historicising Jurisprudence: Person, Community, Form. It will take place 26-27 June 2024, in person at Charles Clore House in London and is currently calling for paper submissions.
Caste Bill in the California State Assembly 25 July 2023
Dr Prakash Shah was a guest on the Vivekananda International Foundation Podcast discussing the California Senate approved Senate Bill No. 403, which would amend many existing laws on discrimination in California to add the protected characteristic of caste.
Indigenous Peoples and Sustainability 25 July 2023
On 21 July 2023, Centre for European and International Law Affairs, Queen Mary and the Northern Institute for Environmental and Minority Law, Arctic Centre, University of Lapland, hosted an event at the Law Department, on 'Indigenous Peoples and Sustainability', in collaboration with the University of Arctic Law Thematic Network and the University of Arctic Chair in Arctic Legal Research and Education.
Queen Mary Legal Advice Centre annual celebration 2023 25 July 2023
On 29 June 2023, Queen Mary Legal Advice Centre (QMLAC) Alumni and supporters came together for its third annual celebration to network, hear about the Centre’s current work and future plans, and to recognise the outstanding contributions of the QMLAC’s newest fellows, HHJ Simon Freeland, HHJ Heather Baucher, Gregg Burrow, and Mark Pring.
School of Law Academics join delegation of British Academics to visit and establish links with Birzeit University in Palestine 12 July 2023
Dr Tanzil Chowdhury and Dr Thomas MacManus were selected for the inaugural Fellowship of the Palestine Academic Links Seminar (PALS) organised by the Friends of Birzeit University (FOBZU).
qLegal shares experience teaching students an entrepreneurial mindset 6 July 2023
Their findings were published in Thinking Like Entrepreneurs: qLegal’s Experience of Teaching Law Students to have an Entrepreneurial Mindset for the International Journal of Clinical Legal Education.
Queen Mary School of Law hosts conference on Law, Society, and Inequality for PhD Scholars 4 July 2023
On 22-24 June 2023, the School of Law at Queen Mary University of London held a conference that brought together PhD scholars worldwide for lively and engaging discussions on various topics related to law and inequality.
Dr Noam Gur gives lecture series at the University of Palermo 30 June 2023
Dr Noam Gur delivered a lecture series on obedience and disobedience to the law as a visiting scholar at the University of Palermo in May 2023.
Dr Davor Jancic invited to speak in the Austrian Parliament 29 June 2023
On 26 June 2023, Dr Davor Jancic, Senior Lecturer at the Department of Law, gave an invited talk in the Austrian Parliament as part of the 1st Austrian Day of Parliamentary Research, organised by the Parliament’s Administration.
Dr Franziska Arnold-Dwyer presents on innovative climate risk insurance solution to Brazilian insurance industry 22 June 2023
On 20 June 2023, Dr Franziska Arnold-Dwyer presented a paper on 'Climate Resilient Development Bonds' in a webinar organised by Queen Mary University of London partner institution FGV.
Turing Network Workshop on AI in Tax, Audit and Fintech 15 June 2023
The Institute of Tax Law is co-organising a Turing Network Workshop on AI in Tax, Audit and Fintech. The event will be held on 22 and 23 June at the University of Surrey and online.
Experts meet in a webinar to discuss insurance applied to climate catastrophes 15 June 2023
On 20 June, the FGV Insurance and Reinsurance Institute will discuss important issues to be researched through a collaboration with Queen Mary University of London.
Professor Maks Del Mar speaks at Adam Smith Tercentenary Celebration 12 June 2023
Professor Maks Del Mar, Professor of Legal Theory and Legal Humanities, spoke on the influence of the history of rhetoric on Adam Smith’s moral and legal theory at the Tercentenary Celebrations of Adam Smith’s birth in Glasgow.
Professor Julia Hörnle wins two awards at Queen Mary’s inaugural Research and Innovation Awards 6 June 2023
The awards recognise the excellent people and teams that make creative, dynamic, and world-class research and innovation possible at Queen Mary.
Striking a balance: Researchers urge Ukraine Government to weigh long-term implications of secret patents post-war 17 May 2023
Newly published research paper ‘The War in Ukraine Raises Questions About Patents for Secret Inventions’ calls for the Ukraine Government to consider the long-term implications of keeping patented inventions secret once the conflict ends.
Meetings with IMF Legal Counsel on digitalisation/Fintech and climate change 16 May 2023
On 9 May 2023, the Centre for Commercial Law Studies (CCLS) of Queen Mary University of London and staff of the IMF legal Department hosted a seminar on Digitalisation/FinTech and Climate Change.