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The Namdaemun Sungnyemun Great South Gate, Seoul, Korea at night. The title and details of the event is listed over the top of the image. Dr Noam Gur spoke at the 2024 World Congress of the International Association for Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy
24 July 2024

The event was centred on the theme of ‘The Rule of Law, Justice and the Future of Democracy’, and was held at Soongsil University in Seoul on 7–12 July 2024.

Karen Watton speaking to attendees at the qLegal 10th Anniversary celebration. Celebrating 10 Years of qLegal: Honouring partnerships, innovation, and impact
24 July 2024

qLegal, Queen Mary University of London’s renowned pro bono commercial law clinic, celebrated a decade of transformative impact at their annual summer party. 

A woman at a rally holding a placard that says Human rights groups condemn shooting of pro-independence lawyer in West Papua
23 July 2024

Professor David Whyte comments on the shooting of Yan Christian Warinussy in The National.

A trunk of a tree in a forest. In the background are more trees. Dr Tibisay Morgandi appointed Distinguished Research Fellow at prominent environmental law centre
22 July 2024

She was appointed by the Centre for Environmental Law (CEL) of Macquarie University, in recognition of her work in the field of climate law, environmental law, and business and human rights.

Dr Tibisay Morgandi with other attendees at the conference on ‘Counterclaims in International Law’ at Leiden University Dr Tibisay Morgandi co-convened conference at Leiden University
22 July 2024

Dr Tibisay Morgandi co-convened a conference on ‘Counterclaims in International Law’ alongside Dr Jason Rudall from the Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies of Leiden Law School.

Professor Rachael Mulheron Professor Rachael Mulheron elected Fellow of the British Academy
19 July 2024

The British Academy has elected Queen Mary University of London Professor Rachael Mulheron KC (Hon) as a new Fellow.

A man with dots over his face with a processing bar the left of him. The UK's Home Office is building a "national facial matching service"
11 July 2024

Dr Daragh Murray’s research has been featured in an article from The Stack on The UK Home Office’s Strategic Facial Matching (SFM) Project.

Isabel Vanhaeverbeke receiving the White & Black Queen Mary LLM essay prize in European Law of Patents from Duncan Matthews. White & Black award Isabel Vanhaeverbeke the Queen Mary LLM essay prize in European Law of Patents
11 July 2024

Oxford based law firm White & Black has awarded the third annual prize for best essay in LLM European Law of Patents 2023-24 for students studying at the Centre for Commercial Law Studies (CCLS), Queen Mary University of London to Isabel Vanhaeverbeke.

A commercial airplane taking off. It has the Lufthansa logo on the side. Lufthansa’s Italian airline deal review is finally set to land
11 July 2024

Professor Ioannis Kokkoris comments on the Lufthansa and ITA Airways merger for POLITICO’s Fair Play newsletter.

The Peace Palace in The Hague on a cloudy day. Professor Fitzmaurice invited to give a General Course at the Hague Academy of International Law
4 July 2024

Being called to deliver the General Course is an honour bestowed only to the most eminent public international lawyers.

Clemens Boehncke standing between Professor Maks Del Mar and Professor Michael Lobban. 2024 WG Hart Workshop held on 'Historicising Jurisprudence'
3 July 2024

This year's WG Hart workshop was held on 26-27 June 2024 on the theme: ‘Historicising Jurisprudence: Person, Community, Form’. The workshop was held at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, and supported also by the Department of Law at Queen Mary University of London and All Souls College, University of Oxford. The academic directors were Professor Maks Del Mar (Queen Mary) and Professor Michael Lobban (All Souls, Oxford and formerly at Queen Mary).

Law of the Future Competition 2024 winners and finalists with qLegal staff. qLegal announces winners of the “Law of the Future Competition 2024” supported by partners Ropes & Gray and Bloomberg
27 June 2024

qLegal, dedicated to fostering innovation and supporting emerging legal minds, is delighted to announce the winners of the Law of the Future Competition 2024.

Some steel on a shelf in a warehouse. Row over jobs at UK's largest remaining steelworks in Port Talbot highlights challenges of moving to a fossil fuel-free future
24 June 2024

Professor David Whyte speaks to Context News about how workers are coping with changes happening in the UK's steel industry.

People outside the Royal Courts of Justice, London New research shows litigation funding improves access to justice for some, but is difficult to scale up
20 June 2024

The research was led by Queen Mary University of London’s Professor Rachael Mulheron KC and commissioned by the Legal Services Board to analyse whether litigation funding improves access to justice and strengthens consumer protection and regulation.

Karan Abhaykumar Parmar, Dr Maria Fanou, Daria Korniienko, Minul Muhamdiramge and João Gabriel Volasco Rodrigues standing in front of a panelled wall with portraits. School of International Arbitration’s strong presence in the LIDW24
18 June 2024

Daria Korniienko, Comparative and International Dispute Resolution LLM class 2023, reports on Queen Mary University of London's involvement in the London International Disputes Week 2024, including the several contributions from our LLM students to the Kluwer Arbitration Blog.

The exterior of the BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir Temple in Neasden, London. The Hindu manifesto 2024: Warts and all
17 June 2024

Dr Prakash Shah has written an piece for Asian Voice analysing the recently launched Hindu Manifesto of UK.

Neil MacCormick with the Scottish flag behind him. Preview Symposium held in Edinburgh on Professor Del Mar’s new book on Neil MacCormick
14 June 2024

The 2024 Edinburgh Festival of Legal Theory opened with a preview symposium on Professor Maks Del Mar’s new book, Neil MacCormick: A Relational Life, which will be published early in 2025.

Water gushing. Professor Rosa Lastra consulted on a UNIDROIT guide to bank liquidation
13 June 2024

The Draft Legislative Guide on Bank Liquidation is being put together by the International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT).

A group of Queen Mary postgraduate law students talking outside the Centre for Commercial Law Studies. Queen Mary ranked as one of the UK’s Most In Demand Postgraduate Law Schools in 2023/24
11 June 2024

Postgrad Solutions Ltd, owner of two of the leading global postgraduate education portals, LLMstudy.com and Postgrad.com, has announced their most searched UK law schools for LLM degrees in the last 12 months.

Hebrew University campus on Mt. Scopus, Jerusalem, Israel. Israel's Universities: The Crackdown
10 June 2024

Professor Neve Gordon and Professor Penny Green have written an article for The New York Review about the repression of students' and academic staff's speech at universities in Israel.

Dr Tanzil Chowdhury and Thomas MacManus with colleagues from Friends of Birzeit University The School of Law at Queen Mary announces partnership with the Institute of Law at Birzeit University in Palestine
10 June 2024

In the summer of 2023, two academics from the School of Law at Queen Mary University of London, Dr Thomas MacManus (Director of the International State Crime Initiative - ISCI) and Dr Tanzil Chowdhury (Co-Director of the Centre for Law and Society in a Global Context - GLSGC) visited Birzeit University in Palestine as part of the FOBZU PALS Fellowship.

A row of slot machines at a British casino. Can banks help stop gambling harm?
5 June 2024

Professor Julia Hörnle and Dr Janelle Jones appeared on a special bonus episode of the Yours Lawfully podcast to discuss their research into gambling harm.

The exterior of the International Criminal Court. It's glass fronted with a living wall on either side of the building, Recent application for International Criminal Court arrest warrants
30 May 2024

Dr Dimitri Van Den Meerssche speaks to VRT news about the potential arrest warrants for the Israeli Prime Minister and members of Hamas.

A group of protesters holding a sign saying 'STOP GENOCIDE FREE GAZA'. ICC seeks arrest of Israel and Hamas leaders. What happens next?
24 May 2024

Professor Neve Gordon speaks to the New Statesman and Middle East Eye about the International Criminal Court seeking arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Hamas leaders.

A group of Rohingyan women and children refugees. Theorising the ‘humanitarian camp’ as a stage in the genocidal process
24 May 2024

Professor Penny Green’s Leverhulme funded Project investigating the idea of humanitarian camp as an extension of the genocidal process has been featured in the Leverhulme Trust 2023 Annual Review.

A digital image of a circuit board. Professor Shemtov contributes to new UK Government report on AI and the music industry
23 May 2024

The report was published by the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on UK Music, an influential cross-party group of MPs and Peers in the UK Government that discusses issues in the music industry.

Left: Vandy Widyalankara standing against a brick wall. Right: Sarah Nizarali standing against a wall of plants. Winners of the inaugural Queen Mary School of Law Black Lives Matter Student Prize announced
20 May 2024

The winners of the Queen Mary School of Law Black Lives Matter Student Prize are Vandy Widyalankara (2nd year LLB Student) and Sarah Nizarali (final year LLB Student).

A bunch of screens of people going about their lives all connected by dotted lines as if they were under surveillance. Pioneering Guide Helps Judges to Navigate Digital Open Source Evidence
20 May 2024

'Evaluating Digital Open Source Imagery: A Guide for Judges and Fact-Finders,' a groundbreaking resource from Dr Daragh Murray, Senior Lecturer and IHSS Fellow, is aimed at equipping judges and fact-finders with essential tools to effectively evaluate digital open source evidence in legal proceedings.

Minaret of the Baitul Futuh Mosque in Morden, London. As the Middle East reforms, is the UK falling to Islamist radicalism?
17 May 2024

Dr Prakash Shah appears on the Global Order YouTube channel discussing Islamic extremism in the UK.

Dr Franziska Arnold-Dwyer speaking at the Legal Voices for the Future panel. Legal Voices for the Future
13 May 2024

Dr Franziska Arnold-Dwyer participated in a panel discussion on 'Climate Change and Risk' organised by Legal Voices for the Future (LVF) and hosted at the LSE Grantham Institute on Climate Change and the Environment.

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