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.
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.
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.
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 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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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).
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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).
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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).
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.
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.
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.