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Prof. Rafael Leal-Arcas keynote speaker at international energy conference in Finland
, Jean Monnet Chair holder in EU International Economic Law at Queen Mary University of London, will be the keynote speaker at an annual international energy law and policy conference in Finland.
Date added: Friday, January 3, 2020
Partnership between Queen Mary and Universidad Torcuato Di Tella continues into 2020
at the Centre for and Universidad Torcuato Di Tella (UTDT) in Argentina, continue to strengthen their partnership aimed at advancing research and promoting robust academic practices in postgraduate education.
Date added: Tuesday, January 7, 2020
Prof. Maks Del Mar co-edits The Oxford Handbook of Law and Humanities
, Professor of Legal Theory at the School of Law at Queen Mary University of London, has published The Oxford Handbook of Law and Humanities.
Date added: Wednesday, January 8, 2020
Leading journal publishes symposium of papers on Roger Cotterrell’s 'Sociological Jurisprudence: Juristic Thought and Social Inquiry'
Following , Ratio Juris, a leading legal theory journal, has published a symposium of the papers on 'Sociological Jurisprudence: Juristic Thought and Social Inquiry' (Routledge, 2017).
Date added: Wednesday, January 8, 2020
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Dr Saskia Hufnagel co-edits new 'The Palgrave Handbook on Art Crime'
On Friday, 13 December 2019, (School of Law, Queen Mary University of London) and Prof Duncan Chappell (University of Sydney Law School) launched their co-edited Palgrave Handbook on Art Crime (Palgrave Macmillan, 2019) at the University of Sydney Law School.
Date added: Friday, January 10, 2020
Professor Dr Rafael Leal-Arcas invited to be a member of the World Commission on Environmental Law
Date added: Monday, January 20, 2020
Professor Mitsilegas appointed as Co-Rapporteur at the new CEPS Task Force on Cross-Border Data and the Future of E-Evidence
Date added: Thursday, January 30, 2020
Professor Mitsilegas contributes to the special issue of the German Law Journal.
Valsamis Mitsilegas, Professor of European Criminal Law and Global Security at Queen Mary University of London, is one of the twenty scholars invited by the German Law Journal to address the Challenges facing the European Union in the new decade.
Date added: Thursday, January 30, 2020
Professor Duncan Matthews speaks at Beijing symposium on Judicial Enforcement of Intellectual Property
Date added: Monday, January 27, 2020
Professor Maks Del Mar publishes collection on Virtue, Emotion and Imagination in Law and Legal Reasoning
Professor of Legal Theory at Queen Mary University of London, has co-edited a collection with Professor Amalia Amaya (Edinburgh/UNAM), on the relations between Virtue, Emotion and Imagination in Law and Legal Reasoning (Hart).
Date added: Thursday, February 6, 2020
Queen Mary’s Centre for Commercial Law Studies awarded scholarships from MYBA The Worldwide Yachting Association
The Centre for Commercial Law Studies (CCLS) at Queen Mary University of London is pleased to announce that MYBA the Worldwide Yachting Association has provided CCLS with two scholarships to support two students in their studies.
Date added: Wednesday, February 5, 2020
Will ruling of world's highest court help Rohingya Muslims?
Dr Thomas MacManus, Director of the International State Crime Initiative at Queen Mary University of London appeared on Aljazeera: Inside Story to discuss the ruling on the Myanmar Rohingya case in the International Court of Justice.
Date added: Friday, January 24, 2020
Google’s Fitbit Deal Tests Merger Cops Eyeing Data Giants
Professor Ioannis Kokkoris comments on Google’s plan to buy Fitbit Inc. in an article for Bloomberg.
Date added: Tuesday, February 11, 2020
Google Heads to EU Court in Episode 1 of $9 Billion Trilogy
Professor Ioannis Kokkoris comments on Google’s decade-long antitrust fight with the European Union for Bloomberg
Date added: Tuesday, February 11, 2020
qLegal is delighted to partner with the in-house compliance team at Bloomberg
Bloomberg joins the 3-way partnership with long-standing partner Ropes & Gray LLP
Date added: Wednesday, December 18, 2019
qLegal students put Legal Design skills to work, rebooting Terms & Conditions
qLegal students reboot T&Cs for online paralegal agency F-LEX
Date added: Wednesday, January 22, 2020
New book: The Juridification of Individual Sanctions and the Politics of EU Law
Dr Eva Nanopoulos's new book, which offers a critical study of EU sanctions, is published by Hart.
Date added: Tuesday, February 11, 2020
qLegal looks to the future with its new Advisory Board
qLegal's new advisory board brings together leading figures from the worlds of law, tech, innovation and enterprise and will focus future development.
Date added: Wednesday, November 20, 2019
Centre for Law and Society in a Global Context welcomes new Co-Director Dr Tanzil Chowdhury
Date added: Wednesday, February 12, 2020
CCLS 40th Anniversary Launch at the Postgraduate Law Professional Mentoring Event
Wednesday 22 January saw the official launch of the CCLS 40th Anniversary Celebrations with the Postgraduate Law Professional Mentoring Programme, organised by the Queen Mary PG Law Careers Team for postgraduate students.
Date added: Monday, February 10, 2020
Interoperability as a Rule of Law Challenge
Professor Valsamis Mitsilegas has written a new piece for the Blog Forum of the EUI on Interoperability in Europe’s Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
Date added: Thursday, February 13, 2020
qLegal as a case study in the newly published book, Modernising Legal Education
This new book brings together articles challenging traditional methods of teaching law.
Date added: Thursday, February 13, 2020
Professor Rafael Leal-Arcas publishes further findings from his EU research grant WiseGRID
His articles are due to be published in the Kentucky Journal of Equine, Agriculture, & Natural Resources Law
Date added: Monday, February 17, 2020
Regulations for air transport may prove ineffective
The study by Cloud Legal at Queen Mary University of London was featured in CISOMAG and Tech Xplore
Date added: Thursday, February 20, 2020
Aiming at sustainable trade in the context of the Rule of Law
, Jean Monnet Chair holder in EU International Economic Law at Queen Mary University of London, publishes his article titled “Aiming at sustainable trade in the context of the Rule of Law: What role for citizens and how international trade can help reduce fossil-fuel consumption.”
Date added: Wednesday, February 26, 2020
Professor Rafael Leal-Arcas presented his research on climate clubs and international trade at the University of Windsor (Canada)
, Jean Monnet Chair holder in EU International Economic Law at Queen Mary University of London, presented his current research titled “Exploring the links between international trade law and climate change.” His presentation took place at the University of Windsor, Faculty of Law, Windsor, Canada, on 24 February 2020.
Date added: Wednesday, February 26, 2020
Professor Stavros Brekoulakis nominated for a GAR (Global Arbitration Review) Award
He was nominated for his Roebuck Annual lecture, given in June 2019 at the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.
Date added: Tuesday, February 25, 2020
Professor Maksymilian Del Mar publishes monograph on imagination in legal reasoning
The book is an interdisciplinary study of the value of ‘artefactual language’ and practices of imagination in the common law tradition
Date added: Wednesday, February 26, 2020
Queen Mary leads new project looking into domestic violence in India
The £300,000 grant will address the gap between law, policy, and access to both support services and justice for domestic abuse victims.
Date added: Wednesday, January 15, 2020
Universities Minister Michelle Donelan MP Visits the Legal Advice Centre
Date added: Monday, March 2, 2020
Queen Mary Professor named as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
A Professor of Law from Queen Mary University of London has been named as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. The new Fellows comprise leading thinkers and experts from Scotland and around the world, whose work has had a significant impact on the country.
Date added: Tuesday, March 3, 2020
Professor Rafael Leal-Arcas to speak at two events at the Environment, Energy and Natural Resources Center at the University of Houston Law Center, Houston, Texas, USA
Date added: Thursday, February 27, 2020
The Great Legal Bake 2020
On Tuesday 11 February the took part in the Great Legal Bake 2020
Date added: Friday, February 28, 2020
Professor Valsamis Mitsilegas gives evidence to the EU Justice Sub-Committee
His evidence was given at a joint EU Justice Sub-Committee and the EU Home Affairs Sub-Committee session on future cooperation with the EU, 3 March
Date added: Wednesday, March 4, 2020
Law at Queen Mary ranked top 30 in the world
Law at Queen Mary University of London was ranked 30th in the world and 7th in the UK.
Date added: Friday, March 6, 2020
Overseas Applications to UK Law Schools Increase Despite Brexit
Queen Mary University of London is one of many top UK law schools enjoying an increase in LLM applications from non-EU students.
Date added: Tuesday, March 10, 2020
Professor Rafael Leal-Arcas contributes a chapter to a collection of essays on international trade and climate change published by Yale University
Date added: Tuesday, March 10, 2020
Queen Mary School of Law Doctoral Researcher wins prize for best paper
The paper was authored by QMIPRI and Queen Mary University of London School of Law doctoral researcher Lucius Klobučník and Dr Li (Thomas) Lu, Assistant Professor at Shih Hsin University College of Law, Taiwan.
Date added: Monday, September 30, 2019
Q&A with Professor Penelope Andrews, Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the School of Law
Professor Penelope Andrews joined Queen Mary’s School of Law as a Distinguished Visiting Fellow (DVF) at the beginning of March and will return for a second period from 9 May to 21 May. She shares some insights into her career and experience as a DVF at the School of Law.
Date added: Tuesday, March 17, 2020
CCLS partners with Argans Ltd to research IT infrastructure in Earth Observation
The Centre for Commercial Law Studies at Queen Mary, in partnership with Argans Ltd (Satellite Remote Sensing and Earth Observation), has won a bid to carry out ground-breaking research for the European Space Agency
Date added: Wednesday, March 18, 2020
Queen Mary University of London supports Future Leaders Programme to inspire the young minds of tomorrow
The School of Law at Queen Mary has been working with The Future Leaders Programme to host a series of workshops designed to develop young people’s leadership skills and inspire them to make informed decisions about their future by giving them access to new opportunities.
Date added: Thursday, March 19, 2020
The coronavirus conundrum and human rights
Professor Neve Gordon co-authored an opinion discussing the human rights implications of coronavirus measures being put in place
Date added: Monday, March 23, 2020
Myanmar’s lockdown on truth
Professor Penny Green talks to Byline Times about the impact of Myanmar’s denial of COVID-19 on its own citizens and the rest of the world
Date added: Tuesday, March 24, 2020
The Gaza Strip has been under siege for years, COVID-19 could be catastrophic
Professor Neve Gordon wrote an opinion piece for The Nation discussing the Gaza Strip’s ill-preparedness to tackle an outbreak of Coronavirus
Date added: Monday, March 30, 2020
Post Brexit challenges for criminal justice co-operation
Professor Valsamis Mitsilegas has written a blog for UK in a Changing Europe about the partnership on security and criminal justice co-operation being a key priority for both the UK and the EU after Brexit.
Date added: Friday, April 3, 2020
Cuba’s doctors are in high demand
Professor Rodrigo Olivares-Caminal talks to The Economist about Cuba exporting doctors to pay sovereign debt
Date added: Wednesday, April 8, 2020
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New book: International Trade, Investment and the Rule of Law
Professor Rafael Leal-Arcas has just published his most recent book: International Trade, Investment and the Rule of Law
Date added: Thursday, April 9, 2020
New book explores the role of imagination in legal reasoning
A new book authored by an academic from Queen Mary University of London is the first to offer an interdisciplinary approach on one of the most neglected dimensions of legal thought; imagination.
Date added: Thursday, April 9, 2020
qLegal supports CoachBright campaign
The campaign supports schools and food poverty charities, who will then provide meals to the families who need them the most during Covid-19
Date added: Tuesday, April 7, 2020
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As the Corona pandemic worsens, EU borders shut down: “A new low point for the EU’s respect for refugee rights and international law”
Professor Elspeth Guild has co-written a blog for the Horizon 2020 project PROTECT! on refugees and external borders in Europe during Covid19
Date added: Tuesday, April 21, 2020
The acceleration of death precipitated by Covid-19 exposes state crime
Professor Neve Gordon and Professor Penny Green have published a blog on Open Democracy on how the Covid-19 crisis exposes state crime across the globe
Date added: Friday, April 24, 2020
Professor Rafael Leal-Arcas presents his research on the use of international trade to mitigate climate change
The presentation by Professor Leal-Arcas is forthcoming as a scientific article titled “Climate Clubs and International Trade across the European and International Landscape"
Date added: Monday, April 27, 2020
From the London to the Port of Spain
Hear from the first School of Law students to take part in the Clinical Legal Exchange Programme in Trinidad and Tobago
Date added: Wednesday, April 15, 2020
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Universities should be spaces for democratic innovation
Dr Jeffery Kennedy has co-written a piece for Times Higher Education exploring ways of involving students far more deeply in the decisions that affect them
Date added: Thursday, April 30, 2020
Gamers fear for virtual assets as rate cut hits 'Animal Crossing' savings
Dr Michaela MacDonald comments on gamers' rights to their digital property for Thomas Rueters Foundation
Date added: Monday, May 4, 2020
Desert or sea: Virus traps migrants in mid-route danger zone
Dr Violeta Moreno-Lax comments on the status of migrants and the dangers they face in the coronavirus crisis for AP News
Date added: Monday, May 4, 2020
Creditors must unite to find economic solutions
Professor Rodrigo Olivares-Caminal was interviewed by Bloomberg Radio’s Daybreak Europe programme about debt relief for developing countries during coronavirus
Date added: Wednesday, April 29, 2020
UN human rights representative for Myanmar steps down
Dr Ronan Lee speaks to Al-Jazeera about Yanghee Lee stepping down after spending six years raising the alarm on atrocities committed against the Rohingya minority
Date added: Wednesday, April 29, 2020
Disney and chill
Professor Johanna Gibson talks to Wired about Disney+, and how much control Disney now has on where and how it's shows can be watched
Date added: Tuesday, April 14, 2020
Lenders and Investors need to be part of the solution
Professor Rodrigo Olivares-Caminal co-signs an open letter to to the IMF and the World Bank urging for sovereign debt relief to help countries during the Covid-19 crisis
Date added: Wednesday, April 29, 2020
Research spotlight: International State Crime Initiative (ISCI)
Professor Penny Green tells us about the pioneering research carried out by The International State Crime Initiative at Queen Mary University of London
Date added: Wednesday, May 6, 2020
Students of Queen Mary University of London help UNODC in expanding the knowledge basis on human trafficking and migrant smuggling
Date added: Monday, April 13, 2020
Moratorium on debt for Africa? Be careful of unintended consequences
In a piece for The Conversation, Professor Rodrigo Olivares-Caminal argues that a blanket moratorium on debt for Africa risks costing African countries much of the hard won gains many have achieved over the past 15 years
Date added: Monday, May 11, 2020
Q&A with Professor Penny Green, Head of the School of Law
Professor Penny Green shares some insights into her work with ISCI, which is a cross-disciplinary research, centre comprising a community of scholars working to further our understanding of state crime.
Date added: Friday, May 15, 2020
Professor Maksymilian Del Mar awarded British Academy Mid-Career Fellowship
The project examines the scholarship and political life of one of the twentieth’s century’s most distinguished jurists: Professor Sir Neil MacCormick (1941-2009)
Date added: Monday, May 18, 2020
Should private sector debt relief be part of the Exit Strategy?
Professor Rosa Lastra and Professor Rodrigo Olivares-Caminal took part in an online Private Debt Workshop
Date added: Tuesday, May 19, 2020
Queen Mary launches Arts and Culture Support Centre
The Legal Advice Centre and qLegal will support the new initiative by creating online toolkits
Date added: Friday, May 22, 2020
Why Britain should allow the UK and EU Parliaments to talk after Brexit
Dr Davor Jancic has written a piece for the LSE Brexit Blog arguing the UK Government's position breaks with a tradition of inter-parliamentary co-operation that long predates the EU
Date added: Wednesday, May 20, 2020
We need the Sabbath's calm more than ever
Professor Geraldine Van Bueren QC explores the importance of the holy Sabbath in promoting rest and tranquility during the Covid-19 pandemic
Date added: Monday, May 18, 2020
Coronavirus Pandemic: Lawsuits against China 'blame game'
Professor Malik Dahlan speaks to CGTN about US states bringing legal action against China
Date added: Monday, May 18, 2020
Students are doing it for themselves (and for others)
Teams of qLegal students recently reported their findings at the end of a new networking programme piloted by qLegal this year
Date added: Wednesday, March 18, 2020
Lockdown is exposing the folly of reckless financial strategies
Research on pension funds by Professor Rosa Lastra featured in Financial Times
Date added: Thursday, May 7, 2020
The Contribution of Free Trade Agreements and Bilateral Investment Treaties to a Sustainable Future
Professor Rafael Leal-Arcas publishes his most recent research on free trade agreements, bilateral investment treaties, and sustainability
Date added: Wednesday, May 27, 2020
Professor Mitsilegas discussant at event on Covid-19 and the Rule of law with Commission Vice-President Vera Jourova
Date added: Monday, June 1, 2020
Two Queen Mary PhD students win prestigious LAHP studentships
The London Arts and Humanities Partnership offers up to 90 studentships a year and are highly competitive
Date added: Tuesday, June 2, 2020
Professor Rafael Leal-Arcas just published new findings of his WiseGRID grant
The article looks at regulation, innovation, and technology for the 21st century energy goals
Date added: Wednesday, June 3, 2020
New book provides comprehensive analysis of energy transition in the European Union
Professor Rafael Leal-Arcas has just published a two-volume book with the findings of his WiseGRID research grant, funded by the EU’s Horizon 2020 program
Date added: Tuesday, June 2, 2020
Head of the Department of Law's response to police killings, institutionalised racism, and Black Lives Matter
Date added: Tuesday, June 9, 2020
Complete University Guide Ranks Queen Mary 4th in London for Law
The School of Law was ranked 27th overall, up two places from last year
Date added: Tuesday, June 9, 2020
How one leaky rubber boat could sink the EU's entire migration policy
Dr Violeta Moreno Lax comments on on Italy’s deal with Libya regarding migrant ‘pull-backs’ for The Correspondent
Date added: Wednesday, May 27, 2020
The transition to decentralized energy: Challenges, opportunities and progress
Professor Rafael Leal-Arcas publishes his work on the transition to decentralized energy in a new article
Date added: Monday, June 15, 2020
Professor Rosa Lastra is Principle Investigator for Legal and Economic Conceptions of Money
This project will reconsider the intersection between law and economics with an emphasis on the contribution that law can make to economic conceptions of money
Date added: Tuesday, June 16, 2020
COVID-19 Lays Bare Ireland’s Selective Approach to Care
Dr Ruth Fletcher has penned a blog post for the Bill of Health at Harvard Law School
Date added: Wednesday, June 17, 2020
Holding gambling companies accountable across different countries
Professor Julia Hornle discussed international gambling regulation on the BBC World Service Radio
Date added: Friday, June 19, 2020
Argentina: restructuring in the time of Covid-19
Professor Rodrigo Olivares-Caminal was featured in the Financial Times speaking on sovereign debt
Date added: Tuesday, June 16, 2020
Seeing State Secrets: The Significance of Abu Zubaydah’s Self-Portraits of Torture
In piece for the ezine Jadaliyya, Dr Hedi Viterbo, along with Lisa Hajjar, explain how the drawings offer alternative ways of thinking about torture.
Date added: Thursday, June 4, 2020
Homophobia Disguised as Children’s Rights in Russia’s Constitutional Referendum
Dr Hedi Viterbo and Yulia Ioffe comment on how Russia, and many other countries, have used the child rights rhetoric to defend homophobia and oppression
Date added: Tuesday, June 30, 2020
Letter: A partnership model is a way to restrain excessive risk-taking
Professor Rosa Lastra has co-written a letter in the Financial Times in response to an article suggesting that policymakers have not focused on how to restrain excessive leverage
Date added: Tuesday, June 30, 2020
Queen Mary Postgraduate Law Student organises Global Advocacy Exercise
Lauren Holmes, a full-time postgraduate student enrolled on the Laws LLM programme and a Student Staff Liaison Committee (SSLC) Student Leader, shares her experience of organising a mock Plea in Mitigation advocacy exercise.
Date added: Tuesday, July 7, 2020
Bloomberg experts lead the way in a new qLegal Compliance programme
Date added: Wednesday, June 17, 2020
Belgium plays Beijing in the map with extradition treaty
Dr Matthieu Burnay addresses some concerns on the Belgium-China extradition treaty for De Standaard
Date added: Wednesday, July 8, 2020
Black Protest Legal Support UK and Race Relations and Policing Project
Yvonne Kramo has penned a blog for the Bar Council about the important work that Black Protest Legal Support UK are doing
Date added: Thursday, July 2, 2020
Professor Stavros Brekoulakis awarded best lecture at GAR 2020
The GAR Awards are the most high-profile annual events in the field of International Arbitration
Date added: Friday, July 10, 2020
Professor Mitsilegas gives oral evidence to the House of Commons Committee on the Future Relationship with the European Union
Date added: Tuesday, July 14, 2020
Woodrow Wilson's racist legacy and decolonising modern sanctions
Dr Eva Nanopoulos pens an opinion piece for Al Jazeera about Woodrow Wilson's racist legacy
Date added: Friday, July 17, 2020
Police ability to detain EU suspects 'slower' without Brexit deal
Professor Valsamis Mitsilegas' evidence to Parliament is featured in The Guardian
Date added: Wednesday, July 15, 2020
Has the US Supreme Court taken a liberal turn? Don’t count on it
Professor Sionaidh Douglas-Scott writes for Prospect arguing that recent landmark cases are being too eagerly hailed as progressive victories
Date added: Friday, July 17, 2020
Professor Rafael Leal-Arcas publishes new research on electric vehicles and decarbonization
Date added: Monday, July 27, 2020
The Conversation publishes article by Professor Duncan Matthews, addressing Covid-19, vaccine nationalism and lack of transparency in supply chain deals
The Conversation has published an article by Professor Duncan Matthews, addressing Covid-19, vaccine nationalism and the lack of transparency in supply chain deals
Date added: Monday, July 27, 2020
Article by Professor Mitsilegas opening the re-launch of leading Spanish journal on European Law
Date added: Friday, July 24, 2020
North East England: Rising Islamophobia
Professor Eric Heinze was interviewed by Indus News on the rising levels of Islamophobia faced by people across North East England
Date added: Monday, July 27, 2020
Professor Rafael Leal-Arcas sponsored by the state of North Rhine-Westphalia to participate in the United Nations Summer Academy 2020
Date added: Wednesday, July 29, 2020
Professor Rafael Leal-Arcas publishes a new book on EU Energy Law and Policy: The External Dimension
Professor Rafael Leal-Arcas, Jean Monnet Chair holder in EU International Economic Law at Queen Mary University of London, has published a new book: EU Energy Law and Policy: The external dimension, Eliva Press, 2020
Date added: Friday, July 31, 2020
Queen Mary launches international training programme for Ukrainian judges
The Centre for Commercial Law Studies at Queen Mary University of London has started its intellectual property (IP) training programme for judges in Ukraine.
Date added: Friday, July 31, 2020
Defining genocide
Profesor Penny Green discusses how the UN convention's definition of genocide in an article for the New Statesman
Date added: Wednesday, July 29, 2020
Assia Al Jerrari's incredible journey as a student in the School of Law
Date added: Tuesday, August 4, 2020
Portland’s voluntary human shields bring a new kind of solidarity to America
Professor Neve Gordon has written an opinion piece for Newsweek on the protests in Portland
Date added: Monday, August 3, 2020
Queen Mary’s Legal Advice Centre wins Collaborative Award for Teaching Excellence
The Legal Advice Centre based in the School of Law at Queen Mary University of London has won a Collaborative Award for Teaching Excellence (CATE) in recognition of its outstanding contribution to higher education.
Date added: Thursday, August 6, 2020
Queen Mary supports free legal advisory service in Kenya
The Centre for Commercial Law Studies (CCLS) at Queen Mary University of London is supporting a free legal advisory service in Nairobi, Kenya, in collaboration with Strathmore University.
Date added: Friday, July 24, 2020
Envisioning Foundations for the Law of the Belt and Road Initiative: Rule of Law and Dispute Resolution Challenges
Professor Malik Dahlan has penned an essay for the Harvard International Law Journal examining the increasing challenges facing investors and states given the lack of an overriding Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) authority nor multilateral framework.
Date added: Friday, August 7, 2020
Secretive European Union Body Is Facing Calls To Open Up
Professor Christiana HJI Panayi speaks to Law360 about the changes to the European Union's Code of Conduct Group for business taxation
Date added: Friday, August 7, 2020
Would you be willing to take Russia's new coronavirus vaccine?
Professor Duncan Matthews speaks about the need for safety approvals for Russia's new Covid-19 vaccine
Date added: Wednesday, August 12, 2020
Queen Mary’s Centre for Commercial Law Studies contributes towards legal innovation
Research from the Centre for Commercial Law Studies (CCLS) at Queen Mary University of London has contributed to the development of arbitration intelligence reports. These reports provide lawyers with specialist data about arbitrators for the first time.
Date added: Thursday, August 13, 2020
Covid-19 vaccine nationalism and supply chain transparency
Professor Duncan Matthews speaks to This Morning radio show in Seoul about Covid-19 vaccine nationalism
Date added: Wednesday, August 12, 2020
UK under pressure to make drug companies put public interest before profits in race for Covid-19 vaccine.
Professor Duncan Matthews explains compulsory licensing and Crown Use in the i newspaper
Date added: Monday, August 10, 2020
The unequal scramble for coronavirus vaccines – by the numbers
Professor Duncan Matthews interviewed in Nature
Date added: Thursday, August 27, 2020
Recognition for Arbitrator Intelligence founded by Professor Catherine A. Rogers
Date added: Friday, August 28, 2020
Anger as Instagram refuses to remove ‘vile’ videos of animal cruelty published as ‘entertainment’
Professor Johanna Gibson speaks to The Independent
Date added: Wednesday, September 2, 2020
Response to the Joint Committee of Human Rights call for evidence on the Overseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) Bill
By Bethany Shiner (Middlesex University) and Dr Tanzil Chowdhury (Queen Mary University of London)
Date added: Tuesday, September 15, 2020
Professor Dr Rafael Leal-Arcas invited to be the keynote speaker at international energy law conference in Madrid
Date added: Wednesday, September 16, 2020
Professor Rafael Leal-Arcas awarded for the most innovative idea on how to tackle the digital divide
He was awarded at the UN Summer Academy 2020
Date added: Thursday, September 17, 2020
Covid-19 vaccine hesitancy: Professor Matthews writes in The Conversation
Professor Duncan Matthews has written an opinion piece for The Conversation in which he argues that the Covid-19 pandemic has been a game changer and biopharma companies need to face up to a new reality.
Date added: Wednesday, September 16, 2020
Professor Merris Amos presents her research on COVID-19 and human rights law
Date added: Tuesday, September 8, 2020
Professor Rafael Leal-Arcas publishes new book, The Future of International Economic Law and the Rule of Law
This book explores the contribution that international economic law generally defined make to the rule of law at national and international levels
Date added: Monday, September 21, 2020
Redefining anti-Semitism on Facebook
This opinion piece, written by Professor Neve Gordon, was published by Aljazeera
Date added: Tuesday, September 22, 2020
Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s appeal to the intelligence of a future day
Professor Sionaidh Douglas-Scott has written a tribute for Prospect
Date added: Wednesday, September 23, 2020
Rudi Fortson QC acts as consultant for project on confiscation orders
Date added: Thursday, September 17, 2020
Professor Rafael Leal-Arcas publishes his research in the Yale Journal of International Affairs
Date added: Friday, September 25, 2020
Professor Amos and Dr Chowdhury provide written evidence into the Overseas Operations Bill
Date added: Thursday, September 24, 2020
Queen Mary University of London Professor is the lead author of policy-brief on Reforming Investor-State Dispute Settlement and Promotion of Trade and Investment Cooperation
The Policy Brief was published by T20, the Think Tank attached to the G20, as part of their Trade, Investment and Growth Task Force
Date added: Thursday, September 24, 2020
Laura Cestaro named a finalist in the prestigious TARGETjobs Undergraduate of the Year Awards
The LGBT+ Undergraduate of the Year Award 2020 with Clifford Chance recognises the range of endeavors and achievements made by LGBT+ students
Date added: Tuesday, September 29, 2020
Covid-19 vaccine distribution: Professor Matthews interviewed in The Wire
Date added: Tuesday, October 6, 2020
MEPs raise concerns on EU plans for police facial recognition database
Dr Niovi Vavoula speaks to Euractiv on facial recognition software
Date added: Thursday, October 1, 2020
Celebrating success in the School of Law
This year a number of students received Department and College Awards which recognised the outstanding talent in the School of Law at Queen Mary University of London.
Date added: Wednesday, October 7, 2020
Professor Mitsilegas gives oral evidence to the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee
Date added: Thursday, October 8, 2020
Professor Mitsilegas participates in expert workshop the Europol reform
Date added: Monday, October 12, 2020
EU failing to comply with obligations on migration, according to new report
Dr Violeta Moreno-Lax from Queen Mary’s School of Law has written a report for the European Parliament on the EU’s External Migration Policy and the Protection of Human Rights.
Date added: Wednesday, October 14, 2020
New report examines cross-border data sharing in criminal proceedings
The Report is the result of collaborative effort between the Queen Mary Global Policy Institute and the Centre for European Policy Studies.
Date added: Friday, October 16, 2020
Legal Advice Centre Co-Director wins Human Rights Lawyer of the Year
The Law Society presented Matthew Evans the award at a virtual ceremony on 14 October, in recognition of his achievements in the field of human rights law in 2019-20
Date added: Thursday, October 22, 2020
Latest book by Professor Rafael Leal-Arcas covers EU Trade Law
Date added: Tuesday, October 20, 2020
Unbiased Social Media platforms of conspiracies and hate
Professor Eric Heinze speaks to the Media Diversity Institute
Date added: Monday, October 26, 2020
Global Antitrust Review 2019 published
The Interdisciplinary Centre for Competition Law and Policy (ICC) published the latest review with Dr. Eda Sahin, and Queen Mary LLM graduates Necla Sumer Ozdemir and Ritika Sood, as editors.
Date added: Wednesday, October 28, 2020
Professor Shazia Choudhry ratified as an Academic Bencher at the Inner Temple
The Honourable Society of the Inner Temple, commonly known as the Inner Temple, is one of the four Inns of Court (professional associations for barristers and judges) in London.
Date added: Wednesday, October 28, 2020
Queen Mary and Corporate Counsel International Arbitration Group Released 2020 Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) Survey
This is the first study on the subject of Investors’ Perception and views of Proposed Reforms to the Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS).
Date added: Thursday, October 29, 2020
New book discusses the effects of the pandemic on international arbitration
The book is co-edited and co-authored by an academic from Queen Mary University of London and is the first to describe and analyse how the COVID-19 crisis has redefined arbitral practice.
Date added: Monday, November 9, 2020
Queen Mary’s qLegal programme celebrates unprecedented growth in 2020
qLegal, Queen Mary’s pro bono commercial law clinic, has published its annual report which shows that it has almost doubled student numbers and welcomed several new external partners in 2020.
Date added: Tuesday, November 10, 2020
Queen Mary launches Black Justice Project to tackle discrimination
The Legal Advice Centre at Queen Mary University of London has launched a new clinic offering free legal advice to members of the Black community to help tackle discrimination.
Date added: Monday, November 9, 2020
Professor Rafael Leal-Arcas shares his views on TV on the second Covid-19 lockdown in the EU
Date added: Friday, November 20, 2020
De-listing LTTE will create a precedent with other terror groups like Al-Qaeda also following suit
Dr Prakash Shah speaks to The Island
Date added: Monday, November 23, 2020
Internet access deal allows Chinese government censorship in our UK university (virtual) classrooms
Dr Matthieu Burnay has co-authored an Op-Ed outlining the risks of the access deal for USSbriefs
Date added: Monday, November 16, 2020
Queen Mary Professor investigates ways to make cross-border trade paperless
Professor Miriam Goldby was seconded to the Law Commission on a part-time basis starting November 2020 to work on their Digital Assets project.
Date added: Monday, November 30, 2020
Legal Aspects of Central Bank Digital Currency and Central Bank Money
IMF, CCLS, Rebuilding Macroeconomics, and the Economic and Social Research Council will present working papers at a joint seminar, 3-4 December
Date added: Wednesday, December 2, 2020
Professor Lastra participates in a hearing for the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs
Date added: Thursday, December 3, 2020
Professor Sionaidh Douglas-Scott discusses ‘What next for Scotland?' at panel event
Date added: Tuesday, December 1, 2020
Scotland is the victim of Westminster’s constitutional doublethink
Professor Sionaidh Douglas-Scott writes in Prospect magazine
Date added: Tuesday, December 1, 2020
Parler is fertile ground for climate denialism, experts worry
Professor Eric Heinze discusses Parler in The Daily Telegraph
Date added: Thursday, December 3, 2020
Queen Mary and PwC Release Study of Damages in ICC Arbitral Awards
The study provides valuable input into the debate over the assessment of loss and the use of expert witnesses in arbitration.
Date added: Thursday, December 10, 2020
New Queen Mary project to produce guide for responsible Sovereign Debt Borrowing
Professor Rodrigo Olivares-Caminal and the Global Policy Institute have been awarded £40,000 under the Research England Quality-related Research Strategic Priorities Fund.
Date added: Thursday, December 10, 2020
Queen Mary Law Professors appointed as new Queen’s Counsel
Professor Rachael Mulheron and Professor Alan Dignam from Queen Mary’s School of Law have been appointed as new Queen’s Counsel (QC) in England and Wales.
Date added: Thursday, December 17, 2020
Queen Mary academics take part in panel event on Why Religious Freedom Matters For Democracy
The seminar took place on 17 December 2020 and discussed Dr Myriam Hunter-Henin’s new book, Why Religious Freedom Matters For Democracy: Comparative Reflections from Britain and France for a Democratic “Vivre Ensemble”.
Date added: Friday, December 18, 2020
Doth the lady protest too much? Sikhs, schools and the Indian farmers
Dr Prakash Shah writes an opinion piece for NewsBharati
Date added: Wednesday, December 16, 2020