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Norah Gallagher sat on the panel of the GAR Live 2024.
Norah Gallagher spoke at a GAR Live Women in Arbitration event

On 5 December 2024, Norah Gallagher took part in a panel on “International Arbitration in Energy: Key Issues and Trends".

Date added: Monday, January 6, 2025


qLegal students from the Future of Law: Green Talks
qLegal encourages students to adopt a climate conscious approach to legal practice

Embedding sustainability within programmes and operations to ensure qLegal’s work contributes positively to planet and society is a key focus this academic year.

Date added: Tuesday, January 21, 2025


A woman looking into a screen with dots all over mapping her face,
Deepfakes and the Law: Why Britain needs stronger protections against technology-facilitated abuse

As the UK moves to outlaw sexually explicit deepfakes, Professor Julia Hörnle examines the urgent need for stronger legal protections.

Date added: Friday, January 24, 2025


the Sovereign Debt Forum logo, next to the #PublicDebtIsPublic logo. Below these is the Centre for Commercial Law Studies logo.
SDF announces the launch of #PublicDebtIsPublic

The Sovereign Debt Forum and Georgetown’s Massive Data Institute announce the launch of the #PublicDebtIsPublic initiative, which will create the first centrally-collated web-based sovereign debt documentation and data commons.

Date added: Tuesday, January 28, 2025


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Dr Davor Jancic cited by the Financial Conduct Authority

Dr Davor Jancic's research on the UK’s post-Brexit regulatory autonomy was cited in a Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) Research Note (no. 17, October 2024).

Date added: Wednesday, February 5, 2025


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The problem of race positionality and research funding

Dr Prakash Shah has penned an article for The Critic arguing that the racial identity of the researcher should not affect their progress in higher education.

Date added: Tuesday, February 4, 2025


Circuit board in pink, blue and purple hues.
DeepSeek, Nvidia and the AI race that’s shaping the future

Dr Daniele D’Alvia wrote a blog for The Conversation on developments in AI investment and how this will affect our everyday lives.

Date added: Tuesday, February 4, 2025


Elements in Legal Humanities launches

Cambridge University Press has announced the launch of a new interdisciplinary series: Elements in Legal Humanities. This series is part of the Elements platform at CUP, which publishes short monographs (of no more than 30,000 words).

Date added: Monday, February 10, 2025


An engraved vintage illustration image of the trial of Catherine Of Aragon, Queen of England, UK.
Maksymilian Del Mar to speak on 'Kinesic Legal Humanities' at Utrecht

Maksymilian Del Mar, Professor of Legal Theory and Legal Humanities, will be delivering an online lecture on 28 April 2025 to the Research Network for Culture, Law, and the Body at Utrecht University.

Date added: Wednesday, February 19, 2025


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Queen Mary becomes the first London Russell Group university to offer integrated SQE preparation as part of an LLM

Queen Mary’s School of Law has announced the combination of their prestigious Master of Laws programmes with SQE preparation in partnership with legal education company, BARBRI.

Date added: Monday, February 24, 2025


Maxi Scherer smiling in a silver/grey suit.
Queen Mary’s Professor Maxi Scherer to be the next President of the LCIA Court

The London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) is one of the world’s leading international institutions for commercial dispute resolution.

Date added: Friday, February 21, 2025


Destroyed buildings in Gaza.
'Name Israel's Gaza genocide': International legal experts call for accountability

Professor Neve Gordon and Professor Richard Falk took part in a conference organised by the Palestinian Return Centre criticising the lack of the term 'genocide' in political discussions and media coverage of Israel's war on Gaza.

Date added: Thursday, February 27, 2025


Then U.S. Senator J. D. Vance speaking to attendees at The People's Convention at Huntington Place in Detroit, Michigan in 2024.
Censorship, abortion and the ‘threat within’: what a free speech expert thinks of J.D. Vance’s remarks to Europe

Professor Eric Heinze has penned an opinion piece for The Conversation about US Vice President’s remarks to European leaders at the recent Munich Security Conference.

Date added: Friday, February 28, 2025


Queen Mary LLM students stood talking outside the Centre for Commercial Law Studies in Holborn.
Queen Mary launches two new LLM Programmes

Queen Mary’s Centre for Commercial Law Studies has announced the launch of two new LLM Programmes in Fashion Law and AI and the Law for September 2025 start. These programmes are set to provide students with the knowledge and skills required to navigate two of the most rapidly advancing sectors in law today.

Date added: Wednesday, March 5, 2025


Two London Metropolitan police officers in high-vis jackets sat on parked motorcycles.
UK police forces ‘supercharging racism’ with predictive policing

An interview from Amnesty International with Dr Daragh Murray was featured in an article for Computer Weekly on predictive police systems in the UK.

Date added: Tuesday, February 25, 2025


A group photo of Lord Browne with CCLS students, Ioannis Kokkoris, Colin Bailey and James Dallas.
Climate Change - A clear and present danger

The Energy and Climate Change Law Institute were delighted to welcome back Lord Browne of Maddingly to deliver the Annual Clifford Chance Lecture on its tenth anniversary.

Date added: Monday, March 10, 2025


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Welcome Professor Peter Cameron to CCLS

The Centre for Commercial Law Studies is delighted to welcome Professor Peter Cameron to our academic staff as the Chair in Energy and Climate Law. Read our Q&A with Peter below to find out about his background, what excites him about joining Queen Mary, and his book recommendation for students wanting to broaden their understanding of law.

Date added: Tuesday, March 25, 2025


Rosa Lastra and Daniele D'Alvia standing outside CCLS with Chris Bates and LLM students.
Regulatory Insights: A Special Lecture and Networking Session with Chris Bates

Chris Bates, Visiting Professorial Fellow at the Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary University of London and Senior Consultant at Clifford Chance LLP, delivered a special lecture to Queen Mary Banking and Finance Law LLM students, at the invitation of Professor Rosa M. Lastra.

Date added: Thursday, March 13, 2025


The front of the New York Stock Exchange Building. There is a frieze in the pediment, held up by Corinthian columns.There is a
Big Tech shares tumble as Trump adds chaos to stock market mix

Dr Daniele D'Alvia spoke to France 24 about the recent downturn of US tech giants' shares and whether US President Donald Trump is solely to blame.

Date added: Friday, March 14, 2025


The qLegal team standing with their LexisNexis award, next to Sir Tony Robinson.
Double Success for Queen Mary at LexisNexis Legal Awards 2025

Queen Mary claims victory in two categories at highly regarded event within the UK legal sector.

Date added: Tuesday, March 18, 2025


A group of students stood together in a building foyer
Queen Mary Students visit the International Maritime Organisation Legal Committee Meeting

On the 25th of March, a group of LLM students from Queen Mary University of London were invited to attend the Meeting of the Legal Committee of International Maritime Organization at their London HQ. States discussed pressing issues to the law of the sea, such as human rights of abandoned sea farers.

Date added: Friday, April 4, 2025


A woman sat on the floor of her room in the dark looking worriedly at her phone.
Law does not ensure 'revenge porn' images are deleted

Professor Fran Ridout, Director of Queen Mary’s Legal Advice Centre, spoke to the BBC about the shortcomings of laws around ‘revenge porn’.

Date added: Friday, April 4, 2025


Sewage pipe discharges sewage and wastewater into the river.
Polluting Water and Fossil Fuel Bosses Are Being Put Under Citizen’s Arrest for Causing a ‘Public Nuisance’

Professor David Whyte speaks to the Byline Times about Citizens Arrest Network's targeting of executives at UK water and oil and gas companies.

Date added: Friday, April 4, 2025


The main patio of the University of Palermo with marble columns and lawns.
Dr Noam Gur spoke at the University of Palermo about conflicts between law and state officials’ directives

Dr Gur presented the paper ‘Obedience to Law vs Obedience to State Officials’ at the workshop ‘Authority, Obedience, and Autonomy’, which was held at the University of Palermo on 6-7 March 2025.

Date added: Tuesday, April 8, 2025


Leeds University Great Hall building aerial view looking north towards Headingley.
Professor Lastra to deliver the Professor James Lecture in Leeds on 23 April

The event is titled 'The Evolving Role of the Bank of England' and will take place on Wednesday 23 April 2025, 14:00 – 15:00.

Date added: Thursday, April 10, 2025


A black and white image of the earth cut in half with an image of a burning oil spill in the top half.
BlackRock, Vanguard and State Street are the real power behind Big Oil’s climate retreat, report finds

A small group of powerful investment firms is quietly fuelling the global oil industry’s retreat from climate targets, according to a new report published today by the Centre for Climate Crime and Climate Justice at Queen Mary University of London.

Date added: Tuesday, April 15, 2025


view of Israeli West Bank barrier from Bethlehem.
Facebook hosts Israeli ads promoting illegal activity

Professor Neve Gordon appeared in a YouTube Short from Al Jazeera English commenting on Facebook's advertising activity and practices.

Date added: Thursday, April 24, 2025


Leneka Rhoden smiling.
Queen Mary LLM student to present at an International Atomic Energy Agency conference

Queen Mary University of London is pleased to share that Leneka Rhoden, a current Energy and Climate Change Law LLM student, has been selected to present at the International Conference on Stakeholder Engagement for Nuclear Power Programmes, hosted by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). The event will take place in Vienna, Austria, 26-30 May 2025.

Date added: Monday, April 28, 2025


A group of people standing in front of a blue screen in a classroom
Fashion Law Day Success

Fashion Law Day on the 14th April commemorated the launch of our brand new Fashion Law LLM, which is the first and only LLM of its kind in the UK. 

Date added: Thursday, May 1, 2025


A digitally rendered image of the euro symbol in a coin in electric blue.
Dr Daniele D’Alvia awarded funding to investigate the adoption of a Digital Euro

The research, funded by the Policy Support Fund and in co-authored with the European Central Bank (ECB), will analyse the potential successes and challenges of adopting a new central bank digital currency.

Date added: Tuesday, May 6, 2025


A statue of Adam Smith in Edinburgh.
Professor Maks Del Mar to speak at Adam Smith Festival of Ideas

Professor Maks Del Mar will be speaking in Kirkaldy, Adam Smith's birthplace, as part of the Adam Smith Festival of Ideas (5-8 June 2025).

Date added: Tuesday, May 13, 2025


Front cover of the Legal Workers' Inquiry. There are three images from protests and demonstrations from legal workers throughout history.
New edited volume presents the first workers' inquiry of the UK legal sector

Dr Tanzil Chowdhury (Queen Mary) and Dr Jamie Woodcock (King's College London) have published a new edited book titled Legal Workers Inquiry: Worker Writing from Across the Sector in Britain. This is a joint research project between Queen Mary's Centre for Law and Society in a Global Context and the Socialist journal Notes from Below.

Date added: Wednesday, May 21, 2025


A microchip design in blue and purple.
Queen Mary law experts advise the UK Government on the use of artificial intelligence in financial services

Queen Mary’s Professor Rosa Lastra and Dr Daniele D’Alvia have submitted written evidence to the UK Parliament’s AI in Financial Services Committee.

Date added: Tuesday, May 27, 2025


Second Imagination Research Network Annual Meeting Held

20-21 May 2025 saw the second annual meeting of the Imagination Research Network. Over 2 days and across 4 workshops, Network members and guests discussed the theory and history of imagination.

Date added: Wednesday, May 28, 2025


Queen Mary Banking and Finance Law LLM students outside the Bank of England.
Shaping the Future of Central Banking: Bank of England in collaboration with Queen Mary University of London

On 7 May 2025, the Bank of England (Bank), in collaboration with the Centre for Commercial Law Studies (CCLS) at Queen Mary University of London (QMUL), hosted a panel event titled “Shaping the Future of Central Banking.”

Date added: Thursday, May 29, 2025


Ruth Fletcher and Dimitri Van Den Meerssche.
School of Law success at the QMSU Education Awards

The School of Law came top in two categories at this year’s Queen Mary Students’ Union Education Awards.

Date added: Monday, June 2, 2025


Domestic Violence in Pakistan book cover. It has the title of the book, and a close up of a floral ceramic pot.
Queen Mary PhD Graduate authors new book on domestic violence in Pakistan

Dr Daanika Kamal (Lecturer in Law, Royal Holloway University of London) has published a new book titled Domestic Violence in Pakistan: The Legal Construction of ‘Bad’ and ‘Mad’ Women. The book was published in May 2025 by Oxford University Press.

Date added: Tuesday, June 10, 2025


Pictured from left to right: Dr Kei Enomoto (Partner, Hoffmann Eitle), Alexandra Melissinou (LLM student 2024-5), Professor Duncan Matthews (Director of Research, Centre for Commercial Law Studies)
Hoffmann Eitle award prize for best Queen Mary LLM essay in European Law of Patents

Hoffmann Eitle, one of the largest intellectual property law firms in Europe, has announced that it will be sponsoring an annual prize for best essay in LLM European Law of Patents for students studying at the Centre for Commercial Law Studies (CCLS), Queen Mary University of London.

Date added: Monday, June 16, 2025


Cover of Neil MacCormick by Maks Del Mar. It is royal blue with a profile of a white marble bust of MacCormick.
Maks Del Mar’s latest book chronicles the work of Scottish thinker Neil MacCormick

Neil MacCormick: A Life in Politics, Philosophy, and Law tells the story of one of one of the twentieth century’s most important legal philosophers and Scotland’s most influential public intellectuals.

Date added: Wednesday, June 18, 2025


Lord Browne. He is facing the camera and wearing a suit, blue tie and glasses.
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: Wednesday, June 18, 2025


Current and former CCLS staff taking a group photo at the 45th Anniversary dinner.
Queen Mary's 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: Wednesday, June 18, 2025


qLegal's Emily Wapples and Eliza Platts-Mills on a podium at Legal Tech Week with Tom Bohills, Founder and Principal at Founders Law.
qLegal staff present at London Tech Week

London Tech Week brings together the entire tech ecosystem under one roof, and qLegal staff enjoyed sharing the support available to founders across the qLegal programmes.

Date added: Thursday, June 19, 2025


Duncan Matthews and other participants in the British Academy workshop outside CCLS.
Professor Duncan Matthews and Dr Hanna Ostapenko host British Academy workshop on patents and genome editing in agriculture

On Thursday 5 June 2025 Professor Duncan Matthews, Director of Research in the Centre for Commercial Law Studies (CCLS), and Dr Hanna Ostapenko, British Academy/Cara Researchers At Risk Fellow in CCLS, co-hosted a workshop on the patent governance of agricultural genome editing, funded by the British Academy.

Date added: Thursday, June 19, 2025


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Vote to decriminalise abortion in England and Wales

Professor Ruth Fletcher explained recent abortion decriminalisation proposals for England and Wales in the Conversation and on BBC 4’s The World Tonight.

Date added: Friday, June 20, 2025


Dr Davor Jancic giving a Keynote at the Jean Monnet Academy.
Dr Davor Jancic delivers Keynote Lectures at the Jean Monnet Academy

From 4-5 June 2025, , Senior Lecturer in Law, was Keynote Speaker at the Jean Monnet Academy in Bazoches-sur-Guyonne (West of Paris), France, delivering two lectures on parliamentary diplomacy in Europe and the world and a workshop on threats to parliamentary democracy.

Date added: Monday, June 23, 2025


Yijia Lui wearing graduation gown and mortar board.
Queen Mary PhD Law candidate secures prestigious scholarship

Yijia Liu was awarded the Helen Reece Scholarship by the Modern Law Review for her critical work on international child abduction in the fields of feminist legal theory and family law.

Date added: Monday, June 23, 2025


A boat that carried refugees abandoned on a beach.
Seminal case on 'pullback' policy submitted by Professor Violeta Moreno-Lax is decided by Strasbourg Court

Seven years after receiving the complaint, the European Court of Human Rights has delivered its judgment on the case of S.S. and Others v Italy (App. No. 21660/18). 

Date added: Thursday, June 26, 2025


A group photo of Paris and London LLM students  at the ICC Dispute Resolution Universities Programme.
Queen Mary London and Paris LLM Students Participate in the first ICC Dispute Resolution Universities Programme

Silvia Lamprinopoulou, Comparative and International Dispute Resolution (CIDR) LLM London (class 2025), Claire Berns, CIDR LLM London (class 2025), and Francois Wouter Landman, Intellectual Property Paris LLM (class 2025), report on Queen Mary University of London's participation in the first ICC Dispute Resolution training Programme for Universities.

Date added: Thursday, June 26, 2025


Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's official portrait.
From Gaza to Iran, Netanyahu waging wars for his own political survival: Experts

Professor Neve Gordon spoke to Yeni Şafak about how Israel’s conflicts are driven Prime Minister Netanyahu's objective of political survival.

Date added: Friday, June 27, 2025


Participants at the QMIPRI evergreening workshop. The desks are arranged so participants are facing inwards.
QMIPRI hosts workshop exploring “evergreening” in intellectual property law

On 27 June, the had the pleasure of hosting a brilliant roundtable workshop spanning four sessions, dedicated to exploring the complex and multifaceted concept of “ever-greening” in intellectual property law. 

Date added: Wednesday, July 2, 2025


Queen Mary LLM students standing in a pillared hall at the AIEN 2025 conference.
Queen Mary LLM Students attended AIEN 2025 International Energy Summit

LLM students, Danica Jankovic, Ipek Ince and Nikolaos Tsironis from the Energy & Climate Change Law Institute, at Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) attended the Association of International Energy Negotiators (AIEN)’s annual International Energy Summit, in Istanbul.

Date added: Wednesday, July 9, 2025


Gertrud Metsa receiving her award from Dr Edward Kwakwa (Assistant Director of WIPO). She is stood next to  Professor Estelle Derclaye (University of Nottingham and President-Elect of ATRIP), Professor Orit Fischman-Afori (Hebrew University of Jerusalem and President of ATRIP)
Queen Mary doctoral researcher Gertrud Metsa awarded first prize for best presentation at the 43rd ATRIP Congress in Copenhagen

On 22 June 2025 School of Law PhD student and QMIPRI research associate Gertrud Metsa was awarded first prize at doctoral workshop of the International Association for the Advancement of Teaching and Research in Intellectual Property 43rd ATRIP Congress in Copenhagen. 

Date added: Tuesday, July 8, 2025


A bulldozer clearing away rubble in a residential area.
Outsourcing Gaza destruction

Professor Neve Gordon is quoted in The Guardian discussing the Israel Defense Forces advertising for bulldozer operators to demolish the Gaza Strip.

Date added: Monday, July 14, 2025


Musician pianist playing keyboard digital piano with blue blurred background with lights in concert.
Professor Westkamp cited in Kraftwerk Pelham dispute

Professor Guido Westkamp has been cited numerous times and with approval by AG Emilliou in Case C-590/23 (Pelham II).

Date added: Wednesday, July 16, 2025


Flags of countries of the European Union organised in a circle around the EU flag.
Europe’s Crackdown on Speech Goes Far and Wide

Professor Eric Heinze speaks to the Wall Street Journal on the differences between US and European views on free speech.

Date added: Wednesday, July 16, 2025


An open orange pill bottle tipped over on to a table with white tablets spilling out.
Dr D’Alvia contributes expert legal opinion to landmark decision by Paris Supreme Court in capital markets case

Dr Daniele D’Alvia was invited by the Haut Comité Juridique de la Place Financière de Paris (HCJP) to provide a comparative legal opinion on the regulation of Private Investments in Public Equity (PIPEs) and Standby Equity Distribution Agreements (SEDAs) in the UK and US.

Date added: Monday, July 21, 2025


Vaibhav Gorga, Pritam Dumbré, Silvia Lamprinopoulou, Visalakshy Gupta, Ariane Fuller, Marcos Orofino standing in the reception of CCLS.
Queen Mary LLM Students participate in London International Disputes Week 2025

Silvia Lamprinopoulou and Visalakshy Gupta (Comparative and International Dispute Resolution LLM London), and Ariane Fuller (Public International Law LLM) report on Queen Mary University of London's strong presence in the London International Disputes Week 2025, including contributions to the Kluwer Arbitration Blog.

Date added: Tuesday, July 22, 2025


Dr Noam Gur spoke at a legal theory symposium hosted by the University of Palermo

The symposium was titled ‘The Limits of Authority’ and centred on the limits of authority in the context of Joseph Raz’s theory.

Date added: Thursday, July 24, 2025


A digital globe with icons representing digital connectivity beaming from a padlock at the core.
Queen Mary law professor receives a Fulbright Award to the US to research Cybersecurity Governance

Professor Miriam Goldby has received a Fulbright-Lloyd’s Scholar Award to enable her to undertake research at University of Texas at Austin on one of the most well-regarded and impactful scholarship programmes in the world.

Date added: Wednesday, July 30, 2025


The hands of someone speaking to a group of young people.
England’s new free speech law comes into force – what it means for universities

Eric Heinze wrote for The Conversation about the Higher Education Act 2023, which could change the way universities approach free speech.

Date added: Friday, August 8, 2025


Person wearing a hoodie, with the hood up, looking at computer monitors.
How we should - and shouldn’t - ban extremist speech

Professor Eric Heinze has written an essay for Gov.uk. This is part of an essay series exploring the intricate balance between protecting freedom of speech, upholding the rule of law and combating extremism.

Date added: Wednesday, August 20, 2025


Professor Julia Hörnle speaking on the Roundtable show.
Is Denmark leading Europe in the fight against deepfakes?

Professor Julia Hörnle appeared on TRT World's Roundtable discussing Denmark's new draft deepfake copyright law, and whether other countries will follow suit.

Date added: Tuesday, August 26, 2025


The port of Kingstown, Saint Vincent. There is a blue sea, and a port that leads to a town with buildings and trees.
Referendums in Small States and Territories

Professor Caroline Morris, Queen Mary University of London, has co-authored a policy brief with Peter Clegg, University of the West of England, and Godfrey Baldacchino, L-Università ta' Malta.

Date added: Tuesday, September 9, 2025


Cover of Neil MacCormick by Maks Del Mar. It is royal blue with a profile of a white marble bust of MacCormick.
Maks Del Mar's 'Neil MacCormick' longlisted for 2025 Saltires National Book Prize

The new book by Professor Maksymilian Del Mar has been long-listed for the Scotland Research Book of the Year, as part of the Saltires: Scotland National Book Awards.

Date added: Tuesday, September 16, 2025


A close up of the top left corner of a woman's face. It is covered in connected dots, with lines pointing to squares coming off her eye and nose.
Facial recognition technology: How gardaí plan to use AI in major crime investigations

Dr Daragh Murray’s research has been featured in a News Spotlight for the Irish Examiner looking at the proposed introduction of AI tools by the gardaí, the Irish national police force, to speed up investigations.

Date added: Wednesday, September 17, 2025


A graphic of an electric blue circuit in the shape of a brain encased in the outline of the globe.
Queen Mary intellectual property expert to co-host landmark event on the future of AI patents in Europe

Professor Noam Shemtov and Queen Mary Intellectual Property Research Institute (QMIPRI), University of London, will be co-hosting a prestigious two-day event in Stockholm, Sweden, on 18–19 September 2025: The Future of AI Patents: Navigating Europe’s Patent Landscape.

Date added: Thursday, September 18, 2025


Israeli soldiers walking in the Masada desert.
Israel Committing Genocide in Gaza: UN Commission of Inquiry Report

Professor Neve Gordon spoke to Newsweek about the significance of a new UN report which adds to the growing consensus that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza Strip.

Date added: Friday, September 19, 2025


A Palestinian child standing in front of rubble in Gaza. She is missing her right leg and using crutches.
How disability can become a death sentence in Gaza today

Professor Penny Green has co-authored an article with Grace Spence Green for the Middle East Eye highlighting the ever-worsening disability crisis in Gaza.

Date added: Friday, September 19, 2025


The top of the Big Ben tower with a view of the clock face.
Dr Davor Jancic advises the UK Parliament on the UK-EU reset

Dr Davor Jancic has contributed written evidence to the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee as part of its ongoing inquiry on “The UK-EU Reset: Rebuilding a Strategic Partnership in Uncertain Times”.

Date added: Monday, September 22, 2025


Waigeo, Kri, Mushroom Island, group of small islands in shallow blue lagoon water, Raja Ampat, West Papua.
The alleged British links to mass deforestation and displacement in a conflict few have even heard of

Experts from the Centre for Climate Crime and Climate Justice have published a piece for The Conversation about their discovery that UK banks, energy giants and arms exporters are at the heart of human rights and environmental crises in West Papua.

Date added: Friday, October 10, 2025


Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu viewed a newly set UN display of artifacts from 1st Century Jerusalem.
2 years of genocide in Gaza: Has Netanyahu become Israel’s most notorious war criminal?

Professor Neve Gordon was interviewed for AA on the legacy of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Date added: Friday, October 10, 2025


A close up of a phone screen with the Instagram, X, and BlueSky logos displayed.
From Brandenburg to Britain: Rethinking Free Speech in the Digital Era with Eric Heinze

Eric Heinze appeared on the the Hoover Institution's Free Speech Unmuted podcast to discuss how the digital age has transformed the meaning and limits of free expression.

Date added: Monday, October 13, 2025


A ceiling painting by Raffael of a woman holding a sword surrounded by cherubs.
Dr Noam Gur spoke at a workshop on Virtue Jurisprudence held by the University of Hull

The online one-day workshop on 8 September 2025 was the second of a series of workshops on the theme.

Date added: Tuesday, October 14, 2025


Achilleaus Pitsavas and Flavia Silvestroni sat at the front of a seminar room of students having a discussion.
Induction Week at Queen Mary in Paris: New LLM Students Begin Their Journey

Christopher Aarage and Lea Saade, Queen Mary University of London LLM in Paris class of 2026, share their experiences from their LLM Induction Week and Opening Lecture.

Date added: Tuesday, October 14, 2025


A statue of Adam Smith in Edinburgh.
Professor Maks Del Mar to speak at Oxford’s Enlightenment Workshop

Professor Maks Del Mar will present new work in progress as part of the Voltaire Foundation’s 2025-6 Enlightenment Workshop.

Date added: Monday, October 20, 2025


Pen Moodz stood at lectern
The School of Law celebrate 60 years

The School of Law marked its 60th Anniversary on Thursday 16 October with a celebratory event at the heart of our Mile End campus. 

Date added: Wednesday, October 22, 2025


Honorary Professor Paul NG with the students on the LL.M. in International Maritime Law programme and their lecturers, after his career talk.
Renowned aviation and transportation law expert speaks to Queen Mary LLM students

On 16 October 2025, Queen Mary alumnus and Honorary Professor Paul NG gave a fantastic career lecture to our students on the LLM in International Maritime Law programme.

Date added: Wednesday, October 22, 2025


Judge Konrad Marciniak stood in front of country flags.
Queen Mary University of London appoints Judge Konrad Marciniak as Visiting Professor

Queen Mary University of London is pleased to announce the appointment of Judge Konrad Marciniak as a Visiting Professor in the School of Law. Judge Marciniak brings a wealth of expertise in international law, with particular focus on the law of the sea, environmental law, and treaty law.

Date added: Thursday, October 16, 2025


Cover of Neil MacCormick by Maks Del Mar. It is royal blue with a profile of a white marble bust of MacCormick.
Professor Maks Del Mar's book shortlisted for Book of the Year

Neil MacCormick: A Life in Politics, Philosophy, and Law has been shortlisted for Scotland's Research Book of the Year, as part of the Saltires: Scotland's National Book Awards. The winner will be announced in November.

Date added: Monday, October 27, 2025


Queen Mary LLM students with staff of the Commonwealth Secretariat at Marlborough House
Queen Mary LLM students visit the Commonwealth Secretariat

On 17 October students on the Public International Law LLM and Environmental Law LLM were invited to meet the legal staff of the Commonwealth Secretariat.

Date added: Tuesday, October 28, 2025


Professor Phoebe Okowa elected to the Institut de Droit International

Professor Phoebe Okowa was elected as an Associate Member of the Institut de Droit International (IDI).

Date added: Tuesday, October 14, 2025


Group photo of Education Excellence Awards recipients
School of Law success at the Queen Mary Education Awards 2024-25

Staff and initiatives at the School of Law featured in several categories at this year’s awards, which took place on 23 October.

Date added: Thursday, October 30, 2025


A view of St Paul's Cathedral between two glass office buildings.
Dr Daniele D’Alvia submits written evidence to the UK Parliament Financial Services Regulation Committee

The evidence was submitted to their panel investigating the growth of private markets in the UK following reforms introduced after 2008.

Date added: Friday, October 31, 2025


Group of Queen Mary LLM students stood in House of Lords smiling at camera.
Students visit House of Lords as part of Regulation of Financial Markets Module

On Wednesday, 29 October 2025, students enrolled in Regulation of Financial Markets (RFM) module, taught by Professor Rosa Lastra, attended a public session of oral evidence at the House of Lords.

Date added: Friday, October 31, 2025


Lots of multicoloured finger prints on a screen
New project aims to create an oral history of anti-racist campaigning in East London

The project is offering paid trainee positions to Queen Mary students or alumnus, or those with connections to East London to help collect the oral histories and create the archive.

Date added: Thursday, November 6, 2025


View of a glass office building from the ground up with the cloudy blue sky reflected on the surface
Queen Mary banking law expert appointed to the International Jurisdiction Taskforce

Professor Rosa Lastra has been appointed as an expert member of the recently established International Jurisdiction Taskforce (IJT) chaired by Sir Geoffrey Vos, Master of the Rolls, and established in 2025.

Date added: Friday, November 7, 2025


Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University budling in the Latin Quarter, Paris.
Queen Mary academics take part in a panel titled Law vs. Power in an Age of Declining Democracy, held in Paris

On 3 October, Dr Matthieu Burnay and Dr Noam Gur took part in a panel event for the Paris 1–QMUL Double Degree English and French Law. The panel also hosted Professor Julien Jeanneney from the University of Strasbourg.

Date added: Monday, November 10, 2025


Professor Emilia Onyema, Professor Wend Wendland, Professor Ignacio Tirado and Professor Rosa Lastra sat at the front of the Peston Lecture Theatre.
CCLS 45th Anniversary Celebration

On Thursday 6 November 2025, the Centre for Commercial Law Studies (CCLS) celebrated its 45th anniversary with a special event held at Queen Mary University of London’s Mile End Campus.

Date added: Wednesday, November 12, 2025


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Dr D’Alvia awarded funding to research the resilience of Central Banks in the Digital Era

The Exploratory Impact Award from Queen May Impact Fund will explore how Central Banks can adapt to the new challenges presented by digital money and AI-enabled finance.

Date added: Thursday, November 13, 2025


Professor Malgosia Fitzmaurice standing in front of the Sphere Within Sphere sculpture outside the UN offices in New York.
Professor Malgosia Fitzmaurice presents to Legal Advisors at the United Nations

She was invited by the Permanent Missions of Italy, Spain and Morocco to the United Nations to present a briefing on the work of the Institute of International Law during the 2025 Session of Rabat, during which the Institute of International Law adopted various resolutions and declarations.

Date added: Thursday, November 20, 2025


Queen Mary law student wins Community Impact Award at the inaugural UKCISA We Are International Awards

Gowri Promy Kaprakattu, an international student in the School of Law at Queen Mary University of London, has received the Community Impact Award at the inaugural UKCISA We Are International Awards 2025. She is one of 13 winners selected from more than 420 nominations submitted by over 120 institutions across the UK.

Date added: Thursday, November 27, 2025


Professor Phoebe Okowa elected Judge of the International Court of Justice

Professor Phoebe Okowa, Professor of Public International Law at the School of Law at Queen Mary University of London, has been elected as a Judge of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) by the United Nations General Assembly and the United Nations Security Council.

Date added: Thursday, November 27, 2025


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Academic boycotts are intensifying against Israel – Report

Professor Neve Gordon spoke to University World News about the growing boycott of Israeli universities and researchers.

Date added: Tuesday, December 2, 2025


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Queen Mary LLM Students participate in the 2025 ICC United Kingdom Annual Arbitration & ADR Conference

A group of Queen Mary University of London’s Comparative and International Dispute Resolution LLM students attended the ICC United Kingdom (UK) Annual Arbitration & ADR Conference: Dispute Resolution – The Economic Perspective, held at Hogan Lovells’ London office on 12 November 2025. 

Date added: Friday, December 5, 2025


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Facial recognition reshaping suspicion

Research from Dr Daragh Murray was referenced in a Computer Weekly article about how live facial recognition creates a presumption to intervene.

Date added: Wednesday, December 17, 2025


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Professor Malgosia Fitzmaurice attends Looking to the Future conference in Tokyo

Professor Malgosia Fitzmaurice participated in a stimulating and instructive conference intergenerational equity in Tokyo.

Date added: Thursday, December 18, 2025


Banking and Finance Law LLM students visit the Bank of England

Thanks to Professor Rosa Lastra, on the 11 December, Queen Mary Banking and Finance LLM students had the opportunity to visit the Bank of England with the guidance of Deputy Secretary Micheal Salib.

Date added: Friday, December 19, 2025


Iyanujesu Oguntunji smiling. She is wearing pearls and a baby blue top.
Powering Progress: My Journey in International Development Law with the World Bank

Energy and Climate Change Law LLM student Iyanujesu Oguntunji recounts her internship with the World Bank, funded by Queen Mary's Energy and Climate Change Law Institute.

Date added: Monday, December 22, 2025


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