| Edinburgh Law School will be holding an online question and answer session on postgraduate programmes offered via online distance learning on Thursday 31 May at 18:30 (BST). Read more... |
| On 6th and 7th June 2012, the Edinburgh Centre for Legal History will hold an international conference on 'New Perspectives on locatio conductio in Roman law. Read more... |
| Edinburgh Law School's SCRIPT Centre 10 year Anniversary conference, "Law and Transformation" will take place on 6-8th June 2012. Read more... |
| Emilios Avgouleas participated in a televised panel with the Portuguese minister of the economy and leading Canadian economists in Vancouver on 28 April 2012. The panel was the concluding part of a conference on Sovereign Debt and Civil Society co-organised by the Stavros Niarchos Center at Simon Fraser University and St Anthony's College Oxford. Read more... |
| Christine Bell (Professor of Constitutional Law) gave the keynote address at an International expert Seminar on Law, Power-sharing and Human Rights, at the University of Antwerp on 10 May. Read more... |
| CITSEE, the Law School's European Research Council project focusing on Citizenship in South East Europe, last week launched a video trailer detailing the project and its key findings thus far. The trailer, which is the first of its kind produced in the School, features CITSEE staff talking about the importance of the research undertaken over the past three years and also contemplating their future work and its likely impact. Read more... |
| The impact of new technologies on society over the last decade, such as the internet’s increasing centrality to everyday life, has required the law to constantly adapt and respond. Read more... |
| Edinburgh Law School last week signed the grant agreement with the European Union to fund the development of a ground-breaking multi-institutional PhD Programme. The grant will fund the joint development a programme by four European and one African Universities, during which time academics will build networks, design the specific elements of the programme and its organisational structure, with the ultimate goal of offering a multilateral joint doctorate in the important area of Law and Development. Read more... |
| A team of four undergraduate students from Edinburgh Law School participated in the finals of the 2012 Telders International Law Mooting Competition at the Peace Palace in The Hague on 26-28 April. Edinburgh was represented in the competition by Anna Klaskala, Anna-Maria Rehbinder, Harry Skinner, and Usman Waheed. The Edinburgh team were competing against teams from 26 other universities across Europe. Read more... |
| Edinburgh Law School is delighted to announce the creation of the Global Environment and Society Doctoral Network – the first of its kind supported by the Global Academies. The Law School will be the first rotating host of this University-wide network, which is co-chaired by Elisa Morgera (Law School) and Nigel Goddard (Informatics). Read more... |
| Dr Elisa Morgera has been invited by the International Development Law Organization and the Centre for International Sustainable Development Law, in collaboration with Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), to join a distinguished panel of expert advisers to a new project funded by the CBD Japan Fund on the legal aspects of implementing the Aichi Biodiversity Targets. Read more... |
| Edinburgh Law School is proud to announce that the Edinburgh Student Law Review launched its latest issue, Volume 1; Issue 4 on Friday 20 April. The Review is the first of its kind in Scotland and is entirely managed and written by current postgraduate and undergraduate students. Read more... |
| During the week of 29th March – 5th April 2012 the Edinburgh Vis Moot team successfully participated in the oral hearings and main event of the Willem Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot in Vienna. The Moot was attended by 285 teams from 71 countries and arbitrators from all over the world. Read more... |
| The deadline for applications to the Diploma in Professional Legal Practice will close on 16 April. All final year LLB students wishing to apply for the Diploma should get their applications in to their registered university before this date. Read more... |
| Edinburgh Law School is delighted to announce that it has two new ESRC +3 PhD Studentships open for applications to start in September 2012. Read more... |
| The Edinburgh University Student Association (EUSA) Teaching Awards Ceremony was held last night in Teviot House. Nominees were treated to a champagne reception and three-course meal and with two of the Law School's staff nominated in different categories, it was an exciting night. Read more... |
| Edinburgh Law School is delighted to announce that we have added six new online distance learning LLM modules to our already wide range of LLM modules, further increasing the breadth and depth of our online LLM provision. Read more... |
| Edinburgh Law School Music society held their Spring Concert on Monday, which was a great success. Over 250 people turned up to hear the performances. The Free Legal Advice Centre (FLAC) held a collection during the concert, raising a superb £745. We would like to say a big thank you to all who attended the concert and gave so generously to the FLAC fundraising scheme. Read more... |
| Stephen Tierney has been invited to deliver the MacDermott Lecture at Queen's University Belfast on 22 March.
Professor Tierney will speak on the topic: 'Can Referendums be Fair? The Challenge of Deliberative Democracy'.
This annual lecture commemorates Lord MacDermott the former Attorney General and Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland. The lecture was given in 2011 by President of Ireland Mary McAleese and in 2010 by Lady Brenda Hale, Justice of the Supreme Court. Read more... |
| Congratulations to John West and Laura McEwen who came 2nd in the Scottish Universities Negotiation Competition for Diploma in Professional Legal Practice students. The competition was hosted by the School of Law at the University of Aberdeen on Friday 16th March. Read more... |
| Congratulations to LLB student Matthew Scott for receiving his first cap for Scotland's rugby squad, in the Six Nations match against Ireland on 10 March. Read more... |
| Two members of Edinburgh Law School staff have been shorlisted in the Edinburgh University Students Association (EUSA) Teaching Awards 2012. Read more... |
| Professor Emilios Avgouleas, Chair in Banking Law, has been invited to address the joint MBA class 2013 of Harvard and MIT as well as PhD students form Harvard's Kennedy School of Government. He addressed the students via teleconference in a debate on the Eurozone debt crisis organized by MIT Sloan School's Politics and Public Policy Group. Read more... |
| The Law Students' Council (LSC) is the elected body representing all students within the School of Law. Nominations for elections for Law Students' Council Year Representatives and Office-Bearers opened today and close on Thursday 15 March, at Noon.
LSC plays an important role within the School of Law, ensuring students' views and needs are fully taken into account during decision-making by academic and administrative staff. As part of this, LSC works with both staff and fellow students, sitting on a variety of School of Law management groups as well as working with class representatives to identify common issues across courses.
Over the past year LSC has provided significant input to the recent Learning and Teaching Review that is introducing changes to course organisation and structure, lobbied the School of Law on issues such as library opening times and facilities for students, and worked with local MSPs to pressure the government to re-introduce living cost loans for Diploma students, to facilitate equal access to the legal profession to those from all backgrounds.
Nominations forms and election regulations can be found online, on the downloads page of the LSC Communities page on the School of Law Website , or picked up from the EUSA reception at Potterow or the lobby outside the Law School Teaching Office. Completed nomination forms should be submitted to the EUSA reception at Potterow by noon on Thursday 15 March.
If you have any questions, please contact LSC on edinlsc@googlemail.com or via the LSC Facebook page . Read more... |
| Over the weekend of 3rd/4th March 2012, Edinburgh Law School held a practice competition in advance of the Willem Vis Moot, a renowned annual international commercial arbitration moot which takes place in Vienna in April. The Vis Pre-Moot was arranged in order to support the Scottish teams in their preparations for Vienna. Students from Edinburgh University, Aberdeen University and Victoria University of Wellington (New Zealand) came together to plead their case against each other in front of a panel of moot arbitrators, consisting of practising arbitrators, advocates, solicitors, trainees and academics. Read more... |
| Edinburgh Law School's Prof Lesley McAra and Prof Susan McVie have been invited as Inspirational Women to take part in the Edinburgh City Council's International Women's Day Event. Annually on 8 March, thousands of events are held throughout the world to inspire women and celebrate achievements and ensure that the future for girls is bright, equal, safe and rewarding. Events range from political rallies to craft markets and from theatre to business conferences. This year's theme is 'Connecting Girls, Inspiring Futures' and is the 101st day to be held across the globe. Read more... |
| Edinburgh Law School represents the UK in the European Commission Seventh Framework (EC7) funded MEDIADEM research project, ‘European Media Policies Revisited: Valuing & Reclaiming Free and Independent Media in Contemporary Democratic Systems’. The project has recently concluded its second stage with in-depth reports discussing policy and regulatory tools that have a bearing on the development of free and independent media. The reports from the fourteen participating countries, including that for the UK, can be found on the project website http://www.mediadem.eliamep.gr/findings/. All the reports have been submitted to the European Commission for information. Read more... |
| Paul McBride QC 05 March 2012 12:47 Edinburgh Law School was saddened to hear of the death of Mr McBride. His untimely death will be a great loss to the legal community in Scotland. Read more... |
| Edinburgh Law School's dedicated centre for professional legal studies is opening its doors on 1st March 2012, for all final year LLB and Graduate LLB students from across Scotland, who are interested in taking the Diploma in Professional Legal Practice (PEAT 1) programme. Read more... |
| Edinburgh Law School is suspending normal classes this week to take part in the University scheme Innovative Learning Week. The week, entitled Law Less Ordinary, will give students a chance to learn and explore legal issues, through a series of events organised by Law School staff. The scheme is designed to give students the opportunity to develop their skills and broaden their knowledge whilst attending fun, stimulating and 'out of the box' activities. Read more... |
| Edinburgh Law School is pleased to announce that it is now offering a Postgraduate Certificate in Law by online distance learning starting in September 2012. Read more... |
| Edinburgh Law School has had a fantastic month of research successes, with several funding proposals being shortlisted or awarded, and the media featuring staff for their expertise. Read more... |
| Edinburgh Law School is pleased to announce that it is now offering the LLM in Law (or General LLM) by online distance learning starting in September 2012. Read more... |
| An application led by Edinburgh Law School’s Shawn Harmon with colleagues from across the University, was awarded funding from the College of Humanities and Social Science Challenge Investment Fund. This new scheme is designed to support capacity building for inter- and/or multi-disciplinary working, and will fund various projects across the College. Read more... |
| A delegation from the Japanese House of Representatives visited Edinburgh Law School on 9 January 2012. The Japanese House (Shugin-In) is researching the operation of voting systems and is particularly interested in the Scottish experience with the Additional Member System. To this end, Navraj Singh Ghaleigh met with several members of the Legislative Bureau of the House of Representatives to discuss matters such as split ticketing, double candidacy and the d'Honte system. The delegation will be meeting colleagues in other universities, regulators and political think tanks both in Scotland and London. Read more... |
| The first application deadline for the Chancellor's Fellowships offered by the Law School will close on Monday 16th January 2012. Read more... |
| The Law School is delighted to announce that the start of the New Year brings 3 new members of academic staff to the School. Read more... |
| The School of Law is delighted to announce three new taught LLM programmes for the 2012/2013 academic session. The LLM in Corporate Law, the LLM in Criminal Law and the LLM in Criminal Law and Criminal Justice will commence in September 2012. Read more... |
| Elisa Morgera has been invited to lead a training session on the role of law for sustainable wildlife management in the context of an awareness course for senior wildlife managers. The course, entitled “Capacity development for effective management and conservation of cheetah and wild dog populations in Eastern and Southern Africa”, will be held in Lilongwe, Malawi, from 9-13 January 2012. Read more... |
| Edinburgh Law School hosted an international workshop on a new international environmental agreement adopted in October 2010 – the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-Sharing, on 2-3 December. Read more... |
| Edinburgh Law School Graduate and former Scottish rugby star, Philip Fitzgerald was awarded the Docteur en droit (doctor of laws) last month. Philip defended his thesis in Toulon on 26 November 2011 before a jury of four French academics and former Edinburgh Law School colleague Peter Cullen. Read more... |
| Edinburgh Sheriff Court opened its doors to the entire Edinburgh Law School Diploma year group on Monday 12 December. A record 176 full and part time students studying for their Diploma in Professional Legal Practice delivered a variety of pleas in mitigation to seven Sheriffs at the end of the first semester of teaching in this academic year. Read more... |
| Following a Law News story in October that Honorary Graduate, Julia Sebutinde, was nominated to the International Court of Justice, we are delighted to announce that she was elected to this position on Tuesday. Read more... |
| The School of Law’s Free Legal Advice Centre, based within the Centre for Professional Legal Studies, is delighted to report that the Law School Music Society Concert raised a fantastic £611 in donations for the Centre last Friday. Students from the Diploma in Professional Legal Practice collected donations from attendees at the concert to support the ongoing work of the Centre, which provides free legal advice on matters such as family law, property law and employment law. Read more... |
| The School of Law had one of its best turnouts of successful distance learning students at this year's winter graduation ceremony with some travelling thousands of miles to attend. Read more... |
| Professor Jo Shaw spoke as part of a panel at the European Union Democracy Observatory (EUDO) Dissemination Conference on Inclusive Democracy in Europe on 9 & 10 November 2011. Read more... |
| A team of 3 Diploma in Professional Legal Practice students from the Centre for Professional Legal Studies in the Edinburgh Law School achieved 6th place in the UK Law Schools’ Mediation Competition at the weekend. Read more... |
| Edinburgh Law School is delighted to launch its Innovative Learning Week Schedule, 'Law Less Ordinary' this week. Read more... |
| Congratulations to all the Edinburgh Law School postgraduates who celebrated their graduation yesterday. Read more... |
| The Law School is delighted to announce that Professor Alan Boyle has been awarded the 2011 Elizabeth Haub Prize for Environmental Law. Our warmest congratulations go to Alan for this fantastic acheivement. Read more... |
| Stephen Tierney has been appointed constitutional adviser to the Scottish Parliament's Scotland Bill Committee. Read more... |
| Head of School, Prof Lesley McAra, gave the keynote address yesterday at the annual conference of Include Youth in Belfast. Read more... |
| Edinburgh Law School Honorary Graduate, Lady Justice Julia Sebutinde, has been nominated for election to the International Court of Justice. Julia was awarded the Honorary Doctor of Laws in 2009 in recognition of her work in human rights in Uganda and internationally, and her fight against corruption. She also graduated with an LLM (Distinction) from the University of Edinburgh in 1991. Read more... |
| The School of Law held its annual Award of Prizes ceremony on 13th September 2011. Prof Lesley McAra (Head of Law School) and Prize Sponsors presented forty-five prizes to students who excelled in courses over the 2010 academic year. Read more... |
| University of Edinburgh staff, students and dignitaries from across Scotland gathered in the Old College Quad yesterday (26th September) to watch the Ceremony of Installation of HRH The Princess Royal as Chancellor of the University of Edinburgh. Read more... |
| The Edinburgh Law School was honoured by a visit from the Taiwanese Minister of Justice, Yung-Fu Tseng and his party on 7th September. Read more... |
| CITSEE is pleased to announce the appointment of 3 new members of staff. Read more... |
| The Law School would like to extend its congratulations to Professors J Kenyon Mason and Graeme Laurie for their success at the British Medical Association Medical Book Awards 2011. Their textbook, Law & Medical Ethics, 8th edn, OUP, 2010 was Highly Commended in the category of Basis of Medicine.
The BMA book awards this year generated over 700 entries across the categories, so for their textbook to be pulled out for commendation is great news.
Congratulations to both Ken and Graeme! Read more... |
| Following the conclusion of the first edition of the LLM in Global Environment and Climate Change Law, several of our graduates are already working in international inter-governmental and non-governmental organisations specialising in environmental law. Read more... |
| The late Lady Tyre, former Director of Professional Legal Studies in the School of Law, was posthumously honoured with the ‘Legal Academic of the Year’ award at the Law Awards of Scotland 2011, held in Glasgow last week. Read more... |
| Old College is currently playing host to three 'Big Cats' as part of Jungle City, Edinburgh 2011. Read more... |
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| In July this year a small delegation of academics from Edinburgh Law School undertook an academic visit to Sungkyunkwan University in Seoul, South Korea. The principal purpose of the visit was to take part in an academic programme organized by the SKKU Law School. Read more... |
| Edinburgh Law School is now inviting applications for three new academic posts: Read more... |
| Earlier this month eighteen students from the LLM in International Law programme at Edinburgh Law School took part in a four day visit to the International Court of Justice at The Hague. Read more... |
| Congratulations to all our graduates who received their degrees at today's ceremony. The Law School wishes you the best of luck in your future careers. The school was also pleased to award the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws to Sir Gerald Gordon, former Sheriff of Glasgow and Strathkelvin. Read more... |
| All colleagues in the School of Law are saddened by the early death of Lord Rodger of Earlsferry on 26 June 2011. Alan Rodger was the greatest Scots lawyer of his generation as well as a highly distinguished scholar. He has been an Honorary Fellow in the Law School since 1993 and was awarded an Honorary LLD by the University of Edinburgh in 2001. A much cherished friend of our School and greatly missed. Our deepest sympathy goes to his family.
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| Rebecca Zahn, who will be awarded the degree of Doctor of Philosophy at this summer's graduation ceremony, was recently announced as the recipient of the 2011 EUTC Brian Bercusson Award. The award was presented at the EUTC Congress in May 2011 in Athens, Greece. Read more... |
| The Scottish Government has today announced the appointment of Dr Andrew J.M. Steven to the Scottish Law Commission. Dr Steven will commence his new role on 29th August 2011 for a period of five years. Read more... |
| Applications are invited for two Post Doctoral Fellowships at Edinburgh Law School. Applications are invited for the closing date of 30 June 2011. The position is full-time and is available for 12 months commencing between 1 September 2011 and 1 January 2012 for twelve months. Read more... |
| Professor Richard Wilkinson, author of 'The Spirit Level' delivered the key note speech, Sheila Thompson, Director of Researcher Development gave her support and offered some inspiration, and both Cathy Lyall, Associate Dean of Research Careers at CHSS and Jo Shaw, Dean of Research and Deputy Head of CHSS sent messages of support and encouragement. Read more... |
| Professor Joseph Weiler of New York University Law School, who has been a leading authority in EU law for a quarter of a century, delivered the first ever series of MacCormick lectures (in honour of our late colleague Sir Neil MacCormick) at Edinburgh Law School between 23-26 May. Read more... |
| The week before, Mr Chalmers appeared on BBC Radio Scotland's 'Call Kaye' programme along with Sandy Brindley of Rape Crisis Scotland, discussing controversial comments by the Justice Secretary Kenneth Clarke on the law of rape. Read more... |
| The Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) has invited Dr Elisa Morgera to join the Liaison Group on the international legal framework on geo-engineering and biodiversity, which will assess existing regulatory and monitoring mechanisms for geo-engineering - a variety of technologies for the large-scale deliberate manipulation of the atmosphere and the biosphere to counteract the effects of climate change. Read more... |
| Edinburgh Law School is delighted to announce the appointment of Caroline Colliston as the new Director of the Centre for Professional Legal Studies. Read more... |
| Professor Joseph Weiler of New York University Law School, who has been a leading authority in EU law for quarter of a century, will deliver the first ever series of MacCormick lectures between 23-26 May. Read more... |
| Professor Lesley McAra has now begun her new role as Head of School at Edinburgh Law School. At the end of April 2011 the school bade farewell to Professor Douglas Brodie, former Head of School, who left to assume the role of Head of the School of Arts and Humanities at Stirling University. Read more... |
| Edinburgh Law School is delighted to announce that Professor Graeme Laurie has been elected as a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences (FMEDSci). Read more... |
| Professor Michael Coyle, a MacCormick Fellow at Edinburgh Law School and Professor of Law at the University of Western Ontario, has been awarded a grant by the SHHRC (Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council) of $87, 082 for research into the availability of civil remedies for breach of the obligations incurred in the treaties negotiated between the Crown and First Nations in Canada. Read more... |
| Welcome to Dr Eric Descheemaeker who recently joined the school to take up the position of Lecturer in European Private Law. Read more... |
| Following the devastating earthquake and tsunami which struck the east coast of Japan on Friday 11th March 2011, the University will offer up to six Master's scholarships for students from the Tohoku, Northern Kanto, and Hokkaido regions undertaking a postgraduate Master's degree programme offered by the University of Edinburgh in the academic session 2011-2012. Read more... |
| The CITSEE project is proud to announce the launch of its new and exciting website, www.citsee.eu, focused on the over-arching theme of "Citizenship in Southeast Europe". Read more... |
| Sir David Edward, Professor Emeritus at Edinburgh Law School, was recently presented a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Scott + Co Scottish Legal Awards 2011 ceremony. Read more... |
| Applications are invited for the post of Director of the Centre for Professional Legal Studies (CPLS). Read more... |
| Edinburgh Law School is pleased to announce that applications are now being accepted for the new LLM in Law and Chinese. Read more... |
| On 30th March the Centre for Professional Legal Studies at Edinburgh Law School, formerly the Legal Practice Unit, will move to its new premises at 7 Bristo Square. Read more... |
| The Empirical Legal Research group at Edinburgh Law School will host a number of events in the coming weeks. Attendance at all events is free but advance booking is required. Read more... |
| The panel will feature the following: Martin McAdam, Aquamarine Power; Danush Dinesh, British Council Climate Champion for Scotland; and Steve Burgess of the Scottish Greeen Party. The event will be accompanied by
a display of art by pupils from Mile End School, Aberdeen Read more... |
| The guest soloist this year is Professor Harvey McGregor QC. Read more... |
| On the 19th of February Paul Tominey, Keiran Wilson and Craig Hawthorne, as representatives of the Edinburgh Student Law Review, had the pleasure of attending the Trinity College Dublin Law Student Colloquium 2011. Read more... |
| The Lexis Nexis Mooting Competition was held in the Court of Session last night and the standard of the competition was very high. Congratulations to the winners of the competition Tom Watret and Euan McDougall, and to the runners up. The Judge commented that it was a very difficult decision and that he was very impressed with the structure, style and advocacy skills displayed by all four finalists. Read more... |
| A paper jointly written by Stephanie Schorre, a former LLM student at Edinburgh Law School, and Professor Burkhard Schaefer, has won the Lexis Nexis best paper award at this year's IRIS conference in Salzburg. Read more... |
| Dr Igor Stiks, Postdoctoral Research Fellow (CITSEE), recently featured in an article published on 'The Balkans Insight', one of the most important English-speaking web portals dealing with the Balkans. Read more... |
| Jonathan Simon, Associate Dean of the Sociology and Jurisprudence Programme and Professor of Law at the University of California, Berkeley, has been awarded a Leverhulme Trust Visiting Professorship. Professor Simon will undertake research at Edinburgh Law School for a period of one year.
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| Lesley McAra, Professor of Penology, has been announced as the next Head of School at Edinburgh Law School. Professor McAra takes over from Professor Douglas Brodie, who leaves to take up the position of Head of Arts and Humanities at Stirling University. Professor McAra will assume the post on 1st May 2011. Read more... |
| The Europa Institute hosted a one-and-a-half day workshop on 4-5 February 2011, which brought together academics specialised in international and EU law, practitioners from the European Commission and the UK government, as well as PhD and LLM students, to exchange views on the environmental dimensions of the EU external relations following entry into the Lisbon treaty. Read more... |
| Edinburgh Law School wishes to invite all friends, colleagues and students to a celebration of life event in remembrance of our esteemed colleague Elaine Tyre, who sadly passed away in December 2010. The event will be held on Saturday 5th March at 3pm in the George Square Theatre, followed by a reception in the Playfair Library, Old College. Read more... |
| Dr Elisa Morgera, Lecturer in European Environmental Law, is part of a team of international consultants involved in a research project of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) on the Integration of Multilateral Environmental Agreements in Climate Adaptation. The official website of the project has just been launched. Read more... |
| Neil Walker, Regius Professor of Public Law and the Law of Nature and Nations, was recently awarded the degree of LLD (Honoris Causa) by Uppsala University in Sweden. Read more... |
| On 7 February 2011 Navraj Singh Ghaleigh moderated a seminar on the "UK Climate Change Act" at the British Embassy in The Hague. Read more... |
| The First Annual Postgraduate Conference 2011 gives an opportunity for Edinburgh Postgrads to disseminate their work in progress and discuss their work in a friendly, supportive, interdisciplinary environment. Read more... |
| During the week of the 21st-25th February the University of Edinburgh will be hosting its first Postgraduate Virtual Open Week. This is an excellent opportunity for those interested in postgraduate studies to attend on-line discussion groups with Programme Directors, other academics and current students, to learn more about the Masters level programmes that the university offers. Read more... |
| In December Edinburgh Law School announced the launch of three new LLM programmes. We are pleased to announce that we are now accepting applications for the LLM in International Economic Law, the LLM in Competition Law and Innovation and the LLM in Comparative and European Private Law. Read more... |
| On 9th February 2011 Edinburgh Law School will host the launch of 'Macphail's Scottish Criminal Evidence: Procedure and Practice'. Read more... |
| As well as providing much useful information to their host institution, feedback from students is used to compile year on year comparative data that is published on Unistats.com, where prospective students and their advisors can use the results to help make informed choices of where and what to study. The information is also useful to the university and students' union to help facilitate best practice and enhance the student learning experience overall. Read more... |
| The event, hosted by Robin Harper MSP, was attended by practitioners, policy makers and academics from across Scotland. Professor Lesley McAra began the discussion by presenting powerful findings from the Edinburgh Study on the dangers of using 'soft' information held by the police on suspects and disclosing offences committed while under the age of 16 and admitted at children's hearings. She concluded that more consideration needed to be taken of the nature, context and pattern of individual offending to understand levels of future risk. She also pointed out that disclosure of one-off or episodic violent offences or underage sexual activity ran the risk of stigmatising and labelling young people, seriously damaging their later life chances. Read more... |
| Five students from the Judicial Research and Training Institute (JRTI) in South Korea arrived in Edinburgh in January to start a six-week study programme at the Scottish Centre for International Law. Read more... |
| In December 2010 'The Times' newspaper announced the winner and runners-up of the Times/Sternberg Active Life Award. Ken Mason, Professor (Emeritus) of Forensic Medicine at Edinburgh Law School, was selected as a runner up for the prestigious award. Read more... |
| Professor Simon's lecture is followed on 12 May by an international conference on the theme "Punishment & Society: Politics & Culture" featuring Edinburgh Law School's own Professor Lesley McAra, alongside such other speakers as David Garland, Loïc Wacquant and Shadd Maruna. Read more... |
| Eurodevils 2011 17 January 2011 13:10 This week, the law school welcomed eleven lawyers from Europe as part of the European Lawyers (Eurodevils) Programme . Read more... |
| Applicants to postgraduate level study are reminded to periodically check the law school's postgraduate funding awards webpage for information regarding financial support options. Read more... |
| In a recent article by the Scotsman newspaper, Professor Burkhard Schaefer commented on the use of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), as utilised by some commercial businesses and, on one occasion, a US court. Read more... |
| The School of Law is delighted to announce the launch in September 2011 of three new LLM programmes, the LLM in Comparative and European Private Law, the LLM in Competition Law and Innovation and the LLM International Economic Law. Read more... |
| The sadness of her tragically early death will be felt deeply by her colleagues, countless friends and former students, but the particular thoughts of the School are with her family at this time. Read more... |
| Navraj Singh Ghaleigh, Lecturer in Public Law, recently gave evidence to the Committee on Standards in Public Life in the course of its inquiry into party political finance. Read more... |
| Exam Rescheduling 03 December 2010 16:48 The Family Law and Criminal Law exams that were due to be held on Monday 6th December will now be held in January 2011. No further cancellations are expected and all students should continue with their pre-arranged travel plans. Please do check message boards and emails frequently for updates on the situation. Read more... |
| As a result of the continuing bad weather we regret to announce that the decision has been made to reschedule all examinations scheduled for Monday 06 December. The school apologises to all students for any inconvenience this may cause. Read more... |
| Edinburgh Law school is delighted to announce the appointment of three new academic staff, who will join the school in 2011. Read more... |
| Law Graduations 2010 26 November 2010 14:37 The School of Law offers its warmest congratulations to all of our former students who are graduating today, November 26th, at a ceremony to be held in the McEwan Hall. Read more... |
| Professor Stephen Tierney has been invited to give the Key Note speech in an Edinburgh University Debating Union event on Monday 29th November. This event is open to everyone. Read more... |
| MacCormick Fellows 2010 24 November 2010 12:07 Since the launch of the MacCormick Fellowships in late 2008 the School of Law has been delighted to welcome twelve visiting fellows from universities worldwide. Read more... |
| Dr. Andrew Steven, the recently appointed Honorary Secretary remarked, "Joining HeinOnline means that a journal edited by Edinburgh students will be readily accessible to scholars worldwide. This is an excellent development." Read more... |
| On Thursday 18th November the Scottish Parliament published its Stage 1 scrutiny of the End of Life Assistance (Scotland) Bill. The report, compiled by the End of Life Assistance (Scotland) Bill Committee, is based on substantial written and oral evidence and features extensively the recommendations of Edinburgh Law School Professors Ken Mason and Graeme Laurie. Read more... |
| On 6th November Dr Rachel Craufurd Smith, Senior Lecturer in EC Law, was invited to give a talk on EU cultural policy at the Annual Conference and AGM of the European Movement in Scotland. Read more... |
| On Thursday 18th November Professor Susan McVie will present a paper to the Scottish Government Annual Statistics Conference at Pollock Halls in Edinburgh. Read more... |
| The report was compiled by academics from Edinburgh Law School (namely Professor Alan Boyle, Professor Bill Gilmore, Professor Doreen McBarnett, Dr Daniel Augenstein, Mr Navraj Singh Ghaleigh, Mr David Cabrelli, Dr James Harrison and Dr Elisa Morgera), and is an important input for the further implementation by the European Union of the United Nations business and human rights framework. Read more... |
| MEDIADEM, a European research project based in part at Edinburgh Law School, has just published its first results on the project website. The Edinburgh branch of MEDIADEM is led by Dr R. Craufurd Smith. Read more... |
| Gerry Maher, Professor of Criminal Law at Edinburgh Law School, recently presented a paper entitled "Principles and politics in reforming the law on sexual offences in Scotland" to the Oxford University Criminal Law Discussion Group. Read more... |
| Dr Abbe Brown will visit the Universud-Paris from 8-13 November as a Econoving Global Fellow, forming part of the International Professional Masters in Management of Eco-Innovation. Read more... |
| Dr Andrew Steven delivered one of the keynote addresses at the recent International Property Law Conference held at the University of South Africa (UNISA) in Pretoria from 27-29 October 2010. Read more... |
| Congratulations to Baboki Dambe, the first recipient of the Africa LLM/MSc Tercentenary Scholarship, who will graduate with the degree of LLM with Distinction at the awards ceremony in November. Read more... |
| The Cadder case decides that any suspect interviewed by the police in Scotland must be entitled to access to a lawyer. The police can detain suspects for up to six hours at present: yesterday's legislation will raise the maximum length of detention up to 24 hours, with anything beyond 12 requiring authorisation from a senior police officer. Read more... |
| Wednesday 20th October 2010 marks the first World Statistics Day, celebrating the role and many achievements of official statistics worldwide. Launched by the UN General Assembly, on WSD the UN Statistics Division (UND) will call on governments to celebrate this day in co-operation with the national statistical services. Read more... |
| In rememberance of our esteemed colleague Joëlle Godard, the School of Law will host a memorial lecture on Friday 22nd October. Read more... |
| This year's 'Pathways to the Professions: 'So You Want to be a Lawyer?' event was held yesterday, Monday 18 October. Read more... |
| Dr Alistair Henry, Lecturer in Criminology, was recently appointed the new Associate Director of the Police Community Relations Network, part of the Scottish institute of Policing Research (SIPR). Read more... |
| Research findings from the Edinburgh Study of Youth Transitions and Crime (ESYTC), a research centre based at Edinburgh Law School, have recently formed part of the evidence base for two campaigns in the UK and Ireland. Read more... |
| The S.L.U.G. project is delighted to announce that due to popular demand there will now be an additional set of placement dates during the first semester. Extra placements will run from 18 October - 26 November. To sign up for this project please see the links below.
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| James Chalmers, Senior Lecturer in the School of Law, has published an article in the Scotsman newspaper criticising aspects of the Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2009, a major reform of the Scottish law of sexual offences which has yet to be brought into force despite being passed by the Scottish Parliament over a year ago.
While the Act modernises many outdated and undesirable aspects of the current law, it creates the potential for confusion and difficulty in other areas, particularly where new offences such as "communicating indecently", or provisions relating to children, are concerned. Read more... |
| Hector MacQueen, Professor of Private Law, has been announced as the Vice-President Elect of the Society of Legal Scholars for 2010-2011. Read more... |
| The Scottish Government has in the last week begun to publish reports detailing the findings of a number of Edinburgh-based research groups. In particular, the work of Susan McVie, Professor of Quantitative Criminology, has featured heavily in these recent publications. The two published reports deal in the main with the problems of knife carrying and youth gang activity among young adults in Scotland. Each report also makes recommendations for policy interventions to address these issues. Read more... |
| The Law School is pleased to announce that the new Director of Undergraduate Studies will be Dr Gillian Black, Lecturer in Commercial Law. As Director, Dr Black is responsible for the coordination, management and development of teaching, the promotion of good practice in course and programme management and the care of students in the School. Read more... |
| Welcome to New Students 10 September 2010 11:24 Edinburgh Law School is delighted to welcome all our new students joining us at both undergraduate and postgraduate level. Read more... |
| We are currently seeking to fill four new positions to allow us to undertake new and exciting initiatives in the fields of European Private Law, Banking and Financial Regulation Law, Competition Law and International Economic Law. Read more... |
| Solicitor Links for Undergraduate Guidance (SLUG) is a new initiative from Edinburgh Law School designed to create links between solicitors/legal professionals and second year LLB students. Read more... |
| Postdoctoral Research Fellow Dr Igor Stiks, part of the CITSEE team at Edinburgh Law School, has been described by the Scotsman newspaper as 'one of the best discoveries' of the Edinburgh International Book Festival 2010. Read more... |
| Edinburgh Law School's website has been voted the best of the 'Big 5' law schools in Scotland in a recent article in the journal of the Law Society of Scotland. Read more... |
| Mr Navraj Singh Ghaleigh and Professor Zenon Bankowski recently took part in 'Future Editions', an innovative event at the Edinburgh Festival featuring a 'human library'. Read more... |
| AQMeN, the Applied Quantitative Methods Network, will host a lecture by Professor Kelvyn Jones, from the School of Geographical Sciences and Centre for Multilevel Modelling, University of Bristol. Read more... |
| The Law School is delighted to announce the award of a further three personal chairs, awarded to Niamh Nic Shuibhne, Susan McVie and Burkhard Schafer. Read more... |
| Edinburgh Law School students Jasmine Johnstone, Anna MacLeod, Cameron McCartney and Hannah O’Rawe recently attended the European Private Law Summer School at the University of Salzburg. Read more... |
| A new era for arbitration in Scotland was celebrated on 23 June 2010 in the Playfair Library of the University of Edinbugh. The event was an international arbitration conference entitled: the Arbitration (Scotland) Act 2010: A New Beginning. Read more... |
| Dr Igor Stiks, a Postdoctoral Research Fellow working on the CITSEE project, will feature in two shows at the Edinburgh International Book Festival in August 2010. Read more... |
| New research by the Edinburgh Study of Youth Transitions and Crime (ESYTC) has highlighted the inadequacies of the enhanced disclosure checks system. Read more... |
| The Empirical Legal Research Network hosted a workshop which explored the changes which have been made to the criminal convictions disclosure process over the past decade, with a particular focus on their implications in respect of young people referred on offence grounds to the Children's Reporter. The workshop raised a number of interesting points and has since been the subject of an article in the Herald newspaper. Read more... |
| Susan McVie, Professor of Quantitative Criminology, recently featured in an article about the social problems associated with gang culture in Scotland's capital city. Read more... |
| Congratulations to Tom Flynn, who is about to start the second year of his PhD and has been awarded a Modern Law Review scholarship for the 2010–11 academic year. Read more... |
| The first consortium meeting for the MEDIADEM project ‘European Media Policies Revisited: Valuing & Reclaiming Free and Independent Media in Contemporary Democratic Systems’ took place in Athens on the 4/5 June 2010. Read more... |
| On 24-25 June 2010 the School of Law based project on “The Europeanization of Citizenship in the Successor States of the Former Yugoslavia” (CITSEE) hosted a two-day international conference entitled “Theories and Practices of Citizenship in the New Balkan States”. Read more... |
| Edinburgh Law School students Jasmine Johnstone, Anna MacLeod, Cameron McCartney and Hannah O’Rawe will be attending the European Private Law Summer School at the University of Salzburg from 30 June to 12 July 2010. The trip is being generously funded by the Clark Foundation for Legal Education. Read more... |
| James Chalmers, Senior Lecturer in the School of Law, appeared on BBC Radio on Monday night commenting on recent litigation about the right of suspects to have access to a lawyer when being interviewed by the police. Read more... |
| Accommodation Services at the University of Edinburgh has announced the availability of a significant number of extra accommodation opportunities for postgraduate students. Read more... |
| The first event of the British Academy funded project "Obtaining, protecting and using essential environmental technologies: a holistic analysis" led by Dr Abbe Brown was held on 9 and 10 June 2010 at the University of Edinburgh. Read more... |
| Congratulations to Chloe Kennedy and Stephen Thomson, who have been awarded the Principal's Career Development Scholarships in Law. Read more... |
| Jelena Vasiljevic holds an MPhil in Anthropology from the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade, Serbia, and is currently working on her PhD thesis Culture and Citizenship - an Anthropological Perspective. She is also a Research Assistant at the Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory at the University of Belgrade. Read more... |
| Professor Jo Shaw, along with colleagues from the European University Institute and Maastricht University, presented the results of the work of the EUDO Citizenship Observatory at a Joint Meeting of the Constitutional Affairs and Freedom, Security and Justice Committees of the European Parliament, in the European Parliament, on Wednesday 2 June 2010. Read more... |
| Burkhard Schafer, Senior Lecturer in Computational Legal Theory, has provided expert comment to the BBC News Service about the misuse of brain scanning as a method for lie detection. Read more... |
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| In memory of our esteemed colleague Professor Sir Donald Neil MacCormick, Edinburgh Law School will host on 4th June an event entitled 'MacCormick's Scotland'. Read more... |
| In its third version and as part of the Edinburgh Spring Programme in Legal Theory 2010, the Edinburgh Legal Theory Research Group is organising a series of workshops in legal theory. These workshops will be held at the School of Law, Old College, South Bridge, from May 31 to June 2, 2010. Read more... |
| The Centre for Law and Society Annual Lecture will take place on Thursday 27th May in Lecture Theatre 175, Old College. Read more... |
| Creative Commons, the international non-governmental organisation, was recently represented at the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) by Mr Andres Guadamuz, lecturer in e-commerce at Edinburgh Law School. Read more... |
| Edinburgh Law School is delighted to announce the appointment of a number of new Senior Lectureship positions. Read more... |
| A number of new funding awards for undergraduate students studying at Edinburgh Law School are now open for applications. Read more... |
| SCOLAR 2010 11 May 2010 10:56 The next Scots Law Research conference will take place on Friday 21 May 2010 in Lecture Theatre 175 in the University of Edinburgh's Old College. Read more... |
| SCRIPTed in 2010 04 May 2010 15:51 The Editorial Board of SCRIPTed - A Journal of Law, Technology & Society is pleased to present the first issue of the 2010 volume. Read more... |
| During the week of 26-30 April Edinburgh Law School played host to a group of 6 students visiting from Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU) in South Korea. Read more... |
| Edinburgh Law School will host this week a round table discussion featuring Lindsay Farmer, Professor of Law at the University of Glasgow. Read more... |
| Dr Abbe Brown, Lecturer in IT Law, has been awarded a Small Research Grant of just under £7500 by the British Academy. Read more... |
| Mr Navraj Singh Ghaleigh, Lecturer in Public Law, is part of a research team that was recently awarded a grant of £415,000 for its work in the area of carbon capture and storage. The project, entitled 'Carbon Capture and Storge: Realising the Potential', is led by Professor Jim Watson (University of Sussex) and Professor Stuart Haszeldine (University of Edinburgh, School of Geosciences), funded by the UK Energy Research Council. Read more... |
| Mr Andres Guadamuz, lecturer in E-Commerce, has provided comment to the BBC World Service in a programme evaluating the leak of video-footage showing American soldiers killing civilians in Iraq. Read more... |
| Welcome to Ms Jelena Dzankic, who recently joined Edinburgh Law School as a research fellow working on the CITSEE project. Read more... |
| As part of the forthcoming 'World Intellectual Property Day', Dr Abbe Brown, lecturer in IT law, explored the themes of invention, sharing and reward with an innovative and inspiring class of 6 year olds from the Lothians area. Read more... |
| Alexander McCall Smith, Emeritus Professor of Medical Law at Edinburgh Law School and best-selling author, was called to the Bar on 26th March as a non-practising member of the Faculty of Advocates. Read more... |
| A team of three LLM students from the Intellectual Property 1 course at the Edinburgh Law School participated in this year's Oxford International Intellectual Property Moot. The multi-national team members, Mr Bryan McWhorter, Ms June Frame and Ms Fiona O'Donovan, originate from US, Scotland and Ireland respectively. The team was supported in their preparation by Ms Smita Kheria, Lecturer in Intellectual Property Law. Read more... |
| The third Edinburgh Centre for Commercial Law Annual Lecture was given by the Rt Hon Lord Hope of Craighead on 12 March 2010. Read more... |
| Professor Daniel Metcalfe, eminent Professor of Law at the Washington College of Law in the US, will visit the Law School on 22 March. Read more... |
| Four LLM students from Edinburgh Law School have participated in this year's European Law Moot Court competition and were selected for the regional finals at the European University Institute in Florence in February. Read more... |
| The Edinburgh Study of Youth Transitions and Crime (ESYTC) has acted as an advisor to the 'Action for Children: Kilbrandon Now!' panel. In particular Professor Lesley McAra has presented recommendations for keeping 16 and 17 year old offenders out of the adult criminal justice system. Read more... |
| Medico-legal issues such as patient confidentiality, assisted suicide and medical negligence are not just hot topics in public debate. These are matters of critical importance that confront healthcare professionals every day. Read more... |
| Diploma in Legal Practice students will be performing a series of monologues to raise funds for Victim Support Scotland at the Pleasance Cabaret Bar, on Thursday 11 and Friday 12 March 2010. Read more... |
| The second issue of the Edinburgh Student Law Review is now available for download from the Edinburgh Law School webpage. Read more... |
| The thirteen 'Eurodevils', who joined us as part of the European Lawyers Programme (ELP) in January, have now completed the first part of their programme, the academic section, and are today embarking on the second stage which sees them out in the world of legal practice. Read more... |
| Mr Andres Guadamuz, Lecturer in E-Commerce and creator of the TechnoLlama blog, was featured this week in an article published in the Guardian newspaper. Read more... |
| The recently launched website of the 'Legal Framework on Human Rights and the Environment Applicable to European Enterprises Operating Outside the European Union' is now available to view on the Edinburgh Law School webpage. Read more... |
| Ken Mason, Professor (Emeritus) of Forensic Medicine at Edinburgh Law School, featured recently in a short comment published in the Guardian newspaper on 5th February 2010. Read more... |
| Mr Burkhard Schafer, Senior lecturer in Computational Legal Theory, has been jointly awarded funding for a series of seminars and public engagement events under the title, 'What are You Thinking? Who has the Right to Know? Brain Imaging and its Impact on Society'. The funding award was received jointly with the Division of Clinical Neurosciences. Read more... |
| Early January once again saw the launch of the National Student Survey (NSS); a census of students in the final year of undergraduate study at higher education institutions across the UK. Read more... |
| The 2010 European Lawyers programme began last week with the arrival of this year's cohort of 13 lawyers from all over Europe. Read more... |
| The 2nd Plenary EUDO CITIZENSHIP Conference was held at the University of Edinburgh from Thursday 21 – Friday 22 January 2010. Read more... |
| In December 2008, Kenny MacAskill, Cabinet Secretary for Justice invited Professor Neil Walker to conduct a review of final appellate jurisdiction in the Scottish legal system in the following terms: Read more... |
| Law Alumni Evening 15 January 2010 16:14 On Monday 18th January the Careers Service will be running the Edinburgh Law Alumni Evening. Read more... |
| Professor Gerry Maher has been appointed the national expert for Scotland as part of a project for compiling factsheets on the rights of the accused. Read more... |
| The Scottish Centre for International Law, a research centre at Edinburgh Law School, was recently awarded a consultancy contract with the UN Environment Programme. Read more... |
| Starting in September 2010 Edinburgh Law School will offer two new LLM programmes; the LLM in Global Environment and Climate Change Law and the LLM in Intellectual Property Law. Read more... |
| 'Doctor in the Court' 21 December 2009 12:11 On 19th January 2010 the Hon Lady Clark of Calton QC, Lynda Clark, will deliver a lecture entitled 'Doctor in the Court'. Read more... |
| The EUSA Teaching Awards are the Edinburgh University Students' Association's contribution to recognising and rewarding good teaching practice. Read more... |
| Professor Douglas Brodie, Head of Edinburgh Law School, will deliver his inaugural lecture on 12th January 2010. Read more... |
| Professor Lesley McAra will give her inaugural lecture, entitled 'Crime and Punishment in a Small Nation: Why Penology Matters', on Tuesday 15th December. Read more... |
| Follow Law at Edinburgh on Twitter to find out more about our current programmes and other important news and events. Read more... |
| Winter Graduations 2009 02 December 2009 11:19 Congratulations to the postgraduate class of 2009 who received their degrees at the ceremony held on Friday 27th November in the McEwan Hall. Read more... |
| Event to take place on 9th December 2009 Read more... |
| Ms Ljubica Spaskovska, a CITSEE research fellow in the School of Law, was among the ten award winners who received a European Prize at the “1989 – Images of Change” competition for young Europeans born between 1981-1991 in Trieste, Italy Read more... |
| The University of Edinburgh will be hosting the next Postgraduate Open Day on Friday 4th December. Read more... |
| The Free Legal Advice Centre will host the 'Question Time' event on Monday 30th November at 7pm. Read more... |
| Lecture by Joyce Cullen 23 November, 6-7pm Read more... |
| Professor Alan Boyle and Navraj Singh Ghaleigh have been selected to undertake a study for the European Commission. Read more... |
| The Pathways to the Professions annual career exploration day, 'So You Want to be a Lawyer', was held on Monday 19 October in the Reid Concert Hall. Read more... |
| Jo Shaw, Salvesen Professor of European Institutions, was recently awarded a grant of £65,000 by the Nuffield Foundation. Read more... |
| The 'Edinburgh Centre for Private Law', launched earlier this week, was formed to foster and develop a long tradition of private law research at Edinburgh Law School. Read more... |
| Edinburgh Law School's celebration of the 100th anniversary of its first female graduates in law continues with a series of lectures to take place throughout November and December. Read more... |
| On Thursday 15 October, the Europa Institute, in collaboration with the Scottish Lawyers' European Group, hosted a lecture by Mark Friend, a partner and head of the antitrust group at Allen and Overy LLP in London. Read more... |
| Professor Alan Boyle recently represented the country of Uruguay at the International Court of Justice at The Hague in a case entitled, 'Pulp Mills on the River Uruguay (Argentina v. Uruguay)'. Read more... |
| Edinburgh Law School is delighted to announce the arrival of Dr. Elisa Morgera, who will take up the position of lecturer in European Environmental Law. Read more... |
| PhD Poster Competition 06 October 2009 11:10 Karen Baston has been announced as the winner of the recent School of Law PhD Poster Competition. Read more... |
| On Monday 28th September Justice Secretary Kenny McAskill announced the appointment of Professor Hector MacQueen to the Scottish Law Commission. Read more... |
| Cherie Booth QC recently visited Edinburgh Law School to deliver a well-received talk about the importance of human rights issues in modern society. Read more... |
| Edinburgh Law School is pleased to announce the launch of a new free legal advice centre. Read more... |
| On Monday this week Kenny McAskill, Cabinet Secretary for Justice and MSP for Edinburgh East and Musselburgh, delivered a lecture to Diploma students at Edinburgh Law School. Read more... |
| EUDO, the European Union Democracy Observatory at the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies launches today a new website on citizenship in Europe. Read more... |
| Hector MacQueen, Professor of Private Law at Edinburgh Law School, has been re-appointed as Scottish Representative on the UK Ministry of Justice's Advisory Panel on Public Sector Information. Read more... |
| Edinburgh Law School welcomes back all our continuing students as well as some 700 new students, joining us at all levels of study, both undergraduate and postgraduate. Read more... |
| UACES Annual Conference 17 September 2009 12:10 Edinburgh Law School was well represented at the UACES Annual Conference in Angers, France in early September. Read more... |
| Edinburgh Law School is pleased to announce the recent appointment of Honorary Fellow Mr Steven Walker. Read more... |
| The McCall Smith Fellowship was set up by Professor Alexander McCall Smith to enable staff to undertake summer research work away from Edinburgh. Read more... |
| Anne Griffiths, Professor of Anthropology of Law at Edinburgh Law School, recently visited SEARCWL (Southern and Eastern African Regional Centre for Women’s Law) at the University of Zimbabwe in Harare. Read more... |
| Hart Publishing recently announced the launch of The Journal of Media Law, a distinctive publication for the chronicling and analysis of important developments in Media Law. Read more... |
| The newly formed 'Edinburgh Centre for Constitutional Law' has announced the date of its official launch later this year. Read more... |
| Congratulations to Professor Lesley McAra who was recently awarded a personal chair, with effect from 1st August 2009. Read more... |
| Mr. James Chalmers, Senior Lecturer in Criminal Law and Evidence, has taken up post as the next Director of Postgraduate Studies. Read more... |
| Two Research Fellows from Kosovo and Macedonia have recently joined the growing CITSEE research team. Read more... |
| This summer Edinburgh Law School once again hosted the annual Texas Summer School. Read more... |
| The SCRIPT Centre has received funding from the British Academy to host the next European Association of Health Law Conference in October 2009. Read more... |
| The newly formed 'Law Ramblers' met recently for their first foray into the Edinburgh countryside. Read more... |
| Edinburgh Law School students Megan Dewart, Lisa Hamilton and Alicia Kedzierski have returned to Scotland after attending the European Private Law Summer School at the University of Salzburg, with their teacher Dr Andrew Steven. Read more... |
| Dr Andrew Steven and Dr Alistair Henry have been announced as nominees for the prestigious award of 'Law Lecturer of the Year', part of the Law Awards of Scotland 2009. Read more... |
| Senior Lecturer Dr. Martin Hogg has been awarded £2,500 by the Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland. Read more... |
| Ms Elspeth Christie Reid, Senior Lecturer in Private Law, will assume the post of Director of Teaching at Edinburgh Law School on 1st August 2009. Read more... |
| Dr Rachael Craufurd Smith, Senior Lecturer in EC Law, has been awarded €350,000 for Edinburgh Law School's research in the MEDIADEM project. Read more... |
| Edinburgh Law School awarded yesterday the Honorary Degree of Doctor in Laws to Justice Unity Dow and Justice Julia Sebutinde. Read more... |
| Summer Graduations 01 July 2009 09:29 Edinburgh Law School sends its warmest congratulations to the Class of 2009, who were awarded their degrees at the graduation ceremony held yesterday, Tuesday 30th June, in the McEwan Hall. Read more... |
| Dr Tom Daems, a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, will be visiting Edinburgh Law School from 22nd June to 28th July 2009. Read more... |
| MacCormick Fellow, Professor Gillian Calder, will be giving a seminar in the Moot Court Room, Old College, at 4pm on Thursday 25th June. Read more... |
| Anne Griffiths, Professor of Anthropology of Law, has been awarded a Leverhulme Trust Research Fellowship of £44,713.00. Read more... |
| Edinburgh Law School recently played host to a lecture by world famous sporting icon Dame Ellen MacArthur. Read more... |
| Dr Alistair Henry, co-investigator on the research project 'Building Safer Communities', has been awarded funding from the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), Scottish Funding Council and Local Authority Research Council Initiative. Read more... |
| Edinburgh Law School students Megan Dewart, Lisa Hamilton and Alicia Kedzierski will be attending the European Private Law Summer School at the University of Salzburg from 29 June to 11 July 2009. Read more... |
| Dr Sharon Cowan, Lecturer in Criminal Law and Medical Jurisprudence, has been awarded a grant of £128,549 by the Nuffield Foundation. Read more... |
| Lord Hope of Craighead is to deliver a lecture on Friday 12th June 2009 entitled 'Crumbs from Under the Master's Table: Some Thoughts on Distress'. Read more... |
| Dr Igor Stiks, a post-doctoral researcher at Edinburgh Law School, is featured in this years 'TimeOut Croatia 2009' magazine. Read more... |
| Professor Hector MacQueen delivered last night the W.A.Wilson Memorial Lecture to a captivated audience in the Playfair Library, Old College. Read more... |
| Dr Lesley McAra and Mrs Susan McVie, researchers in the Edinburgh Study of Youth Transitions and Crime (ESYTC), have received a grant of £150,984 from the Nuffield Foundation. Read more... |
| Mr David Cabrelli, lecturer in Commercial Law at Edinburgh Law School, was recently awarded £2, 220 by the Nuffield Foundation as part of the Social Sciences Small Grant Scheme. Read more... |
| Edinburgh Law School recently announced a number of new scholarship opportunities for PhD studies commencing in September 2009. Read more... |
| Edinburgh Law School is pleased to announce the launch of the part-time Diploma in Legal Practice, to commence in September 2009. Read more... |
| The Edinburgh Centre for Commercial Law recently played host to a hugely successful lecture by Lord Hoffmann PC. The lecture was a sell-out event attracting over 150 people from a wide range of legal fields. Read more... |
| Professor Jo Shaw of Edinburgh Law School has been announced as the new Deputy Head of the College of Humanities and Social Science at The University of Edinburgh. Read more... |
| Congratulations to Edinburgh Law School PhD students Rebecca Zahn, Julia Schmidt, Oche Onazi and Tree Morrison, all of whom took part in the Dunfermline Half Marathon on Sunday 10th May 2009. Read more... |
| Edinburgh Law School is delighted with the results of the recently published 'Guardian University Guide 2010' which sees us ranked as the 4th best law school in the UK. Read more... |
| In recognition of their vast contributions to the legal profession, Edinburgh Law School is delighted to announce the honorary graduations of Justices Unity Dow and Julia Sebutinde. Read more... |
| The annual W.A.Wilson lecture will be delivered in 2009 by Hector MacQueen, Professor of Private Law at Edinburgh Law School. Read more... |
| Susan McVie, Senior Research Fellow at Edinburgh Law School, has been awarded an ESRC/ Scottish Funding Council grant in support of the newly established Applied Quantitative Methods Network (AQMeN). Read more... |
| Edinburgh Law School is pleased to announce the recent appointment of Dr. Igor Stiks. Igor joins the Law School as a post-doctoral research fellow on the CITSEE research project. Read more... |
| Edinburgh Law School is pleased to announce a series of events to celebrate the 100th anniversary of its first female graduations. Read more... |
| Lord Hope, one of the House of Lords' twelve Lords of Appeal in Ordinary ('Law Lords'), and a graduate of Edinburgh Law School, returned to Edinburgh on Friday to deliver the W.A. Wilson Tercentenary Lecture before a large audience in the Playfair Library. Read more... |
