Professor Ioannis Kokkoris speaks at the Asian Competition Forum 10th Annual Conference, Hong Kong 23 December 2014
QMUL School of Law ranked ninth in UK for 3* and 4* research 22 December 2014
The School of Law at Queen Mary University of London is ninth in the UK for 3* and 4* research, according to the results of the Research Excellence Framework (REF).
Dr Ruth Fletcher 'Keeping her alive in this way strips her of all her legal rights' 19 December 2014
Professor Duncan Matthews hosts international conference on Preparing for the Unitary Patent Package 18 December 2014
Professor Penny Green, Director of the International State Crime Initiative (ISCI), to edit a week-long feature in Open Democracy 15 December 2014
Professor Eric Heinze comments on Senate CIA torture report release 11 December 2014
Professor Guido Westkamp speaks on 'Films in Schools and the Limits of EU Copyright Approximation' at George Washington University 10 December 2014
Event Recap: Interdisciplinary Centre for Competition Law and Policy (ICC) Annual Conference, Brussels 10 December 2014
Event Recap: Law and Finance Alumni Networking Event, Barts Pathology Museum 9 December 2014
Corporate Finance Law Module Guest Lectures 5 December 2014
Our groaning global energy system leaves us all vulnerable 4 December 2014
In this article, Rafael Leal-Arcas, of QMUL’s Centre for Commercial Law Studies (CCLS), argues that our system of global energy governance is ad hoc and in need of reform.
Professor Matthews and Professor Suthersanen welcome Chinese delegation from Southwest University of Political Science and Law to CCLS 2 December 2014
Dr Rafael Leal-Arcas publishes new book entitled 'International Energy Governance: Selected Legal Issues' 2 December 2014
Launch of the LLM in International Shipping Law (Piraeus, Greece) 1 December 2014
CCLS and WIPO sign landmark agreement to cooperate in IP teaching and research 1 December 2014
QMUL co-organises annual arbitration conference in Paris 27 November 2014
Dr Susanna Lindroos-Hovinheimo presented 'Justice for Whomever? Impersonal Law and the Protection of Individual Human Beings', at Uppsala University, Sweden 26 November 2014
Dr Rafael Leal-Arcas cited by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 26 November 2014
Dr Prakash Shah presents at 'Why Secularism has failed? On the harmful impact of Western misunderstandings on political and legal thinking in India' at the Development Foundation, Bangalore 25 November 2014
Third-Party Funding in International Arbitration: The ICCA Queen-Mary Task Force 24 November 2014
Dr Gabriel Gari to speak at 2014 ICTSID - WTI conference 22 November 2014
Dr Gabriel Gari to present a paper at the second meeting of the E15 expert group on services 21 November 2014
Professor Catherine Rogers' new book 'Ethics in International Arbitration' 21 November 2014
Professor Catherine Rogers writes the first treatise to analyse the ambiguities and conflicting rules present in international arbitration.
QMUL Partners with Chinese University of Hong Kong for new Arbitration Survey in China 20 November 2014
The School of International Arbitration (SIA) at Queen Mary University of London is to partner with the Chinese University of Hong Kong to carry out a survey on 'Chinese Corporate Attitudes to Arbitration'.
QMUL Alumna's research on Provisionally Applied Treaties is highlighted by International Law Commission 19 November 2014
Professor Geraldine Van Bueren to chair: Celebrating 25 years of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) 19 November 2014
Professor Seán McConville calls for Royal Commission on the penal system 18 November 2014
Our penal system is dangerously dysfunctional and only a Royal Commission can fix it, according to a new report from from Professor Seán McConville and Sir Louis Blom-Cooper.
Norah Gallagher to be Advisory Member of the International Arbitration Law Review 17 November 2014
Professor Stavros Brekoulakis to co-convene conference on 'The Evolution of European Private International Law' 17 November 2014
QMUL Law PhD Researcher says 'History tells us not to trust GCHQ's Robert Hannigan' 14 November 2014
Shazia Choudhry lectures on 'The Interpretation of 'Best Interests' in English Family Law' at the Supreme Court of Chile 14 November 2014
Two prestigious appointments for QMUL's Shazia Choudhry 14 November 2014
Shazia Choudhry, Reader in Law at Queen Mary University of London, has been appointed Specialist Legal Adviser to the Joint Committee on Human Rights.
Professor Stavros Brekoulakis to present at the Lex Mercatoria Publica Workshop: 'The (Comparative) Constitutional Law of Private-Public Arbitration' 13 November 2014
Professor Rachael Mulheron appointed as Chair of the Government's Working Group tasked with reviewing the Damages-Based Agreements Regulations 2013 13 November 2014
Senior Status Society partners with University House Legal Advice Centre in Bethnal Green 12 November 2014
qLegal: 'Summing up' Web Summit 2014 12 November 2014
qLegal, Queen Mary University of London's free legal advice service for tech start-up companies and entrepreneurs, attended Web Summit on 4-6 November 2014 in Dublin. Web Summit is a technology-industry conference, centered on IT, attracting over 22,000 attendees from 109 countries.
Professor Valsamis Mitsilegas published on the New Statesman blog 12 November 2014
Dr Daniel Wang wins Brazilian Ministry of Development prize for best article on 'the right to social care' 10 November 2014
Professor Rachael Mulheron chairs Civil Justice Council Committee on damage based agreements 10 November 2014
Professors Uma Suthersanen, Graham Dutfield and Guido Westkamp present on Intellectual Property in Agriculture, in Burkina Faso 6 November 2014
Opting out of European Arrest Warrant will make Britain less safe, says Professor Valsamis Mitsilegas 6 November 2014
Britain risks becoming a safe haven for fugitives if it opts out of the European Arrest Warrant, according to Valsamis Mitsilegas, Head of Department of Law and Professor of European Criminal Law at Queen Mary University of London.
Professor Geraldine Van Bueren QC to speak at Amnesty's Convention on the Rights of the Child, 25 Years on... 6 November 2014
Dr Violeta Moreno-Lax to contribute to the EU Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) Annual Conference 5 November 2014
Professor Valsamis Mitsilegas quoted in Lords Report on the European Public Prosecutor's Office 5 November 2014
New book published: 'Family, Religion and Law: Cultural Encounters in Europe' co-edited by Dr Prakash Shah 4 November 2014
Professor Stavros Brekoulakis part of a panel at The London Roundtable on Transnational Private Law Theory 3 November 2014
Renowned scholar in arbitration and contract law, Professor Alan Rau, is 2014 Distinguished Visting Fellow 3 November 2014
qLegal Participates in Cambridge Wireless DS14 31 October 2014
QMUL publishes archive dedicated to life and works of Professor Sir Neil MacCormick 30 October 2014
Researchers at Queen Mary University of London have published a digital archive dedicated to the life and works of Professor Sir Neil MacCormick (1941-2009), one of the twentieth century’s most important jurists.
Professor Loukas Mistelis to speak at the Fifth Executive Training Programme for Young Energy Leaders 30 October 2014
QMUL undergraduate law student published by Your Middle East 29 October 2014
Dr Violeta Moreno-Lax invited by the Red Cross and University of Luxembourg to speak on migrants and refugees in search of protection across the Mediterranean Sea 29 October 2014
Professor Kate Malleson contributes to an article for the UK Supreme Court blog 23 October 2014
Call for papers - International Law's Objects: Emergence, Encounter and Erasure through Object and Image 23 October 2014
Former Law PhD student Latif Tas interviewed by Allegra on Kurdistan 23 October 2014
Event Recap: 'Social Media: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly' seminar by qLegal 22 October 2014
Delegation from the State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) of the People's Republic of China visit CCLS 22 October 2014
Norah Gallagher to join Editorial Board of the ICSID Review Foreign Investment Law Journal 22 October 2014
Dr Rafael Leal-Arcas contributes to the E15 trade and climate change expert group discussion 20 October 2014
Professor William Wilson's monograph , 'Central Issues in Criminal Theory', translated by Professor Xie Wangyuan of Renmin University 20 October 2014
Amber Marks takes part in the TNI Dialogue Series on Drug Policy in Spain 18 October 2014
2014 Intellectual Property Annual Prize winners 16 October 2014
Professor Valsamis Mitsilegas, Head of the Department of Law, interviewed for the latest Eurojust Newsletter 15 October 2014
Dr Rafael Leal-Arcas invited to speak on extraterritoriality and climate change at Utrecht University 15 October 2014
Professor Johanna Gibson to speak at the Westminster Legal Policy Forum conference on Patent Law 14 October 2014
Professor Ioannis Kokkoris speaks at the World Bank Competition Policy Advocacy Awards, Washington DC 13 October 2014
Dr Gaetano Dimita to speak at 'The International CopyCamp Conference 2014: Understanding the Social Impact of Copyright' 13 October 2014
Professor Loukas Mistelis co-chair and speaker at the Third Annual Damages in International Arbitration conference 10 October 2014
Dr Thomas MacManus involved in The International Caravana of Lawyers 2014 visit to Colombia 9 October 2014
Event Recap: 'Law, Society and Community: Socio-Legal Essays in honour of Roger Cotterrell' Book Launch 9 October 2014
Professor Stavros Brekoulakis to speak at 2014 CETA conference 7 October 2014
Professor Spyros Maniatis, Director of CCLS, interviewed for Alicante News 7 October 2014
Professor Geraldine Van Bueren pens letter to The Times on Conservative plans to leave the European Convention of Human Rights 6 October 2014
Professor Malgosia Fitzmaurice invited as an expert on the law of treaties for the International Law and Drug Policy Reform 6 October 2014
Professor Eric Heinze writes article on Human Rights in the Media conference 6 October 2014
Professor Rosa Lastra invited to speak at 'The Reform of International Economic Governance' Conference in Granada 3 October 2014
Jonathan Griffiths contributes to the drafting of a Recommendation on reform of EU Trade Mark Law 2 October 2014
Professor Richard Ashcroft and Dr Sophie Harman to take part in Life Sciences seminar series 1 October 2014
Dr Gabriel Gari invited to join E15 Initiative 1 October 2014
Professor Ian Walden quoted by Sunday Telegraph on US threats to British online privacy 30 September 2014
Dr Barnali Choudhury publishes Director's Note on gender diversity on boards 30 September 2014
Dr Costanza Russo organises event with University of Bologna on Sovereign Debt 29 September 2014
Dr Maxi Scherer invited to speak at the 2014 ICC Symposium 26 September 2014
Event Recap: Professor Seán McConville chairs event on consistency and uniformity in sentencing 26 September 2014
CCLS conference included in the Bank of England's Quarterly Bulletin 25 September 2014
Professor Rosemary Hunter to give lecture on judicial diversity at UCL 24 September 2014
Events Schedule: Centre for Law and Society in a Global Context 24 September 2014
The Centre for Law and Society in a Global Context (CLSGC), Queen Mary University of London's home for multidisciplinary research into the global dimensions of law and society, recently announced its events schedule for the upcoming 2014-2015 academic year. Below are some highlighted events:
QMUL LLM Student wins International Bar Association scholarship 23 September 2014
Omolola Agbaje-Williams, an LLM student in Intellectual Property Law at Queen Mary, was the recent recipient of a scholarship from the International Bar Association following her winning application in the Intellectual Property and Technology Section.
QMUL team reach final four in Oxford University's Price Media Law International Moot Court Competition 23 September 2014
A team of six LLM students representing Queen Mary University of London navigated their way to a place in the final four of the Price Media International Moot Court Competition held at the Faculty of Law at Oxford University. The competition was held from the 1-4 April and consisted of 35 teams from around the world.
Professor Rosa Lastra invited to speak as part of DG MARKT's conference cycle 22 September 2014
Jonathan Griffiths to speak at Annual Meeting of the German Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property 20 September 2014
Dr Rafael Leal-Arcas is the new Editor-in-Chief of Renewable Energy Law and Policy Review 18 September 2014
qLegal awarded £90,000 to expand free legal advice programme for entrepreneurs 15 September 2014
The Legal Advice Centre (LAC) at Queen Mary University of London has received a grant of £90,000 to expand qLegal, a community initiative which provides free legal advice to entrepreneurs and technology start-ups.
Professor Stavros Brekoulakis organises a major event on 'The Future of Ethics in International Arbitration' 15 September 2014
Dr Del Mar edits new three-volume series on Contemporary Legal Theory 12 September 2014
Dr Rafael Leal-Arcas invited to speak on global and European energy governance, Israel 12 September 2014
Professor Ioannis Kokkoris speaks at the 11th Baltic Competition Conference in Lithuania 11 September 2014
Jonathan Griffiths to speak at ALAI Congress in Brussels 9 September 2014
Professor Lastra and Dr Russo to present at Banking Law Conference 8 September 2014
International State Crime Initiative shortlisted for Times Higher Education Award 4 September 2014
The International State Crime Initiative has been shortlisted for Outstanding ICT Initiative of the Year in the Times Higher Education Awards.
Visiting Scholar at QMUL's Institute of Insurance Law - Dr Yong Q Han 4 September 2014
Professor Lastra to be keynote speaker at Economic Governance conference 2 September 2014
Dr Russo to speak at 24th Economic Forum in Poland 2 September 2014
qLegal's Patrick Cahill on 'Universities, Entrepreneurship and Law' 29 August 2014
Dr Ruth Fletcher 'Contesting the cruel treatment of pregnant women' 28 August 2014
Dr Maxi Scherer to speak at European Society of International Law in Vienna 23 August 2014
Professor Heinze to present at 'Human Rights in the UK Media' conference 20 August 2014
Professor Eric Heinze 'Anti-Semitism is not held to account in the same way as other forms of bigotry' 18 August 2014
Professor Rodrigo Olivares-Caminal comments on Argentinian debt default 12 August 2014
Roger Cotterrell and Maks Del Mar to present on Transnational Authority in Paris 12 August 2014
Dr Thomas MacManus 'How Qatar's hand casts Syrian shadows' 6 August 2014
Professor Loukas Mistelis in the Financial Times 'Arbitration cases heard in London surpass financial crisis peak' 5 August 2014
Dr Del Mar invited to speak to the Legal Theory Group of the National University of Singapore 31 July 2014
Professor Loukas Mistelis 'Yukos oil company ruling could take years to enforce' 29 July 2014
Professor Loukas Mistelis, Gloria Maria Alvarez and Mary Mitsi respond to EU consultation on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership Agreement 28 July 2014
Law Summer Graduation 2014 24 July 2014
Law students from Queen Mary University of London were awarded their degrees at the graduation ceremony on 14 July 2014. The 2014 results for law were excellent, with 82 per cent of students graduating with a 2:1 or above.
Dr Ruth Fletcher comments on UNHRC hearing into Ireland’s observance of human rights 21 July 2014
Dr Maksymilian Del Mar invited to speak at Harvard Law School 17 July 2014
Professor Johanna Gibson - Ink twice: Do you own your tattoos? 17 July 2014
Professor Valsamis Mitsilegas on Privacy and Mass Surveillance 16 July 2014
School of Law Alumni News: Esther McVey to attend Cabinet 16 July 2014
Dr Rafael Leal-Arcas contributed to expert group on trade and climate change at the World Economic Forum 15 July 2014
Shazia Choudhry: 16-year-old twins 'join ISIS' 15 July 2014
Chinese patent office delegates visit London 15 July 2014
Professor Duncan Matthews speaks on Intellectual Property at Melbourne Law School 14 July 2014
Professor Geraldine Van Bueren QC 'We ought to back this move' in The Jewish Chronicle 11 July 2014
Queen Mary University of London students win OUP and BPP National Mooting Competition 11 July 2014
Law students from Queen Mary University of London demonstrated their advocacy skills to win a national moot court competition.
qLegal's Patrick Cahill to speak at International Journal of Clinical Legal Education Conference 11 July 2014
Patrick Cahill speaks at Law Society International Marketplace Conference 10 July 2014
Videos from the Conference on Caste: Critiquing Colonial and Contemporary Constructions 10 July 2014
Academics and community leaders came together to discuss the issue of caste at a one-day conference held in April 2014. The issue of caste was explored in the context of the caste discrimination legislation now on the statute book in the UK via the Equality Act 2010.
Professor Peter Drahos's new book 'Intellectual Property, Indigenous People and their Knowledge' is published 8 July 2014
Dr Rafael Leal-Arcas taught at the Executive Training Programme for Tomorrow's Energy Decision Makers, Kazakhstan 7 July 2014
Report urges for less reliance on imprisonment as punishment 3 July 2014
A law expert from Queen Mary University of London is among the writers of a new report, which is urging for less reliance on imprisonment as a form of punishment in the UK.
Launch of the Microsoft Cloud Computing Research Centre 1 July 2014
Computer scientists at the University of Cambridge Computer Lab and lawyers in the Centre for Commercial Law Studies at Queen Mary University of London are collaborating on research in cloud computing at in a new virtual research centre.
Professor Julia Hornle: Does anybody read internet Terms and Conditions? 1 July 2014
Professor Heinze to present at 'Injustice' conference 27 June 2014
Professor Olivares-Caminal cited in Argentine and Portuguese newspapers on US Supreme Court decision on Argentina debt 27 June 2014
Lawyers lured to boom in Tech City - qLegal in The Times 26 June 2014
Professor Lastra delivers lecture on systemic risk at the British Insurance Law Institute 26 June 2014
Professor Heinze to present at the British Shakespeare Association Conference 2014 26 June 2014
Internship Opportunities with ZUL RAFIQUE and partners in Malaysia 24 June 2014
QMUL alumnus Tan Sri Dato' Cecil WM Abraham is offering two Queen Mary law students the opportunity to do a two-week internship at ZUL RAFIQUE & partners (ZRp) Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Professor Seán McConville on 'Justice or Peace' at the International Association of Judicial Independence and World Peace conference in Moscow 20 June 2014
Professor Geraldine Van Bueren QC 'Magna Carta's lost sister' in The Times 19 June 2014
How does online dispute resolution empower consumers? 16 June 2014
Online dispute resolution (ODR) offers an invaluable means of access to justice for consumers who have a dispute with a business, but are deterred by the costs and barriers involved from going to court.
qLegal to run events in London Technology Week 2014 16 June 2014
Queen Mary's free legal advice service for digital start-ups is to take part in London's first ever Technology week from 16 - 20 June 2014.
The Energy and Natural Resources Law Institute at CCLS 16 June 2014
Professor Olivares-Caminal comments on US Supreme Court role in Argentina debt restructuring 16 June 2014
qLegal takes part in NYC Brooklyn Law event 'From Bleak House to Geek House' 11 June 2014
Experience from Queen Mary’s free legal advice service for digital start-ups was shared at a legal entrepreneurship event in New York.
Professor Lastra participated in Yale's project on The Future of the Global Financial System 11 June 2014
Jonathan Griffiths spoke on packaging legislation for tobacco products in Finland 10 June 2014
Professor Ioannis Kokkoris speaks at 8th Annual IMEDIPA Conference, Istanbul 9 June 2014
Professor Alan Dignam edits 'Exploring Post-crisis Trajectories of European Corporate Governance' 9 June 2014
Professor Eric Heinze 'Are all forms of prejudice equal?' in Left Foot Forward 6 June 2014
QMUL Law ranked 3rd in the UK and 1st in London by Guardian University Guide 3 June 2014
Intellectual Property Office hosts visit from Queen Mary LLM student from St Kitts and Nevis 3 June 2014
Newham pupils take law into their own hands at Queen Mary 2 June 2014
Pupils at two Newham schools will have the chance to recreate ‘live’ court scenes, acting as judges, barristers, solicitors and witnesses, following the successful trial-run of a Queen Mary University of London School of Law initiative.
Queen Mary University of London students benefit from Cameron McKenna law mentoring scheme 30 May 2014
Kate Malleson UKSC Blog Post: The case for gender quotas for appointments to the Supreme Court 30 May 2014
Professor Elspeth Guild: What does mass surveillance do to Human Rights? on openDemocracy 29 May 2014
The study of legal history and its place in academia - an interview with Professor Chris Tomlins 28 May 2014
New Immigration and Asylum Law Study Group for PhD Students 28 May 2014
Dr Costanza Russo: Law and Ethics in Finance Project group respond to Banking Standards Review 28 May 2014
Amber Marks debates Privacy, Secrecy and Surveillance at UCL Legal and Political Theory Forum 28 May 2014
Campaign launches to end sexual violence in war zones 28 May 2014
Leading female campaigners, human rights lawyers – including Queen Mary University of London’s Professor Geraldine Van Bueren QC – and UNICEF UK joined the Foreign Secretary William Hague this week to discuss how to drive forward international action to end the rape and abuse of children in war zones.
Dr Rafael Leal-Arcas invited to speak at the 28th International Energy Credit Association Annual European Conference, Athens 27 May 2014
Professor Cotterrell delivered annual Petrazycki Lecture in Warsaw 23 May 2014
Global Antitrust Review (GAR) - Call for Submissions 22 May 2014
Internship Opportunities with DWF LLP for LLM in Insurance Law Students 22 May 2014
School of Law research referenced in The Economist - International commercial law: exorbitant privilege 22 May 2014
Queen Mary law student societies and Legal Advice Centre to take part in the London Legal Walk 2014 16 May 2014
Event Podcast: Imagining Global Health with Justice, Lawrence Gostin and Professor Richard Ashcroft 14 May 2014
Professor Duncan Matthews speaks on the implications of the Trans-Pacific Partnership for access to medicines at the Australian National University 14 May 2014
Queen Mary Law Phd Student gains internship with the International Law Commission of the United Nations 13 May 2014
Graham Gee and Kate Malleson UKCLA Blog Post: Judicial Appointments, Diversity and the Equal Merit Provision 13 May 2014
Professor Rodrigo Olivares-Caminal to take part in Sovereign Debt Conference in Glasgow 10 May 2014
Professor Cotterrell on law and sociology at the University of Lund, Sweden 9 May 2014
Dr Rafael Leal-Arcas trained lawyers from the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs 9 May 2014
Internships at International Shipping Company for Queen Mary LLM Students 8 May 2014
Dr Del Mar to present on legal reasoning at UCL 7 May 2014
Professor Loukas Mistelis spoke at Signing Ceremony of the Memorandum of Understanding with Qatar International Center for Conciliation and Arbitration QICCA 5 May 2014
Merris Amos interviewed on BBC Radio 5 Live 'UK courts and the European Court of Human Rights' 2 May 2014
Dr Rafael Leal-Arcas spoke at Galatasaray University School of Law, Istanbul, Turkey 2 May 2014
Queen Mary LLM students compete in Oxford International Intellectual Property Moot 2 May 2014
Three LLM Students represented Queen Mary University of London at the 12th annual Intellectual Property Moot Competition at Oxford on 20 - 22 March 2014. The Queen Mary team was Filip Kufrin, Michael Laws and Severine Riviere Naidoo.
Professor Valsamis Mitsilegas comments in NY Times debate on 'Is the Mafia Europe's new security threat?' 1 May 2014
Dr Maxi Scherer: International Arbitration and EU Law seminar on 22 May 2014 in Lithuania 1 May 2014
LLM students take part in Frankfurt Investment Arbitration Moot Competition 25 April 2014
Queen Mary LLM students achieved a top 10 position in an international arbitration moot competition.
Dr Tina Loverdou interviewed on BBC Radio 5 Live on the South Korean ferry disaster 23 April 2014
Dr Moreno-Lax speaks on migrant protection in Indonesia 23 April 2014
Centre for Commercial Law Studies to collaborate with Seven Pillars Institute for Global Finance 23 April 2014
Professor Johanna Gibson's new book 'The Logic of Innovation - Intellectual Property, and What the User Found There' is published 22 April 2014
Professor Ioannis Kokkoris co-organises the First Sino-UK conference on Corporate Law, Beijing 22 April 2014
Queen Mary Law academics to speak at Continuing Legal Education seminars in Singapore 17 April 2014
Uruguay may import Marijuana - Dr Tina Loverdou on the legal implications of shipping narcotics 17 April 2014
Internship opportunity and CCLS bursary for LLM In Insurance Law student with Edwards Wildman 2014-15 16 April 2014
Professor Rodrigo Olivares-Caminal to speak at Corporate Law conference in Beijing 14 April 2014
Professor Eric Heinze to host a documentary screening about sexual diversity 13 April 2014
The 9th Annual EU Tax Students Conference 9 April 2014
'European Union Taxation: Latest Insights and Debates' the ninth annual Tax Students Conference took place on 13-14 March 2014. Each year the event, hosted by the Centre for Commercial Law Studies at Queen Mary University of London, provides an opportunity for LLM students and early career scholars to establish links with other tax law scholars and professionals from across the world.
Professor Valsamis Mitsilegas advises House of Lords on EU Public Prosecutor proposals 9 April 2014
The House of Lords Justice, Institutions and Consumer Protection EU Sub-Committee launched its new inquiry into the role of the proposed new European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO) on Wednesday 26 March.
Queen Mary Law Research Seminar Series Awards 2014 9 April 2014
Queen Mary LLM students publish case law to global Competition Law database 8 April 2014
Nine case law comments from seven students have been published by the e-Competitions Bulletin so far in 2014, the highest number since the university partnered with the Bulletin in 2007-8. The scheme was coordinated this year by PhD student Eda Sahin.
Dr Scherer gives presentation at Sorbonne Law School 8 April 2014
Professor Eric Heinze to give keynote speech at IFJ ‘Hate Speech’ conference 7 April 2014
Professor Richard Ashcroft presents on 'Bioethics as a Utopian Style of Thought' 7 April 2014
Dr Scherer spoke at the Belgrade Arbitration Conference 5 April 2014
Queen Mary Law Society Negotiation Competition Final 2014 3 April 2014
The final of the Queen Mary Law Society negotiation competition took place on 17 March 2014 at Macfarlanes LLP in London. The competition, which aims to enhance negotiation skills, is run by the student law society and is open to Queen Mary University of London undergraduate students.
Professor Eric Heinze contributes to Free Speech Debate project 1 April 2014
Queen Mary's Undergraduate Moot Competition - George Hinde Moot 2014 31 March 2014
Queen Mary's annual moot competition the 'George Hinde Moot' gives undergraduate students a challenging insight into advocacy and the Bar as they present legal arguments under court room conditions. The four students who competed in the 2014 final on Thursday 20 March were Joseph Broadsmith, Hannah Paige Fry, Gillian Hocking and Devon Wright. Hannah Paige Fry won the moot competition and Gillian Hocking was awarded the first year cup.
Dr Del Mar to Chair Agora on International Law and Linguistics 28 March 2014
Dr Del Mar to speak on legal reasoning in Edinburgh 26 March 2014
Dr Prakash Shah to speak at The City Hindus Network 26 March 2014
Professor Linda Silberman from NYU Law School teaches on Queen Mary Paris LLM 26 March 2014
Professor Mitsilegas on the Future of European Criminal Justice 25 March 2014
Professor Rodrigo Olivares-Caminal participated in the Insolvency Lawyers’ Association Academic Forum 2014 22 March 2014
Dr Rafael Leal-Arcas awarded a Fellowship from the Energy Charter Secretariat, Brussels 22 March 2014
Dr Rafael Leal-Arcas invited to speak at the University of Antwerp, Belgium 21 March 2014
The Centre for Law and Society in a Global Context welcomes Distinguished Visiting Fellow Professor Christopher Tomlins 20 March 2014
Law PhD students benefit as Queen Mary joins the Association of Transnational Law Schools 19 March 2014
Six PhD students from Queen Mary University of London will join doctoral students from across the globe to take part in workshops designed to foster the study of legal issues in a global context.
Blackstone Chambers teams up with Queen Mary to offer mini-pupillage 18 March 2014
Professor Lastra to participate in conference on 'Managing and financing European bank resolution' organised by LSE and CCLS with support from ESRC 18 March 2014
Dr Prakash Shah presents a paper at the Centre for Asian Legal Systems, National University of Singapore 17 March 2014
Law students providing advice to Silicon Roundabout 17 March 2014
Dr Christiana HJI Panayi to speak at the Athens Tax Forum 2014 17 March 2014
Professor Rosa Lastra co-organising a Conference on Financial and Monetary Law at the Bank of England on 16 May 2014 17 March 2014
Two Queen Mary law professors appointed members of the Academy of Social Sciences 17 March 2014
Professor Peter Alldridge and Professor Roger Cotterrell were among 28 academics to be appointed members of the Academy of Social Sciences (AcSS) this year, in recognition of their outstanding and sustained contribution to social sciences in the UK and beyond.
Dr Rafael Leal-Arcas appointed by the World Economic Forum and ICTSD as trade and climate change expert, Geneva, Switzerland 14 March 2014
Professor McConville’s book 'Irish Political Prisoners 1929 – 1962: Pilgrimage of Desolation' launched in Dublin and London 14 March 2014
2014 sees highest intake yet for Queen Mary's LLM in Paris programme 14 March 2014
Professor Mitsilegas at Harvard Roundtable on Constitutional Responses to Terrorism 13 March 2014
Dr Rafael Leal-Arcas invited to speak at the Energy Charter Secretariat, Brussels 12 March 2014
Leading International Litigation and Arbitration expert joins QML as Distinguished Visiting Professor 11 March 2014
School of Law shortlisted for national pro bono award 11 March 2014
The School of Law at Queen Mary University of London is in the running for a top national award for its voluntary work with communities, charities and businesses in east London.
LLM in Medical Law students chosen to write for BioNews 11 March 2014
Queen Mary LLM students to take part in Price Media Law Moot 11 March 2014
Fellowship of the Royal Society of Arts elects QML Law alumna 10 March 2014
A graduate of Queen Mary University of London’s School of Law has been awarded the prestigious honour of being elected to the Fellowship of the Royal Society of Arts.
Dr Costanza Russo spoke at the House of Commons on European Finance Legislation 8 March 2014
Professor Stavros Brekoulakis wins award for his article in leading International Arbitration Journal 7 March 2014
Professor Van Bueren QC in The Times: "Sexual violence in conflict is preventable, not inevitable" 7 March 2014
Professor Julia Hornle to take part in UNCITRAL Online Dispute Resolution expert meeting 7 March 2014
Professor Eric Heinze - Are we really wedded to gay rights? 6 March 2014
For British gay rights campaigners, 2014 already looks like a year to remember. England and Wales will join the small club of nations that allow same-sex couples to marry. Meanwhile, the Sochi winter Olympics have sparked global outrage against Russian homophobia. Surely reasons to celebrate?
QM Visiting Professor, Attila Tanzi, appointed member to the Permanent Court of Arbitration 6 March 2014
Dr Del Mar invited to speak on MacCormick in London and Cambridge 6 March 2014
Professor Philip Rawlings: Flood insurance: murky waters? 4 March 2014
Floods reinforce the impression of harried communities at the mercy of nature and abandoned by government, emergency services and insurers. Insurance companies are the bad guys, right? It’s not that straightforward.
Dr Maxi Scherer appointed as a Global Professor in the NYU Law Abroad programme in Paris 3 March 2014
QML Phd student is lead author of a report on constitutional standards published by the Constitution Unit UCL 3 March 2014
Professor David Southern, Director of the School of Tax Law at QM, to be appointed as Queen's Counsel 27 February 2014
Coordinator of Ecologic Legal to speak on Climate Change Negotiations on 21 March 2014 27 February 2014
Professor Eric Heinze to speak at Hybridity: Power, social structures and institutions beyond the liberal west 21 February 2014
Dr Gabriel Gari to speak at the World Trade Institute 21 February 2014
Student-led Law and Business Journal launches at Queen Mary 20 February 2014
qLegal launches at Google Campus 20 February 2014
Arbitration Award for top lecture of 2013 19 February 2014
Professor Eric Heinze to take part in the Kingston University Shakespeare Seminar 19 February 2014
Dr Gabriel Gari to participate in the Latin American Research conference in Mexico City 19 February 2014
Professor Loukas Mistelis wins global award for best Arbitration Lecture of 2013 19 February 2014
London Technology Week reports on the launch of qLegal 17 February 2014
qLegal Toolkits Published 17 February 2014
Dr Gabriel Gari to speak at The Centre for Trade and Economic Integration 17 February 2014
Professor Eric Heinze invited to speak about hate speech to the European Law Students’ Association 17 February 2014
Professor Geraldine Van Bueren QC appointed as an expert by UNICEF in Consultation on Children's Equitable Access to Justice 14 February 2014
Professor Richard Ashcroft comments on smoking and mental illness 12 February 2014
Professor Geraldine Van Bueren QC invited to speak at Amnesty International and Irish Human Rights Commission seminar 6 February 2014
Jonathan Griffiths to speak at Oxford Intellectual Property Research Centre series 3 February 2014
Dr Rafael Leal-Arcas to participate in the First Global Partnership for Action on Green Economy Conference in Dubai 3 February 2014
Insurance Law and the City, Jonathan Moss, DWF Fishburns 28 January 2014
Pro Bono Society unites with local sixth form for competition 28 January 2014
6th Issue of the Global Antitrust Review is published 28 January 2014
Professor Kate Malleson featured in Law Society Gazette 'Women judges: inconvenient truth' 28 January 2014
Dr Maxi Scherer to speak at arbitration conference in New York 28 January 2014
Professor Loukas Mistelis to speak at ADR as Public Policy: Domestic and International Perspectives at Penn State University 28 January 2014
Dr Maks Del Mar invited to join two editorial boards 22 January 2014
Professor Rachael Mulheron - Funding and ATE: what's to come in 2014 22 January 2014
QM Law PhD student to present research to Immigration and Asylum Tribunal 16 January 2014
Student-led legal service for Tech City entrepreneurs launches 13 January 2014
Dr Maks Del Mar to speak at the Ankara Bar Association’s 8th International Law Congress 8 January 2014