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Professor Sionaidh Douglas-Scott pens 'Amendment seven: has parliament finally taken back control on Brexit?' for Prospect Magazine 21 December 2017
Professor Penny Green comments on Ashin Wirathu and his violence towards the Rohinyga 20 December 2017
Professor Rafael Leal-Arcas co-organized and hosted a conference on The Role of Climate Change Research in Fostering Climate Action 20 December 2017
Professor Rafael Leal-Arcas spoke at the Yale Workshop on Trade and Climate Change Agenda 2017 20 December 2017
Dr Eva Nanopoulos pens 'Scrapping anti-Terror laws – naivety or opportunity?' for Open Democracy 19 December 2017
Professor Penny Green and Dr Thomas MacManus co-sign letter calling for Grenfell victims to help with Inquiry 14 December 2017
Professor Valsamis Mitsilegas gives evidence on Brexit to the House of Commons Home Affairs Committee 8 December 2017
Professor Eric Heinze pens article on how safe spaces became dangerous for Free Speech Debate 6 December 2017
Professor Penny Green speaks to CNN about Pope not referring to Rohingya 5 December 2017
Professor Penny Green discusses why the Pope failed to mention the Rohingya 1 December 2017
Professor Valsamis Mitsilegas and Fabio Giuffrida publish policy paper on the European Public Prosecutor’s Office for the Centre of European Policy Studies (CEPS) 1 December 2017
QMUL Criminal Justice Cente and Centre international de criminologie comparée and École de criminologie, Université de Montréal host joint seminar 29 November 2017
Professor Penny Green writes on Myanmar, genocide and the Rohingya for 21st Century Global Dyanmics 28 November 2017
CCLS holds reunion drinks for alumni in Colombia 27 November 2017
Professor Jonathan Griffiths spoke on "Copyright and Cultural Diversity" at REDA 2017 22 November 2017
Professor Rafael Leal-Arcas spoke on the links between trade agreements, climate change and clean energy in Taiwan 22 November 2017
Professor Penny Green interviewed for The Briefing podcast about Violence in Myanmar 17 November 2017
Dr Saskia Hufnagel speaks to the Evening Standard about art theft in London 17 November 2017
Dr Prakash Shah pens 'Cast in foam, a law set in stone' for The Pioneer 16 November 2017
Professor Penny Green comments on Downing Street's response to the Rohingya crisis 14 November 2017
Dr Ruth Fletcher provides expert testimony to the Irish Parliament’s Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment 13 November 2017
Frances Ridout speaks to Wired about Facebook trial to tackle online revenge porn 9 November 2017
First 2017-18 State Crime Seminar Series delivered by Professor John Chalcraft on 'Transnational Activism and State Violence' 6 November 2017
A report by Kelly Parkington on a talk by Professor John Chalcraft of London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).
Dr Prakash Shah interviewed about the proposed law on caste discrimination 3 November 2017
Professor Penny Green comments on the increasing pressure faced by universities to break ties with institutions in Myanmar 2 November 2017
Dr Maks Del Mar becomes Co-Editor of the Law in Context series at Cambridge University Press 1 November 2017
BBC Radio 4’s Law in Action speaks to Professor Sionaidh Douglas-Scott EU withdrawal bill 1 November 2017
Professor Rafael Leal-Arcas discusses the challenges and opportunties for EU energy policy 31 October 2017
A new book from QMUL's Professor Rafael Leal-Arcas presents, for the first time, a comprehensive overview of the most important research and latest trends in EU energy law and policy. In this article, he talks about some of the major challenges facing the EU in terms of energy policy.
QMUL Criminal Justice Centre co-organises lecture on Mutual Recognition in Criminal Matters: The CJEU and the Goldilocks Squeeze 26 October 2017
Professor Eric Heinze featured in BBC article 'Nazi forums closed as Reddit purges "violent content"' 26 October 2017
Fifth Annual Renmin – Queen Mary Criminal Justice Conference held in China 24 October 2017
Dr Maks Del Mar to deliver lecture in Salzburg 24 October 2017
Dr Maks Del Mar gives seminar at the Aesthetics Research Centre 24 October 2017
Professor Sionaidh Douglas-Scott speaks to the Financial Times’ Brexit Unspun podcast 24 October 2017
Alicia de la Cour Venning, Dr Thomas MacManus and Professor Penny Green write on exposing the genocide of Myanmar’s Rohingya 23 October 2017
Professor Sionaidh Douglas-Scott nominated to Expert Working Group on the EU (Withdrawal) Bill and the Rule of Law 23 October 2017
2015 International Arbitration Survey cited in The China Business Law Journal 18 October 2017
Professor Douglas-Scott appointed to a panel of experts to give evidence on the UK's decision to leave the EU 17 October 2017
ISCI report on genocide in Myanmar cited by the Daily Star 13 October 2017
Dr Maks Del Mar to deliver Keynote Lecture at Joint Conference of the Netherlands Association of Legal Philosophy and the Netherlands Association of the Sociology of Law 13 October 2017
Dr Guan H. Tang quoted in article on Stamping out trademark theft in China 12 October 2017
QMUL and White and Case launch international arbitration survey 12 October 2017
The Centre for Commercial Legal Studies (CCLS) at QMUL has launched its 2018 International Arbitration Survey, carried out in conjunction with Global law firm White & Case LLP.
Professor Sionaidh Douglas-Scott publishes edited volume on fundamental rights in the EU 12 October 2017
Professor Penny Green quoted in ASEAN Today article on Aung San Suu Kyi possibly allowing ethnic cleansing in Myanmar 10 October 2017
Professor Dr Rafael Leal-Arcas presented his research at annual conference on sustainable development in Croatia 6 October 2017
Law at Queen Mary ranked 37th in the world 4 October 2017
Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) has been named among the top 50 universities in the world for Law in the prestigious Times Higher Education subject ranking 2018.
Professor Penny Green appears on TRT World Roundtable: 'Rohingya Crisis - One month on, can it be stopped?' 29 September 2017
ISCI featured in Teen Vouge article on 'Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar, Explained' 28 September 2017
Professor Sionaidh Douglas-Scott's contribution to the 2017 Putney debates published in new book 27 September 2017
Professor Penny Green spoke to BBC Radio 4 on 'The Rohingya violence: a textbook example of ethnic cleansing?' 25 September 2017
Professor Rafael Leal-Arcas co-edits the first ever Research Handbook on EU Energy Law and Policy 25 September 2017
Professor Rafael Leal-Arcas publishes new research on Sustainability, common concern, and public goods, in the George Washington International Law Review 25 September 2017
Professor Sionaidh Douglas-Scott writes for Prospect Magazine about the potential loss of rights in the Brexit Withdrawal Bill 22 September 2017
Professor Sionaidh Douglas-Scott gives expert evidence to the Scottish Parliament European and External relations committee 22 September 2017
Professor Penny Green featured in article on the 'Call to strip Myanmar’s leader Aung San-Suu Kyi of Ulster-degree' 22 September 2017
Professor Penny Green denounces Spain’s attempts to block the referendum in Catalonia in a co-written letter 22 September 2017
ISCI's Alicia de la Cour Venning and Dr Thomas MacMannus speak to The Diplomat on the Rohingya Crisis 21 September 2017
New book published: ‘Human Rights of Migrants in the 21st Century’ 20 September 2017
Professor Sionaidh Douglas-Scott pens 'An "utterly pernicious" Bill?' for ‘The UK in a changing Europe’ 18 September 2017
Professor Dr Rafael Leal-Arcas participated in the 2nd Yale sustainability leadership forum 15 September 2017
Alicia de la Cour Venning writes on the Rohingya crisis for the Conversation 15 September 2017
Professor Penny Green speaks to the BBC’s Spanish language service about the crisis of the Rohingyas in Myanmar 15 September 2017
Amy Corcoran writes 'Art the Arms Fair: making art not war' for the Red Pepper 14 September 2017
Professor Eric Heinze pens 'The left’s version of hate speech: guilt by association' for Free Speech Debate 13 September 2017
Myanmar Violence: Interview with Professor Penny Green 11 September 2017
Sam Fowles pens 'Brexit Britain’s feud with European courts: this is not taking back control' for The Conversation 8 September 2017
Professor Valsamis Mitsilegas published policy paper on the EU response to the Barcelona terrorist attacks 6 September 2017
Professor Ioannis Kokkoris interviewed by Bloomberg on the Intel case 6 September 2017
Professor Dr Rafael Leal-Arcas spoke on trade agreements and climate change in Rome 5 September 2017
ISCI Researcher, Alicia de la Cour Venning, interviewed by TRT World on the violence against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar 5 September 2017
LAC's Frances Ridout speaks to Regulation Matters on how pro bono can benefit all 5 September 2017
Professor Dr Rafael Leal-Arcas quoted by Sputnik on Brexit negotiations 1 September 2017
Professor Rudi Fortson QC quoted in article on arrests for laughing gas 1 September 2017
Professor Eric Heinze quoted in OZY on Free speech and banning newspapers 30 August 2017
Professor Roger Cullis writes letter to The Guardian on the value of international students 29 August 2017
Dr Gabriel Gari speaks on services in new Free Trade Agreements 22 August 2017
Professor Dr Rafael Leal-Arcas spoke at the Energy Governance Forum of the Vanderbilt University Law School 8 August 2017
Professor Ian Walden discusses new legal dilemmas facing law firms in The Guardian 8 August 2017
Applications open for Penal History Project Stipendiary Internships 7 August 2017
Dr Prakash Shah co-signs petition calling for greater representation of the Arts and Classical Indic Heritage in the National Educational Policy 25 July 2017
VICE speaks to Amber Marks about Catalonia’s Ground-Breaking New Weed Law 24 July 2017
Amber Marks featured in VICE article on ‘Why Sniffer Dogs Should Be Banned at Clubs and Festivals’ 21 July 2017
Professor Valsamis Mitsilegas cited in House of Lords EU Committee Report on Brexit and Data Protection 18 July 2017
Dr Stephen Allen speaks to The Foreign Desk about the dispute between the UK and Mauritius over Chagos Islands 17 July 2017
Professor Rafael Leal-Arcas to speak on Empowering citizens for common concerns in Ghana 17 July 2017
Professor Rafael Leal-Arcas to speak on decarbonization and energy security at the Institute for Climate Protection, Energy and Mobility 17 July 2017
QMUL hosts ATLAS Agora 2017 4 July 2017
Dr Costanza Russo to comment on the relationship between Law, Ethics and Culture in Banking 4 July 2017
Professor Rafael Leal-Arcas spoke on Governance of Renewable Energy, Milan, Italy 30 June 2017
Dr Ruth Fletcher co-hosts the third open meeting of the London Irish Abortion Rights Campaign. 29 June 2017
Dr Ruth Fletcher blogs on Northern Irish Abortion Law 29 June 2017
Professor Dr Rafael Leal-Arcas invited as expert on trade and environment at OECD, Paris 28 June 2017
Professor Rodrigo Olivares-Caminal key organiser on Symposium on the Internationalization of the RMB. Risks and Challenges Ahead. London 27 June 2017
Dr Gabriel Gari delivers a webinar for the UK Institute of Export and International Trade 15 June 2017
Law in Practice students take the next steps with Reed Smith LLP 15 June 2017
All four students from the LLB Law in Practice programme at Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) have been offered training contracts with global law firm Reed Smith LLP. The Law in Practice Programme is four years in duration and students spend year three on a professional placement at Reed Smith LLP.
Dr Ruth Fletcher’s new co-edited collection, ReValuing Care in Theory, Law and Policy: Cycles and Connection, is launched at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies 13 June 2017
Speakers Professor Maria Drakopoulou (Kent), Professor Marie Fox (Liverpool), Dr Yasmin Gunaratnam (Goldsmiths) and Professor Ambreena Manji (Cardiff), joined chair Professor Diamond Ashiagbor (IALS) and co-editors Dr Ruth Fletcher (QMUL) and Professor Rosie Harding (Birmingham) for the launch of ReValuing Care in Theory, Law and Policy.
Dr Gabriel Gari speaks on Brexit at the British Institute of International and Comparative Law 12 June 2017
Professor Dr Rafael Leal-Arcas spoke at the 6th Annual international conference on Law, Regulation and Public Policy, Singapore 7 June 2017
Professor Eric King quoted in article on More UK police put cash down for IMSI Catchers 1 June 2017
Professor Dr Rafael Leal-Arcas spoke at the International Energy Charter Ashgabat Forum, Turkmenistan 1 June 2017
Dr Mehmet Kurt writes on New Turkey and old troubles 1 June 2017
Professor Duncan Mathews addressed the European Parliament Legal Affairs Committee in Brussels on the Legal Consequences of Brexit for Intellectual Property 30 May 2017
Professor Dr Rafael Leal-Arcas spoke on Brexit at the School of the Judiciary, Recife, Brazil 26 May 2017
Professor of Labour Law wins prestigious legal book prize 25 May 2017
Professor Lizzie Barmes from QMUL’s School of Law has won the 2017 Hart Socio-Legal Book Prize for Bullying and Behavioural Conflict at Work: The Duality of Individual Rights.
QMUL School of Law comes out top in London 19 May 2017
International State Crime Initiative (ISCI) featured in 'The Guardian view on Myanmar: some humans have more rights than others' 4 May 2017
Dr Davor Jancic write on is the European Court of Justice here to stay? 3 May 2017
Report by Dr Violeta Moreno-Lax finds asylum seeker boat turnbacks illegal and don't deter people 3 May 2017
Professor Geraldine Van Bueren wrote a letter to The Times on The Human Rights Act and social justice 3 May 2017
Professor Eric Heinze write on Israel, no-platforming – and why there’s no such thing as ‘narrow exceptions’ to campus free speech 2 May 2017
Professor Geraldine Van Bueren write on The Human Rights Act and social justice 2 May 2017
Professor Rafael Leal-Arcas spoke at Roundtable on the future of international energy governance at Vanderbilt University Law School 29 April 2017
Dr Davor Jancic speaks at Oxford Leaders Forum at Saïd Business School 28 April 2017
Sam Fowles: 'Don’t worry about Brexit, worry about the Great Repeal Bill that comes after it' 28 April 2017
QMUL School of Law hosts 2017 George Hinde Moot Final in UK Supreme Court 27 April 2017
Dr Davor Jancic spoke on the role of the European Court of Justice in Brexit negotiations at BritishAmerican Business (BAB) in London 26 April 2017
Dr Gabriel Gari speaks on Brexit at the Association Française des Juristes d'Entreprise 20 April 2017
QMUL's Criminal Justice Centre sponsors conference on European Criminal Law in the Global Context: Values, Principles and Policies 31 March 2017
Professor Dr Uma Suthersanen spoke at the Annual Congress of the International Literary and Artistic Association (ALAI 2017) at university of Copenhagen in Denmark 17 March 2017
Is Bail-in the Answer to All of our Problems?: A Multidisciplinary and Multijurisdictional Approach’, and was chaired by Professor Rodrigo Olivares-Caminal Co-Director of IGLEF 17 March 2017
Professor Dr Uma Suthersanen spoke at the Intellectual property and global development: 50 Years after Stockholm, Texas A and M University School of Law 16 March 2017
QMUL LLM team participates in the 15th WTO ELSA Moot Court Competition 16 March 2017
Sir Richard Aikens delivers the ‘Marine Insurance’ module in Piraeus 13 March 2017
CCLS hosts workshop on Protection and Indemnity Clubs in Greece 11 March 2017
Professor Dr Rafael Leal-Arcas was keynote speaker at the University of Eastern Finland 10 March 2017
The Inaugural Bridget Lindley Annual Memorial Lecture: Holding the Risk – the Balance between Child Protection and the Right to Family Life 8 March 2017
Professor Mitsilegas gives evidence to the House of Lords EU Committee on the impact of Brexit on data protection 2 March 2017
Professor Dr Rafael Leal-Arcas as keynote speaker at the 5th Annual Energy Transitions, Finland 28 February 2017
Gerard Sanders, General Counsel of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), gives lecture on heritage and innovation of this newly created Multilateral Development Bank 16 February 2017
Professor Eric Heinze part of roundtable at #BCNvsOdi International Conference in Barcelona 26 January 2017
Jonathan Griffiths in to speak on 'Copyright and Freedom of Speech' at UCL 26 January 2017
Professor Sean McConville's Penal History Project awards stipendiary internships 26 January 2017
Professor Valsamis Mitsilegas delivers keynote speech on the future of European Criminal Law after Brexit 25 January 2017
Professor Dr Maxi Scherer gave the Keynote opening remarks at the SCC Centennial Symposium 'Arbitrating for Peace' 25 January 2017
Dr Saskia Hufnagel Co-organises Second Workshop of the AHRC Network Grant Series 25 January 2017
Professor Eric Heinze to discuss 'Do human rights require democracy?' at Cardiff University 24 January 2017
Centre for Small States' Dr Caroline Morris awarded a Leverhulme Visiting Professor grant 24 January 2017
Professor Dr Rafael Leal-Arcas quoted on Brexit: UK-EU FTA as the most sensible option post-Brexit 24 January 2017
Centre for Small States successful partner in an Erasmus+ Strategic Partnership grant application 24 January 2017
Professor Rodrigo Olivares-Caminal was interviewed by VOA Ukrainian Service 24 January 2017
QMUL LLM Student performs poem on 'Exodus of Kashmiri Pandits' at House of Commons 18 January 2017
2016 International Dispute Resolution Survey reveals lack of expertise crippling technology dispute arbitration 16 January 2017
Professor Douglas-Scott quoted in FT article on Theresa May's likely clash with Lords over ‘Henry VIII’ powers 16 January 2017
Professor Rosa Lastra: EBA moving out of London "a given" without a soft BREXIT 13 January 2017
Professor Phoebe Okowa nominated to the Permanent Court of Arbitration 12 January 2017
Professor Eric Heinze discusses the republication of Hitler’s Mein Kampf 11 January 2017
'Free speech debates are more than "radicals" vs "liberals"' says Professor Eric Heinze 11 January 2017
Professor Ioannis Kokkoris comments on ChemChina and Syngenta submitting minor concessions to EU watchdog 11 January 2017
Professor Loukas Mistelis and Professor Sir Bernard Rix appointed to P.R.I.M.E. Finance's panel of experts 10 January 2017
No Feedback to be performed at JW3 with Dr Daniela Nadj leading discussion 4 January 2017
Dr Alexandros X.M. Ntovas featured in leading Greek newspaper on shipping and finance 1 July 2016