Universities

Professor Chloë Kennedy has been awarded over £372,000 from the Leverhulme Trust for a new research project entitled ‘A History of Hurt Feelings and the Law’. The four-year project will be led collaboratively with co-investigators Dr Alice Krzanich (University of Aberdeen) and

Dr Rozemarijn Roland Holst has been awarded over £128,000 by the Leverhulme Trust for a three-year project entitled ‘The Making and Unmaking of Global Commons by International Organisations’. Global commons, areas outside national jurisdiction of states such as the high seas, Antar

Edinburgh Law School's Professor James Harrison is to deliver his inaugural lecture on a fundamental question of environmental legal scholarship: how much environmental protection can we expect environmental law to deliver?  Whilst protection of the environment is undoubtedly the underlying obj

A University of Dundee study will give volunteer jurors from across Scotland the opportunity to deliver their verdict on the future of digital crime fighting. The university’s Leverhulme Research Centre for Forensic Science (LRCFS) is recruiting members of the public as part of research focusi

Dundee Law School has become the first in Scotland to establish a module in trauma-informed practice as part of its diploma course. The module will prepare students to support clients seeking legal advice while they are affected by traumatic life events.

A new booklet celebrates the women of Strathclyde Law School as it celebrates its diamond jubilee this year. It states: "The idea for the booklet dates to 2022 when Claire McDiarmid and Rebecca Zahn decided to embark on a project to collate the memories that women academics have of their time in the

A University of Dundee academic is calling for ‘less talk and more action’ from COP29. Dr Nandan Mukherjee, of the University’s UNESCO Centre for Water Law, Policy and Science, wants to see real action taking place this year through tangible initiatives such as climate resilient ho

Dundee Law School has established a new partnership with The College of Legal Practice for students taking the English LLB. The college will offer the university’s law students an opportunity to take their courses to prepare for the Solicitors’ Qualifying Examination (SQE).

Professor Lady Sue Black, Baroness of Strome, is making a return to the University of Dundee to deliver this year’s Margaret Harris Lecture on Friday 29 November. From 2003 to 2018, Professor Lady Black served as Professor of Anatomy and Forensic Anthropology at the University of Dundee, where

As Pro Bono Week begins, shining the spotlight on the role of voluntary legal work is of utmost importance, writes Lauren Weetman. The pro bono effort of solicitors has a profound impact on both those seeking access to legal advice and the broader legal community alike. Efforts that shine particular

Edinburgh Law School's Professor Stephen Neff is to deliver a lecture entitled The Art(s) of Moral Globalisation next month.  Professor Neff is a graduate of Harvard University (in sociology) and of the University of Virginia School of Law. His primary research interest is the history of public

Edinburgh Law School's W.A. Wilson Memorial Lecture will be delivered by Professor Helen Scott, regius professor of civil law, University of Cambridge next Thursday and is entitled ‘In Defence of Ignorance’. Recent accounts of the law of unjust enrichment (restitution) have emphasised th

Dr Gavin Sullivan, reader in international human rights law at Edinburgh Law School, has been awarded almost £600,000 by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) for his academic project. The UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship scheme seeks to develop the next wave of world-class research and innovation l

Students in the Emma Ritch Law Clinic at the University of Glasgow School of Law have been working on a Supreme Court case which raises awareness of complainers’ rights and fair trial rights in sexual violence cases. The clinic was instructed by Rape Crisis Scotland who appeared as a third par

The tenth edition of the Dundee Student Law Review has been published. Volume X commemorates the tenth anniversary of the journal and opens with a preface and acknowledgements by the project’s chair, Tom Edwards. It features the winning article of the 2023 Jonathan Leslie Memorial Essay Prize