Universities

The Advocate General for Scotland, Baroness Smith of Cluny KC, will deliver the Aberdeen Law Project's annual lecture this year. The lecture, which is being held on ...

The Aberdeen Law Project has been shortlisted as a finalist for the ‘University Pro Bono Award’ in the LexisNexis Legal Awards 2025. The new University Pro Bono ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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. ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...