A year in legal research: 2022 in review

13 January 2023

As we launch into the new year, we take a moment to look back at some of the national and global issues the Law School's experts were tackling in 2022 – a year that saw us rank #3 for legal research in the UK (THE analysis of REF 2021). Fighting for reproductive rights, supporting striking workers and responding to an illegal war are just a few examples that illustrate what research in action really looks like. Find out what else our academics were up to in 2022.

Here is a whistlestop tour of just a few of the news stories featured in our ‘2022 - Year in Review: Law School in the News’ (PDF, 3,795kB)‌:

Should suspects be anonymous until charge?

How did our academics put the legal spotlight on Ukraine?

What is needed to close Guantánamo?

How are our academics shaping a post pandemic world?

Does the law always protect workers from their employers?

Will Roe v Wade see reproductive rights go backwards?

What have we done since World Environment Day (5 June)?

How does research inform our new tech focused LLM?

What’s the connection between the monarch and parliament?

How did policing fail Kaba and Judah?

Does the draft Mental Health Bill deliver what’s needed?

What was 2022 like for Human Rights?

In 2022 the University of Bristol Law School was ranked third for legal research in the UK (THE analysis of REF 2021), with a remarkable 93% of its research assessed as world-leading or internationally excellent.