News in 2024
- Law School signs Memorandum of Understanding with Cardozo School of Law 11 December 2024 The University of Bristol Law School is delighted to have signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Cardozo School of Law in New York.
- Professor Joanne Conaghan awarded SLSA Prize for Contributions to the Legal Community 6 December 2024 The Law School’s Professor Joanne Conaghan has been awarded the prestigious Socio-Legal Studies Association’s Prize for Contributions to the Legal Community in recognition of her outstanding contributions to scholarship and impact on the legal academy.
- Professor Rachel Murray presents on Model Law at the Pan-African Parliament 21 November 2024 The Law School’s Professor Rachel Murray was invited to speak at the Justice and Human Rights Committee of the Pan-African Parliament on 6 November 2024, presenting on the development of a Model Law on the implementation of African human rights bodies' decisions.
- Professor Paula Giliker wins Legal Academic of the Year Award at the Inspirational Women in Law Awards 8 November 2024 The Law School’s Professor Paula Giliker was awarded the Legal Academic of the Year Award at the prestigious Next 100 Years’ Inspirational Women in Law Awards this week.
- Professors Catherine Kelly and Gwen Seabourne appointed Fellows of the Royal Historical Society 17 October 2024 The Law School’s Professors Catherine Kelly and Gwen Seabourne have been elected as Fellows of the Royal Historical Society in recognition of their outstanding contributions to historical scholarship.
- New Policy Bristol briefing on improving support for Nearest Relatives under the Mental Health Act 10 October 2024 Today on World Mental Health Day, Policy Bristol has published a new Research Briefing, ‘How to improve support for Nearest Relatives under the Mental Health Act’, by the Law School’s Judy Laing, Professor of Mental Health Law, Rights and Policy, together with Dr Jeremy Dixon (Cardiff University) and Dr Kevin Stone (University of Warwick).
- Celebrating the launch of the Centre for Crime, Law and Society 24 September 2024 The Law School is delighted to announce the launch of a new centre of research. The Centre for Crime, Law and Society (CCLAS) is a centre of excellence and collaboration in the complex interface between crime, law and society.
- Law School hosts 115th conference of the Society of Legal Scholars 23 September 2024 The Law School was delighted to host the 115th conference of the Society of Legal Scholars (SLS), held at the University of Bristol on 3-5 September 2024. The conference welcomed an international audience of over 460 delegates.
- Publication: ‘Children’s Rights, ‘Foreign Fighters’, Counter-Terrorism’ by Professor Devyani Prabhat 11 September 2024 A new book co-authored by Professor Devyani Prabhat, published by Edward Elgar Publishing, September 2024, examines issues of nationality rights and statelessness, emphasising the vulnerability of children in situations of war, conflict and radicalisation.
- Sir Nicholas Mostyn awarded Honorary Degree 29 July 2024 The University of Bristol has awarded Law School alumnus Sir Nicholas Mostyn (LLB 1979) an Honorary Degree, Doctor of Laws. Retiring from his position as a British High Court Judge in the Family Division last year, his career, spanning decades, saw him preside over some contentious and groundbreaking cases.
- New films set to boost effective adoption of Health Impact Assessments 22 July 2024 Expert voices from planning, health, government and consultants, including the University of Bristol Law School’s Dr Edward Kirton-Darling, share their insights into using Health Impact Assessments as a force for good in creating healthier new communities.
- Study examines how to characterise Decentralised Autonomous Organisations to inform future law reform 12 July 2024 The Law Commission has published a Scoping Paper on Decentralised Autonomous Organisations (DAOs). The paper, compiled by the Commercial and Common Law team, led by Commissioner Professor Sarah Green, looks into how DAOs can be characterised and how the law of England and Wales might accommodate them now and in the future. The research seeks to identify current issues around DAOs to inform any future law reform or innovations.
- Publication: ‘The Functions of International Adjudication and International Environmental Litigation’ by Dr Joshua Paine 24 June 2024 Cambridge University Press has published ‘The Functions of International Adjudication and International Environmental Litigation’ by the Law School’s Dr Joshua Paine. The book offers a timely, in-depth analysis of the law and practices of different international courts and tribunals, and of the key challenges they face in the settlement of environmental disputes.
- Professor Foluke Adebisi shortlisted for Law Teacher of the Year 2024 20 June 2024 Foluke Adebisi, Professor of Law at the University of Bristol Law School, was among the finalists celebrated at the prestigious Law Teacher of the Year 2024 awards, held last week at the Oxford University Press Celebrating Excellence in Law Teaching conference.
- Melanie Pottle Iddon among Bristol Teaching Awards winners 10 June 2024 Melanie Pottle Iddon, PhD Candidate at the Law School, was among the University of Bristol staff thanked for their “brilliance and wonderful teaching” at the 2024 Bristol Teaching Awards.
- Bristol just transition trailblazers make tracks for Bonn Climate Change Conference 5 June 2024 The Law School's Dr Alice Venn is among three climate change experts from the University of Bristol set to champion inclusivity and ensuring a fair shift to a net zero economy at a major United Nations summit – the Bonn Climate Change Conference in Germany this week.
- Professor Albert Sanchez-Graells appointed to NHS Independent Patient Choice and Procurement Panel 29 May 2024 The Law School’s Professor Albert Sanchez-Graells has been appointed to the National Health Service England’s Independent Patient Choice and Procurement Panel, set up to ensure that procurement processes for healthcare services are transparent, fair and proportionate.
- Law Clinic wins Best Contribution by a Law School Award 14 May 2024 The University of Bristol Law Clinic has been awarded the ‘Best Contribution by a Law School Award’ in the prestigious LawWorks and Attorney General Student Pro Bono Awards 2024. The Awards celebrate the best pro bono activities undertaken by law students and law schools from across the UK, and the positive impact on those assisted.
- Publication: ‘Digital Technologies and Public Procurement’ by Professor Albert Sanchez-Graells 7 May 2024 Oxford University Press has published a new book by Professor of Economic Law Albert Sanchez-Graells. ‘Digital Technologies and Public Procurement: Gatekeeping and Experimentation in Digital Public Governance’ offers an in-depth assessment of public procurement digitalisation, challenging the emerging consensus that procurement is a useful tool of digital regulation - and proposes alternative methods of digital technology regulation.
- Research shows veterinary deal would increase UK agri-food exports to EU by more than a fifth 25 April 2024 A veterinary deal with the European Union could increase UK agricultural and food exports by more than a fifth, according to new research co-authored by the Law School’s Dr Greg Messenger and Aston University Centre for Business Prosperity’s Professor Jun Du and Dr Oleksandr Shepotylo.
- Success for Professor Alan Bogg and UNISON's legal team in landmark UK Supreme Court Labour Law Case 23 April 2024 The Law School’s Professor of Labour Law Alan Bogg appeared in the UK Supreme Court on Wednesday 17 April, as part of UNISON's legal team acting on behalf of a care worker in an important right to strike case.
- Law Clinic shortlisted for Best Contribution by a Law School Award 10 April 2024 The University of Bristol Law Clinic has been shortlisted for the ‘Best Contribution by a Law School Award’ in the prestigious LawWorks and Attorney General Student Pro Bono Awards 2024.
- Trust in what intellectually stimulates and emotionally connects with you: Q&A with PhD student Patty Miranda 8 April 2024 Patty Miranda, PhD student at the Law School, was awarded her LLM in Health, Law, and Society (HLS) with distinction in 2022 and received the Prize for Best Performance for achieving the highest marks in her cohort on the HLS pathway. We caught up with her about what sparked her journey into health law, the skills she developed through the LLM and how these have contributed to her current PhD degree, and her advice for students considering postgraduate studies.
- Professor Margherita Pieraccini appointed to Office for Environmental Protection's College of Experts 22 March 2024 The Law School’s Professor Margherita Pieraccini has been appointed to the Office for Environmental Protection (OEP) College of Experts group.
- Law School receives Athena Swan Silver award 12 March 2024 The University of Bristol Law School is delighted to announce that our application for an Athena Swan Silver Award has been successful, seeing the Law School become the first non-STEMM School in the University to receive an Athena Swan Silver award.
- Celebrating our February 2024 prize winners 16 February 2024 This week the Law School celebrated student award winners who have achieved excellence in their studies, in a prize-giving ceremony held on Wednesday 14 February.