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Durham Law School - Congratulations to our Summer Graduands 2021

Members of staff bid a fond farewell to our wonderful Class of 2021.

Professor Deirdre McCann co-organises global labour conference with the UN International Labour Organisation

Professor Deirdre McCann co-organises global labour conference with the UN International Labour Organisation

Dr Andy Hayward appointed Specialist Adviser to the Women and Equalities Committee

Dr Andy Hayward has been appointed the Specialist Adviser to the Women and Equalities Committee in relation to their forthcoming inquiry into the Rights of Cohabiting Partners.
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Professor Thom Brooks becomes elected member of the Academia Europaea

Professor Thom Brooks has been invited to become an elected member of the Academia Europaea (Academy of Europe), a pan-European Academy of Sciences, Humanities and Letters founded in 1988.

Durham Law School Awards 2021

On Wednesday 23 June Durham Law School celebrated some fantastic achievements with our annual awards ceremony!

Devolution in the UK and International Law

SLS Small Projects and Events Fund: Devolution in the UK and International Law
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The Influence of the Paris Agreement on Climate Litigation: The Rocky Hill Mine Case Study

Justice Brian Preston, Chief Judge of the Land and Environment Court of New South Wales, Australia, gives the first lecture in the Durham University COP26 Event Series, taking place between May and September 2021.
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Irene Wieczorek's work quoted before EU Court of Justice

Irene Wieczorek’s book “The Legitimacy of EU Criminal Law” (Hart 2020) was quoted by the Advocate General Priit Pikamäe in Opinion C‑845/19 et C‑863/19 before the Court of Justice of the European Union.
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Challenges to a Sustainable Recovery: International Law, Climate Change and Public Health

Durham Law School in collaboration with Centre for International Law (National University of Singapore), Centre for Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law & Policy (University of Dundee), Centre on Climate Change and Planetary Health (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine), Environmental Change Institute (University of Oxford), Michael E. Moritz College of Law (Ohio State University), and Dundee Law School is inviting abstracts for an international, multi-disciplinary conference.
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Durham Law School students reach ECHR moot final

Durham Law School students Dara Foody and Katie Tooley have made it to the finals of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) Moot Court Competition after success in the regional competition.
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Lecture by Professor Daniel Bodansky launches The Road to COP 26/CMA 3 Preparatory Lecture Series

On 26th February 2021 Professor Daniel Bodansky launched the The Road to COP 26/CMA 3 Preparatory Lecture Series with his lecture on the 'Road to Paris and Glasgow'.
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Human Rights Centre members respond to Call for Evidence

Durham Law School Human Rights Centre members have responded to a Call for Evidence from the Independent Human Rights Act Review.
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