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AI and Authorship: Who Owns Machine-Generated Knowledge?
Blog post by Mengyi Mei
Postgraduate Taught Experience Survey (PTES) 2025 Results
We are delighted to share that Durham Law School has achieved exceptional results in the Postgraduate Taught Experience Survey (PTES) 2025, with particularly high levels of student satisfaction across all areas of the survey.
Spotlight on: Professor Emma Cave – shaping the future of health law
Welcome to our Spotlight On series, where we showcase the world-leading work of our academics. Professor Emma Cave, from our Law School is tackling some of the key challenges in health law.
Professor Clare McGlynn’s research underpins new laws tackling X/Grok AI abuse
Research by Professor Clare McGlynn is behind a new law being implemented in England and Wales to criminalise the creation of non-consensual sexual deepfake images.
Durham’s LLB recognised in Malaysia
The Legal Profession Qualifying Board Malaysia has recently recognised Durham’s LLB for the purpose of the Certificate in Legal Practice (CLP).
Durham Law School Alumni Association: December 2025 Newsletter Available Now
The Durham Law School Alumni Association was launched on 17 September 2024 with 40 alumni Founder Members but, since then, has grown to over 1000 members from all over the world. Stay connected with the community by reading our latest newsletter.
Durham Law School Professors in Practice at Association of Pensions Lawyers Conference and doubling of Prize Money for Durham Pensions Law Module
Professors in Practice Philip Bennett and Mark Grant attended the Association of Pension Lawyers flagship annual conference in Leeds on 19th-21st November.
The Bots are Coming: Kapil Kirpalani Challenges Students to Build Uniquely Human Leadership Skills
On the 22nd October 2025, Gayatri Singh, Chair of the Durham Law student Society (“DLS”), welcomed Kapil Kirpalani, Global Chief Compliance Officer at Reinsurance Group of America and Durham Law alumnus, to deliver a captivating talk titled “The Bots are coming - Leadership in Law: tips for acquiring the skills for a successful legal career.”
Reflecting on COP 30
We had seven delegates at the recent 30th Conference of the Parties (COP30), under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Belém, Brazil.
Durham Law School Celebrates Academic Excellence
Durham Law School celebrates outstanding student achievement at Welcome Back event.
Global Policy Journal Publishes Post on Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) by Karin Austin, Michael Bohlander, and Kimberly S. Engels
Durham Law School's Professor Michael Bohlander contributes to blog published by the Global Policy Journal entitled “Don’t look up?“ – Why it is past time for serious holistic research into Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena.
Durham Law School Employability Course Awards Ceremony Celebrates Achievements of the “Fabulous 50” 2024/25 Employability Course Finishers
Durham Law School marked, with an Awards Ceremony on 27th October, 2025, the success of the 50 Law Undergraduates who completed the 2024/25 Employability Course in their first year.
Michael Aherne, Durham (Hatfield) alumnus and Partner in leading international law firm, Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer, presented the Course Completion Certificates to the “fabulous 50 finishers”.
