Durham Law School celebrates outstanding student achievement at Welcome Back event.

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 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”.

Tufyal Choudhury, Associate Professor at Durham Law School, has led a landmark independent review of the United Kingdom’s counter-terrorism laws, policies, and practices.

Durham Law professor Elisa Morgera is advising governments on how human rights can be included in negotiations at the COP30 climate summit.

Durham University hosted an event at the Ocean Pavilion at COP30: 'New Research Frontiers in Law and Science: from the deep Sea to rising Sea levels'.

Durham University will be hosting an official UNFCCC Side Event at COP30, in Belém, Brazil. We are proud to continue our tradition of hosting events at conferences of the parties (COPs), and we are committed to maintaining active engagment with the UNFCCC processes as an observer NGO.

Professor Elisa Morgera shared her insights with the BBC News on how the COP30 is a crucial multilateral conference to address climate change crisis.

Our research has informed a new Parliamentary report on how the UK can strengthen its position in the global space sector.

Durham Law School is delighted to announce that Durham Law Careers Week, organised by Durham University’s Careers & Enterprise Service, was again a resounding success.

On 17th of October, at the third Committee, 19th plenary meeting - General Assembly, 80th session, Professor Elisa Morgera, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights in the context of climate change, presented a report on: 'Human Rights-based Approach to the Energy Transition'

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