The Association was launched on 17 September 2024 with 40 alumni Founder Members but, since then, has grown to over 350 members from all over the world. In addition to a significant number of Durham alumni working in barristers' chambers, and as in-house counsel, we now have Association members from over 60 law firms from around the world.

In February 2025, Durham Law School PhD candidate Miranda Wang submitted evidence to the Nuffield Council on Bioethics as part of its inquiry into the ethics of neurotechnology in healthcare. The inquiry focuses on developments since the Council’s last report on the topic in 2013.

Durham Law School is pleased to announce the appointment, by Durham University with effect from 1st March, 2025, of three additional Professors in Practice in the Law School: Mark Baldwin, Mark Grant, and Nigel Swycher.

On Monday 17 March 2025, the Daily Telegraph published an article on the Vaccine Damage Payments Scheme (VDPS), featuring Professor Richard Goldberg.

On 31 January 2025, Counsel to the COVID 19 Inquiry in their closing statement referred to Durham Law School expertise - which is centred on Professor Goldberg's research into the Vaccine Damage Payments Scheme.

On Monday 20th January 2025, Professor Richard Goldberg addressed the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Pandemic Response and Recovery (APPG) on 'The UK Vaccine Damage Payments Scheme: Reappraisal and Reform Within a Revised National Vaccine Policy'.

A professor of law and government and former Dean (2016-21), Brooks was featured on Capital FM, Heart FM and LBC radio throughout the day.

Law professor Clare McGlynn explains why it matters that incest porn has become so popular online, and what can be done about it.

Professor Thom Brooks has been appointed as our new Principal of Collingwood College.

Professor Clare McGlynn helped develop the new Police Training on Non-Contact Sexual Offences which includes voyeurism, exposure, cyberflashing and sharing intimate images without consent, which was launched today.

Durham Law School’s Professor Thom Brooks was interviewed by the New York Times about the arrest of someone for impersonating others to sit the Life in the UK test for them.

Creating a sexually explicit deepfake is set to become a criminal offence in the UK, thanks in part to the work of a leading Durham law professor.