Law and Global Justice at Durham
Dedicated to understanding how law both shapes and responds to global justice challenges
About Us
Law and Global Justice at Durham (LGJD), a research cluster based in Durham Law School, provides a forum for the development and dissemination of legal research with an international, transnational, or global dimension.
It also provides a home for inter-disciplinary or multi-disciplinary research that relates to wider debates over global justice.
The cluster, primarily composed of academics and postgraduate researchers within Durham Law School, is increasingly expanding to include participants from across the University whose research and scholarship has a global dimension and touches on the role of law on that global plane.
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Durham University UNFCCC Official Side Event at COP30: Implementing evidence-based NDCs 3.0 through integrated, gender-responsive Just Transitions
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.
Global research
A Human Rights-based Approach to the Energy Transition - Report by Professor Elisa Morgera at UN General Assembly
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'
Global research
Durham Law School Students Launch its 2025 / 2026 Employability Course
The third year of Durham Law School’s Employability Course was launched on Monday 6th October. Philip Bennett, Rachel Avery, and six law students, introduced the course to the new cohort during the opening lecture.
Student news
Upcoming events
From Durham Law School to Financial Services Consulting (Dr. Volker Kang, Durham Law School Alumnus, KPMG Director)
Monday 10 November 2025 - Monday 10 November 2025
10:00 AM to 11:00 AM
In person in room D/CG91
Rights to Non-human Animals: Philosophical Justifications and Legal Perspectives in Dialogue
Friday 14 November 2025 - Friday 14 November 2025
8:45 AM to 5:30 PM
Hybrid event, held at St John’s College, and online via teams
DELI Lunchtime Seminar: Luke Dimitrios Spieker
Friday 14 November 2025 - Friday 14 November 2025
1:00 PM to 2:00 PM
PCL048 - Hogan Lovells Lecture Theatre
DELI Lunchtime Seminar: Victoria Hooton and Elizabeth Chloe Romanis
Friday 28 November 2025 - Friday 28 November 2025
1:00 PM to 2:00 PM
PCL048 - Hogan Lovells Lecture Theatre
Get in Touch
For enquiries about Law and Global Justice at Durham, visit our staff pages for individual contact details.
Law and Global Justice at Durham
Durham Law School
Durham University
Palatine Centre
Stockton Road
Durham
DH1 3LE, UK
Telephone: +44 (0)191 334 2800