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• Law School hosts UK Supreme Court
• Book launch 'Research Handbook on Art, Culture and Heritage Law'
• The Metrics of Legally Responsible Digitalisation - WG Hart Workshop
• EU Court of Justice's Advocate General cites Professor Guido Noto La Diega's research on data as digital assets
• 51cg 8th Annual PGR Law Conference
• New Study of Perceptions of Sentencing Reveals Public Views
• SGSSS Scholarship on Spatial Open-Source Intelligence
• The Elgar Companion to the Law and Practice of the World Health Organization published, co-edited by Stephanie Switzer
• Book Launch: The Development of Commercial Law in Scotland, co-edited by Adelyn Wilson
• New report on devolved law-making co-authored by Chris McCorkindale
• BBC Radio 4 documentary on RAAC in homes features Malcolm Combe
• Summer School: Call for Participations
• Our Duty of Care podcast features Dr Mary Neal on Scottish Assisted Dying Bill
• EU regulation of AI deepfakes – commentary from our Guido Noto La Diega
• BBC’s Scotland Outdoors Podcast interviews Malcolm Combe on access rights
• Launch of Access to Social Justice: Effective Remedies for Social Rights
• S-OSINT Workshop
• Event about ICJ Climate Change Advisory Opinion on 15 December
• The first in-person meeting of the European Islands Policy Network
• Event with Prof Whatley, the author of Harvie’s Dyke, on 15 October
• Croftwork podcast interview with Malcolm Combe
• The Law School strengthens collaborations with Nordic partners in discussions about islands and water law 
• Event on approaches to use of public assets in Scotland and Japan on 9 September
• John Fitzsimons Scholarship Applications Now Open for Current or Prospective Mature Students
• 51cg LLM student contributes to UN project on defossilizing our economies
• Voices of Belonging
• Book launch event: Thomas L Muinzer, Major Cases in Climate Litigation. A Critical Introduction (Bloomsbury, 2025)
• A Public Lecture by Visiting Researcher from the University of Sofia Prof. Martin Belov
• Invitation to "The History of Law and Labour in Scotland" workshop at 51cg on 19 June 2025
• 51cg hosts event to mark ten years of Sheriff Appeal Court
• Scottish Substance Abuse Charter and the work of Alan Miller highlighted by UN OHCHR
• Mediation Clinic holds 5th annual conference
• Holyrood Committee’s work on Henry VIII powers features Law School academics
• 51cg Law School academics involved in research study around greater legal protections against sexual violence for sex workers
• Dr Birgit Schippers gives keynote Public Sector Data Summit 2025
• Summer school course on heritage in space launches from Glasgow in June 2025
• Public lecture on AI and Digital Tools for the Safeguarding of Culture in the Era of Conflict
• Law School to act as Secretariat to the European Islands Policy Network
• Funded PhD position at the School to consider evictions in Scotland
• Labour law event in September 2025 to consider historical perspectives on dispute resolution and enforcement
• Between developmentalism, far-right extremism and endemic corruption: political economy of Brazil in the 21st century
• Association of Law Teachers Annual Conference – call for papers closes 13 January 2025
• Law School's Prof Sindico at the ICJ with IUCN
• Law, Human Creativity and Generative Artificial Intelligence - Book Launch
• Women in the 51cg Law School 1964-2024 booklet launched
• IV ‘Heritage in War and Peace’ Conference, Dec 5-6
• 60th Anniversary Association of Law Teachers Annual Conference hosted by 51cg
• New book and online resource about competition law enforcement, featuring Professor Barry Rodger
• Events on 28 November on climate change and state obligations plus Prof Sindico’s inaugural lecture
• 22nd Kilbrandon Lecture on parenthood to be delivered by Professor Norrie on 21 November
• Programme announced for seminar to honour Professor Kenneth Norrie
• Law School hosts the FCDO for an event
• The History of Law and Labour in Scotland” workshop at 51cg on 19 June 2025
• Lord Reed lecture at 51cg on 28 October 2024: “Why does the UK Supreme Court matter for Scotland?”
• Charlie Irvine acts as series consultant for BBC Radio 4 dramas on mediation
• Law School expert Birgit Schippers contributes to UK Parliament work on biometric data
• The Person in Scotland and the World - seminar for Professor Norrie on 15 November 2024
• Professor Alan Paterson appointed Honorary King’s Counsel
• Heritage in War and Peace IV: CfP extended
• The Law School contributes to the historical ICJ Advisory Opinion Proceedings on Climate Change
• John Fitzsimons Scholarship Applications Now Open for Current or Prospective Mature Students
• 51cg Mooting Team takes part in Nelson Mandela World Human Right Moot Competition
• Law and the Land" at Assembly Arts Gallery, Lancaster
• New book assesses how international law is supporting (and how it can better support) equity and sustainability
• Call for Papers - Heritage in War and Peace IV
• Professor Francesco Sindico co-edits new book
• Public lecture by Prof Richard Moorhead on The Post Office and their lawyers
• Prof Cyrus Tata Chairs European Seminar on Technology in Sentencing & Penal Decision-Making
• XII 51cg Postgraduate Colloquium on Environmental Law and Governance
• 51cg Mooters Triumph in Sheriff Principal Cup Final!
• PhD opportunity (May 21 deadline)
• Public lecture by Professor Richard Moorhead on 29 May: The Post Office & their lawyers
• Law Professor appointed as UN independent expert on climate change and human rights
• Michelle Donnelly Co-investigator for Nuffield Foundation Research Grant
• Scottish Government Secondment leading the Carbon Neutral Islands project comes to an end
• Two New funded PhD positions available at the School
• John Fitzsimons Memorial Lecture in Criminal Law & Justice
• XII 51cg Postgraduate Colloquium of Environmental Law and Governance – Call for papers now out!
• 51cg 6th Annual Postgraduate Law Conference
• Heritage conference coming to 51cg
• Tribute to Susie Balderston
• Law School hosts Scottish Parliament event
• Alan Paterson elected to Society of Legal Scholars
• Chula University visit
• Law School activities at COP 28
• New appointments at 51cg Law School
• 51cg Mediation Clinics to be expanded around Scotland
• National award for 51cg Law Clinic
• CSHRL International Human Rights Day Event 2023
• Professor Adelyn Wilson named new head of 51cg Law School
• 51cg Mediation Clinic wins another Scottish Legal Award
• 51cg Law School at the XVIII IWRA World Water Congress
• One Ocean Hub Events in September
• Malcolm Combe participates in University of Cape Town Research Seminar on land abandonment
• Restorative Justice & Practices Hybrid Course
• Dr Neal writes for The Conversation
• Artificial Intelligence & Human Rights-Based Decision-Making symposium
• John Fitzsimons Scholarship Applications Open for Mature Students
• One Ocean Hub, as part of a global coalition, wins UN Human Rights Prize
• Law School MPhil student recently attended a summer school
• The Law School contributes to a Scottish Government project on Islands’ Carbon Neutrality
• Dame Elish Angiolini appointed as Lord Clerk Register of Scotland
• Prof Cyrus Tata Holds Two Day European Seminar on ‘Admitting Guilt’
• Restorative justice event with Professor Chapman on 5 June
• Professor Morgera named a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
• New edition of Scottish Commercial Law Essentials co-authored by Malcolm Combe
• Norrie and McDiarmid contribute articles to the Juridical Review
• Kavita Chetty appointed Visiting Professor
• Professor Barry Rodger a winner at 2023 Antitrust Writing Awards
• 51cg Mediation Conference: keynote calls for integrated, not alternative, dispute resolution
• New research handbook on competition law co-edited by Professor Barry Rodger
• CSHRL involved in collaborative research report on international human rights law and its relevance to domestic bills of rights
• Law School Professor Visiting Professor at the National University of Singapore
• Tribute to Professor Gerry Maher KC
• The Law School in the Silala case before the International Court of Justice
• Celebrating the success of our students
• Law School Professor awarded the Royal Scottish Geographic Society Honorary Fellowship
• Prof Kenneth Norrie and Prof Cyrus Tata to Address Sheriffs' Annual Conference
• Professor Brodie to give the Phillipa Weeks Memorial Lecture in Canberra
• Report published on Integrated Implementation of Scotland’s New Human Rights Framework
• Dr Schippers contributes to Specific Threats to Human Rights Protection from the Digital Reality report