Articles tagged with 'law' | University of Manchester

Broadcaster Kylie Pentelow has teamed up with the University's Manchester Innocence Project to host their second series of true crime podcasts which aim to raise awareness about miscarriages of justice in the UK, including the recent Post Office scan...

Professor Javier García Oliva will succeed Professor Aristea Koukiadaki as Head of Law effective from 1st April 2023.Professor Aristea Koukiadaki is stepping down from the role to take a Senior Role in the International Labour Organization and has re...

Dr Amber Darr from the University of Manchester Law Department has been recognised in UPSIGN’s list of 75 notable British Pakistani academics, trainers and teachers as part of the celebrations for the 75th anniversary of Pakistan’s independence.UPSIG...

Professor Aristea Koukiadaki has been awarded a €2 million Consolidator grant by the European Research Council for a 5-year, inter-disciplinary research project on remedies in comparative labour law.Whether a worker is entitled to an effective remedy...

Shadow Foreign Secretary David Lammy MP has welcomed a report by experts from The University of Manchester which highlighted the issue of racial bias in the justice system, after a meeting to discuss the findings with the academics and co-authors who...

The Uncertain Futures team has won the Manchester Culture Award 2022 in the category of Protection of Equality and Social Justice. The Manchester Culture Awards – which were launched in 2018 and are organised by Manchester City Council – provide an a...

A progressive online course from The University of Manchester combines a unique blend of commercial and technology law to prepare ambitious professionals for high-impact jobs in a digital future.

The Uncertain Futures team has been nominated for a Manchester Culture Award 2022 in the category of Protection of Equality and Social Justice. The Manchester Culture Awards – which were launched in 2018 and are organised by Manchester City Council –...

A new report by experts from The University of Manchester and barrister Keir Monteith KC has raised urgent questions about racial attitudes and practices in the justice system in England and Wales.  ...

Former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn MP has spoken at the launch of a new campaign to expose clothing poverty during the current cost of living crisis, and ensure adequate clothing for all.  

The University of Manchester Law School are delighted to launch revised versions of their four undergraduate LLB Law programmesLLB LawLLB Law with International StudyLLB Law with CriminologyLLB Law with PoliticsThese new programmes offer a distinctiv...

A Manchester academic has been awarded a prestigious, early career prize by the Irish Legal History Society on the occasion of the 25th British Legal History Conference at Queen’s University Belfast.Ashley Hannay, Lecturer in Property Law, was awarde...

A cross faculty application has been successful in securing Hallsworth Conference Funding. This funding aims to fund landmark events that draw together a wide network of international researchers tackling major issues that are likely to have a lastin...

Legal charity The Defendant and education project The Law in 60 Seconds are coming together to host the UK’s first-ever public legal education conference from  10am – 4pm on Saturday, 14 May 2022 at The University of Manchester. This event is also av...

Broadcaster Kylie Pentelow and producer Lucy McDaid have partnered with the University's Manchester Innocence Project to launch a new true crime podcast that explores wrongful convictions.

The University of Manchester is delighted to announce an exciting new scholarship scheme aimed at widening access for students applying to its Law and Earth and Environmental Science (EES) courses. The Graham McKenna-Mayes Memorial Fund, launched by ...

Journalist and author of 'The Great Post Office Scandal’, Nick Wallis, joined us for the official launch of the Manchester Innocence Project with a talk detailing over ten years of his experiences following the Post Office Horizon IT scandal, which s...

On Friday 11th February, in collaboration with the School of Social Sciences, the Law School hosted a Making a Difference event which saw the public screening of the film ‘Clothing Poverty: Exposed’ and welcomed Sharewear to the University of Manches...

The University of Manchester Law school is pleased to announce the University of Manchester Legal Research Paper Series. The series features a wide-ranging collection of legal scholarship in core research areas such as:bioethics, health and law;law a...

Professor Jean d’Aspremont’s monograph titled ‘After Meaning: The Sovereignty of Forms in International Law’ is published by Elgar Studies in Legal theory. After Meaning provides a radical challenge to the way in which international law is thought an...

A joint application by several academics in The University of Manchester Law School has been successful in securing ‘British Council Global Partnership’ funding to work with China University of Political Science and Law (CUPL) in Beijing and Capital ...

Supported by the Attorney General, the LawWorks Student Pro Bono awards celebrate the best pro bono activities undertaken by law students and law schools and the positive impact on those assisted.Whilst law schools and students across the country hav...

Students in the School of Social Sciences have the opportunity to work with qualified legal practitioners and academic staff to provide pro bono legal advice to members of the public, who are not able to access free legal aid elsewhere. In summer 202...

Congratulations to the Manchester University Law Society (MULS) and the Manchester University Pro Bono Society for taking home three awards, out of five nominations, at the prestigious LawCareers.Net Student Law Society Awards!The Student Law Society...

The University of Manchester Law School, one of the UK’s top-ranked law schools, has partnered with BARBRI, the global legal education provider, to offer the University’s students and alumni a comprehensive preparation programme for the Solicitors Qu...

The University of Manchester Law School is pleased to announce the winner of the McCollum Consultants Prize for the academic year 2019 - 2020. This year the student winner was Amelia Davis. The course, Principles of Law, Medicine and Ethics, analy...

Seventy per cent of parents who have experienced child and adolescent-to-parent violence saw an increase in violent episodes during lockdown, according to a new report from researchers at the Universities of Manchester and Oxford. ...

Researchers from The University of Manchester have published a new book which examines the characteristics and dynamics of the most common type of murder - an adult male killing another adult male.

Experts from The University of Manchester and The University of Bristol are calling for permanent laws allowing so-called ‘pills by post’ abortion services to be enacted in Great Britain and the USA, in order to address barriers to care highlighted b...

A group of 40 law students from The University of Manchester are set to volunteer their services during their holidays to help people affected by the coronavirus pandemic.