Applications Open for OPBP Executive Committee 2011-12

Oxford Pro Bono Publico is seeking applications for the following positions on its Executive Committee for 2011-2012:ChairpersonDeputy ChairpersonCommunications OfficerTreasurerEvents OfficerIn addition to the above specific roles, members of the Executive...

Law Faculty DPhil Student in finals of University Challenge

Congratulations to Zachary Vermeer who represented the Faculty in this year’s finals of the long-running quiz show University Challenge, screened last week. Zachary, a DPhil student in International Law was...

Call for Papers: The 21st Century US Immigration Initiative

The Center for Migration Studies (CMS), with support from the Open Society Foundations (OSF), has initiated a project on rethinking US immigration policy entitled “The 21st Century US Immigration Initiative.”...

Centre has Triple Funding Success

Professor Carolyn Hoyle and, current Economic and Social Research Council GCRF Postdoctoral Fellow, Rudina Jasini, have received funding for their project, Advancing the Impact of Victim Participation at the International...

Whose Fault? Firms Products and Liability in the age of Artificial Intelligence

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David & Elaine Potter Foundation Donation awarded to the Bonavero Institute of Human Rights

The Bonavero Institute of Human Rights has recently been awarded a £200,000 donation to support the costs of the Directorship by the David & Elaine Potter Foundation....

Call for Applications: 2019 Bonavero Student Fellowships

The 2019 Bonavero Student Fellowship Scheme is now open to applicationsStudent Fellowship OpportunitiesThe aim of the Bonavero Institute Student Fellowship programme is to provide students with an opportunity to apply...

Oxford OBOR at the 9th World Chinese Economic Summit 2017

The World Chinese Economic Summit 2017 took place on 13-14th November in Hong Kong. The event was opened by The Honourable Carrie Lam, the current Chief Executive of Hong Kong.Founded...

Oxford Legal Studies Research Paper Series

During 2010, 17 issues of our Legal Studies RPS on SSRN were published. This e-journal contains recent and working papers by the Oxford Law Faculty. The RPS, edited by Professor...

CALL FOR PAPERS: ‘Law and Political Economy’ in Europe

Law and Political Economy (LPE) constitutes an emergent approach in legal scholarship, rooted in a commitment to a more egalitarian and democratic society. This normative vision shapes not only the...

Building project notices w/c 8 February

Reminder: A wireless survey is going to take place on Monday 8 and Tuesday 9 February. The survey will involve erecting a temporary wireless access point and taking measurements of...

New book published: 'Negotiating Water Governance' edited by Emma S. Norman, Christina Cook, and Alice Cohen

Those who control water, hold power. Complicating matters, water is a flow resource; constantly changing states between liquid, solid, and gas, being incorporated into living and non-living things and crossing...

MSc Taxation student Tatiana Kelly wins Kellogg College Community Engagement Award

All current Kellogg College students are eligible for consideration for a Kellogg College Community Engagement and Impact Award. These awards are made to students who have demonstrated a genuine commitment...

Robert Burrell delivers specialised training sessions for Intellectual Property Office of Singapore

Professor Robert Burrell delivered two training sessions for the in March 2021. These sessions explored how Trade Mark Offices should approach evidence of use. In the first...

Law Undergraduate Publishes Article on ME and Covid's Potential Long Term Effects

Danni Watts, Oxford Law undergraduate, was commissioned to write an article for Each Other, an online magazine that publishes articles on human rights. Danni's article in Each Other ...

OPBP tenders submissions to the Attorney-General of Australia regarding Equality Law Reform

On the 22nd of September 2011, the Attorney-General’s Department of Australia launched a public discussion paper inviting community views on the proposed consolidation of Australia’s anti-discrimination legislation. Oxford Pro Bono...

Exploring the comparative in Socio-Legal Studies

The conference on ‘the comparative in socio-legal studies’ held at the CSLS in Oxford on 15-16 December 2014, brought together international representatives of the socio-legal community. Over 60 delegates attended...

Hard cases, good law


 Hard cases, good law
 A light hearted problem involving Western Australian marsupials and Formula One racing was the subject of vigorous argument at the Shearman and Sterling, University of Oxford Mooting...

Alison Young on Supreme Court Brexit case

Masters in Law and Finance Alumni Reunion 2013

 The alumni reunion of the Masters in Law and Finance programme[linkme] (MLF) was held on Friday 15 March at the offices of Hogan Lovells in London. The event was attended...

Gilles Giacca Awarded Francis Lieber Prize

Dr Gilles Giacca (former HRFG Research Fellow and Coordinator) has been awarded the Francis Lieber Prize for his book Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in Armed Conflict. The book was published...

FMB Reynolds Scholarship in Law at Oxford

Congratulations to James Ruddell, from the University of Auckland, who will be the first FMB Reynolds Scholar to study at Oxford.
 The FMB Reynolds Scholarship has been established  to recognise the support...

Notes from the Field: Myanmar

Second year DPhil student Alvin Hung is currently conducting fieldwork in a Chinese-invested garment factory in Myanmar. His research uses the concept of ‘legal culture’ as lens to explore cultural...