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Warwick Law School's Dr Andi Hoxhaj has written a piece for The Conversation UK (published on the 18 July 2022) on Russia's increasing influence on the Balkans just as the region's fragile peace is threatened.

Sunduzwayo Madise, who studied on our PhD programme from 2013 to 2017, has been appointed as Deputy Vice Chancellor of the University of Malawi. Sundu says he pays tribute to the WLS and the University for moulding him into the academic, and leader he is today.

Congratulations to Warwick Law School’s Professor Vanessa Munro who has been awarded funding to work with the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) in implementing and evaluating changes to improve responses to complaints and complainants of rape.

Law School colleagues Professor Sharifah Sekalala and Professor Ann Stewart attended the launch of the Warwick Africa Hub last month, in support of its initiatives. Sharifah and Ann were invited to speak at the event and were joined by Ms Bience Gawanas, one of the Law School’s most distinguished and inspiring African female graduates.

The Law School has seen significant success in the latest Warwick Awards for Teaching ExcellenceLink opens in a new window (WATE) with four of our colleagues winning awards in different categories. Head of School, Professor Victor Tadros commented "It is terrific to see our staff and postgraduate community receiving recognition for the brilliant teaching they do."

Elizabete Ludborza, who studied our Law with Study Abroad in English degree from 2015-2019, has set up her own legal tech startup to help social media influencers and models to understand and negotiate legal contracts.

Criminal Justice Centre (CJC) directors, Ana Aliverti and Henrique Carvalho, and member, Anastasia Chamberlen, have been awarded the prestigious Leverhulme Trust’s Research Project Grant for their project ‘The Vulnerable State: Appraising the Ambivalent Economies of State Power'.

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Congratulations to Dr Serena Natile who has been awarded Warwick's Research Development Fund (RDF) Strategic award to support her project on ‘Transnational social security law in the digital age: towards a just socioeconomic reorder’.

The Law School bid a fond farewell to our former Head of School this week, when we celebrated the work and contributions of Professor Andrew Sanders. After three years in post at Warwick, Andrew officially retired at the end of May, but we couldn’t let him go without saying thank you.

Our Law School colleagues Ana Aliverti, Sam Adelman, Celine Tan and Illan Wall have all been promoted from Reader to Professor by our University Professional Promotions Committee.

I am sure you will all join us in congratulating them on this terrific achievement and recognition of their contribution to the School.

Warwick Law School has been in the latest Complete University Guide (CUG), climbing 9 places since last year. This latest result is recognition of the hard work and dedication of all Law School staff to conducting cutting-edge research and delivering high quality education.

Payal Shah, who studied on our Law 3 year LLB degree from 2017-2020, has written our latest Warwick Law Careers Blog, ‘Legal Job Hunting.’ Payal, who secured the role of Legal Intern at The Walt Disney Company and is now working as a Paralegal at Twitch, writes about her experience of finding work after graduation.