Warwick Law School News
Warwick Law School News
The latest updates from our department
Law academic gets mention by parliamentarian
The Australian Shadow Assistant Treasurer, Shadow Minister for Competition and Productivity and former Professor of Economics at the Australian National University (ANU), Dr Andrew Leigh delivered the prestigious Annual Lionel Murphy Lecture to the ANU on 31 October 2018.
The speech 鈥楥ompetition Policy and Inequality: Building on Lionel Murphy鈥檚 Legacy鈥� quoted research by Warwick Law School鈥檚 very own Kathryn McMahon.
Warwick Recruits New Expert in Constitutional Law
Warwick Law School welcomes Dr David Vitale to the team as our new Assistant Professor. He joins us from LSE where he recently completed his PhD whilst also working as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Minerva Center for the Rule of Law under Extreme Conditions at the University of Haifa (in Israel). We caught up with David to find out a little more about his research and why he wanted to work at Warwick鈥�
Warwick Law Welcomes New Professor
Warwick Law School has recently welcomed a new Associate Professor to our team.
Dr Christine Schw枚bel-Patel joins us from the University of Liverpool where she worked as a senior lecturer. She worked there for seven years, what she describes as 鈥渟ufficient time to learn that scouse is a tasty stew and to become fond of the terminology 鈥榤ade up鈥� for being pleased about something.鈥�
Dr Schw枚bel-Patel has previously worked at the University of Leiden and King鈥檚 College London, where she completed her PhD. She brings with her expertise in international law, global constitutionalism, global governance and critical pedagogy. We spoke with Christine to find out a little more鈥�
CJC members Jackie Hodgson, Juliet Horne and Laur猫ne Soubise publish research report 鈥楾he Criminal Cases Review Commission 鈥� Last resort or first appeal?鈥�
CJC members, Professor Jackie Hodgson, Dr Juliet Horne and Dr Laurene Soubise, have recently published their research report 鈥楾he Criminal Cases Review Commission – Last resort or first appeal?鈥�. The research was funded by the ESRC Impact Acceleration Account.
Warwick Social Sciences rated among the 100 best in the world
The 天美传媒 has been ranked among the best universities in the world for politics and international studies and sociology, business and economics, education and law, according to the Times Higher Education鈥檚 2019 World Reputation Rankings released this week.
Dos and don鈥檛s of Brexit: Dr Andreas Kokkinis examines the future of the UK financial services
We are proud to announce that an article, co-authored by Assistant Professor Dr Andreas Kokkinis alongside Dr Andrea Miglionico from the University of Reading, was published in the prominent Law and Economics Yearly Review this month.
Spotlight on Research: Profiting from Disparity
In collaboration with the British Council, Dr Mohsen Al Attar, Associate Professor at Warwick Law School, recently delivered a lecture entitled Profiting from Disparity at the Singaporean Arts House. The event was attended by a mix of academics, journalists, high school and university students plus familiar Warwick alumni faces.
LLB student publishes article during CMS internship
LLB student Jure Tu拧, who is currently in his fourth year of his Law with French Law degree here at Warwick, took part in a summer internship with the international law firm CMS and had a news article published on their news site CMS Law-Now whilst there. We caught up with Jure to find out more.
Warwick Law shines in Singapore
Dr Mohsen Al Attar, Associate Professor at Warwick Law School, travelled to Singapore last month to deliver a guest lecture at Singapore Management University (SMU). He was welcomed by Professor Madhev Mohan into his Business and Human Rights seminar and given the opportunity to speak with the students about corporate social responsibility, the topic of the week.
First Warwick business forum explores international business & trade after brexit
Matt Western MP and West Midlands finance and industry leaders joined Dr Stephen Connelly and Dr Andreas Kokkinis from Warwick Law School yesterday at the first 天美传媒 Business Forum, a new initiative aiming to connect the University鈥檚 experts with the local business community.
Increasing reliance on private finance without adequate safeguards could undermine rather than achieve sustainable development goals, warns Warwick legal expert
The fourth in a new series of briefs bringing current legal thinking to bear on public policy issues has been published by the Law School's GLOBE research centre.
The Risks of Using Blended Finance in Development by Dr Celine Tan explores the contested role of blending public funds with private finance for investments in sustainable development.
Expert comment on Elon Musk
Commenting on the news that the US Securities and Exchange Commission has launched legal action against Elon Musk and Tesla, Dr Stephen Connelly, Associate Professor in Warwick Law School, said: 鈥淭he regulatory suit against Elon Musk is a reminder to all insiders of publicly listed corporations that their words can be price sensitive – that they can move and possibly distort markets."