On 24 January 2025, a Workshop on ‘Protecting human rights through collective redress’ took place at the Central European University in Vienna. It was organised by Dr Zsolt Körtvélyesi in the framework of a Maria Skłodowska-Curie project on ‘Minority Rights – Towards Effective European Enforcement’.

The sixth edition of the lecture series Duurzaamheid & Recht was held during the last semester. Once again, it attracted many students.

What happens when you let go of the traditional essay and instead invite creativity, imagination and experimentation? Honours College Law students found out with 'unessays', now showcased in an exhibition at the KOG.

Leiden University won the awards for Best Oral Argumentation for both the Applicant and the Respondent and Best Oralist. In addition, Leiden University ranked second overall in the competition.

The December 2024 issue of the CML Rev., vol. 61, no. 6 is now available online.

The February 2025 issue of the CML Rev., vol. 62, no. 1 is now available online.

The December issue of the CML Rev., Vol. 55 No. 6 is now available online.

The December 2020 issue of the CML Rev., Vol. 57 No. 6 is now available online.

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The June 2021 issue of the CML Rev., Vol. 58 No. 3 is now available online.

The December 2019 issue of the CML Rev., Vol. 56 No. 6 is now available online.

The August issue of the CML Rev., Vol. 55 No. 4 is now available online.

The December 2021 issue of the CML Rev., Vol. 58 No. 6 is now available online.

The October 2024 issue of the CML Rev., vol. 61, no. 5 is now available online.

The February 2022 issue of the CML Rev., Vol. 59 No. 1 is now available online.

The August 2025 issue of the CML Rev., vol. 62, no. 4 is now available online.

The October 2019 issue of the CML Rev., Vol. 56 No. 5 is now available online.

The June issue of the CML Rev., Vol. 55 No. 3 is now available online.

The June 2019 issue of the CML Rev., Vol. 56 No. 3 is now available online.

The June 2022 issue of the CML Rev., Vol. 59 No. 3 is now available online.

The February 2021 issue of the CML Rev., Vol. 58 No. 1 is now available online.

The August 2021 issue of the CML Rev., Vol. 58 No. 4 is now available online.

The October issue of the CML Rev., Vol. 55 No. 5 is now available online.

The August 2019 issue of the CML Rev., Vol. 56 No. 4 is now available online.

The April 2022 issue of the CML Rev., Vol. 59 No. 2 is now available online.

The February 2020 issue of the CML Rev., Vol. 57 No. 1 is now available online.

The April 2025 issue of the CML Rev., vol. 62, no. 2 is now available online.

The October 2025 issue of the CML Rev., vol. 62, no. 5 is now available online.

The February issue of the CML Rev., Vol. 56 No. 1 is now available online.

Even the Mohawk Indians were talking about Serv Wiemers’ thesis. This Law alumnus, who has been intrigued by the world of American Indians since he was a boy, recently wrote a book about that world.

On 14 May 2021, Melanie Fink spoke at the conference ‘EU Responsibility in the International System: Setting the agenda’, organised by the University of Thessaloniki

De Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings 2018 have been published and this year for the first time the subject ‘LAW’ has been included. Our faculty is ranked number 20.

On 13-14 October, Dr. Joris Larik, Assistant Professor for Comparative, EU, and International Law at LUC, took part in the Duke-Pretoria Conference on Comparative Foreign Relations Law. During these two days in the South African capital, draft chapters for the forthcoming Oxford Handbook on Comparative…

This article presents two related arguments. First, the limits of doctrinal analysis cut deeper than many EU lawyers realise. Most would probably accept that legal doctrine does not determine every legal dispute, but lawyers studying EU institutional balance often still assume that it can be deduced…

On 12 September 2019, Judge Chile Eboe-Osuji, President of the International Criminal Court (ICC), delivered a lecture on Customary International Criminal Law and Head of State Immunity to open the academic year for the Advanced LL.M. Programmes in Public International Law & International Dispute Settlement…

Esther Kentin wrote a blog for the Leiden Law Blog about the EU Plastics Strategy: ‘Recycling as panacea for plastic pollution: the EU Plastics Strategy.’

Alexandre Genest will defend his PhD dissertation ‘Performance Requirement Prohibitions in International Investment Law’ as part of a double PhD programme at the Universities of Leiden and Ottawa.

At the end of November, eLaw - Center for Law and Digital Technologies at Leiden University, welcomed leading international scholars with interdisciplinary backgrounds addressing how humans interact with robots and AI-driven technologies. The seminar entitled “Interacting with Robots and AI” built a…

The Leiden Law Blog is celebrating its first anniversary. The blog attracts many visitors and scores well in Google. Tips for bloggers: link to previous blogs, post them on social media and respond to comments.

At the end of November/early December a delegation from Leiden Law School, led by Dean Joanne van der Leun, will a number of various partner universities and organisations in Indonesia.

The Vidi grant is for experienced researchers who have already spent several years doing postdoctoral research.

On 1 October 2019 the Hazelhoff Centre for Financial law hosted its 19th guest lecture starring Paul Sharma, managing director at Alvarez & Marsal and co-head of the European Financial Industry Regulatory Advisory Services practices.

The law and Artificial Intelligence (AI) applications need to be better aligned to ensure our personal data and privacy are protected. PhD candidate Andreas Häuselmann can see opportunities with AI, but dangers if this does not happen.

Europe is going to invest billions in those areas where COVID-19 has hit hardest, Ms Rafaela said. ‘And only if we truly show the people that this is because of European solidarity and strong cooperation, will that enable us to create a more perfect Union.’

This year’s regional finals of the European Law Moot Court (ELMC) competition took place online. The 32 teams that qualified from the written rounds competed in two regional finals: the Schuman regional final on 17-20 March 2021 and the Adenauer regional final on 24-27 March 2021.