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Join us for the Opening of the Academic Year Lecture: Law and Leadership!We'll be joined by a distinguished panel, inclu...
15/09/2026

Join us for the Opening of the Academic Year Lecture: Law and Leadership!

We'll be joined by a distinguished panel, including Lord Carloway (former Lord President of the Court of Session), Gillian Carty (Partner and Chair, Shepherd & Wedderburn) and Professor Lesley McAra, whose careers show the many ways legal knowledge, professional judgement and public responsibility can shape leadership.

This event launches Edinburgh Law School's new Law and Leadership series, exploring leadership across the legal profession and beyond.

📅 Mon 28 September, 5:30pm – 8:00pm
📍 MacLaren Stuart Room, Old College

The event is free to attend and will be followed by a drinks reception.

Find out more and register: https://edin.ac/4cM4INf

📚 Book Series Launch: Cambridge Elements in Legal Theory and the Global South📅 11 September | 11:00–12:30📍 MacLaren Stua...
08/09/2026

📚 Book Series Launch: Cambridge Elements in Legal Theory and the Global South

📅 11 September | 11:00–12:30
📍 MacLaren Stuart Room, Old College

Join us for a special book series launch with the series editors, featuring a detailed Q&A on the series, the publishing process, and developing research for publication. Whether you’re interested in legal theory, the Global South, or thinking about turning your research into a publication, this is a great opportunity to hear directly from the editors and ask your questions. Lunch will be provided afterwards.

The programme also includes two further book launches:
📖 Dr Deval Desai, Anti-Fiscal States
10 September | 16:30–17:30

📖 Reversing the Gaze (edited volume)
11 September | 13:30–14:30

A discussion on building legal theory in and from the Global South, with a focus on methodologies.

Registration and further details: https://edin.ac/4gVCXUI

Senior Lecturer in Child and Family Law, Katy Macfarlane, has authored the ninth edition of Thomson's Family Law in Scot...
07/09/2026

Senior Lecturer in Child and Family Law, Katy Macfarlane, has authored the ninth edition of Thomson's Family Law in Scotland, published by Bloomsbury.

The book is a respected and accessible guide to Scots child and family law and is a valuable resource for students, legal practitioners and professionals working in this complex area of law.

Find out more: https://edin.ac/4iRrua1

Fully funded PhD studentship opportunity!We're inviting applications for a fully funded PhD position with the "Decisions...
07/09/2026

Fully funded PhD studentship opportunity!

We're inviting applications for a fully funded PhD position with the "Decisions" Cluster of the Leverhulme Centre for Algorithmic Life (CAL), working with Professor Nehal Bhuta at Edinburgh Law School.

CAL is exploring one of the most urgent questions for contemporary society: how do we wish to live with and alongside algorithmic technologies? The Decisions cluster examines how algorithmic life is changing the character of decisions through the hybrid knowledges of humans and algorithms, from military and security to welfare and public administration.

This scholarship is available to students with Home fee status (UK, Republic of Ireland, or EU-EEA with Pre-settled status), and will pay tuition fees at UK Home Fee rates plus an annual stipend in line with UKRI rates.

The deadline for applications is 30 September 2026, with the successful applicant starting in January 2027 or September 2027.

View the full details and eligibility criteria: https://edin.ac/468T9M2

Join us for the Inaugural Lecture of Professor Veronica Ruiz Abou-Nigm titled The Transformative Energy of Private Inter...
02/09/2026

Join us for the Inaugural Lecture of Professor Veronica Ruiz Abou-Nigm titled The Transformative Energy of Private International Law.

In her lecture Professor Ruiz Abou-Nigm explores these three claims: that private international law’s transformative energy is born in the encounter between legalities; that its radiance extends well beyond questions of jurisdiction, applicable law, and cross-border recognition; and that significant potential remains to be unlocked.

📍 Playfair Library, Old College
🗓️ Wednesday 23 September 2026
🕠 Doors 5:15pm | Lecture begins 5:30pm

Find out more and register: https://edin.ac/4wiRPBd

02/09/2026

Applications to our LLM degrees in Commercial Law, Corporate Law, International Banking Law and Finance, International Economic Law and LLM Law are now open!

Full details of our programmes and how to apply for September 2027 entry can be found on our website: https://edin.ac/3UulJ8d

Applications to our other LLM and MSc degrees will open at the start of October.

Join us on 10–11 September for events marking the close of the Reversing the Gaze project, led by Dr Deval Desai and fun...
28/08/2026

Join us on 10–11 September for events marking the close of the Reversing the Gaze project, led by Dr Deval Desai and funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation's Sinergia consortium programme.

The project develops legal and political theory from the Global South, from Indian constitutional theory on tax and spending to its application in the EU and Italy, while reflecting on the colonial legacies shaping how such theory is built and shared.

Across two days at Old College, three public launch events (including two Cambridge University Press titles and a new Elements series) connect the project's work to wider questions on legal theory and the Global South.

View the full programme and register: https://edin.ac/4gVCXUI

27/08/2026

The Law Society of Scotland is currently looking for volunteers for a number of its committees.

Find full details in the video and link below ⬇️

Dr Lachlan Urquhart, Senior Lecturer in Technology Law and Human-Computer Interaction, has been awarded funding by the S...
24/08/2026

Dr Lachlan Urquhart, Senior Lecturer in Technology Law and Human-Computer Interaction, has been awarded funding by the Scottish Institute for Policing Research for a new project on live facial recognition (LFR).

Dr Urquhart and Dr Diana Miranda (University of Stirling), both directors of the Centre for Research into Information, Surveillance and Privacy (CRISP), will carry out Face[REC]: Co-Designing Live Facial Recognition Governance from August 2026 to April 2027.

The project will examine the ethical, legal and governance challenges of LFR use in Scottish policing, engaging citizens, police, policymakers and regulators through co-design methods, including a specially designed card-deck tool for collective deliberation.

Read more: https://edin.ac/4qF8ca4

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