Edinburgh Law School

We're delighted to welcome Professor Bronwyn H. Hall (Professor Emerita, UC Berkeley; Research Associate, NBER) for this year's SCRIPT Centre Annual Lecture: "Innovation, Intellectual Property, and Economic Development."

📅 Thursday 25 June, 3:00–5:00pm
📍 Usha Kasera Lecture Theatre, Old College

Professor Hall is one of the world's leading scholars on patents, innovation, and economic development. Drawing on her recent article "Patents, Innovation, and Development," she'll explore whether patents really drive growth in developing economies, or whether the costs sometimes outweigh the benefits.

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

Join us for the Empirical Legal Research Network Festival 2026, taking place 19–26 June at Edinburgh Law School and online!

The festival brings together researchers and speakers from around the world to explore how law is studied empirically and how legal research can learn from diverse methods and forms of engagement.

Starting on campus and continuing online, there's something for everyone across the week.

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Empirical Legal Research Network Festival 2026 Keeping the Law Alive in Empirical Legal Research: Learning From and Embracing Interdisciplinarity as Method | Edinburgh Law School This ELRN event series explores how empirical legal research can engage interdisciplinarity not simply as collaboration across fields, but as a methodological practice that keeps law visible, critical, and alive within empirical inquiry. Bringing together speakers from across the globe, the series c...

Edinburgh Law School's Navraj Singh Ghaleigh, Senior Lecturer in Climate Law, has contributed to a landmark UN report on the state of the world's oceans 🌊

The Third World Ocean Assessment (WOA III) is the UN's only global integrated assessment of the world's oceans, bringing together more than 650 interdisciplinary experts from across the globe.

Navraj's contributions explore the governance of marine geoengineering — from international oversight to environmental protection and accountability.

Read the full: https://edin.ac/4v03eFT

Meet with fellow Edinburgh Law School graduates based in Hong Kong!

On Friday 26 June, from 8pm there will be an informal gathering for alumni based in Hong Kong to connect.

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

Join us this summer for our online Masterclass: Current Issues in Diplomatic and Consular Law.

Across two afternoons, participants will explore some of the most intriguing questions of the law of diplomatic and consular relations.

📅 7–8 July 2026
📍 Online

Find out more: https://edin.ac/3OQpp1e

Join us on 19 June for the Inaugural Lecture of Professor Kasey McCall-Smith, titled The Art and Alchemy of Human Rights Interpretation.

Professor McCall-Smith holds the Chair of International Law and Human Rights and is Director of the Global Justice Academy. Her research explores how human rights treaties are interpreted and incorporated into national law.

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