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School of Law success at the QMSU Education Awards
2 June 2025

The School of Law came top in two categories at this year’s Queen Mary Students’ Union Education Awards.

Queen Mary Banking and Finance Law LLM students outside the Bank of England. Shaping the Future of Central Banking: Bank of England in collaboration with Queen Mary University of London
29 May 2025

On 7 May 2025, the Bank of England (Bank), in collaboration with the Centre for Commercial Law Studies (CCLS) at Queen Mary University of London (QMUL), hosted a panel event titled “Shaping the Future of Central Banking.”

Lady Justice from behind holding a set of scales Second Imagination Research Network Annual Meeting Held
28 May 2025

20-21 May 2025 saw the second annual meeting of the Imagination Research Network. Over 2 days and across 4 workshops, Network members and guests discussed the theory and history of imagination.

A microchip design in blue and purple. Queen Mary law experts advise the UK Government on the use of artificial intelligence in financial services
27 May 2025

Queen Mary’s Professor Rosa Lastra and Dr Daniele D’Alvia have submitted written evidence to the UK Parliament’s AI in Financial Services Committee.

Front cover of the Legal Workers' Inquiry. There are three images from protests and demonstrations from legal workers throughout history. New edited volume presents the first workers' inquiry of the UK legal sector
21 May 2025

Dr Tanzil Chowdhury (Queen Mary) and Dr Jamie Woodcock (King's College London) have published a new edited book titled Legal Workers Inquiry: Worker Writing from Across the Sector in Britain. This is a joint research project between Queen Mary's Centre for Law and Society in a Global Context and the Socialist journal Notes from Below.

A statue of Adam Smith in Edinburgh. Professor Maks Del Mar to speak at Adam Smith Festival of Ideas
13 May 2025

Professor Maks Del Mar will be speaking in Kirkaldy, Adam Smith's birthplace, as part of the Adam Smith Festival of Ideas (5-8 June 2025).

A digitally rendered image of the euro symbol in a coin in electric blue. Dr Daniele D’Alvia awarded funding to investigate the adoption of a Digital Euro
6 May 2025

The research, funded by the Policy Support Fund and in co-authored with the European Central Bank (ECB), will analyse the potential successes and challenges of adopting a new central bank digital currency.

A group of people standing in front of a blue screen in a classroom Fashion Law Day Success
1 May 2025

Fashion Law Day on the 14th April commemorated the launch of our brand new Fashion Law LLM, which is the first and only LLM of its kind in the UK. 

Leneka Rhoden smiling. Queen Mary LLM student to present at an International Atomic Energy Agency conference
28 April 2025

Queen Mary University of London is pleased to share that Leneka Rhoden, a current Energy and Climate Change Law LLM student, has been selected to present at the International Conference on Stakeholder Engagement for Nuclear Power Programmes, hosted by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). The event will take place in Vienna, Austria, 26-30 May 2025.

view of Israeli West Bank barrier from Bethlehem. Facebook hosts Israeli ads promoting illegal activity
24 April 2025

Professor Neve Gordon appeared in a YouTube Short from Al Jazeera English commenting on Facebook's advertising activity and practices.

A black and white image of the earth cut in half with an image of a burning oil spill in the top half. BlackRock, Vanguard and State Street are the real power behind Big Oil’s climate retreat, report finds
15 April 2025

A small group of powerful investment firms is quietly fuelling the global oil industry’s retreat from climate targets, according to a new report published today by the Centre for Climate Crime and Climate Justice at Queen Mary University of London.

Leeds University Great Hall building aerial view looking north towards Headingley. Professor Lastra to deliver the Professor James Lecture in Leeds on 23 April
10 April 2025

The event is titled 'The Evolving Role of the Bank of England' and will take place on Wednesday 23 April 2025, 14:00 – 15:00.

The main patio of the University of Palermo with marble columns and lawns. Dr Noam Gur spoke at the University of Palermo about conflicts between law and state officials’ directives
8 April 2025

Dr Gur presented the paper ‘Obedience to Law vs Obedience to State Officials’ at the workshop ‘Authority, Obedience, and Autonomy’, which was held at the University of Palermo on 6-7 March 2025.

A group of students stood together in a building foyer Queen Mary Students visit the International Maritime Organisation Legal Committee Meeting
4 April 2025

On the 25th of March, a group of LLM students from Queen Mary University of London were invited to attend the Meeting of the Legal Committee of International Maritime Organization at their London HQ. States discussed pressing issues to the law of the sea, such as human rights of abandoned sea farers.

Sewage pipe discharges sewage and wastewater into the river. Polluting Water and Fossil Fuel Bosses Are Being Put Under Citizen’s Arrest for Causing a ‘Public Nuisance’
4 April 2025

Professor David Whyte speaks to the Byline Times about Citizens Arrest Network's targeting of executives at UK water and oil and gas companies.

A woman sat on the floor of her room in the dark looking worriedly at her phone. Law does not ensure 'revenge porn' images are deleted
4 April 2025

Professor Fran Ridout, Director of Queen Mary’s Legal Advice Centre, spoke to the BBC about the shortcomings of laws around ‘revenge porn’.

Photo of Professor Peter Cameron smiling and wearing a grey suit Welcome Professor Peter Cameron to CCLS
25 March 2025

The Centre for Commercial Law Studies is delighted to welcome Professor Peter Cameron to our academic staff as the Chair in Energy and Climate Law. Read our Q&A with Peter below to find out about his background, what excites him about joining Queen Mary, and his book recommendation for students wanting to broaden their understanding of law.

The qLegal team standing with their LexisNexis award, next to Sir Tony Robinson. Double Success for Queen Mary at LexisNexis Legal Awards 2025
18 March 2025

Queen Mary claims victory in two categories at highly regarded event within the UK legal sector.

The front of the New York Stock Exchange Building. There is a frieze in the pediment, held up by Corinthian columns.There is a Big Tech shares tumble as Trump adds chaos to stock market mix
14 March 2025

Dr Daniele D'Alvia spoke to France 24 about the recent downturn of US tech giants' shares and whether US President Donald Trump is solely to blame.

Rosa Lastra and Daniele D'Alvia standing outside CCLS with Chris Bates and LLM students. Regulatory Insights: A Special Lecture and Networking Session with Chris Bates
13 March 2025

Chris Bates, Visiting Professorial Fellow at the Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary University of London and Senior Consultant at Clifford Chance LLP, delivered a special lecture to Queen Mary Banking and Finance Law LLM students, at the invitation of Professor Rosa M. Lastra.

A group photo of Lord Browne with CCLS students, Ioannis Kokkoris, Colin Bailey and James Dallas. Climate Change - A clear and present danger
10 March 2025

The Energy and Climate Change Law Institute were delighted to welcome back Lord Browne of Maddingly to deliver the Annual Clifford Chance Lecture on its tenth anniversary.

Queen Mary LLM students stood talking outside the Centre for Commercial Law Studies in Holborn. Queen Mary launches two new LLM Programmes
5 March 2025

Queen Mary’s Centre for Commercial Law Studies has announced the launch of two new LLM Programmes in Fashion Law and AI and the Law for September 2025 start. These programmes are set to provide students with the knowledge and skills required to navigate two of the most rapidly advancing sectors in law today.

Then U.S. Senator J. D. Vance speaking to attendees at The People's Convention at Huntington Place in Detroit, Michigan in 2024. Censorship, abortion and the ‘threat within’: what a free speech expert thinks of J.D. Vance’s remarks to Europe
28 February 2025

Professor Eric Heinze has penned an opinion piece for The Conversation about US Vice President’s remarks to European leaders at the recent Munich Security Conference.

Destroyed buildings in Gaza. 'Name Israel's Gaza genocide': International legal experts call for accountability
27 February 2025

Professor Neve Gordon and Professor Richard Falk took part in a conference organised by the Palestinian Return Centre criticising the lack of the term 'genocide' in political discussions and media coverage of Israel's war on Gaza.

Two London Metropolitan police officers in high-vis jackets sat on parked motorcycles. UK police forces ‘supercharging racism’ with predictive policing
25 February 2025

An interview from Amnesty International with Dr Daragh Murray was featured in an article for Computer Weekly on predictive police systems in the UK.

Group of students sit in a lecture theatre on a mixture of coloured chairs. Queen Mary becomes the first London Russell Group university to offer integrated SQE preparation as part of an LLM
24 February 2025

Queen Mary’s School of Law has announced the combination of their prestigious Master of Laws programmes with SQE preparation in partnership with legal education company, BARBRI.

Maxi Scherer smiling in a silver/grey suit. Queen Mary’s Professor Maxi Scherer to be the next President of the LCIA Court
21 February 2025

The London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) is one of the world’s leading international institutions for commercial dispute resolution.

An engraved vintage illustration image of the trial of Catherine Of Aragon, Queen of England, UK. Maksymilian Del Mar to speak on 'Kinesic Legal Humanities' at Utrecht
19 February 2025

Maksymilian Del Mar, Professor of Legal Theory and Legal Humanities, will be delivering an online lecture on 28 April 2025 to the Research Network for Culture, Law, and the Body at Utrecht University.

Lots of finger prints in different colours. Elements in Legal Humanities launches
10 February 2025

Cambridge University Press has announced the launch of a new interdisciplinary series: Elements in Legal Humanities. This series is part of the Elements platform at CUP, which publishes short monographs (of no more than 30,000 words).

A photo looking directly up at glass office buildings from the street. Dr Davor Jancic cited by the Financial Conduct Authority
5 February 2025

Dr Davor Jancic's research on the UK’s post-Brexit regulatory autonomy was cited in a Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) Research Note (no. 17, October 2024).

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