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Join our Masters Taster Day on 18 March to explore our campus, meet your academic department and learn more about postgraduate life at York.
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We’re pleased to share that York Law School’s LLB Law has been recognised by Malaysia’s Legal Profession Qualifying Board (LPQB) for the Certificate of Legal Practice (CLP) route.
From Sept 2026 onwards, our LLB graduates will be eligible to apply for the CLP course in Malaysia.
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Today is the day! A massive round of applause for our Postgraduates walking the stage today and celebrating their amazing achievements. 🎓
We look forward to seeing all you do in the future
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It's graduation week, and we may all still be recovering from the holidays we're ready to start celebrating our graduands and their amazing achievements earning Masters and PhD's! 🎓
We cannot wait to see what the future holds for you.
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🌟 So long 2025, and welcome to 2026 🌟
Happy new year to everyone, we hope your 2026 starts and continues to be excellent.
#HappyNewYear #UniversityofYork #2026
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🎄Wishing all of you a merry Christmas 🎄
Whether you celebrate it or not, with family and friends or having a solo one, at home or elsewhere. We hope you have a lovely day, and are safe and well, from all of us at YLS.
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Student Nuala Watson being presented the prize by King's Councel martin Howe
LLB student Nuala Watson, presented with the Intellectual Property Society of Yorkshire Prize at the Society's dinner in Leeds. Presented by King's Counsel Martin Howe of 8 New Square, one of the foremost IP barristers' chambers in the UK.
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The Yorkshire Criminal Law Forum welcomes Dr Silvana Tapia Tapia (Birmingham) to York to present her paper: 'Anticarceral feminisms, penal violence against women, and the limits of human rights' on the 3rd December.
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Professor Sue Westwood returns to York after a successful trip to India, visiting the many Universities! It's been a busy but productive time, with lots of exciting prospective teaching and research collaborations.
#YorkLawSchool #UniversityofYork #India #GlobalCollaboration #Law #International
Professor Sue Westwood received a warm welcome from the Law School team at BML Munjal University (BMU). We're looking forward to working closely with them on research and teaching collaborations.
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Professor Sue Westwood gives a speech to Professor Singh, other leaders and key academics at Amity University, about inclusive and collaborative teaching and research opportunities between our universities and law schools.
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Professor Sue Westwood, Head of YLS, and the University of York’s
Global Partnerships Team visited Symbiosis University’s Pune campus and were made to feel very welcome with lots of exciting new initiatives in development.
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Professor Sue Westwood had the privilege to meet with Law colleagues at MIT University, Pune, India on Tuesday 12th November to discuss teaching and research programme collaborations.
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The link will also take you to the schedule and you will see we have contributions from Clinics as far apart as Peru, South Africa, the USA, Australia, the Phillipines and Georgia.
Our slot is 5pm CET. Hope to see you there.
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You can register for the event here which is running all day and is free, and you can follow as much or as little as you like: tinyurl.com/longestdayof... 👇
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We'll be engaging in a letter-writing campaign, asking regulators of different jurisdictions' legal professions to publish guidance on the responsibilities of lawyers with respect to climate change. 👇
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Organizations around the world will bepresenting on different topics related to a just transition away from fossil fuels, and then passing to the next host.👇
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This year the theme is "Decarbonization - a just transition."
As part of this, Law Students for Climate Accountability is working to expand the Day of Action to the rest of the legal profession with a 25-hour marathon Zoom event. 👇
#Climate #DayofAction #Legal #Law
For six years, the Baroness Hale Legal Clinic at York Law School has held an annual Student Law Clinics Global Day of Action for Climate Justice, an initiative of legal clinics around the globe. Students focus for one day on one issue related to the climate crisis. 👇
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The Commission makes recommendations for reform, drawing on Dr Kajsa Dinesson's work on terrorism prosecutions, collection of information, and mindset evidence.
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The Independent Commission on UK Counter-Terrorism Law, Policy and Practice has released its report assessing the effectiveness and proportionality of the UK's counter-terrorism framework.
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See thread for more info.
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First stop on the trip for our Head of YLS is Pune, India, where Professor Sue Westwood will be meeting with members of Symbiosis International Deemed University and MIT World Peace University.
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International Humanitarian Law Under Stress: Reflections from Ukraine on Bridging the Accountability Gap.
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Professor Sue Westwood, Head of York Law School, along with other members of YLS, will visit India next week to discuss collaborative teaching initiatives with leading Indian universities and meet with the Bar Council of India.
#YorkLawSchool #UniversityofYork #India #InternationalCollaboration
Dr Jenn Chubb from Sociology, Uni of York and Dr Peter Harrison from York Law School, Uni of York, discuss the implications of voice cloning in law and in life on the podcast The Last Human Voice.
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Prof Sue Westwood, Head of YLS: “This prestigious appointment is a testament to Phillip’s expertise and commitment. We are proud to see York Law School represented within the judiciary, and we look forward to the benefits this will bring to our teaching and research community.”
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Congratulations to Prof. Phillip Morgan, who has been appointed as a Deputy District Judge on the North Eastern Circuit, sitting in civil and family jurisdictions. This is a rare opportunity for an academic, with access to real-world cases that can benefit colleagues and students in YLS. #Law
🚨 Registrations are now open for our annual conference “Vulnerability and Policing: Reducing Harm, Strengthening Justice” 🚨
🗓️ 9-10 September 2025
📍 Cloth Hall Court, Leeds, UK
Register: vulnerabilitypolicing.org.uk/annual-confe...
Head of Department, Prof. Sue Westwood
Welcome to YLS's new Head of Department, Professor Sue Westwood
Sue said she felt honoured to be leading the School and thanked colleagues for their support, collegiality, and everything they do to make YLS such a caring, thoughtful, and principled community.
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