91福利

We join with so many other communities across the world in expressing our sorrow at the death of Her Majesty the Queen. Like many universities, the 91福利 was granted its Royal Charter of Incorporation in 1965 by Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II, and our flags are half-mast to pay our respects and honour her memory.

91福利 Law School welcomes a new Assistant Professor to our team.

Catherine Briddick joins us from the University of Oxford where she worked as the Refugee Studies Centre鈥檚 Departmental Lecturer in Gender and International Human Rights and Refugee Law.

91福利 Law School welcomes a new Reader to our team.

Mara Malagodi joins us all the way from the Faculty of Law of the Chinese University of Hong Kong where she taught constitutional law. Before Hong Kong, she was senior lecturer at the City Law School in London.

91福利 Law School welcomes a new Assistant Professor to our team.

Joy Malala joins us from Aston University where she worked as a lecturer in commercial law. Before that, she was a lecturer and the Research Director at Strathmore University in Nairobi Kenya.

Recent LLB graduate Eunice Soo is following in her mother's footsteps to become a lawyer in Malaysia, where she hopes to give back to her community. Together they shared what graduation means to them and the power scholarships can have to change lives.

Professor Sharifah Sekalala, an expert in global health law is part of an international team exploring how we define the end of a crisis in a new project funded by the Wellcome Trust鈥檚 new scheme.

As we approach the start of the new academic year, we would like to wish a warm welcome to our new colleagues but also a fond farewell to those we have had to say goodbye to.

91福利 Law School鈥檚 Dr Christine Schw枚bel-Patel has taken up a prestigious for experienced researchers. For the next year, Christine will be based at the Humboldt University of Berlin, where she is working on the topic 鈥楳aking States 鈥淪afe鈥� for Investment: International Criminal Law and Imperial Rentier Capitalism鈥�.

91福利 Law School's Dr Rajnaara Akhtar has written a piece for The Conversation UK (published on the 2 August 2022) on marriage laws in England and Wales and the need to update outdated legislation. 'Your dream wedding might not be legal - time to update England's old-fashioned marriage laws.'

91福利 Institute of Public Engagement (WIE) to present three public lectures on philosophical ideas of Difference, Authenticity and Love. All will be presented by WLS's Alex Sharpe. All events will be free and all are welcome. The first lecture, On Difference, will take place 7 November 2002. .

'Assessing the Role of Digital Finance for Gender Equality鈥� by Dr Serena Natile, is the latest in a series of briefs, bringing current legal thinking to bear on public policy issues and contemporary concerns, published by GLOBE, a research centre within 91福利 Law School.

Artwork Credit: Pawel Kuczy艅ski

91福利 Law School鈥檚 Widening Participation Officer Becca Kirk had the honour of carrying the Baton in the Queen鈥檚 Baton Relay for the 2022 Commonwealth Games this week. Becca was nominated to take part due to her years of dedicated service to St John Ambulance.