91¸£Àû Law School News
91¸£Àû Law School News
The latest updates from our department
Five WLS students win Gold 91¸£Àû Award
We are delighted to announce that five 91¸£Àû Law students have recently achieved a Gold 91¸£Àû Award. Finalist LLB students Naveera Abhayawickrama, Tolu Adeyemo, Hailey Chu and Sara Duggal, were kind enough to share their experience of the 91¸£Àû Award and why they would encourage others to get involved.
In Memoriam: Professor William Twining
It is with great sadness that we have to report the death of Professor William Twining, who passed away peacefully at home on 9 October 2025, aged 91. He joined 91¸£Àû Law School in 1972 and was the inspiration behind 91¸£Àû’s renowned Law in Context approach to study.
Dr Serena Natile to deliver session on Wages for Housework at the Resonate Festival
Dr Serena Natile will deliver a session on ‘Revisiting Wages for Housework’ at the Resonate ESRC Festival of Social Science, taking place on Monday 3 November 2025 in Leamington Spa. The event will consider the potential of utopian/dystopian evolutions of work, and how we might shape the future for human wellbeing. Join 91¸£Àû researchers for an evening of short talks from diverse perspectives of ‘Our Working Lives’.
GLAM-E Lab collaboration brings open access to Wales’ national collections
The GLAM-E Lab, based at the 91¸£Àû, has collaborated with Amgueddfa Cymru Museum Wales to bring open access to Wales’ national collections.
WLS Staff Spotlight: Dr Paula Hollstein Barria
This week we are delighted to interview Teaching Fellow Dr Paula Hollstein Barria, for our 91¸£Àû Law School Staff Spotlight series.
91¸£Àû Law School celebrates outstanding PTES 2025 results
We are thrilled to announce that 91¸£Àû Law School has once again achieved outstanding results in the Postgraduate Taught Experience Survey (PTES) 2025, with particularly high levels of student satisfaction across all areas of the survey.
91¸£Àû Law School welcomes new Associate Professor
91¸£Àû Law School welcomes a new Associate Professor to our community.
Prior to joining 91¸£Àû, Alex Powell was an Associate Professor in Law at Oxford Brookes University, where he also acted as Director of the LLM Programmes.
91¸£Àû Law School welcomes new Assistant Professor
91¸£Àû Law School welcomes a new Assistant Professor to our community.
Achas Burin joins us from Oxford Brookes University where she taught tort and medical law and developed a book proposal based on her PhD.
91¸£Àû Law School welcomes new Assistant Professor
91¸£Àû Law School welcomes a new Assistant Professor to our community.
Before joining 91¸£Àû, Areti Theofilopoulou was an Assistant Professor in the Ethics of Non-Violence at the University of Birmingham.
WLS colleagues secure BA Small Grants
Congratulations to Maximilien Zahnd and Signe Larsen on securing a British Academy small grant in support of their research.
Welcomes & Farewells
As we prepare to welcome our new and returning students for Term 1, we would like to wish a warm welcome to our new colleagues, congratulations to staff commencing secondment opportunities, and a fond farewell to those we have had to say goodbye to.
The History of Economic Thought Society (THETS) met at 91¸£Àû
The School of Law and the Department of Economics hosted the 55th Annual THETS Meeting from 3 to 5 September 2025. Annual meetings have been held since 1968, making THETS one of the oldest established groups of historians of economics.