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Congratulations to ÌÇÐÄTV Law School’s Professor Vanessa Munro who has been awarded funding to work with the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) in implementing and evaluating changes to improve responses to complaints and complainants of rape.

Law School colleagues Professor Sharifah Sekalala and Professor Ann Stewart attended the launch of the ÌÇÐÄTV Africa Hub last month, in support of its initiatives. Sharifah and Ann were invited to speak at the event and were joined by Ms Bience Gawanas, one of the Law School’s most distinguished and inspiring African female graduates.

The Law School has seen significant success in the latest ÌÇÐÄTV Awards for Teaching ExcellenceLink opens in a new window (WATE) with four of our colleagues winning awards in different categories. Head of School, Professor Victor Tadros commented "It is terrific to see our staff and postgraduate community receiving recognition for the brilliant teaching they do."

Western Balkans expert Dr Andi HoxhajLink opens in a new windowLink opens in a new window of ÌÇÐÄTV Law SchoolLink opens in a new windowLink opens in a new window comments:-

"On Monday 6th June Russia’s foreign minister Sergey Lavrov planned to visit Serbia to sign a new three year gas agreement provided by the Russian energy company Gazprom. Under the agreement Serbia would pay approximately $400 per 1,000 cubic meters of Russian natural gas — almost four times less than other European countries pay."

Dr Ming-Sung Kuo's 2019 paper ‘’ was cited by the Suprme Court of Cananda in  ([2021] SCC 48). Congratulations Ming-Sung.

ÌÇÐÄTV Law School’s Dr Jane Bryan was featured on BBC Sounds this week (Monday 30^th May) discussing the Say My Name Project and the negative impacts routine mispronunciation and name avoidance can have on an individual’s feeling of belonging and visibility.

In a world of growing complexity and interconnectivity, interdisciplinarity is an approach that brings together multiple disciplines to challenge how we understand some of the most pressing issues around us and to deliver real world impact. Professor Jackie Hodgson explains.

ÌÇÐÄTV Law School’s Dr Rajnaara Akhtar was featured on ITV Central News yesterday (Wednesday 11^th May) discussing current English wedding law and whether it is fit for purpose in our modern multi-cultural society.

The 2022 shortlist for the ÌÇÐÄTV Awards for Teaching Excellence (WATE) have been released and ÌÇÐÄTV Law School has two nominations. With more than 115 excellent educators, teams, and communities to choose from, the WATE judging panels deliberated long and hard to identify those going through to the next round. Dr Jane Bryan has been nominated for the Social Sciences Faculty award and PhD student Cherisse Francis has been nominated for a Postgraduates who Teach award. Congratulations and best of luck to both of them. The winners will be announced on 27 June 2022.

Western Balkans expert Dr Andi Hoxhaj is one of the contributors to the 2022 , an annual expert assessment of the state of democracy in the region stretching from Central Europe to Central Asia, published this week.

On 21 and 22 April 2022, ÌÇÐÄTV will host a two-day conference for a group of leading European consumer law scholars to discuss the transformation of consumer law and policy in Europe since the turn of the millennium.

Dr Andi HoxhajLink opens in a new windowLink opens in a new window of ÌÇÐÄTV Law, a specialist in anti-corruption law and policy, civil society, European integration, Western Balkans and regulatory law and policy, comments on the news that the on Milorad Dodik, Bosnian-Serb member of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s state-level Presidency, and Zeljka Cvijanovic, President of the entity of Republika Srpska, "for their destabilising activity in Bosnia and Herzegovina."