Durham University is delighted to invite ECRs from RENKEI universities to take part in the RENKEI Just Transitions to a Net Zero World inter-disciplinary workshop on 7-9 May 2025. We look forward to building on the Kyushu RENKEI workshop to strengthen further RENKEI research collaborations in addressing the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

LegalEdCon is a major conference about legal education organised annually by Legal Cheek. In its eighth year, the event takes place at King's Place, London on 15 May 2025.

Second-year LLB Students, Ayaan Ahmad and Aland Goran reached the semi-finals at the prestigious NLU Jodhpur A&O Shearman International Deal Negotiation Competition 2025. The Durham duo excelled, having placed in the top four from 32 international teams.

Lexie Gao, a first-year PhD student at Durham Law School, recently had the opportunity to attend the American Society of International Law (ASIL) Annual Meeting held in Washington, D.C., from 16 to 18 April 2025. The conference, themed “Traditions and Transitions in International Law,” brought together leading scholars, practitioners, and students from around the world.

Symposium at Durham Law School on 24 April 2025 on “Grounding the SETI and UAP Debate” announces Declaration on SETI and UAP Research

New research has found that older people are more likely to be abused by their partners than by a family member.

You can now read and endorse the Durham Declaration on SETI and UAP Research.

Durham University Bar Society hosts Dunelm Mock Trial Championships final judged by Lord Hughes of Ombersley, former UK Supreme Court Judge and joint President of the Durham Law School Alumni Association.

The Centre for International Law at the National University of Singapore and the Centre for Sustainable Development Law and Policy Durham University, will be co-hosting a two-day conference on 28-29 August 2025 on the theme of ‘Systemic Integration of Climate Change in International Law’.

Professor Petra Minnerop attended the 119th annual meeting of the American Society of International Law (ASIL) in Washington D.C, as a member of the ASIL's Task Force on Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) and Climate Change. The annual meeting officially launched the task force that brings together leading experts to analyse the substantive and procedural issues surrounding climate-related investment disputes.

Professor Thom Brooks, Chair in Law and Government at Durham Law School, has published a new book: Political Philosophy: The Fundamentals published by Wiley-Blackwell.

The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) and Durham Law School at Durham University (United Kingdom) have entered into an Agreement on internship arrangements aimed at promoting Cambodia’s transitional justice mechanisms and experiences to students and alumni of Durham Law School.