CfP: Special Issue on Social Change and the Role of Advertising Regulation: New Challenges and Opportunities Manuscript deadline: 31 July 2026 think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu...

Out last month Glanville Williams: Learning the Law, 18th Edition Authors: Charlotte Harrison (UoP), Amanda Millmore (Reading) www.sweetandmaxwell.co.uk/en-gb/produc...

Portsmouth ranks highly in global Postgraduate Research Experience Survey www.port.ac.uk/news-events-...

A news story from the University of Liverpool about our recent conference. www.liverpool.ac.uk/law/news/sto...

EIPTN 17th Worldwide Annual Conference, Portsmouth, United Kingdom, 10-11 October 2025 IP in the Era of Geopolitical, Technological, and Fundamental Rights Challenges: Academic and Pedagogical Research as Support for Teaching in Challenging Times www.eiptn.eu/portsmouth20...

Congratulations to Andrii Zharikov and Joe Sekhon on their promotion to Associate Professor this month in recognition of their research and innovation work inc researchportal.port.ac.uk/en/projects/... and researchportal.port.ac.uk/en/organisat... Profile links follow below

Very sad news. He was the keynote speaker at the first of the UoPLaw / EUI international seminars (on European consensus) leading to the edited collection (his chapter is available at eprints.lse.ac.uk/105854/) and he also came down to talk about In or Out of the European Convention on Human Rights

We are delighted that over the summer Dr Sarah McKeown has joined the School of Law as a Senior Teaching Fellow

A blog post on the UoP AEGIS Centre (Centre for the Advancement of Equality, Gender and Inclusion Studies) blog highlighting the 30th anniversary virtual special issue of the International Journal of Discrimination and the Law aegiscentre.org/30th-anniver...

UoP Law papers at #SLSLeeds25 include PhD student Mariangela D'Acri on Intersectionality and Gender-based Discrimination: Investigating the Gaps in EU Law and CJEU Jurisprudence (in session 13:00-14:30 Tuesday, 2 September, 2025 EU and Competition Law - Diversity and Free Movement in EU law) and

For legal educators - my edited collection "How to Include Employability in the Law School" is now out in paperback. Affordable & full of practical & adoptable employability ideas from experienced legal educators: www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/how... @elgarpublishing.bsky.social

As yesterday was #WorldElephantDay, here is a link to a video from a few years’ back featuring UoP’s Dr Caroline Cox, now Associate Professor in Wildlife Law and Policy: youtu.be/1jBc31v0If8?...

What’s really working for #inclusion and #wellbeing in #law? Check out this blog by LawCare and Rachael O'Connor @cirle-leeds.bsky.social on their event which saw a diverse panel of legal professionals, researchers, and advocates sharing their experiences and practical ideas. 👇 tinyurl.com/5ye4j3cx

University of Portsmouth Law School graduation yesterday. Every year this is such a joyful occasion, and I am so happy for all these lovely young people as they move on to the next steps in their careers. Photo of Law School staff before going on to the stage for the ceremony.

Included three PhD students processing (55:14-56:33) Dr Ifedayo Adekeye researchportal.port.ac.uk/en/studentTh... Dr Joanne Atkinson researchportal.port.ac.uk/en/studentTh... Dr Tamunotonye Owutamunopiri researchportal.port.ac.uk/en/studentTh... 1/2

The SLSA Board of Trustees is delighted to announce the launch of the new SLSA website and membership database. www.slsa.ac.uk The new site retains the familiar SLSA logo and branding throughout, but we have taken the opportunity to refresh the text, images and accessibility. Sign up and take a look

RE-WIRING Consortium Gathers in Utrecht to Define Next Steps and Long-Term Impact re-wiring.eu/2025/07/18/r... and

Eight years ago today I had the privilege of hosting Dr Neville Lawrence, father of Stephen, at the University of Portsmouth when we awarded him an Honorary Doctorate. A gentle, courageous and determined man. #StephenLawrence #NeverForget

Live in 5 (and a bit) days' time (10:00am on 28 July 2025) - Graduation for the School of Law (and School of SMI) - to be streamed at: www.youtube.com/live/ZkOxowK...

On Word Day of International Criminal Justice (see e.g. asp.icc-cpi.int/asp-events/I...) some OA publications from our research repository: Tonny Kirabira’s 2023 thesis: NGOs Impact on Transitional Justice: The Cases of Uganda and Myanmar in Perspectives researchportal.port.ac.uk/en/studentTh...

Published later this month: The 3rd Edition of Dr Michael Connolly's Discrimination Law, (Sweet & Maxwell) www.sweetandmaxwell.co.uk/en-gb/produc...

The Annual Business and Law R&I Conference took place this year over two days (26-27 June 2025)

Happy to share the pictures of some of the highlights events of Day 1 at #SIEL2025 Biennial Meeting in Taipei and hosted by the NTU College of Law. Stay tuned for panel pictures and side meetings from Day 2!

Final legal advice clinic of the year today with our Law students. We’re consistently impressed by the quality of advice provided. It’s always professional, thoughtful and focused on the needs of the client. #legaladvice #clinic #legaleducation

At this week's 12th Annual Conference of the Berkeley Center on Comparative Equality & Anti-Discrimination Law (BCCE) taking place in Ljubljana, UoPLaw's Dr Panos Kapotas is set to chair Plenary 5 on Transformative equality in practice: gender representation, equal pay and crisis response ...

Inspired by Routledge's 25% all eBooks sale ("begins June 16th 8am GMT and ends June 27th 8am GMT" www.routledge.com/sale), a short thread listing just some Routledge books by UoPLaw authors and some other colleagues since 2020:

An insightful @connectinglegaled.bsky.social session today on the production of the Elgar Concise Encyclopedia of Legal Education - www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/elg... - bsky.app/profile/dohe...

Talk to Spot is a secure online tool to support anyone working at and around the Bar to confidentially raise concerns about inappropriate or abusive behaviours. Find out more: www.barcouncil.org.uk/support-for-...

Earlier this month... May 7 (l): our internal mooting competition final, in the case of R v Tweedy, saw a strong performance from both teams May 12 (r): some of our 1st yr UG worked with South Hampshire Junior Lawyers Division, completing mock training contract interviews and simulated client work

Long-running Merricks v Mastercard case settled (though funder may seek to contest) www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/masterc...

Tomorrow (Wednesday 21 May) we're taking further evidence for our inquiry on how the “manosphere” and other online content is fuelling misogyny. At 2.20pm: Dr Lisa Sugiura Portsmouth Uni | Dr Kaitlyn Regehr @ucl.ac.uk | Jacob Davey @isdglobal.org| Janaya Walker @evawintl.org [1/2]

🔥 The Connecting Legal Education website launches today www.connectinglegaleducation.org 🚀 Over the last 5 years we have evolved into a large and vibrant community of practice - we want the world to know more about the great legal education work that our members do. Enjoy the site and get in touch

1/2 Featuring a number of citations of Dr Juliet Brook's and Dr Daniel Bedford's LQR piece on Reform of testamentary capacity: the hidden pitfalls of replacing Banks v Goodfellow with the Mental Capacity Act 2005” (2024) 140 (Jan) Law Quarterly Review 34 researchportal.port.ac.uk/en/publicati...

Many thanks to @profjohanna.bsky.social (@ QMUL) for her UoP Law Staff and PGRS research seminar this afternoon on an ethological jurisprudence of copyright, a fragment of authorship - and featuring Naruto (among other animals)- this year's series concludes next week

As this year's UK #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek theme is Community www.mentalhealth.org.uk/our-work/pub..., here's an open access piece from the Law Teacher (by UoP colleagues) on student wellbeing and community www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

One of the new Law Commissioners is Prof Lisa Webley (Professor at University of Birmingham and has been a valued Visiting Professor at University of Portsmouth)

Published today on uklabourlawblog.com - a piece by a UoPLaw Assoc Prof on The Limits of Positive Action under the Equality Act 2010 following last month's reports about West Yorks Police uklabourlawblog.com/2025/05/08/t...

New blog: our Vice Chair @kirstybrimelow.bsky.social goes behind the headlines of the recent row over the Sentencing Council to explain what pre-sentence reports are & why new legislation could be a distraction from problems facing the criminal justice system: www.barcouncil.org.uk/resource/sen...

On #EarthDay - Open Access pieces from UoPLaw National Parks and Protected Areas: A Comparison of the Approach Taken in the UK and France for the Protection of Green Spaces www.mdpi.com/2075-471X/13... by Dr Caroline Cox (Associate Prof) and Meganne Natali (Visiting Fellow) 1/3

Just like that another year is over. Thanks for a great conference @livunislsj.bsky.social Great collaborations, loads of fantastic research, amazing gala dinner in St George's Hall, friendships new and old. As always, Liverpool you have been brilliant. Roll on 2026 @sussex.ac.uk here we come!

Coming later this year (and available to pre-order) - by our Business colleague Prof Samantha Parsley - Minor Keys: Gender, Inequality and Work In Electronic Music bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/minor-keys

🎬 That’s a wrap on #SLSA2025! We’re proud to have hosted the UK’s leading socio-legal event here in Liverpool. 3 days, 900+ papers, a powerful plenary reflecting on Hillsborough, a dedicated postgrad programme & more! Huge thanks to everyone who joined us! 🙌 @slsauk.bsky.social

As it is in the news, some open access pieces from the UoP research repository on associative discrimination: In the NILQ - The ‘associative’ discrimination fiction: Part 1 doi.org/10.53386/nil... and Part 2 doi.org/10.53386/nil... and

Day 2 of #SLSA2025 began with a powerful plenary: Liverpool and the Legacies of Hillsborough — held poignantly a day after the disaster’s 36th anniversary. Voices from law, academia, activism & the arts shared moving reflections on the long fight for justice. 🔗 liverpool.ac.uk/law/slsa-2025/

Welcome to #SLSA2025!🤝 We're excited to kick off 3 days of socio-legal research at @liverpooluni.bsky.social — with 900+ papers across 33 streams & 6 key topics.🔍 Here’s to a brilliant few days of discussion, collaboration and connection! 🔗: www.liverpool.ac.uk/law/slsa-2025/ @slsauk.bsky.social

⏰ Safe travels everyone 🚅✈️🚗🚢🚍🚁 See you tomorrow!

New on the Strathclyde Law Blog, a post by our Dr Michael Randall @mrandall89.bsky.social reflecting on the recent annual conference of The Association of Law Teachers @altlaw.bsky.social hosted at @unistrathclyde.bsky.social. www.strath.ac.uk/humanities/l...

This week's #SLSA2025 is set to see papers from UoPLaw's: Richard Heald - In Persona Themis, or Does the Robe Make the Judge? (in the Law Literature & Humanities stream) Sarah Atkins -Lost in translation: the right to understand the UK asylum process (Managing and Protecting People on the Move...)

RE-WIRING research took centre stage at the International Conference on Gender Research (ICGR) 2025, held from 10–11 April 2025 at the Porto Accounting and Business School (ISCAP) in Porto, Portugal re-wiring.eu/2025/04/14/r...

#AEGIS is delighted to announce major #funding #success! The #British #Academy has awarded us nearly £1 million to lead a four-year project on #women's #resilience during #conflict in #Sudan and #SouthSudan📚✨ www.port.ac.uk/news-events-...