Join us in extending a warm welcome to Lauren. Her research examines how female survivors of conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV) in Northern Uganda conceptualize, access, and navigate justice amid an ongoing 'implementation gap’ between national transitional justice policy and lived reality.

💡 𝗔𝗹𝗹-𝗜𝘀𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗡𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗪𝗲𝗯𝗶𝗻𝗮r 💡 Join the AISSN team for a virtual webinar where to discuss the recent welfare reform proposals in the UK and RoI in a discussion chaired by our own Dr Ciara Fitzpatrick! 𝗧𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿, 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝘁𝗼: www.eventbrite.ie/e/all-island...

𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗟𝗮𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗵: “𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗝𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗞𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘁: 𝗔 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗿𝗼𝗼𝘁𝘀 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵” (𝗥𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗹𝗲𝗱𝗴𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱) 𝘣𝘺 𝘋𝘳 𝘕𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘯 𝘈𝘭ı𝘤ı 📅 12 December 2025 ⏰ 14:00-15:30 (followed by refreshments) 🏓 Ulster University (Belfast Campus) BC-00-306 To register, head to: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/launch-tra...

🎃👻 Halloween Trivia: In which country is it illegal to dress up as a police officer or soldier even for Halloween? Post your answers in the comments! 🎃👻

🎃👻 Happy Halloween from all of us at Ulster University School of Law! May your costumes be clever 🧙, your treats be plentiful🍭, and your evenings free from any unexpected legal trickery! Stay safe, look after one another, and tag us – we’d love to see your creativity!

The School of Law would like to extend a warm welcome to Jonathan Boyle who joins us as a PhD Researcher. His research project will focus on the ongoing integrated truth investigation into Mother and Baby institutions, Magdalene Laundries and workhouses in Northern Ireland from 1922-1995.

Call for Abstracts: International Workshop on Global Justice in a Changing Global Order: Existing Models and Future Frameworks, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, 15-16 December 2025. Deadline for abstracts: 27 October. For full details please see ruc.dk/en/cfa-globa... .

Calling all Ulster University LLB & LLM Law Students! This UU Law Employer Networking Event will be on Wednesday 22nd October 11.30am-2.30pm Belfast BC Level 3 Foyer and is a brilliant networking opportunity! (all students and graduates MUST register to attend using the QR code).

Our very own Dr Georgia Stanley's article received a gold medal for the best overall article in the Cork Law Review! You can read it here www.corkonlinelawreview.com

📰 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀: 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗯𝗹𝗼𝗴 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗗𝗿 𝗧𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘀 𝗛𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗻! Read more here: opiniojuris.org/2025/10/07/r...

💡 𝗣𝗨𝗕𝗟𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗡𝗘𝗪𝗦! 💡 Our Dr Gillian Kane has recently published (together with Devota Nuwe and Prof. Siobhán Mullally) an article entitled '𝗠𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗕𝗲𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗛𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴? 𝗨𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗮 𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝗖𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝘆', which can be accessed at: www.uitgeverijparis.nl/en/reader/20...

Congratulations to Dr Georgia Stanley on passing her PhD viva this morning! Georgia’s title was ‘The Second Rape: An Investigative Analysis of Rape Myth Narratives in Courtroom and Media Discourses’. Examiners congratulated Georgia on her excellent, well-researched and well-presented thesis!

Please join us in welcoming Dr Jonathan Lewis to the School of Law as Lecturer in Ethics. Prior to joining Ulster, Jonathan was an Assistant Professor at the National University of Singapore. We are delighted to have him as part of the team! pure.ulster.ac.uk/en/persons/j...

☕ 🍰 Welcome to our new and returning Transitional Justice Institute LLM students! Today, staff and TJI LLM students in the School of Law brought a bit of sunshine to a rainy day, gathering over a cuppa and some lovely cakes!

🚨 New Resource for Early Career Legal Academics 🚨 We are delighted to share that Dr Noel McGuirk (with Cameron Giles from LSBU) has co-edited the Early Career Legal Academia: An Interactive Guide, published by the Association of Law Teachers. 📖 Explore at: lawteacher.ac.uk/early-career....

💡 Research Spotlight! 💡 Earlier this month, our Dr Connor McBain presented a paper entitled 'Between Precedent and Present: The International Court of Justice as a Producer of History’ in Glasgow. You can watch the full panel at: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrBH....

Ready for something new? 💡 Did you know that we offer short courses and CPD opportunities? 📚 Taught by subject-matter experts drawn from the School of Law, the Transitional Justice Institute, and the Legal Innovation Centre. Find out more at: www.ulster.ac.uk/faculties/ar...

Today, we welcomed our incoming LLB cohort to Ulster University School of Law. This afternoon, students had a chance to think about human rights in their seminar groups. Try to guess which rights from the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child are depicted in some of their creations!

🎓 Welcome (back) to Ulster University School of Law! We are delighted to welcome all new and returning students to the 2025–26 academic year! Whether you're beginning your legal studies or continuing your journey, we look forward to seeing you on campus this week. 📚 Let’s make it a great year!

Today, colleagues from Ulster University School of Law and the School of Applied Social and Policy Sciences joined colleagues from Queen's University Belfast's Mitchell Institute for a policy workshop co-hosted by the Northern Ireland Department of Justice and QUB.

We are delighted to host this year's IALT conference on our DLD campus, hosted by this year's IALT president, our own Dr Shauna Page. The call for papers is now live. You can access it at the link below or by scanning the QR code! www.ialt.ie/2025/08/24/c...

New publication! Our Thomas Hansen has recently published a chapter entitled 'Towards a new agenda for ecocide norms adoption and enforcement' in 'A Research Agenda for Environmental Crime and the Law'. Find out more here: www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/a-r...

Ever wished you had some more legal knowledge for a cause close to your heart? Our wonderful student Brenda returned to education to study law to enhance her skills as an advocate for SEND children’s rights. If this sounds like it could be for you, have a look at www.ulster.ac.uk/courses/2025...

International student Muhammad Aun Khalid from Pakistan has shared this feedback on our Legal Innovation and Technology Law LLM/MSc programme. If you are interested in finding out more about this professional innovative course please visit www.ulster.ac.uk/courses/2025...

Our unique LLM in International Commercial Law and ADR will not only provide you with the opportunity to explore the theories of commercial conflict resolution, but will also provide the opportunity to become a fully accredited mediator. For more information click www.ulster.ac.uk/courses/2025...

See what our student Sophie has to say about our LLM/MSc in Legal Innovation and Technology Law (formerly Corporate Law, Computing and Innovation). If you would like to find out more please visit www.ulster.ac.uk/courses/2025...

Contact Dr Emma McGinnis (Social Work) at [email protected] or Dr Shauna Page (Law) [email protected] for more information and details on registering.

Already a graduate? Wish you had a qualifying law degree? Check out our Law Graduate Entry programme at Ulster here www.ulster.ac.uk/programme/un... and listen to what our student Dr Emilia Bellew has to say about studying on this course.

Looking to pivot your career or expand your expertise? The Law School offers an accelerated two-year programme for graduates in any discipline who seek a qualifying law degree. Read what our student Dr Emilia Bellew has to say and visit www.ulster.ac.uk/programme/un... for more information.

Thinking of the next step in your legal career or education? Here's what one of our LLM Access to Justice students has to say about this unique course in clinical legal education. Visit www.ulster.ac.uk/lawclinic/st... for more information and click www.ulster.ac.uk/courses/2025... to apply!

Today, we welcomed Dr Alison Gardner and Dr Rachel Clawson from the Rights Lab at the University of Nottingham for a roundtable discussion with practitioners working on modern slavery, human trafficking, and adult safeguarding. The discussion followed on from research conducted by the Rights Lab.

We had a great day yesterday celebrating the class of 2025 on the Belfast campus! Congratulations to all of our law graduates across the two campuses - it has been a great couple of weeks of celebration! #ProudofUU @ulsteruni.bsky.social @rjjoconnell.bsky.social @clairelougarre.bsky.social

The US/UKFulbright vision = a world without barriers to learning & collaboration. It's safe to say that Nate Johnson embodied that during his time in NI. While at @ulsterunischlaw.bsky.social, he joined PILS as a research intern. Huge thanks to Nate (pictured on his last office day!) 👏

An omni-crisis in international law: Iran, Israel and Gaza The Transitional Justice Institute invites you to this discussion on the current omni-crisis in international law. 📅 8 July 2025 |⏰ 6.30pm to 8pm (UK time) |📍 Online For more info and registration: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/an-omni-cr...

NIHRC staff attended the @ulsterunischlaw.bsky.social, @iom.int UK and @justice-ni.bsky.social report launch today, presenting key findings and recommendations on 'Identifying modern slavery and human trafficking in the context of child criminal exploitation in Northern Ireland'.

Blistering from @ulsterunischlaw.bsky.social's Ciara Fitzpatrick on the inadequacy of the NI Executive's proposed Anti Poverty Strategy. There is nothing that amounts to a substantive new initiative or stronger oversight mechanism in the document: www.irishnews.com/opinion/ciar...

If thinking about postgraduate study, check out our LLM in Human Rights and Transitional Justice, taught by scholars in our Transitional Justice Institute. Read what Martin Fee has to say and see full details at www.ulster.ac.uk/courses/2025...

Join our team! We are advertising a Senior Lecturer post in Medical Law and Ethics in our Derry Londonderry Campus. Deadline 2 June. Full details and to apply at www.ulster.ac.uk/peopleandcul...

Check out our Professional Mediation Summer School this June! Full details at www.ulster.ac.uk/faculties/ar...!

Thinking about the next step in your career and education? See what graduate Marzia Rahman Proma has to say about the LLM International Commercial Law and Alternative Dispute Resolution. More details at www.ulster.ac.uk/courses/2025...

User Content? Location: PRONI - Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, 2 Titanic Boulevard, Belfast BT3 9HQ. Until: 21 May 2025 Are we content with the power imbalance between us as individual data subjects and giant corporate data users. More info at: www.ulster.ac.uk/events/resea...

Coming up this week! Conference: The Devil in the Data: Civic Freedom and the Meaning and Safety of Data in the Public and Commercial Realms For more details and to register, head to: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-devil-...

Another sunny day yesterday for our second group of Belfast public law students to visit Stormont! Students were able to find out more about the devolved institutions and the legislative process in the NI Assembly. Many thanks to Stormont's Education Office for facilitating the visit!

Delighted to be part of this new AHRC-funded centre to put people at the heart of the legal system, with colleagues from @ulsterunischlaw.bsky.social in partnership with 6 other universities & a UK-wide coalition of community, arts, business, legal & govt organisations: www.ukri.org/news/ahrc-fu...

Congratulations @itswelshliam.bsky.social! It's been an absolute pleasure to work with you during your PhD and so delighted that you are the new Doctor in @ulsterunischlaw.bsky.social 🙌🍾🥳

PhD success! 🎉 Yesterday, Liam Edwards defended his thesis entitled ‘Judicial Review in the Devolved Nations: A comparative analysis of the judicial review landscape in Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland’. Liam’s supervisors were Prof Gráinne McKeever and Dr Mark Simpson. Congratulations!

Today, some of our year 1 public law students visited Stormont to hear about the legislative process, meet with an MLA, and hear from Bill Office representatives. There was even a bit of a debate and a vote in the Assembly chamber! Thanks to the NI Assembly Education Office for arranging the visit!

On Thursday, our Naomi Mainwaring was at the Royal Belfast Academical Institution careers evening for year 12 and 13 students. We are delighted to hear that there was a huge amount of interest in our School and programmes, and we look forward to welcoming some of these students in the coming years!

Coming up next week! You're invited to: ‘A Charter for Effective Participation and Communication between Solicitors and Litigants in Person in Northern Ireland’ on Tuesday 18 March at 4.30pm at The Law Society of Northern Ireland, Law Society House, 96 Victoria St, Belfast BT1 3GN. Details below ⬇️

📽️ Coming up this week: our own Prof Siobhán Wills is screening her film ‘We fight for this land’ in Geneva this Thursday. This will be run as a hybrid event so you can tune in from anywhere, from 13.00 UK time at: lnkd.in/ef9DivxQ