EVENT - The 8th Strathclyde Annual Postgraduate Law Conference will take place on 26 and 27 May 2026 (online on the first day, on campus on the second day). It's them is "The (Un)Makers of Law: How Resistance is Shaping Legal Thought and Practice" www.strath.ac.uk/humanities/l...

In a new post on the Strathclyde Law Blog, our Roddy Cairns has returned to the topic of Heraskevych's helmet to consider the CAS decision around his exclusion from the Winter Olympics. www.strath.ac.uk/humanities/l...

Our Cyrus Tata has co-authored some research on public perceptions of sentencing. You can read more about this – and find a link to the report – on the @strathclydehass.bsky.social (Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences) website. www.strath.ac.uk/humanities/n...

The Strathclyde Law Blog now carries a post by our Dr Mary Neal, setting out some concerns around the Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill (which is currently before the Scottish Parliament). www.strath.ac.uk/humanities/l...

⚖️ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 👇 NEW national public attitudes survey of what Scots think about sentencing. It has sections on attitudes to community sentences, domestic abuse, sentencing people with mental health or developmental conditions, & media coverage of #sentencing www.scottishsentencingcouncil.org.uk/news-and-med...

New on the Strathclyde Law Blog, a post by our Roddy Cairns, on the treatment of a Ukrainian athlete who insisted on wearing a particular helmet. www.strath.ac.uk/humanities/l... #StrathLawBlog

Are you a Palestinian wanting to move to the UK for a Law Master e.g. our LLM/MSc Law, Technology and Innovation? The University of Strathclyde offers 2 scholarships www.strath.ac.uk/studywithus/...

A book that offers a comprehensive analysis of the World Health Organization’s practices and structures has recently been published by Edward Elgar Publishing, co-edited by our Dr Stephanie Switzer. www.strath.ac.uk/humanities/l...

NEWS - Book Launch of The Development of Commercial Law in Scotland, Volume 1: Concepts and Themes (co-edited by Adelyn Wilson) on 26 March 2026 www.strath.ac.uk/humanities/l...

News - A report examining what UK Supreme Court decisions mean for devolved law-making in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland has been published. This was co-written by our Dr @chrismccork.bsky.social. www.strath.ac.uk/humanities/l...

New post on the Strathclyde Law Blog, by Professor Douglas Brodie (on a recent Court of Session decision) - "Safe spaces, safeguarding and the evils of grooming: JWE v LGBT Youth Scotland" www.strath.ac.uk/humanities/l... #StrathLawBlog #delict

Come and join us at the Commission! Applications are now open for our 2026-27 Legal Assistant posts. You can find more information on our website: www.scotlawcom.gov.uk/about-us/wor... The deadline is Thursday, 26 February 2026 at Noon. Good luck 🤞

The issue of a dangerous construction material (RAAC) and its use in Scottish homes was recently investigated by the BBC Radio 4 programme Currently. Our Malcolm Combe was interviewed during the preparation of this. Read more on our website. www.strath.ac.uk/humanities/l...

From 22-28 June 2026 we are hosting a summer school on heritage, human rights and space law at @unistrathclyde.bsky.social, partnering with the Center for Air and Space Law (University of Mississippi), plus For All Moonkind and the Heritage International Institute www.strath.ac.uk/humanities/l...

News - Dr Mary Neal was interviewed for the Our Duty of Care podcast, about the Scottish Assisted Dying Bill www.strath.ac.uk/humanities/l...

🏠 THREAD: Scotland faces a housing emergency. Are social landlords complying with equality & human rights laws? Strathclyde Law School student Sarah McGoogan audited 169 landlords to find out. The findings are eye-opening 🧵(1/5)

Our Human Rights Law LLM student Sarah McGoogan has written a blog post about whether social landlords are promoting equality and human rights law when allocating homes. www.strath.ac.uk/humanities/l...

New on the Strathclyde Law Blog, a post by our Professor Guido Noto La Diega and his co-authors (highlighting an open access article in the Journal of Consumer Policy), on the regulation of the Internet of Things for consumers in an era of cyborgification www.strath.ac.uk/humanities/l...

New on the Strathclyde Law Blog, a post by our Professor Guido Noto La Diega and his co-authors (highlighting an open access article in the Journal of Consumer Policy), on the regulation of the Internet of Things for consumers in an era of cyborgification www.strath.ac.uk/humanities/l...

NEWS - our Professor Guido Noto La Diega @guidonld.bsky.social has been quoted in an article for @euobserver.com about AI deepfakes. www.strath.ac.uk/humanities/l...

Our Roddy Cairns has an article in the most recent issue of The International Sports Law Journal, exploring the position of non-sovereign states in international football and how this has evolved over time, using Greenland as a particular case study. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

After a year on leave, I'm back to leading the MSc/LLM Law, Technology and Innovation at @lawstrath.bsky.social, this semester I'll teach Human Rights and Digital Technologies, module coordinated by @adamharkens.bsky.social www.strath.ac.uk/courses/post...

New, on the Strathclyde Law Blog: a post by Hamza Rehman (LLM Law, Technology & Innovation, University of Strathclyde), reflecting on his project which sought to signpost newcomers to Scotland facing potential legal issues to appropriate support. www.strath.ac.uk/humanities/l...

Our @malcolmcombe.bsky.social was part of the Advisory Group that fed into this Report.

Our @malcolmcombe.bsky.social was an interviewee on a BBC Scotland podcast recently, discussing public access to land. www.strath.ac.uk/humanities/l...

EVENT: Launch of Access to Social Justice: Effective Remedies for Social Rights (co-edited by Katie Boyle) on 9 December. Further details (and booking link for the webinar) on our website. www.strath.ac.uk/humanities/l...

Our Dr Birgit Schippers @birgitschippers.bsky.social, together with Annalisa Riccardi (Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering), will host a two-day workshop on Spatial Open Source Intelligence (S-OSINT) in the Age of Mis- and Disinformation. www.strath.ac.uk/humanities/l...

Our Charlie Irvine acted as consultant for this BBC Radio 4 drama about mediation (available online at BBC Sounds). www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Today (and tomorrow morning) at @UniStrathclyde, the Law School is hosting the event "Praeceptor Noster: Seminar in Honour of Professor John Blackie", to celebrate the career and contribution of John (formerly of this parish) with the great and the good of Scots law.

We are pleased to host a hybrid event next month (in collaboration with the IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law) to discuss how the ICJ climate change Advisory Opinion was received at COP 30 and what it means for the Paris Agreement's future implementation. www.strath.ac.uk/humanities/l...

We always enjoy our annual awards ceremony, where we get to celebrate the achievements of our students. We were joined by Sheriff Tony Kelly and Professor Peter Robson for this occasion. Thanks to all our sponsors and well done to all the winners.

Our Dr Mary Neal has written about the potential for certain restrictions to be put around sites where assisted suicide is practised (first for Scottish Legal News, and now for our blog). www.strath.ac.uk/humanities/l...

📚 #CRAIBiblioteca Aquests dies ens acompanya Antonio Cardesa-Salzmann @acardesa.bsky.social de @lawstrath.bsky.social (Glasgow), expert en dret ambiental internacional i europeu. 🌍 ⚖️ Està treballant en una recerca sobre turisme sostenible. 🧐 Ens agrada donar suport a la recerca! 💡 🔗 ja.cat/tA02t

Our Dr Robert Taylor recently had a book chapter entitled "A British Common Law" published in the edited collection Law and Constitutional Change (Capper, McCormick and Dawson, eds), which is available online www.cambridge.org/core/books/l... #openaccess

This promises to be a great event with @justfairuk.bsky.social and @bonavero.bsky.social , discussing matters such as the right to housing, food, fuel and social security, centring around a book that was completed at Strathclyde Law School and funded by @nuffieldfoundation.org.

Strathclyde University Law School alumna, Laura S. Lynes (LLM, 2017), has been named as an honouree of the 2026 Canada's Clean50 in the Education & Thought Leadership category. clean50.com/honourees/la...

An update about the first in-person meeting of the European Islands Policy Network that took place in Finland in September 2025, quoting our Professor Francesco Sindico. www.strath.ac.uk/humanities/l...

Our Dr Elaine Webster will be participating in this online @alliancescot.bsky.social webinar exploring new tools to help improve rights-based decision making in health and social care on 21 October. Details/registration via this link www.alliance-scotland.org.uk/blog/events/...

EVENT on 15 October at @unistrathclyde.bsky.social with Professor Christopher Whatley. He will discuss his recent book, Harvie’s Dyke: The People, their Liberty and the Clyde, which centres on a 19th century public access to land dispute www.strath.ac.uk/humanities/l...

A reminder that our 2025 Law Fair takes place on Monday. Registration and more details via this link. www.strath.ac.uk/professional...

On 15 October, our Saskia Vermeylen will take part in an Open University-hosted event bringing together activists, artists and academics to explore menstruation as a political issue across law, art and activism. #FreeToBleed #PeriodsArePolitical #MenstrualJustice www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/periods-ar...

Our Dr Elaine Webster will be participating in this online @alliancescot.bsky.social webinar exploring new tools to help improve rights-based decision making in health and social care on 21 October. Details/registration via this link www.alliance-scotland.org.uk/blog/events/...

Our @malcolmcombe.bsky.social was a recent guest on the BBC Radio Scotland programme "Out of Doors", to discuss access. You can access the programme via BBC Sounds.

EVENT on 15 October at @unistrathclyde.bsky.social with Professor Christopher Whatley. He will discuss his recent book, Harvie’s Dyke: The People, their Liberty and the Clyde, which centres on a 19th century public access to land dispute www.strath.ac.uk/humanities/l...

NEWS: Our @malcolmcombe.bsky.social was interviewed for the Croftwork podcast. In the most recent episode, he chats about crofting law and land reform. www.strath.ac.uk/humanities/l...

The @unistrathclyde.bsky.social is coming soon. Thinking of a career in the legal profession? Want to know more about traineeships and work placements? Considering a masters, or interested in a research degree? With more than 25 employers exhibiting, the Law Fair is FOR YOU!

NEWS: an update about islands and water law activities at the Law School, involving our Prof Francesco Sindico and Nordic partners www.strath.ac.uk/humanities/l...

A review of our Mirosław Michał Sadowski's book, ‘Intersections of Law and Memory: Influencing Perceptions of the Past’ (Routledge 2024), by Mattia Pinto has been published in the Modern Law Review onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

On the Strathclyde Law Blog, Professor Douglas Brodie considers peculiarly Scottish aspects of employment law, and what steps might be made to preserve and cultivate any useful Scots law aspects. www.strath.ac.uk/humanities/l...

There is still time to sign up for this on-campus event on Wednesday.