In my latest blog, I explore the role of postmortem examinations in delivering accurate data, supporting the bereaved, advancing public health, and serving justice. With limited resources and growing complexity, I consider whether death investigation is ‘educated guesswork’ and if that matters.

Vital new research by @dralimalik.bsky.social and funded by @vp-centre.bsky.social explores the role of Local Resilience Forums in preparing for and responding to the impacts of the climate crisis. For his recommendations, check out the article below👇 tinyurl.com/3fsxdns9 @ccjsleeds.bsky.social

Our Dr @jgreenwoodreeves.bsky.social has written a thoughtful and reassuring piece on pastoral care for the Association of Law Teachers' free guide to early career legal academia. Check it out below! 👇

Next year we will be hosting the 8th International Conference on Law Enforcement & Public Health with @glepha.bsky.social. The conference will focus on vulnerability, policing and public health. 🗓️ 6-9 September 2026 📍 @universityofleeds.bsky.social, UK Register your interest: leph2026.org

📣Our Liberty Lecture is happening tomorrow!!📣 Get your tickets 👇

As part of our ECR Development Fund, @dralimalik.bsky.social @lawatleeds.bsky.social led a project exploring the role of the police and Local Resilience Forums in preparing for and responding to extreme weather events. Read more in the findings summary: vulnerabilitypolicing.org.uk/policing-vul...

Grateful for our amazing performers, our wonderful friend @charlienwrites.bsky.social who kept everything running, my colleagues @joytwemlow.bsky.social & @drfoxpopuli.bsky.social for being perfect, and @lawatleeds.bsky.social for funding the event. Camp old time. Chuffed to bits mate. #lawsadrag

Safer Parks guidance is back! Created by our @annabarker.bsky.social and her partners, the new edition has tailored advice for different audiences, including park managers, local authorities, and Designing Out Crime Officers. Read more about its contents and impact 👇 🔗https://tinyurl.com/4x9snzyt

💥 Today is the day 💥 🎉 Join us at our Leeds Institute for Societal Futures launch event - we want to know what YOU think are the biggest challenges to address in our 4 challenge areas. 🕒 3–5pm | 📍Great Hall, University of Leeds 🎫 Register bit.ly/46dcU54 @universityofleeds.bsky.social

🎉New publication alert! Our @whiterxbbit.bsky.social @lsjleeds.bsky.social has the chapter: '"Abortion is healthcare": the promise and pitfalls of framing abortion under the right to health' in a new Research Handbook on Human Rights Law and Health with Edward Elgar. Check it out👇

Meet Research Fellow Dr Pearl: A passionate advocate for disability rights, her research is shaping policy and driving real change. In the interview at the link below we’ll uncover the motivations and experiences that have shaped Dr Pearl’s journey through the world of research. tinyurl.com/4efjzekz

🎉Congratulations to our @profpeterwhelan.bsky.social who has appeared in a national newspaper in Pakistan on the basis of the lecture he gave at the Competition Commission! @cblpleeds.bsky.social

Our Prof. Marie-Andrée Jacob has contributed to a article which warns against conflating migration with biological invasions. Emerging from a team of over 60 leading scholars, the work showcases the power of interdisciplinary collaboration. Read more about this brilliant work 👇

Important blog post from our @drimogenjones.bsky.social here! Check it out 👇

The @cblpleeds.bsky.social has a new research group! TGIPG is a central point for our outstanding research and teaching in IP and Cyber Law, and areas related to information and emerging technologies. Watch this space for cool new things emerging from this group! 👇

In this year’s Liberty Lecture, Ioannis Ktistakis, Judge at the ECHR, will explore the role of courts in responding to climate change and ask whether the European Court of Human Rights should become ‘Europe’s environmental court’. Don’t miss this conversation on climate and the law. Register👇

📣New Event!!📣 Dr Rebecca Shaw and her partners are launching 'Changing the Narrative of Domestic Abuse', a creative, evidence based programme of Relationships, Sex and Health Education lessons on domestic abuse aimed at secondary school students. Find out more and register 👇 tinyurl.com/y6kmmup4

📣Exciting new job opportunity with @vp-centre.bsky.social! They're looking for an ambitious, impact-focused Research Fellow to join them until 30 April 2027. For more, including how to apply, check out the vacancy below👇

Our Professor Sheehan, host of the 116th Annual SLS Conference at Leeds, says: 'We do the research we do and the scholarship we do precisely because we want it to make some sort of difference.' Read more about the School of Law's engagement in this impactful conference 👇 tinyurl.com/3jjs9tye

📰Our @annabarker.bsky.social pens an article for The Developer about new campaign - Safer Parks: Stand Up Against Street Harassment saying: ‘we must create a community of active bystanders to make our parks safer and more inclusive, on the launch of a new campaign.’ 👇 tinyurl.com/28rc86x3

🎉Wishing speakers and attendees alike a day of fascinating talks in this celebration of 25 years of the Human Rights Act.🎉

Our @annabarker.bsky.social is driving forward a major #SaferParks: #StandUpAgainstStreetHarassment campaign in partnership with @suzylamplughtrust.bsky.social, @keepbritaintidy.bsky.social and Green Flag Award to make our parks safer, more inclusive spaces for all. Learn more👇 tinyurl.com/3ptye9rj

With expanded remit, focus and priorities, LSSI has become Leeds Institute for Societal Futures. Check out how they are changing society for the better 👇

@drnazia-yaqub.bsky.social has submitted vital evidence to the Public Accounts Committee’s inquiry into improving family court services for children. Read more about her important work 👇 tinyurl.com/2ekbcn2d @ccjsleeds.bsky.social @lsjleeds.bsky.social #LawSky #AcademicSky #CrimSky

Really important findings in this new report identifying challenges and opportunities in responding to family violence/domestic abuse perpetrators. Read more below👇

It was fantastic to welcome so many researchers, policing, public health and third sector professionals, policy makers and community leaders to our second annual conference. Thank you to everyone for your contributions! vulnerabilitypolicing.org.uk/news/centre-...

📢 Coming up! Ioannis Ktistakis, Judge at the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, is coming to speak on climate change and human rights law at the School of Law in October! ⏰ 5-6:30pm 🗓️ 1st October 📍 School of Law, Leeds For tickets and more 👇 tinyurl.com/3cjdvcrh

If you don't live within 1.5hrs of Leeds by public transport, you can apply for Pathways to Law Online, which still connects you with loads of activities and resources to help you make decisions about your legal future! Find out more here: pathwaysprogrammes.suttontrust.com/career-pathw...

Applications for Cohort 19 of Pathways to Law are now OPEN for current year 12s! You can get more info, find your nearest programme, and apply here: pathwaysprogrammes.suttontrust.com/career-pathw...

Dr Laurène Soubise @ccjsleeds.bsky.social and her co-investigators find that the “loss of control” defence in domestic homicide cases often continues to protect male defendants. Their project aims to foster a national debate on reforming the "loss of control" defence. Read more: tinyurl.com/2wmeu9nt

I reviewed The Women of Wild Cove, a novel about a matriarchal society with no biological family, for ARB 👇

📢 We are hiring 2 Deputy Director (DD) roles at Leeds Institute for Societal Futures. Find out more about these leadership opportunities! DD Education 👉 bit.ly/4p5WHqC DD Research & Engagement 👉 bit.ly/4mPoKJy Society needs to change, let's change it together. #SocietalFutures #UniversityOfLeeds

My first session at the European Society of Criminology conference 2025 was an editors-meet-critics session discussing this fascinating new book on rural criminology in global perspective. #ESC2025 #Athens2025

Discussing IP and Sustainability at @biicl.bsky.social at a beautiful event organised by #NatalieCorthesy

Our @drimogenjones.bsky.social is cited in @theguardian.com, highlighting the legal grey area surrounding the private trade of human remains, arguing that UK law fails to uphold the public expectation that bodies should be treated with dignity and respect. Read more👇 tinyurl.com/yc5c9kdr

Congratulations to the @vp-centre.bsky.social on the publication of their 2024/25 annual report! 👏 Read via the link 👇

🚗 From joyriding in 1980s Ireland to AI-enhanced traffic stops, the #Cars and #Crime Symposium brought together leading thinkers on topics such as #drink-driving, #speeding, and #policing. 🔗Explore how this symposium reshaped understandings of safety, urban life, and justice.👇 tinyurl.com/mwtrttr2

The first two journal articles from our Minimum Policing Standard project have been published open access in Policing and Society. Read ‘Public confidence in the police: using opinion survey data to explore the current ‘moment’ in British policing’ 👇 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

📣Our @jpinasanchez.bsky.social and @toby-davies.bsky.social have a new preprint available! In it, they explore the effect of #motor #traffic on street #crime. Check it out below👇 @ccjsleeds.bsky.social #LawSky #AcademicSky #CrimSky

Prof @parkendlydia.bsky.social and Associate Professor O’Connor won funding to engage in #research within #student #education. 🎉 Learn how they used their funds to spark innovative collaborations at the link below! ⭐ tinyurl.com/stsyffdf @cirle-leeds.bsky.social #classism #diversity #Law

📚Book launch coming soon! Come along to this free hybrid event celebrating the launch of 'Understanding Parent Blame', co-edited by Prof Clements and Dr Aiello @lsjleeds.bsky.social. 📅15 Sept 10am-3:30pm 📍St George's Centre, Leeds/online Read more and register👇 tinyurl.com/3a4kjeka

📣Coming up! The Society of Legal Scholars' 116th annual conference is being hosted at Leeds, helmed by our very own Prof Duncan Sheehan as President! Check out the fantastic programme for what promises to be a fascinating 4 days of exchange and discovery.👇 tinyurl.com/yxz5tm76

📽️Policy Leeds have shared the videos and case studies from all the winners of their Impact and Engagement Awards last year! They include @drlaurabainbridge.bsky.social and Dr Amy Loughery's research on cuckooing victimisation and Dr @annabarker.bsky.social's work on safer parks. Check them out👇

The first two journal articles from our Minimum Policing Standard research project have been published in Policing and Society and are freely available open access. Read “What service should police provide? Towards a minimum policing standard” below 👇 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

⌛️ There’s only 2 weeks left to book your place at our annual conference “Vulnerability and Policing: Reducing Harm, Strengthening Justice”. 🗓️ 9-10 September 2025 📍 Cloth Hall Court, Leeds, UK Read more and register below 👇 vulnerabilitypolicing.org.uk/annual-confe...

🎉A huge congratulations to Alex Pearl on this important publication in the Modern Law Review. An impressive achievement!🎉 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @lsjleeds.bsky.social @cdsleeds.bsky.social #sociolegal #injustice #LawSky #AcademicSky #DisabilityStudies #OpenAccess

🎓 #Graduation Day 2025 was a proud and memorable occasion at the School of Law, as over 440 students gathered to celebrate the end of their studies and the beginning of their next chapters. Check out some of the pics from the day, and read more about the celebrations below👇 tinyurl.com/49smvf94

📢 It's that time! This month's @policyleeds.bsky.social signpost includes our very own @anzapp.bsky.social's upcoming webinar: 'Role of food quality labels in global sustainability and rural development' 🗓️ 17 September ⏰ 12–12:40pm 📍 Online Read more and register here 👇 tinyurl.com/zcankk7j

Our colleague Dr Anna Tzanaki @cblpleeds.bsky.social has co-edited this free, #openaccess @elgarpublishing.bsky.social Research Handbook with Dr Florence Thepot! It offers a distinctive interdisciplinary perspective on the complex relationship between competition law and corporate law. Check it out👇

At the Walther Schücking Institute of International Law @uni-kiel.de Dr Mukherjee sparked vital conversations through her keynote: ‘Furthering Diverse Voices and Perspectives: the Possibilities of Transformative International Law’. Read more 👇 tinyurl.com/37aa5f5d @cirle-leeds.bsky.social