Three Honorary Degrees awarded as part of Commemoration Day celebrations.
The Rt Hon Lord David Hope and the Rt Hon Lord John Reed, the two Scottish Justices of The Supreme Court, were made Doctor of Laws (LLD), along with Sheriff Principal James Taylor, the Sheriff Principal of the Sheriffdom of Glasgow and Strathkelvin.
Glasgow Law School ranked first place in Scotland in the Guardian League table 2014.
The University of Glasgow School of Law is rated top in Scotland and 13th in the UK according to the Guardian University Guide 2014.
Memorial service for Professor Bill Gordon
There will be a memorial service for Professor Bill Gordon, formerly Douglas Professor of Civil Law at the University of Glasgow, on 11 June 2013 at 5.00 pm at the Glasgow University Chapel, Gilmorehill, Glasgow. All are welcome.
Conversations on Copyright 2013
Conversations on Copyright is an annual seminar series, hosted by the University of Glasgow, School of Law, and co-organised by the Universities of Edinburgh, Glasgow and Strathclyde.
League of Nations Workshop
The School of Law, University of Glasgow – together with the School of Law, Queen Mary, University of London, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Poland – is hosting a two day expert workshop entitled Structural Challenges Facing International Organisations: Re-Assessing the League of Nations.
Hague Academy of International Law summer courses
Two University of Glasgow law students have been awarded a scholarship to attend the Hague Academy of International Law summer courses.
International Client Consultation Competition
University of Glasgow, School of Law will host the annual International Client Consultation Competition in 2013.
Glasgow students success at the SCLF student debate 2013
Undergraduate students from the School of Law, Glasgow University were victorious at the SCLF debate on the topic: “Which competition law offences are most damaging for economic welfare and why?”.
Juridical Acts Tercentenary Seminar
A joint Tercentenary and Scottish Association of Comparative Law on the place of juridical acts in European private law. 20 March 2012, Melville Room.
Legal scholarship won by Glasgow Student
INTERNATIONAL law firm, Pinsent Masons, had joined forces with William Grant & Sons to offer a scholarship celebrating one of the firm’s most important alumnus which a Glasgow student has successfully won.
Frankfurt Investment Law Workshop March 22-23 2013
The Frankfurt Investment Law Workshop 2013 will take place on March 22 and 23. The Workshop, which provides a forum for the discussion of conceptual issues of international investment law.
Andrew Dewar Gibb Commemorative Lecture
This years lecture on the topic of 'Success in Law' will be given by Ms Lesley Thomson,Q.C., Solicitor General.
Diploma in Professional Legal Practice Open Day 15th March
Please come and meet some of our tutors, students and the DPLP team on 15th March from 3pm to 5pm.
Newly qualified lawyer appointed to Law Society IP Committee.
A Fife-based corporate solicitor has been appointed to a Law Society of Scotland committee - just six months after qualifying.
"Torture and Terror: Balancing Human Rights with National Security?"
As part of the tercentenary celebrations Glasgow graduate Shaheed Fatima will give a public lecture at the University of Glasgow on the 21st February 2013.
CREATe launch
CREATe will formally launch on 31 January 2013. Speakers will include representatives of the UK and Scottish government, from the creative industries, and the chief executive of the Arts & Humanities Research Council. This is followed by a one-day conference on 1 February 2013.
AHRC Research Networking Grant: Matters of Law Language and Silence; Seminar 2
The AHRC funded Translation and Asylum Claims Research Networking Series will hold its second workshop on 25 January 2013.
Pursuing Your Enemies in the South: International Law and the War against Crime and Terror
This will be the second in a series of three research workshops organised as part of a long-running project aiming to bring together a group of international law scholars from Europe, the US, and the Third World.
Security and an Independent Scotland- Ambassador David Scheffer.
This is the second lecture in its series on the subject of Security and an Independent Scotland.
Inaugural Lecture of Professor James Chalmers, Regius Chair of Law
James Chalmers, Regius Professor of Law in the University of Glasgow, will deliver his inaugural lecture on the topic "Resorting to Crime".
‘Scotland’s constitutional future: so where are we now?’ 2nd November 2012
The seminar will build on the report: Scotland's Constitutional Future: The Legal Issues, by Tom Mullen and Stephen Tierney, published on 5 June 2012
Appointment of New Regius Chair
Her Majesty the Queen has appointed James Chalmers to the Regius Chair of Law in the University of Glasgow.
School of Law is ranked eighth out of UK universities in the Complete University Guide 2013
The Complete University Guide 2013 ranks 116 universities and places the School of Law in the top group which is led by Cambridge in first place followed by the Oxford, LSE, University College London, Durham, Nottingham and Edinburgh.