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Professor Alan Norrie visits National Law Universities at Delhi and Odisha

Tue, 19 Apr 2016 14:12:58 GMT

Professor Alan Norrie visited the National Law Universities at Delhi and Odisha from 14-25 March. He gave a week long course on ‘Criminal Law, Contradiction and Critique’ at NLUD to 70 students and staff, as well as activists and practitioners from the city. Subscribers to the course also came from as far afield as Kerala, Bangalore and Kolkata.

In Delhi, he also gave two public lectures, one of which was held at the Indian Law Institute. Chaired by Mr Justice A K Sikri, Judge of the Indian Supreme Court, the topic was ‘Law and Justice: Between the Power of Love and the Love of Power’. In Odisha, Professor Norrie gave a public lecture on the same topic, and addressed students on ‘Perceptions and Approaches to Criminal Law’.

Professor Alan Norrie to visit India in March 2016

Fri, 29 Jan 2016 12:15:53 GMT

Alan Norrie will be giving seminars at the National Law University, New Delhi in the week beginning 14 March. He will also give public lectures at the India Law Institute and the India International Centre. Thereafter he will give two lectures at the National Law University, Odisha.

The subject of his seminar is ‘Criminal Law: Contradictions and Critique’, and the lectures are entitled ‘Justice and the Slaughter-bench’ and ' Law and Justice: Between the Power of Love and the Love of Power'.

GREAT Britain Scholarship Scheme - India

Fri, 22 Jan 2016 10:49:45 GMT

The University of Warwick is pleased to announce its involvement with the GREAT Britain scholarship scheme on offer to students from India, wishing to study taught Masters degrees.

The Law School is offering one award of £6000 across all our LLM programmes. To apply you must be an Indian national residing in India and not in receipt of any other funding. Further details can be found on the International Office webpages.

DEADLINE: 9th March 2016. To apply please email your interest to Sara Prestleton, stating your name and Warwick ID number.

Professor Upendra Baxi Secures Visiting Fellowship

Fri, 22 Jan 2016 10:46:31 GMT

The Law School has secured two Institute of Advanced Studies international fellowships, one of which has been awarded to our former colleague and Emeritus Professor, Upendra Baxi.

Learn more about Upendra's work and contributions.

Madhu Mehra Secures Visiting Fellowship

Fri, 22 Jan 2016 10:09:29 GMT

The Law School has secured two Institute of Advanced Studies international fellowships, one of which has been awarded to our Law in Development Alumna Madhu Mehra.

Learn more about Madhu’s work through Partners for Law in Development or read one of her contributions to debates about women’s international human rights.

Professor Ann Stewart - India Visit 2015

Tue, 17 Mar 2015 10:05:45 GMT

Professor Ann Stewart will be visiting India from the 8th-16th April 2015 to take part in a number of activities including a seminar organised jointly by Warwick and JNU as part of the 'Another India' series of events, to coincide with Warwick's 50th Anniversary.

GREAT Britain Scholarship Scheme - India

Thu, 22 Jan 2015 15:15:11 GMT

The University of Warwick is pleased to announce its involvement with the GREAT Britain scholarship scheme on offer to students from India, wishing to study taught Masters degrees.

The Law School is offering two awards of £3000 across all our LLM programmes. To apply you must be an Indian national residing in India and not in receipt of any other funding. Further details can be found on the International Office webpages.

DEADLINE: 9th March 2015. To apply please email your interest to Sara Prestleton, stating your name and Warwick ID number.

Warwick Law School Announces Exciting New Opportunity to Current LLM Students

Fri, 16 Jan 2015 15:48:07 GMT

The Law School has announced the opportunity for two current LLM students to undertake an internship in India on a dissertation topic relating to Public Interest Litigation, through a joint initiative between Warwick Law School and the Hingorani Foundation.

Professor Aman Hingorani, (Warwick Alumnus) will be visiting the Law School from 20th - 23rd January 2015

Fri, 16 Jan 2015 13:47:22 GMT

Professor Hingorani has been practicing law for over 20 years. He has drafted, filed and argued cases in the Supreme Court of India, High Courts at Delhi and Chandigarh as well as other courts across Delhi and Mumbai. He has taught at the University of Delhi and the Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University in India as well as on a number of training programmes and other advisory roles.

In honour of his late mother Kapila Hingorani, the very distinguished advocate and founder of Public Interest Litigation, Aman is visiting Warwick Law School for one week to offer a clinical programme on Public Interest Litigation (PIL) with particular reference to India. The programme will include:

A specialist class for current IDLHR LLM students;
An Open Class for all registered Law Taught Masters students.