Warwick Law School News

Dr Alex Powell, Associate Professor in Law, has been awarded the Bernard Crick Prize for the best article in Political Quarterly for his co-authored research that explores the growing influence of victim-led campaigns on UK lawmaking.

In recognition of their contributions, Professor Jackie Hodgson and Dr Charlotte Woodhead have been awarded a Warwick Award for Public and Community Engagement (WAPCE).

Tani Ilemobola has been selected as Highly Commended for a Warwick Award for Public and Community Engagement in the Student Social Mobility Champion category. The award is acknowledgement of her outstanding efforts, hard work and dedication and celebrates her contributions.

The Centre for Constitutions in Context (CCC) hosted a first-of-its-kind event titled 'Enhancing the Dialogue Between Public Law Practice and Academia', co-hosted with the UK Constitutional Law Association. The event took place at The Honourable Society of the Inner Temple, London earlier this month on 24 June.

Finalist Balsher Singh Tiwana has won this year’s Lacuna Writing Competition with an article about “bulldozer justice” and forced demolitions in India. Balsher, who will graduate this summer, produced the piece after reading about the forced displacement of people from minoritised and marginalised communities in shanty towns in Ahmedabad.

For the first time, charity Victim Support is collaborating with the University of Warwick, thanks to a programme of relationship-building events devised and led by a PhD researcher.

Creative challenges, problem-solving and teamwork took centre stage at the University of Warwick as pupils from across the UK and Ireland competed in the School Tasking Champion of Champions Final.

The University of Warwick strengthens its global position, climbing 6 places in the latest QS World University Rankings. Published by global higher education analysts QS Quacquarelli Symonds, Warwick ranks 68th globally among more than 1,500 institutions across 106 countries and 10th in the UK.

On Thursday 18 June, Elina Lin (Law) and Jonathan Martin (Politics, Philosophy, and Law) competed in the Finals Day of the prestigious ESU–Essex Court Chambers National Mooting Competition.

Three Warwick Law School alumni have been recognised for their outstanding contributions in the recent King’s Birthday Honours List.

Warwick Law School has been ranked 10th in the UK in the latest Complete University Guide (CUG), climbing 1 place since last year and regaining its position as a Top 10 Law School.

On May 14 2026, the School of Law and the Departments of Sociology and Politics and International Studies put on a Big Questions themed interdisciplinary workshop on Capitalist Institutions and Power, with a focus on ‘How should the economy be organised to serve society?’