Warwick Law School News

Warwick Law School colleagues Professor Henrique Carvalho and Dr Ruth Bernatek have been awarded a Warwick Research Celebration Award, in the ‘Collaboration & Partnerships’ category.

Warwick Law School has been ranked in the top 100 cohort in the latest QS World University Rankings by Subject for 2026, rising from the 101-150 banding last year, to 84^th place.

This is the largest number of top 100 subjects Warwick has held since at least 2020 and reflects consistently rising research reputation, employer recognition, and international partnerships across the University. Find out more.

We frequently wonder what happens to students who have studied and shared their lives together at Warwick! A photograph of three of our doctoral students taken at their graduation in 2012 inspired us to reach out and discover more about their post-Warwick journey!

Professor Ann Stewart and Professor Emily Henderson (Education Studies) were invited to present their research on gender and equitable access to Higher Education in India at the launch of the Warwick India Network (WIN) on Monday 16 March, as part of One World Warwick.

Warwick Law Society have won 'Best Law Society Overall' and 'Best Law Society for Non-Law Students' at the LawCareers.Net (LCN) Student Law Society Awards 2026.

Ben Twomey, who studied on our LLM in Advanced Legal Studies from 2015-2016, is Chief Executive at ‘Generation Rent’, who recently secured a landmark win for renters in the UK. After a decade of tireless campaigning, the Renters' Rights Act has now received Royal Assent making it an act of Parliament and therefore the law.

This week we are delighted to interview Associate Professor and incoming Director of Teaching and Learning (for T3), Dr Charlotte Woodhead, for our Warwick Law School Staff Spotlight series.

In recognition of their contribution to excellence, Professor Jane Bryan, Dr Rajnaara Choudhury Akhtar and Dr Charlotte Woodhead have been nominated for a Warwick 2026 Research Celebration Award.

This week we are delighted to interview Professor Sam Adelman, for our Warwick Law School Staff Spotlight series.

Warwick Law Society has been nominated in the LawCareers.Net (LCN) Student Law Society Awards 2026 in not one, but four categories.

We are delighted to share that Dr Laura Lammasniemi has been selected as a George Flannery Visiting Fellow at the University of Sydney Law School. These highly competitive fellowships are awarded each year to international researchers who will contribute to the School’s research environment.

Omoyemi Akerele (LLM in International Economic Law, 2001-2002) was awarded the £1 million Earthshot Prize in 2025 for her pioneering work with Lagos Fashion Week.