Warwick Law School News

Warwick Law School’s Widening Participation Officer Becca Kirk had the honour of carrying the Baton in the Queen’s Baton Relay for the 2022 Commonwealth Games this week. Becca was nominated to take part due to her years of dedicated service to St John Ambulance.

Dr Stephen Connelly and Dr Celine Tan submitted evidence to a parliamentary inquiry on debt and development. The inquiry examines the impact of high levels of debt on development in low-income countries and the tools and strategies employed to reduce the debt burden.

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Despite the challenges to teaching over the last few years, Warwick Law School has seen its student satisfaction rate rise again to 83% in the 2022 National Student Survey (NSS), a 1.6% increase since 2021 and 1.7% higher than the University average.

Every year, several awards and prizes are granted to a selection of our students to recognise and celebrate the success of our top performers! We are proud to announce this year's award winners.

Warwick Law School's Dr Andi Hoxhaj has written a piece for The Conversation UK (published on the 18 July 2022) on Russia's increasing influence on the Balkans just as the region's fragile peace is threatened.

Sunduzwayo Madise, who studied on our PhD programme from 2013 to 2017, has been appointed as Deputy Vice Chancellor of the University of Malawi. Sundu says he pays tribute to the WLS and the University for moulding him into the academic, and leader he is today.

Congratulations to Warwick Law School’s Professor Vanessa Munro who has been awarded funding to work with the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) in implementing and evaluating changes to improve responses to complaints and complainants of rape.

Law School colleagues Professor Sharifah Sekalala and Professor Ann Stewart attended the launch of the Warwick Africa Hub last month, in support of its initiatives. Sharifah and Ann were invited to speak at the event and were joined by Ms Bience Gawanas, one of the Law School’s most distinguished and inspiring African female graduates.

The Law School has seen significant success in the latest Warwick Awards for Teaching ExcellenceLink opens in a new window (WATE) with four of our colleagues winning awards in different categories. Head of School, Professor Victor Tadros commented "It is terrific to see our staff and postgraduate community receiving recognition for the brilliant teaching they do."

Elizabete Ludborza, who studied our Law with Study Abroad in English degree from 2015-2019, has set up her own legal tech startup Kaveat to help social media influencers and models to understand and negotiate legal contracts.

Criminal Justice Centre (CJC) directors, Ana Aliverti and Henrique Carvalho, and member, Anastasia Chamberlen, have been awarded the prestigious Leverhulme Trust’s Research Project Grant for their project ‘The Vulnerable State: Appraising the Ambivalent Economies of State Power'.

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Congratulations to Dr Serena Natile who has been awarded Warwick's Research Development Fund (RDF) Strategic award to support her project on ‘Transnational social security law in the digital age: towards a just socioeconomic reorder’.