Warwick Law School News
Warwick Law School News
The latest updates from our department
Lacuna shares latest article following the murder of George Floyd
Covid-19 is killing Black Americans at three times the rate it’s killing white people, and attacks on Black people – by both the public and the police – are leading the news agenda. Kathryn Graves explores how coronavirus has exposed the institutional racism that defines the second-class status of Black people in the USA.
Coronavirus: Law Assessments Update
Following on from the message received on Monday from the VC regarding the Coronavirus situation, Andrew Sanders, our Head of School has created this update to clarify the situation for all of our Law School students in order to avoid any confusion.
Warwick Alumnus appointed Queen’s Counsel
Gurdeep Garcha, who read Law at Warwick from October 1992 to June 1995 was informed on the 15 January 2020 that Her Majesty the Queen had approved the Lord Chancellor’s recommendation that he be appointed Queen’s Counsel. Gurdeep will be formally be sworn in as silk at the Palace of Westminster on the 16 March 2020.
Local residents entertained, challenged and moved by Festival of Social Science
More than 500 people took part in the workshops, talks and activities organised by the University of Warwick for this year’s Festival of Social Science.
University researchers took to Coventry and Warwickshire’s streets, bars and community centres to share insights from their work and found an enthusiastic and interested audience.
WLS participates in discussion on Legal Determinants of Health report
Dr Sharifah Sekalala participated in a panel discussion on Monday 28th October 2019 at Chatham House. The event launched The Lancet, O’Neill Institute and Georgetown University Commission on Health and Law report The Legal Determinants of Health.
Warwick Law establishes partnership with LUISS
Warwick Law School has established a partnership with The Libera Universita Internazionale degli Studi Sociali “Guido Carli” (LUISS) in Rome. They have established partnerships with a handful of European universities to offer this unique experience to their students and Warwick is one of them.
Warwick Law student awarded Freshfields Stephen Lawrence Scholarship
First year Warwick law student Daniel Nwanebu has been awarded the 2019 Freshfields Stephen Lawrence Scholarship.
The Scheme was devised to address the disproportionate under-representation of black men from less privileged backgrounds in large commercial law firms and the City of London.
Warwick graduate secures internship with fellow alumna
Former Law student Beatriz da Silva recently completed an internship at Partners for Law in Development (PLD), a legal resource group founded by Warwick alumna Madhu Mehra who studied on our LLM programme back in 1992.
Black History Month Exhibition
This summer, Dr Sharifah Sekalala, Associate Professor at Warwick Law School asked our staff to come up with suggestions of books that have influenced their thinking on race, especially with regard to the law. We had some ideas of what books they might suggest, however their selections were a much more eclectic mix of books, podcasts and even music than we had expected. We hope you enjoy reading them and would love to hear any recommendations you may have.
Warwick Law Welcomes New Member of Staff
Warwick Law School has recently welcomed a new Assistant Professor to our team.
Dr Velimir Zivkovic joins us from Humboldt University in Berlin where he worked for two years as a Research Fellow with the Berlin/Potsdam Research Group ‘International Rule of Law – Rise or Decline?’
Law award in honour of Dwijen Rangnekar
The Law School has established an annual award for contributions to social justice to honour our former colleague, and friend, Dr Dwijen Rangnekar.
All current and former students of Warwick Law School are eligible for the award.
Warwick Law Society wins best President at 2019 Awards Ceremony
Warwick Law Society President Maaya Sachdev won the award for the Best Law Society President at the Student Law Society Awards 2019, sponsored by Norton Rose Fulbright and hosted by LawCareers.Net, which took place on Thursday 14 March at Painter’s Hall in London.