Departmental news

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

Finalist Lidia Stan and second year student Kiran Vekaria, share their experience of presenting their research at the International Conference of Undergraduate Research (ICUR) 2025.

28 of our current WLS students have collectively won the Warwick Award for Public and Community Engagement (WAPCE) in the Student Social Mobility Champion category! These awards celebrate the best of Widening Participation and School Outreach.

LLM student Laura Kisiang'ani (International Economic Law), recently undertook an amazing two week human rights internship at the Commonwealth Secretariat in London. We caught up with her to find out more about her experience.

Lynet Mwangi, currently studying on our LLM in International Economic Law, recently attended the Viennese Symposium on International Tax Law at WU, Institute of Austrian and International Tax Law in Vienna, Austria. An event that brought together researchers, tax professionals, government officials and thought leaders in international tax policy.

First year students Ryan Bingham (3 year LLB) and Simran Bhutada (4 year LLB) took part in the National Law Student Triathlon on Saturday 26 – Sunday 27 April 2025, organised by Kent University. Supported by the Bar Society and funded by Warwick Law School, Ryan and Simran have each blogged about their time at the Triathlon, sharing their experiences with other students looking to attend similar events in the future.

Warwick Law School is delighted to share that three of our current undergraduate students received departmental funding to present at The British Conference for Undergraduate Research (BCUR) hosted by the University of Newcastle from 9-10 April this year.

Warwick Law School students have won the LawWorks and Attorney General Student Pro Bono Award for 'Best Contribution by a Team of Students'. The awards, run by LawWorks with the support of the Attorney General, recognise and celebrate the outstanding pro bono work undertaken by law schools and law students across the UK. The Warwick team, represented by Law students Ella Cowell, Kieran Balendran, Clare Mellor, and Tani Ilemobola, received their award from the Attorney General, the Rt Hon Lord Hermer KC, in the Cholmondeley Rooms of the House of Lords on Wednesday 23 April.

The Warwickshire Junior Lawyers Division is a recently re-launched community for junior lawyers across Warwickshire. LLB student Jaskiran Sandhu is Vice Chair of the WJLD. She told us a little more about the launch event, what the WJLD has to offer, and why WLS students should consider joining whilst membership fees are waived.

The Warwick Law School team recently participated in the oral phase of the Oxford Intellectual Property Moot, held in-person at the University of Oxford, from 19-22 March 2025. Following their successful qualification through the challenging written phase, the team represented the university at this internationally renowned competition.