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Kate Campbell-Pilling - Law Teacher of the Year 2024

We are excited to announce that Kate Campbell-Pilling is the winner of the Law Teacher of the Year 2024 award.
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Winners of the 2022-23 School of Law student prizes

We are delighted to announce the winners of the School of Law student prizes.
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New Research Project to Address Challenges of AI in Law and Healthcare

An academic from the School of Law is part of the research team that has been awarded a £4.38 million grant to tackle the sociotechnical challenges around using AI-powered Large Language Models (LLMs) for legal and healthcare purposes.
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University of Law scholarships for Sheffield students

In partnership with The University of Law, we are offering 5 Future Lawyers scholarships to students who have graduated from the University of Sheffield and who will start a ULaw course in the 2024-25 academic year.
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Artificial Intelligence and Organisational Legal Change public seminar

The Sheffield Institute for Corporate and Commercial Law hosted a member of the King's Counsel (Professor Alan Dignam) to discuss Artificial Intelligence and Organisational Legal Change.
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School of Law partners with charity Support Through Court to provide free legal assistance to litigants in need

The University of Sheffield’s School of Law has partnered with Support Through Court, a charity that provides free help to people facing court as litigants in person, who cannot afford vital legal services or access legal aid.
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Applications open for Leverhulme Trust’s Early Career Fellowship Scheme

The School of Law is now inviting applications for the Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship Scheme. These fellowships are intended to help early career researchers to undertake a significant piece of publishable work.
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UK and Ireland Patent Scholars Network hosted a Works in Progress Research Symposium

The UK and Ireland Patent Scholars Network recently hosted a 'Works in Progress Research Symposium' at Maynooth University organised by co-founders, Naomi Hawkins, Aisling McMahon and Karen Walsh.
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Winners of the 2021-22 School of Law student prizes

We are delighted to announce the winners of the 2021-22 School of Law student prizes.