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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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School of Law announce funded PhD Scholarship

The School of Law has announced a funded PhD scholarship for full-time and part-time students from both the UK and overseas.
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University of Sheffield celebrates its impactful research

The Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021 results confirm our research is changing lives and shaping the world we live in.
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School of Law student shortlisted for Future Lawyer of the Year Award

Katelyn Groenewald, a Second Year LLB Law student, was recently selected as a finalist for the targetjobs UK Future Lawyer of the Year Award 2022.

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Professor Naomi Hawkins guest edits Special issue of the European Intellectual Property Review

School of Law Professor in Intellectual Property Law, Naomi Hawkins has guest edited the special issue entitled 'Patents in a Changing Europe'
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Staying in Sheffield for the Easter break?

For those staying in the fine city of Sheffield for the Easter break, Dr Emma Jones, our Director of Student Wellbeing and Senior Lecturer at the School of Law, has written a lovely blog post with a few ways you can spend your time