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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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Addressing Racism Today - A conversation with the UN Special Rapporteur

Dr Sejal Parmar, Lecturer in Law at the University of Sheffield, is co-hosting an event with Dr Mathias Möschel, Head of Department of Legal Studies at Central European University, on contemporary forms of racism.

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Professor Tsachi Keren-Paz discusses Covid-19 lawsuits in Guardian article

The article by Laura Spinney explains the difficulties involved in suing those who refuse to vaccinate and arguably infected others, or caused others harm.
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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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The Sights of Criminal Justice

Charlotte Walker reviews the recent panel discussion titled ‘The Sights of Criminal Justice’ organised virtually by the Centre for Criminological Research (CCR).
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The Ombudsman Accountability and the Courts

The ombudsman institution has become one of the main providers of independent redress in the civil and administrative justice system. But to what extent can we be confident that the ombudsman delivers fair and adequate justice?