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Sheffield Makes History at the Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition

For the first time, the University of Sheffield has advanced to the Jessup International Law Rounds in Washington DC. After defeating top-tier UK teams, our students are taking their talent to the global stage. Support their journey to the final.
Teresa Zagr in front of a School of Law sign

Welcoming Teresa Zagra to the Health Law Research Group

"Being a Visiting Researcher at the School of Law, University of Sheffield, has been an experience I will carry with me for years to come" - Teresa Zagra a visiting PhD researcher from the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Milan.
City of Belem, Brazil, with the COP30 logo on top
Photo by Rafael Medelima (Flickr)

COP30 in Belém: What the Negotiations Delivered, and What They Did Not

Takeaways from COP30 by Amirmohammad Hajnajafi
Graphic depicting IVG

In vitro gametogenesis A review of ethical and policy questions

A new report provides an overview of the legal, ethical, and policy questions raised by in vitro gametogenesis (IVG) - the creation of lab-grown eggs and sperm.
LAW photograph of Joyce Gutteridge

My International Women's Day Hero: Joyce Gutteridge CBE

Luiza Leao Soares Pereira, Lecturer in International Law, has written a short piece about Joyce Gutteridge CBE, the first woman legal adviser at the British Foreign Office
A photograph of the LGBT+ flag flying outside Firth Court

School of Law LGBT+ History Month resources list

Over the month of February (LGBT+ History Month) the School of Law has been working with staff to put together a list of resources for those interested in the history of law and the LGBT+ community.
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Professor Graham Gee delivers lecture at Policy Exchange

Earlier this month Professor Graham Gee delivered a lecture entitled 'What is Judicial Independence? Some Common Mistakes about Judges, Law and Politics' at Policy Exchange, one of the UK’s leading think tanks.
Front cover of Dr Zappalaglio's book, 'The Transformation of EU Geographical Indications Law'

Dr Andrea Zappalaglio wins Best Trade Mark Law Book 2021

IP Kat, the leading European information website on Intellectual Property (IP) matters, has voted Dr Zappalaglio’s book as the ‘Best Trade Mark Law Book 2021’
Photograph of work being done in a Reproductive Lab

The Future of Human Reproduction – a new research project with Lancaster University

A new £1 million research project will investigate the future of human reproduction, and the cultural, ethical, legal and social questions that will follow as a result.