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Doctoral Seminar: Irish Centre for Human Rights, 23-27 April 2013

Professor Benedict Tendayi Chigara was shortlisted for the Inspirational Teaching Award alongside two other colleagues from the School of Arts; Dr Faye Fangfei Wang alongside two others for the Postgraduates' Choice Award; and Michael O'Sullivan alongside two others for The Exceptional Module Award

On the 20 March 2013, seven LLM students taking International Human Rights traveled to Strasbourg and attended a hearing of the Grand Chamber at the European Court of Human Rights.

Brunel Law School is delighted to announce that Associate Professor David Rosen has been listed by Thomson Reuters as a Super Lawyer in the 2013 Annual List of top Solicitors in London.

On February 26, 2013, the finals of Brunel Law School’s Advanced and Beginners mooting competitions took place at the UK Supreme Court. It was a unique experience for everyone involved.

On January 23, ten students from the International Human Rights and International & Comparative Criminal Justice LLMs visited Oxford.

Dr Dimitrios Giannoulopoulos was invited to attend a dinner at the Inner Temple bringing together a small group of legal academics and members of the Inn.

This is a short video by Professor David Rosen, considering Legal Theory/Criminology to explain why people commit fraud or theft in the workplace, what signs to look for, and how such criminal activity can best be avoided or limited.

Brunel Law School and the Irish Centre for Human Rights are offering the opportunity to a group of undergraduate and postgraduate students to visit international courts & tribunals in The Hague, The Netherlands

Pro Bono Centre: In October 2011, Brunel Law School started a Pro Bono Group.

On December 5, 2012, BLS celebrated student participation in professional development short courses by awarding certificates to students who have actively engaged with the Pro Bono and Specialist Advocacy courses in the last academic year (2011-12), and to students who have already completed the Legal Professionals Masterclass this year (2012-13).

Legal Professional Masterclass, October-December 2012

Brunel Law School has secured for its internal mooting competition finalists the rare opportunity to moot in the highest court in the land. The finals will take place on February 26, 2013, 5-6.30 pm. Another 40 Brunel Law School students will be given the chance to visit the court and be in the audience for the moot.

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Over the last few years a tradition has been created in the School, for our students and staff to face each other on the football pitch and basketball court. We continued with this tradition with our recent football match.

Brunel Law School celebrated student excellence and participation in extra-curricular activities in its end-of-year party in May.

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To celebrate the end of teaching for this academic year, human rights and criminal justice LLM students were invited to a night out in London

BLS has organised two internal competitions this year, one for beginners (1^st year students) and the other for advanced mooters (for 2^nd and 3^rd year students).

The Human Rights Law Centre has successfully launched a series of films on Human Rights issues. The initiative is organised within the framework of Brunel Law Film which has attracted student attention in the last 4 years.

The independent Greek film 'Debtocracy' (available on youtube) was the main source of inspiration for the first session of the Reading Group in the second term.

Student Newsletter - April 2012

Sharmin Chowdhury Hamvas a Ph D researcher has given a paper at the 7th Annual Graduate Student Conference at University of Pittsburgh on 30-31 March 2012.

Twelve Brunel students taking the LLM in International Human Rights, accompanied by their lecturer Dr Andreas Dimopoulos and research assistant Dr Eleni Polymenopoulou, have attended a hearing at the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg.

Student Newsletter – February 2012 PDF