News
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Rector Stolker: ‘Give chance a chance’ 28 January 2020
What does Rector Magnificus Carel Stolker think about subjects such as student stress, ‘clean’ transcripts and the onward march of the English languag...
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‘I want to do meaningful, intellectually stimulating work’ 14 January 2020
‘To be honest, I knew very little about the Netherlands when I arrived in 1998. But studying law in Leiden was a very enriching experience.’ Nathalie ...
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‘Don’t assume that someone else will step in’ 11 November 2019
Her book ‘Veel valse hoop’ (Much False Hope) about the persecution of the Jews in the Netherlands was immediately hailed as a seminal work. German his...
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Four pressured months trying to solve society’s woes 05 November 2019
In the National Think Tank, 20 young academics spend four months mulling over a solution to a societal problem. Two Leiden alumni tell us more.
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Leiden alumnus Surya Tjandra appointed Deputy Minister in Indonesia 04 November 2019
Surya Tjandra has been appointed by Indonesian President Joko Widodo as Deputy Agrarian and Spatial Planning Minister.
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Two more alumni with their sights on the European Parliament 17 May 2019
It's a no-brainer: of the candidates that you can vote for on 23 May, 14 studied at Leiden University. We asked four of them about their motivation an...
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New Rembrandt Route takes in seven Leiden University buildings 13 May 2019
Seven large reproductions of works by Rembrandt on seven Leiden University buildings reveal the relationship between the painter and the University. R...
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LLM Jeugdrecht come to Leiden for careers afternoon and alumni evening 23 April 2019
On Tuesday 16 April 2019 study association JSV Liberi and the Department of Child Law welcomed alumni of the master’s programme Jeugdrecht to a career...
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Alumni Career Support Café 2019 12 February 2019
On Thursday 7 February 2019, the Office for International Education of Leiden Law School successfully held the first Alumni Career Support Café. The e...
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Get to know Seif Kabil, chairman International Young Leiden Law Alumni Network 11 February 2019
Seif Kabil is the new chairman of the International Young Leiden Law Alumni Network. Time to get to know him better.
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Hiltje Cleveringa given first copy of her father’s biography 17 January 2019
Hiltje Cleveringa seemed moved when on 16 January she was given the first copy of the biography of her father, Rudolph Cleveringa. Peppering his speec...
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From Law student to Indian expert 16 January 2019
Even the Mohawk Indians were talking about Serv Wiemers’ thesis. This Law alumnus, who has been intrigued by the world of American Indians since he wa...
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‘Cleveringa was more than a one-day hero’ 14 January 2019
In his biography about Professor Rudolph Cleveringa, Kees Schuyt adds to the image we already have of this famous Leiden professor. The overriding foc...
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Being a guest author for blogs/online reviews: why and how 10 December 2018
How does one become a guest author for Nobel Prize winner Dr. Dennis Mukwege Foundation? One of our alumni, Mariasole Forlani, can tell you all about it.
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'Why aren't those children at school?' 27 November 2018
The new privacy laws make it more difficult to combat human trafficking: under-age victims are often not registered. In her lecture, Cleveringa Profes...