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Mees Vergouwen wins dissertation prize 19 June 2024
Mees Vergouwen was awarded the ‘Vereniging voor Belastingwetenschap’ dissertation prize on 18 June 2024. He obtained his doctorate in 2023 for his dis...
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AI Policy Leaders Academia Award for Gianclaudio Malgieri 16 May 2024
Dr Gianclaudio Malgieri, Associate Professor of Law at eLaw, will receive the AI Policy Leaders Academia Award from CAIDP Europe (Center for AI and Di...
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Vanessa Mak and Herman Paul new KNAW members 16 May 2024
The KNAW has appointed 17 new members, including Leiden University's Vanessa Mak, Professor of Private Law, and Herman Paul, Professor of History. The...
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Leiden Team Wins Second Place at the International Migration and Refugee Law Moot Court 27 March 2024
Four master's students from Leiden University participated in this year’s edition of the International Migration and Refugee Law Moot Court, hosted by...
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Gerrard Boot moves to Central Appeals Tribunal 26 February 2024
As of 1 October 2024, Professor Gerrard Boot, Senior Justice at the Amsterdam Court of Appeal, will transfer to the Central Appeals Tribunal. He has a...
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Schuurmans appointed Chair of Legal Aid Board’s Advisory Council 15 February 2024
Ymre Schuurmans, Professor of Constitutional and Administrative Law, has been appointed Chair of the Dutch Legal Aid Board’s Advisory Council followin...
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eLaw master's student wins thesis award from Dutch Data Protection Authority 01 February 2024
On on 29 January 2024, it was announced that Aylin Alexa Zainea has won the Thesis Award from the Dutch Data Protection Authority. She wrote her thesi...
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Freya Baetens awarded Francqui Chair 29 January 2024
Freya Baetens, Professor of European Law, has been awarded a Chair by the Francqui Foundation in Belgium for the impact of her work on lawmaking and p...
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Albert van Marwijk Kooy appointed Chair of GIP's Dispute Resolution Committee 17 January 2024
The Pension Funds Dispute Authority (GIP) was founded on 1 January 2024. Albert van Marwijk Kooy has been appointed Chair of the Dispute Resolution Co...
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Gerrard Boot appointed deputy justice in Central Appeals Tribunal 15 January 2024
As of 1 January 2024, Gerrard Boot, Professor of Employment Law, has been appointed to act as deputy justice in the Central Appeals Tribunal.
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NWA Project on Vulnerability and Social Media awarded to Gianclaudio Malgieri and eLaw colleagues 15 January 2024
The Dutch Research Council (NWO) has recently awarded a significant grant of 863,000 euros to the project proposal 'RESOCIAL' led by Dr Gianclaudio Ma...
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Kim Schuurman wins 2023 Jaap Doek Children’s Rights Thesis Award 22 December 2023
Each year, the Jaap Doek Children’s Rights Thesis Award is presented to the student who has written the best master’s thesis in the Netherlands or Bel...
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Floris Tan wins the Max van der Stoel Human Rights Award 2023 20 December 2023
Tan, former PhD candidate Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies, received the award for the best dissertation with his thesis on armed confli...
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Hall of Fame Leiden Law School staff 2023 19 December 2023
Lots of employees celebrated special successes in 2023. Here’s a list of all those scholarships, awards and honours.
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Leiden Law School Hall of Fame Students 2023 18 December 2023
In 2023, a number of students from the bachelor’s, master’s and advanced master’s degree programmes won prizes for their outstanding achievements. Con...