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University of Cologne wins 40th edition of the Telders Moot Court Competition 22 May 2017
From 18 to 20 May, the Telders International Law Moot Court Competition, organised by the Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies, welcomed 23 ...
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Leiden University wins ICC Moot Court Competition 2017 22 May 2017
The ICC Moot Court Competition, organised by the Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies, in partnership with the International Bar Association...
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Vasiliki Kosta appointed Emile Noël Fellow at the Jean Monnet Center of New York University (NYU) School of Law 11 May 2017
Vasiliki Kosta has been appointed Emile Noël Fellow at the Jean Monnet Center of New York University (NYU) School of Law after a competitive selection...
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Lynette Janssen wins International Insolvency Institute’s 2017 Prize 08 May 2017
Lynette Janssen, PhD candidate at the Hazelhoff Centre for Financial Law, has been awarded the Bronze Medal in the competition for the International I...
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Military Necessity 04 May 2017
On Thursday, 11 May 2017, Nobuo Hayashi will defend his PhD dissertation entitled “Military Necessity” at Leiden University’s Academy Building (Rapenb...
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Praise from external review committee 23 March 2017
On 7 and 8 October 2016 Leiden Law School received a visit from the external review committee, led by Mr Fred Hammerstein. This review committee repor...
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Leiden Law School best law faculty in the Netherlands 14 March 2017
Leiden Law School has been ranked number 32 on the QS World University Rankings 2017. Once again, it has been ranked best law faculty in the Netherlan...
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442nd Dies Natalis focuses on Asia 08 February 2017
On the 442nd anniversary of the foundation of Leiden University, and at the start of the Leiden Asia Year, lawyer Jan Michiel Otto, an expert in the f...
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Jaap van den Herik in Advisory Board WODC 31 January 2017
As of January 2017, LCDS-director Jaap van den Herik has been appointed member of the Advisory Board of WODC.
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Armin Cuvyers Visiting Fellow in think-tank of Commission President Juncker 27 January 2017
Between January and April 2017 Armin Cuyvers (Assistant Professor of European Law) will be a Visiting Fellow at the European Political Strategy Centre...
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Jouke Tegelaar wins faculty Jongbloed thesis prize 2015-2016 24 January 2017
The thesis “Exit Peter Paul? Divergente toezichthoudersaansprakelijkheid in de Europese Unie voor falend financieel toezicht, bezien vanuit het Europe...
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Simply a phenomenal article 23 January 2017
On Friday 20 January the Meijers Awards were presented for the best article published in 2016 written by a researcher in the final phase of their PhD ...
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EU grant for Bart Custers 16 December 2016
The European Commission has granted budget for the project e-SIDES (ethical and societal implications of data science). Dr. Bart Custers, associate pr...
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Hall of Fame 2016 09 December 2016
Many of our staff and students have won prizes over the past year. Others have been awarded a subsidy, or, because of their eminence in their field, t...
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Criminology number one in Keuzegids 2017 17 November 2016
The University Keuzegids 2017 has rated the Leiden Bachelor programme Criminology as the best in the Netherlands.