The Europa Instituut is honoured to announce that two Leiden alumni received awards for their master theses at the annual meeting of the Netherlands A...

Professor of Sociology of Law Maartje van der Woude has been appointed as the new Director of the Honours College Law (HC Law). She will succeed Sjoer...

From virtual education to a friendly meeting place where refugees and Dutch students can get to know one another. Investing in refugees is in the inte...

During the 55th Leiden-London meeting, held on 25 June 2016 in Leiden, the Editorial Board of the Common Market Law Review awarded the 2015 Common Mar...

15 July 2016 was the hundredth anniversary of the birth of George Maduro, Leiden alumnus and namesake of Madurodam, a park in The Hague where visitors...

Leiden University won the awards for Best Oral Argumentation for both the Applicant and the Respondent and Best Oralist. In addition, Leiden Universit...

Leiden University awarded Sir Winston Churchill on 10 May 1946 an Honorary Doctorate in Law. Churchill's speech of thanks showed typical British humou...

On 15 April 2016, the All-European Final of the ELMC took place at the European Court of Justice in Luxemburg. Emma Gheorghiu, a student on the Advanc...

This year, Leiden Law School ranks #24 in the QS World University Rankings by Subject. With this, the faculty ranks as the best in the Netherlands for...

On 3 March 2016 the book “The European Convention on Human Rights: A Commentary” by prof. dr. W. A. Schabas has been selected by The Executive Council...

The IIASL is happy to announce that current student Sidhant Sharma won the IATA award.

The world is full of wars, and no war is without its dead. What happens to the bodies of fatal casualties of armed conflict? The winner of the facult...

Leiden University will celebrate its 441st anniversary on Monday 8 February 2016 in the Leiden Pieterskerk. Everyone is welcome to attend or follow th...

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...

The Editorial Board is pleased to announce that the winner of the Common Market Law Review 2015 Young Academics Prize is Anna Wallerman, University ...