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Leiden University 2nd Best Overall Respondent Side in the 2021 Jessup Moot Court20 April 2021The Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition is the world’s largest moot court competition. The Competition is a simulation of a fict...
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KHMW appoints five new Leiden members10 February 2021The Royal Holland Society of Sciences and Humanities (KHMW) has appointed five new members from Leiden. Annetje Ottow, Carsten de Dreu, Pancras Hoogen...
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Honorary doctorate for Graça Machel: fund for female students from South Africa09 February 2021On the occasion of the conferral of an honorary doctorate to children’s rights activist Graça Machel, a fund has been established that will enable two...
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eLaw Alumnus wins European Data Protection Law Review ‘Young Scholar Award’ at CPDP01 February 2021Taner Kuru, an eLaw alumnus, was awarded the prestigious European Data Protection Law Review ‘Young Scholar Award’ for his paper on the shortcomings i...
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Mark Leiser part of winning consortium of €1.5 million Volkswagen Foundation research grant25 January 2021Dr Mark Leiser, Assistant Professor in Law and Digital Technologies at eLaw, is part of a successful €1.5 million bid for a research grant from the ac...
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Honorary doctorate for child rights activist Graça Machel19 January 2021Mozambican politician and child rights activist Graça Machel will receive an honorary doctorate from Leiden University for her commitment to the right...
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Meijers prizes and thesis prizes awarded at New Year’s event14 January 2021On Tuesday 12 January 2021, the annual Meijers prizes and thesis prizes were awarded at the online New Year’s event broadcast from the Old Observatory.
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Looking back: New Year’s Event 2021, a year of sustainability and perspective14 January 2021A live online New Year’s event on Tuesday 12 January marked the start of the New Year. Dean Joanne van der Leun toasted 2021 and as usual at this even...
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APART-GSK grant for Melanie Fink13 January 2021Melanie Fink has been awarded the APART-GSK grant of the Austrian Academy of Sciences to carry out her research project ‘No right without a remedy: Ma...
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Nico Schrijver member of EU-UK Withdrawal Agreement Arbitration Panel05 January 2021Nico Schrijver professor emeritus in Public Law and State councillor at the Council of State has been appointed by the European Union and the United K...
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Hall of fame 2020: Students and staff in the spotlight08 December 2020Throughout this past year many students and staff at Leiden Law School received a prize or grant, were shortlisted for a prize or appointed to an acad...
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Irma Mosquera Valderrama speaks at at the European Parliament07 December 2020The European Parliament’s newly created Subcommittee on Tax Matters held a public hearing on the EU’s work on harmful tax practices on 1 December 2020.
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Nicolas Rennuy is awarded the Common Market Law Review Prize for young academics 202019 November 2020The Editorial Board is pleased to announce the result of the 2020 Common Market Law Review Prize for an article submitted by a young academic.
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Marie Curie funding for Simone van der Hof13 November 2020Simone van der Hof has been awarded funding for a Marie Curie Initial Training (PhD) Network for NETHATE. NETHATE will bring together an interdiscipli...
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Eduard Fosch-Villaronga receives the COVR Award30 October 2020Dr. Eduard Fosch-Villaronga, Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Researcher at eLaw, received the COVR award, a 60K seed grant to work on LIAISON, a p...