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Lord Martin Richardson guest speaker Opening Ceremony Advanced Masters 23 September 2021
On Thursday 9 September, Lord Martin Richardson (Scottish Supreme Court judge) gave a keynote speech to the new group of Advanced Master’s students.
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Cathalijne van der Plas appointed to chair in Private International Law 16 September 2021
Cathalijne van der Plas will become Professor of Private International Law (0.4 fte) at Leiden University as of 1 October 2021. She succeeds Prof. Sie...
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UACES Best Book Prize awarded to Vestert Borger 10 September 2021
On 6 September 2021 Dr Vestert Borger, Assistant Professor of European law, was awarded the Best Book Prize by the University Association for Contempo...
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Back to university: ‘A bit apprehensive but mostly pleased’ 09 September 2021
After almost 18 months of following lectures alone in their rooms, many students are going back to face-to-face classes for the first time. And the sa...
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Faculty year opening with Leiden Law Op 1 Talkshow – watch again 09 September 2021
On Tuesday 7 September 2021, the new Faculty year was opened with the Leiden Law Op 1 Talkshow. Various guests shared their thoughts and expectations ...
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Master’s thesis about Children’s Rights? Win the Jaap Doek Children’s Rights Thesis Award 2021 08 September 2021
The Jaap Doek Children’s Rights Thesis Award is an annual award for the best thesis in the field of Children’s Rights granted by Defence for Children ...
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JSVO teaching prizes for Maarten Kunst and Jonathan Huijts 07 September 2021
The winners of the JSVO teaching prizes for academic year 2020-2021 were announced at the opening of the faculty year on 7 September 2021.
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Orientation Week Leiden (OWL): Faculty Introduction Morning 02 September 2021
The faculty introduction morning was held on Tuesday 31 August as part of the University’s OWL activities. Our new international exchange, master’s an...
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New courses on 'Violence' 01 September 2021
In the academic year 2021-2022 the Social Resilience and Security interdisciplinary programme will offer two courses for interested students who are e...
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Graduation ceremony students LL.M. Advanced Studies in International Children’s Rights 30 August 2021
On Monday 23 August 2021 the graduation ceremony took place in the Leiden University Academy Building’s Groot Auditorium. Graduates and staff abroad p...
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Law and Digital Technologies graduate wins prestigious Google Prize 25 August 2021
Javier Aleuanlli, an Advanced Masters graduate from the Law and Digital Technologies programme at Leiden University, has been awarded Google's Diverse...
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Alice Walker receives prestigious Lincoln’s Inn Lord Denning Scholarship 22 July 2021
The LLM programme European and International Human Rights Law is proud to announce that former student Alice Walker, graduate of the ‘20 class, receiv...
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Master Honours Class 'Leiden Revisited': making an impact with art 13 July 2021
To achieve societal impact, you need to do more than solely writing academic articles. That's the idea behind the Master Honours Class 'Leiden Revisit...
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Anyone can fall victim to cybercrime 12 July 2021
Criminology students Simone Kruijt and Noor Hekker conducted research into cybercrime in Leiden and presented their findings to the regional police an...
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Ten lecturers receive Senior Teaching Qualification 28 June 2021
On 28 June, ten dedicated lecturers received their Senior Teaching Qualification (SKO). Rector Hester Bijl congratulated them in an online meeting. We...