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Recipients Meijers Grants 2023 06 July 2023At least six people are off to a good start of the summer, because they are the recipients of a Meijers grant. For the next few years, these researche...
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Book presentation 'Phanta Rhei: recht en duurzaamheid' 05 July 2023On 15 June 2023, the book presentation for the ‘Panta Rhei: recht en duurzaamheid’ (Panta Rhei: law and sustainability) was held at the Oude Sterrenwa...
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Students from South Africa win Children’s Rights Moot Court 2023 30 June 2023The team from University of Pretoria won the international Children’s Rights Moot Court organised by Leiden University in partnership with Baker McKen...
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PhD candidate Anne Hendrikx: ‘I had to buy an extra bookcase for my research.’ 19 June 2023What once began as an assignment for a master’s course and continued as a master’s thesis, has now culminated in a substantial book. Or has it finishe...
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Leiden Insolvency Thesis receives Bronze Prize From International Insolvency Institute 12 June 2023On 11 June 2023, the International Insolvency Institute (III) announced its 2023 prizes in International Insolvency Studies during its 23rd Annual Con...
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Inaugural lecture Wannes Vandenbussche accepting TPR rotating professorship 30 May 2023On 24 May 2023, Professor Wannes VandenBussche of Ghent University delivered his inaugural lecture to accept the TPR rotating professorship in the Lei...
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'Writing a judgment is far easier than writing a dissertation' 15 May 2023Doing a PhD on the side? External PhD candidates, like Joost Van der Helm, just get on and ‘do it’. Besides his hectic job as a justice at the Court o...
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CERIL Lustrum Conference on Harmonisation of EU Insolvency Law 09 May 2023To celebrate its 5th anniversary as an independent non-profit think tank, the Conference on European Restructuring and Insolvency Law (CERIL) held its...
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Ann Skelton elected as Chair United Nations Children’s Rights Committee 08 May 2023Professor Ann Skelton has been elected as Chairperson of the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child.
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Freedom: International students and staff tell us what it means to them 03 May 2023On 5 May we celebrate freedom, a basic human right that cannot be taken for granted in many countries. We asked international students and staff what ...
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First Lustrum for the PhD Workshop on European and International Insolvency Law 25 April 2023On Wednesday 19 and Thursday 20 April 2023, the Foundation Bob Wessels Insolvency Law Collection (BWILC) organised its fifth PhD Workshop on European ...
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Bob Wessels appointed as Officer in the Order of Orange-Nassau 21 April 2023On 20 April 2023, during the first lustrum congress of the Conference on European Restructuring and Insolvency Law (CERIL), professor emeritus Bob Wes...
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The future belongs to the youth, but perhaps not in Netherlands 13 April 2023Three professors voice their concerns about a vulnerable group in our society: children who come into contact with youth care.
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All sixteen applicants for the Leiden Law School Starter Grants awarded research funding 30 March 2023Stefaan Van den Bogaert, Vice Dean of Leiden Law School was delighted to announce on 29 March 2023 that the faculty has awarded research funding to al...
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‘If you know how the system works, you can stand up for your rights’ 15 March 2023Legal protection. What do those involved in youth care and child protection understand by this concept? And what needs to change to improve legal prot...