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School of Law students champion community justice at Stephen Lawrence Day Showcase
First-year law students present innovative legal ideas to tackle inequality, with winning team recognised for hate crime reporting app.
Dr Laura Bainbridge’s campaigning results in major new cuckooing breakthrough
Cuckooing has become a standalone criminal offence in England and Wales, as the Crime and Policing Act 2026 received Royal Assent on 29 April.
School of Law celebrates success at 2026 Leeds Partnership Awards
The School of Law proudly celebrates its staff, postgraduate researchers and students who won the Student-Staff Partnership of the Year Award.
School of Law hosts inspiring Postgraduate Researcher Conference
On Wednesday 22 April 2026 the School of Law hosted a conference run by Postgraduate Researchers (PGRs) looking at the work of PGRs from across all School Research Centres.
Alumni stories: Dea Nini (International Human Rights Law LLM, 2023)
We spoke to School of Law alumna Dea Nini about her time at Leeds, the academic experiences that shaped her, and her career at the forefront of strategic human rights litigation and advocacy.




