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Alumna Mojan Samadi: ‘Femicide is not about the perpetrator’s motive’Alumni interview 14 October 2025Mojan Samadi obtained her PhD in 2020 in Leiden and has since remained at the university as an assistant professor. Her research currently focuses on ...
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Alumna Lindsey Boosten: ‘Aviation is a great sector to work in’Alumni interview 12 September 2025Lindsey Boosten followed her passion by combining the study of aviation and law in the Advanced Master in Air and Space Law in Leiden. It turned out t...
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Inspirational start to faculty year10 September 2025On Friday 5 September, to mark our 450th anniversary we celebrated the opening of the faculty year together with the Leiden Revisited alumni event. Co...
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Graduation Ceremony of the LL.M. Advanced Studies in International Children’s Rights 2024–202505 September 2025On 28 August 2025, Leiden Law School was filled with joy, reflection, and celebration as the LL.M. Advanced Studies in International Children’s Rights...
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Alumnus Johan Visser: ‘Act, work and make decisions with a cool head and a warm heart’Alumni interview 10 July 2025For more than twenty years, Johan Visser has served as a family and juvenile court judge in The Hague where he is also a board member. Once a student ...
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Sandra Palmen is State Secretary and alumna: ‘My main goal is to get the childcare benefit redress operation back on track’Alumni interview 14 May 2025Sandra Palmen studied tax law at Leiden University and built a career within central government, currently as State Secretary. She was one of the firs...
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Four burning questions for four inspiring international alumni10 April 2025Last week on Monday evening, four international Leiden Law School alumni working in various sectors and areas of expertise came back to their alma mat...
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How 'Big Tech' Undermines Our DemocracyCurrent affairs lecture 'recap' 25 March 2025Tech giants such as Google, Apple, and Microsoft are increasingly shaping the digital world we live in. Reijer Passchier cautions: 'Urgent measures ar...
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Alumnus Bart Jansen: ‘It’s up to us legal philosophers to make sense of these times’Alumni interview 18 March 2025Legal philosopher Bart Jansen teaches at universities around the world. In an interview two years ago, he spoke about his professional fascination for...
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Alumnus Willem van der Muur: ‘I wanted to work somewhere I could make an impact’Alumni interview 27 January 2025Willem van der Muur worked at the Van Vollenhoven Institute as a PhD candidate from 2013 to 2019. After completing his doctorate he left for Indonesia...
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Alumnus Jan Joosten: ‘New Amsterdam seemed more exciting than old Amsterdam’Alumni interview 16 December 2024Jan Joosten studied civil and tax law in Leiden from 1985. After periods studying abroad and an internship, he became infatuated with the United State...
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Flash interview with alumnus Willemijn de Best, who secured major music stars as clientsAlumni interview 12 November 2024Willemijn de Best’s career path led her to the media sector. Besides the more obvious legal professions, a degree in law actually offers many other po...
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Alumnus Heidi Burrows: ‘Children are inherently vulnerable’Alumni interview 04 November 2024What is it like to study law in the Netherlands as an international? Alumnus Heidi Burrows came to the Netherlands from the UK to study International ...
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Alumnus and lawyer Roger Cox uses the law to enforce climate policy17 October 2024Limburg lawyer Roger Cox has caused a legal revolution. With high-profile cases against the Dutch state and Shell oil company, he transformed the law ...
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Flash interview with alumnus Kees van der Staaij: I’m still a lawyer at heart14 October 2024Kees van der Staaij started studying Law at Leiden University in 1986, specialising in Constitutional and Administrative Law. He graduated in 1991.