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Being a guest author for blogs/online reviews: why and how10 December 2018How does one become a guest author for Nobel Prize winner Dr. Dennis Mukwege Foundation? One of our alumni, Mariasole Forlani, can tell you all about it.
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'Why aren't those children at school?'27 November 2018The new privacy laws make it more difficult to combat human trafficking: under-age victims are often not registered. In her lecture, Cleveringa Profes...
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‘Dutch people should take human trafficking more seriously'12 November 2018Citizens underestimate their role, but they really can make a difference, says legal specialist Corinne Dettmeijer-Vermeulen. Combatting injustice is ...
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Maartje van der Woude: 'VIVA400 nomination is acknowledgement and incentive'12 October 2018Each year Dutch women’s magazine VIVA draws up a list of creative and enterprising women. This year our alumna and Professor of Law and Society Maartj...
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Leiden University Fund awards grants12 June 2018Over thirty research projects have been awarded a grant from the Leiden University Fund (LUF). The academics each receive a sum of between 5,000 and 2...
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Two Leiden Law School Alumni Awarded Second Prize of Wells-HeinOnline-Frontiers of Law in China Paper Competition20 March 2018Dr. Jingshu Zhu, a former PhD student at the Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies, and Ms. Qiaozi Guanglin, alumna from Leiden Law School’s ...
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Rutte in Leiden: ‘Only studying is such a waste of opportunity’15 March 2018From political confessions to life lessons from his own student time. On 14 March, Prime Minister Mark Rutte gave candid answers to questions from Lei...
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The Leiden moments of Princess Beatrix30 January 2018Princess Beatrix celebrated her eightieth birthday on 31 January. She has a warm bond with Leiden University, having studied Law and Sociology here. S...
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Maarten Asscher as mentor: ‘It's at the periphery of your own discipline that things happen'11 January 2018Alumnus Maarten Asscher (60) is mentor of the month. He studied Law in Leiden and has worked as a literary publisher, senior official at the Ministry...
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Leiden Law School alumnus awarded Max van der Stoel Human Rights award05 December 2017Alumnus Petri Freundlich received the first prize for his LL.M. thesis in the category Master’s theses and academic articles of the Max van der Stoel ...
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‘Japan and Leiden aren’t so far apart after all’04 December 2017A delegation from Leiden University visited Japan from 18 to 26 November to facilitate cooperation in research and teaching. The delegation also atten...
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International Advisory Board welcomes Judge Peter Tomka of the International Court of Justice as its new Chairman23 November 2017The International Institute of Air and Space Law is very proud to announce that Judge Peter Tomka has accepted the position of chairman of its Interna...
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Allard Altena is mentor: ‘Make use of other people’s work experience’16 November 2017Alumnus Allard Altena (27) is mentor of the month. He worked at the Public Prosecution Service and is now a regulator at the Dutch Authority for the F...
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‘Without Leiden University, I wouldn't now be living in Mexico’25 October 2017When delegations from Leiden University visit foreign countries, they often arrange a meeting specially for alumni of the country. Mexico was no excep...
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Rapenburg - backdrop for art and knowledge18 September 2017Street theatre, drama, poetry and a lot of science: Leiden's Rapenburg was the backdrop for the fifth Night of Art and Knowledge on Saturday 16 Septem...