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Jaap van den Herik in Advisory Board WODC31 January 2017As of January 2017, LCDS-director Jaap van den Herik has been appointed member of the Advisory Board of WODC.
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Armin Cuvyers Visiting Fellow in think-tank of Commission President Juncker27 January 2017Between January and April 2017 Armin Cuyvers (Assistant Professor of European Law) will be a Visiting Fellow at the European Political Strategy Centre...
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Jouke Tegelaar wins faculty Jongbloed thesis prize 2015-201624 January 2017The thesis “Exit Peter Paul? Divergente toezichthoudersaansprakelijkheid in de Europese Unie voor falend financieel toezicht, bezien vanuit het Europe...
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Simply a phenomenal article23 January 2017On Friday 20 January the Meijers Awards were presented for the best article published in 2016 written by a researcher in the final phase of their PhD ...
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EU grant for Bart Custers16 December 2016The European Commission has granted budget for the project e-SIDES (ethical and societal implications of data science). Dr. Bart Custers, associate pr...
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Hall of Fame 201609 December 2016Many of our staff and students have won prizes over the past year. Others have been awarded a subsidy, or, because of their eminence in their field, t...
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Criminology number one in Keuzegids 201717 November 2016The University Keuzegids 2017 has rated the Leiden Bachelor programme Criminology as the best in the Netherlands.
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Leiden Alumni win NVER 2016 Awards for Master Theses16 November 2016The Europa Instituut is honoured to announce that two Leiden alumni received awards for their master theses at the annual meeting of the Netherlands A...
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Thinking ‘out of the box’ at the Honours College Law10 November 2016Professor of Sociology of Law Maartje van der Woude has been appointed as the new Director of the Honours College Law (HC Law). She will succeed Sjoer...
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‘Today’s refugees are tomorrow’s Dutch citizens’05 September 2016From virtual education to a friendly meeting place where refugees and Dutch students can get to know one another. Investing in refugees is in the inte...
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Anna Wallerman wins 2015 Common Market Law Review Young Academics Prize19 July 2016During the 55th Leiden-London meeting, held on 25 June 2016 in Leiden, the Editorial Board of the Common Market Law Review awarded the 2015 Common Mar...
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George Maduro: alumnus saved from oblivion15 July 201615 July 2016 was the hundredth anniversary of the birth of George Maduro, Leiden alumnus and namesake of Madurodam, a park in The Hague where visitors...
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Leiden University wins three awards at Telders International Law Moot Court Competition23 May 2016Leiden University won the awards for Best Oral Argumentation for both the Applicant and the Respondent and Best Oralist. In addition, Leiden Universit...
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How Sir Winston Churchill became a Leiden Honorary Doctor09 May 2016Leiden University awarded Sir Winston Churchill on 10 May 1946 an Honorary Doctorate in Law. Churchill's speech of thanks showed typical British humou...
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Best Advocate General in the European Law Moot Court Competition – Another Victory for Leiden Law School20 April 2016On 15 April 2016, the All-European Final of the ELMC took place at the European Court of Justice in Luxemburg. Emma Gheorghiu, a student on the Advanc...