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Secondary school students learn how to stand up for their rightsEducation 29 July 2026Leiden Law School and International School Wassenaar teamed up to inspire students to know their rights, use their voice and make a difference in the ...
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Veni grants for two researchers from Institute of Public LawVeni research grant 21 July 2026Fatma Çapkurt and Sophie Starrenburg, who work at the Institute of Public Law, (Constitutional and Administrative Law and the Grotius Centre for Inter...
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Leiden Law School contributes to strengthening children’s rights in Malaysia19 June 2026From 8 to 12 June 2026, Leiden Law School contributed to a five-day programme in Malaysia dedicated to strengthening the implementation of the UN Conv...
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Leiden reaches semi-final of Helga Pedersen Moot Court CompetitionMoot Court Competition 09 June 2026Advanced LL.M. European and International Human Rights Law and LL.M. European Law students are semi-finalists in the final round of the Helga Pedersen...
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2026 European Horizons Youth Security Conference09 June 2026The European Horizons Youth Security Conference successfully took place on May 9th, 2026. More than 85 students gathered in Leiden to participate in a...
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Podcast series: Dive into the world of cybersecurity & cybercrime05 June 2026Cyberattacks, online fraud and digital security are among the most pressing challenges of our digital age. In this podcast series by the Institute of ...
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‘Unessays’ exhibition: where law and creativity intersectHonours College Law 20 May 2026What happens when you let go of the traditional essay and instead invite creativity, imagination and experimentation? Honours College Law students fou...
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34th ECSL Summer Course on Space Law and PolicyApplications now open! 12 May 2026One of the most prominent activities of the European Centre for Space Law (ECSL) is the ECSL Summer Course on Space Law and Policy, welcoming students...
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Partners in research: lecturer and student collaborationHonours College Law 07 May 2026Conducting legal research instead of having to sit an exam. In the ‘Onderzoeksassistent’ (Research Assistant) course, students and lecturers arrive at...
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Leiden – Sarin International Air Law Moot Court Competition05 May 2026The International Institute of Air and Space Law (IIASL), in partnership with the Sarin Memorial Legal Aid Foundation, was proud to co-organise the 17...
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Humans as a Legal Technology: Rethinking the human/machine distinction in public administration15 April 2026The lecture series Humanity in the Automated State continued on 9 April 2026 at Leiden Law School with Professor of Public Law, Ida Koivisto from the ...
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Pauline Happée winner of Moot Court Challenge Cup14 April 2026It was the seventeenth time the Moot Court Challenge Cup had been awarded! This time for the best pleader in the autumn term of the 2025–2026 academic...
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Secondary school students demonstrate knowledge of economics at national Economics Olympiad finalCompetition 13 April 2026Of the 3,750 participants from 100 schools, only 75 students made it to the final stages of the Economics Olympiad in The Hague. On 1 April, they gath...
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Aftermovie: Students make legal support accessible during the Legal Tech ChallengeChallenge 09 April 2026On 2 April, the final of the Legal Tech Challenge 2026 took place in the Academy Building of Leiden University. During the final, teams of students pi...
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Voice of the Child: Unique film project to advance child-friendly justice09 April 2026At the end of March, the Voice of the Child conference launched three films on children’s hearings in European family law courts to support judicial t...