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Nominees for the 2025 Leiden Teaching PrizeLeiden University Student Platform 25 August 2025Which teacher knows best how to inspire their students? Carmen van den Bergh (Humanities), Egbert Koops (Law) and Arjan Louwen (Archaeology) have been...
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A decade devoted to shaping the future of children’s rightsAnniversary 21 August 2025The Master of Laws: Advanced Studies in International Children’s Rights (LL.M.) was launched in 2015 to equip a generation of professionals to protect...
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A ‘Rights’ way of learning: Leiden Law School and International School Wassenaar pilot innovative Children’s Rights moduleSecondary education 29 July 2025Students from the International School Wassenaar took part in piloting a Children’s Rights module designed by Leiden Law School. They learned about th...
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Europa Institute teaches in EU law course for Ukrainians21 July 2025Armin Cuyvers, Stefaan Van den Bogaert and Veronika Yefremova taught in the course on EU History, Principles and Institutions. The online course was p...
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A staunch defence of the ‘right to relate’: Kees Waaldijk receives ovation at farewell lectureFarewell lecture 15 July 2025Kees Waaldijk has worked for many years to map the rights, or lack thereof, of the gay and lesbian community across the world. As he bids farewell to ...
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Hugo Sinzheimer Moot Court15 July 2025The annual Hugo Sinzheimer Moot Court competition took place in Bratislava, Slovakia, from 19 to 21 June 2025. Twelve student teams from various Europ...
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Max Rood Moot Court Competition great success07 July 2025Although the team from Leiden did not win, the Max Rood Moot Court Competition was a great success once again. Six teams of students (Leiden, Groninge...
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Cake to celebrate two outstanding master’s programmes03 July 2025Colleagues from three departments were treated to cake by Vice Dean Jan Crijns. This was to celebrate the ratings, excellent and above-average, awarde...
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Exhibition 'Outside the Box': Where law and creativity meetHonours College Law 23 June 2025What happens when students are given the freedom to think outside the box? Honours College Law students got to try it through their 'unessays': an alt...
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Change Labs: ‘Redesigning your course from scratch is inspiring – like working with a blank canvas’Innovation in education 16 June 2025This academic year saw the start of the Change Lab(oratory) project. Teaching staff from various departments worked on innovations in their master's c...
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Vlietland Secondary School visits Leiden Law School to learn about children's rightsSecondary Education 10 June 2025On 27 May, 180 pupils from Vlietland Secondary School visited Leiden University’s law faculty. At the school, pupils learn about themes that are impor...
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ECSL Summer Course on Space Law and Policy28 May 2025One of the ECSL’s most prominent activities is the ECSL Summer Course on Space Law and Policy, welcoming students at all academic levels as well as se...
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Exploring educational experiments: pass/fail and ‘unessays’ at Honours College LawEducational innovation 16 May 2025How to innovate education? In this series, the Honours Academy highlights examples from their educational testing ground that aim to inspire. Today: t...
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Podcast series: Dive into the world of cybersecurity & cybercrime14 May 2025Curious about the world behind digital attacks, online fraud, and cybercriminals? To mark the launch of the Dutch-taught bachelor's programme in Cyber...
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Reinout Vriesendorp bows out: 'My main focus as a professor was always on teaching'Valedictory lecture 08 May 2025Reinout Vriesendorp has been Professor of Insolvency Law since 2016 as well as a partner at law firm De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek. For nine years, he...