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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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Quantum technology and law: ‘We need to consider the legal frameworks of tomorrow now’Conference 24 April 2026How do we prepare for the impact of new technology that promises to make our systems more powerful and faster than ever? At the Quantum & Law Conferen...
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Call for papers on Quantum Technology and Law21 April 2026Leiden Law School (departments of Private Law and eLaw) invites you to contribute a chapter in a book on Quantum Technology and Law. The book will con...
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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...
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Book presentation: Corporate Sustainability25 March 2026On 26 February, the new book ‘Corporate Sustainability’ was presented in the Academy Building of Leiden University. Authors Tineke Lambooy, Bas Rombou...
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Alumna wins KHMW Jan Brouwer Thesis Prize for Law for child rights research on peer relationshipsThesis prize 05 March 2026How important is a child’s right to meaningful peer relationships? Vaishnavi Ramalingam wrote her master’s thesis on this topic, and was recently awar...
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Book presentation: Corporate Structuring24 February 2026On 11 February, during a symposium at De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek, the first copy of the book ‘Corporate Structuring’ was presented to the publisher...
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Advancing child-friendly justice through dialogue and exchange in Santiago, Chile04 February 2026From 12 to 16 January 2025, Professor Ton Liefaard, UNICEF Chair in Children’s Rights and Head of the Department of Child Law and Health Law visited S...
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Anouk Goemans receives National Youth Care Award 2025Prize 27 January 2026Professor by Special Appointment Anouk Goemans has received the National Youth Care Award 2025 from the ‘Stichting Steunfonds Pro Juventute’. The cash...
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How do you decide on the future of a child placed in care?Research project 15 January 2026When a child is placed in care, the assumption is always that the child can return home again. But there are still many questions about how this proce...
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Alumnus Jeroen Zwemmer: ‘The legal component is the core of my work’Alumni interview 15 January 2026Jeroen Zwemmer’s student days in Leiden ended in 2023, after completing two bachelor’s degrees, a master’s, a student board year, and an exchange seme...
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Children’s services need better data collection: ‘How can we prevent out-of-home placements?’Inaugural lecture 12 January 2026What reduces the likelihood of children being taken into care? At present, child protection services don’t have the data to answer that question. In h...
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Lies’l Goossens wins Jaap Doek Children’s Rights Thesis Award for thesis on detention collateral12 December 2025The winner of this year’s Jaap Doek Children’s Rights Thesis Award wants to raise more awareness for children who have a parent in detention: ‘It’s ti...
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Leiden University co-hosts Council of Europe expert exchange on accountability for crimes against children in Ukraine11 December 2025Bringing together practitioners, policy-makers, academics and children’s rights experts, the event explored how accountability for atrocity crimes com...
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Dirk Visser wins ‘Gouden Peer’ in intellectual property lawPrize 11 December 2025On 8 December, Dirk Visser was awarded a ‘Gouden Peer’ in intellectual property law by legal platform 'Mr.'. He received the prize after being nominat...