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‘AI in education can be compared with the rise of the fatbike’Interview with Francien Dechesne 08 October 2024What role will AI play in legal education? And how do we prepare for it? We asked Francien Dechesne, associate professor of Ethics and Digital Technol...
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eLaw participates in Lawtomation Days 202408 October 2024On 26 and 27 September, Eduard Fosch-Villaronga, Carlotta Rigotti, Mohammed Raiz Shaffique, Marie Schwed-Shenker and Antoni Mut Piña participated in t...
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Two new bachelor's programmes in The Hague explore crucial societal themes08 October 2024Leiden University is expanding its educational offering in The Hague with two Dutch-taught bachelor's programmes: Economie & Samenleving and Cybersecu...
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Honorary doctorates for Eliot Higgins, Kelly Chibale and Bonnie Honig08 October 2024Leiden University will be conferring three honorary doctorates in its special anniversary year. They will be awarded to Eliot Higgins, truth finder an...
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Progress in equality and law for women: the glass is half full02 October 2024Following 40 years of research into the legal equality principle, Emeritus Professor Titia Loenen gave her valedictory lecture in which she took stock...
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Simona Demková speaks at 2024 Lawtomation conference in Madrid01 October 2024On 26 and 27 September, the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence for Law and Automation at IE Law School in Madrid hosted the third edition of the Lawtoma...
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Workshop on the emotional aspects of border control and migration30 September 2024On 7 and 8 October, a two-day workshop will be hosted by the Van Vollenhoven Institute in collaboration with the University of Oxford’s Border Crimino...
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Grotius-Asser Event with Dr Letizia Lo Giacco (Grotius Centre), Judge Hilary Charlesworth (ICJ) and Kiki Brölmann (UvA)29 September 2024On 19 September 2024, Dr Letizia Lo Giacco gave a lecture on "Seeking change through international courts: Rethinking what judicial decisions do in in...
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The BIAS project attends the summer school on ‘Law and Language’ at Pavia University26 September 2024Carlotta Rigotti, Postdoc researcher at eLaw, and Eduard Fosch-Villaronga, Associate Professor at eLaw, delivered a lecture on AI and non-discriminati...
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Honorable mentions for Hannah Appel and Kimmy Shah (LDT) at VPR/VPRA Scriptieprijs 202426 September 2024On Friday 20 September, the Dutch associations for Privacy Law (VPR) and for Privacy Law Attorneys (VPR-A) announced their annual thesis award winner ...
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Successful ‘landmark decisions’ panel discussion at ISLSSL World Congress in Rome25 September 2024Yvonne Erkens and Fieke Weber, both from the Department of Labour Law and Social Security, recently organised a panel discussion on behalf of the Inte...
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The long-awaited UN Summit of the Future has ended − what are the results?24 September 2024Many saw the UN Summit of the Future as the moment of truth for the United Nations and its plans for the world. Joris Larik, Assistant Professor of Co...
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Letizia Lo Giacco winner of the 2024 Rosalyn Higgins Prize for best article24 September 2024Dr Letizia Lo Giacco is the recipient of the 2024 Rosalyn Higgins Prize for her article titled 'When a Dispute Exists: The Emerging Evidentiary Practi...
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European Law LL.M. opening lecture by Bartjan Wegter, EU Counter-Terrorism Coordinator23 September 2024On 12 September 2024, the official ceremony opening the academic year 2024-2025 for students of the European Law master’s programme took place at Leid...
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How can police officers obey the rules? Research links legal norms to technology20 September 2024It’s not something the police force wants to see, but it still occurs: racist and misogynist police conduct. Human rights specialist Dr Linda Louis ha...