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Schuurmans to chair independent advisory committee on self-reliance and legal assistance 01 December 2022
Those who seek justice do not always manage to find their way through the legal system. Yet the Dutch Legal Aid Act assumes that citizens are self-rel...
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A new commentary on the Constitution 01 December 2022
'Een nieuw commentaar op de Grondwet' is the title of a book published this week. The book uses 35 essays to describe the importance of the Constituti...
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Preliminary report Esmée Driessen presented at Young VAR 2022 24 November 2022
Esmée Driessen presented and defended her preliminary report ‘De dienstbare overheid bij het faciliteren van burgerinitiatieven’ (service-minded gover...
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Constitutional and Administrative Law welcomes Leo Damen for first 'Tafel van Thorbecke' 18 November 2022
The first 'Tafel van Thorbecke' took place at Leiden University on Thursday 17 November 2022. For this new lecture series, initiated by Fatma Çapkurt ...
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Joanne van der Leun reappointed as Dean of Leiden Law School 09 November 2022
Professor Joanne van der Leun has been reappointed as Dean of Leiden Law School by the Executive Board of Leiden University. She has been appointed un...
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Leiden Law School receives praise during research evaluation 02 November 2022
Every six years, the research conducted at all law schools in the Netherlands is evaluated during a research evaluation. On 6 and 7 October, it was Le...
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Barkhuysen and Van Emmerik attend international conference in Paraguay 02 November 2022
Tom Barkhuysen and Michiel van Emmerik attended the 21st General Congress of the International Academy of Comparative Law that was held in Asunción, P...
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Reijer Passchier appointed as professor at the Open University 02 November 2022
On 1 October 2022, Reijer Passchier was appointed as Professor Digitalisation and the Democratic Constitutional State at the Open University. Reijer i...
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Start-up grant awarded to develop Digital Helpdesk for the Elderly 01 November 2022
The Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations has awarded the Dutch Administrative Law Association (VAR) a start-up grant for one of the projects...
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Esteban Szmulewicz selected as Fellow for Salzburg Global Seminar 31 October 2022
The Salzburg Global Seminar is an independent non-profit organisation founded in 1947 with a mission to challenge current and future leaders to shape ...
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Gert Jan Geertjes defends preliminary advice Nederlandse Vereniging voor Wetgeving 28 October 2022
At the annual conference of the Nederlandse Vereniging voor Wetgeving (the Dutch association for legislation) that was held in the Auditorium of the M...
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Annemarie Drahmann appointed member of the NWO complaints committee 27 October 2022
Annemarie Drahmann, Associate Professor at the Department of Constitutional and Administrative Law, has been appointed as a member of the complaints c...
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Photo Report: Bachelor's Open Day KOG 26 October 2022
On Saturday 22 October, the KOG filled up with prospective students looking for their next course of study. The lecture halls were packed to the brim ...
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Is it possible to ban a political party? 26 October 2022
Dutch right-wing political party Forum for Democracy has repeatedly demonstrated that it has no lower limit when it comes to morals. Should the courts...
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Ministry and Leiden Law School to work together more closely 25 October 2022
The Ministry of Justice and Security and Leiden Law School are planning to collaborate on a more structural basis. This is the outcome of a meeting th...