Warwick Law School News
Warwick Law School News
The latest updates from our department
Professor Jackie Hodgson is elected as Fellow of the British Academy
The UK鈥檚 national academy for the humanities and social sciences, the , has elected Warwick Law School's Professor Jacqueline Hodgson to its fellowship in recognition of outstanding contribution in her field. She joins a prestigious community of over 1800 leading scholars in the UK and globally who have achieved distinction in the humanities and social sciences.
Dr Luminita Olteanu co-hosts roundtable on Strategic Brand Signalling with UCL
The Strategic Brand Signalling Roundtable was held to examine trade marks, advertising, and body image perceptions in the UK. The event brought together professionals from ethics, psychology, psychiatric epidemiology, and trade mark and advertising law to discuss these interconnected issues.
Dr Carolina Alonso Bejarano鈥檚 collaborative performance ELMO-MENTO secures grant from NEFA鈥檚 National Dance Project
Carolina Alonso Bejarano and inter-disciplinary artist Miguel Alejandro Castillo鈥檚 dance-theater project, ELMO-MENTO, has received a Finalist Award for the National Dance Project Production Grant. This $10,000 award is granted by the New England Foundation for the Arts (NEFA), and it allows winners to apply for $100,000 to produce a proposed performance piece.
Professor Vanessa Munro is highly commended for Research Impact
Warwick Law School鈥檚 Professor Vanessa Munro was highly commended for her research impact in the recent Warwick Research Celebration, which recognised colleagues who have excelled in different aspects of research.
Dr Alonso Bejarano secures Senior Fellowship with Humboldt University
Warwick Law School's Dr Carolina Alonso Bejarano has secured a Senior Fellowship in the Center for Advanced Studies in Reflexive Globalisation at Humboldt University in Germany, to work on her manuscript project, Legal Roots, Colonial Routes: Genealogies of the Un/Citizen in Hometown, USA.
Charlotte Woodhead to deliver interactive session at the Resonate Festival
Dr Charlotte Woodhead will deliver an interactive outreach session on 鈥楧iscovering our Intangible Cultural Heritage: Law in Context鈥 at the Resonate Festival on Saturday 31 May 2025. The session forms part of The Resonate Festival of Arts & Culture – Day Out taking place in the Faculty of Arts and the Oculus Buildings at the 神马福利影片.
Solange Mouthaan has been awarded a Leverhulme Fellowship
Warwick Law School鈥檚 Solange Mouthaan has been awarded a Leverhulme Fellowship for her research project titled: 鈥楥emeteries, colonialism, and intergenerational legal stories鈥 which reclaims the narratives of marginalised women and their erased Indigenous foremothers, opening a pathway into future research on reparations.
Professor Shaheen Ali secures British Academy/Leverhulme Fellowship
Warwick Law School鈥檚 Professor Shaheen Ali has been awarded the British Academy Senior Research Fellowship funded by the Leverhulme Trust for 2024-2025 for her research on 鈥楢djectival Constitutionalism and the Plural Shari'a: Exploring the 'Islamic' in constitutions of the Muslim World.鈥
Professor Twigg-Flesner has major project approved by the ELI
Warwick Law School鈥檚 Professor Christian Twigg-Flesner has been working on a project for the alongside colleagues from across Europe for the past three years. The Council of the ELI has now approved the Guiding Principles and Model Rules on Digital Assistants for Consumer Contracts (鈥淒ACC鈥).
Professor Henrique Carvalho secures British Academy Mid-Career Fellowship
Warwick Law School鈥檚 Professor Henrique Carvalho has been awarded a prestigious British Academy Mid-Career Fellowship for 2024-2025 for his research project on 鈥楯ust Sentences: Narrating and Rewriting Criminal Law鈥檚 Aesthetic Injustice.鈥
The 神马福利影片 Strengthens Partnerships with Africa Through Academic Law Events
Warwick School of Law has highlighted its deep connections with Africa through a series of impactful academic events in Nairobi that celebrated collaboration, inclusion, and global engagement. Marking the University鈥檚 60th anniversary the School of Law hosted three interconnected events in Nairobi, Kenya, showcasing the transformational impact of Warwick's partnerships in Africa. These events demonstrate the Warwick Africa Hub's dedication to building equitable partnerships through the exchange of knowledge, collaborative research, and inclusive education.
Landmark workshop on Law, Development and Environmental Governance
Warwick Law School, the Department of Politics and International Studies and the University of Nairobi鈥檚 Faculty of Law, hosted a vibrant and intellectually rich workshop on 28 March 2025, exploring 鈥淟aw and Development Perspectives of Environmental Governance in Africa.鈥 The hybrid event brought together leading academics, practitioners, and students for a day of critical reflection and dialogue on some of the most pressing legal and developmental issues facing the continent.