What can regulators dealing with organoid research learn from animal law? Josh Jowitt has had his work cited in this Nuffield Council on Bioethics policy briefing.

Big thanks to Radifah Kabir and ABP News for highlighting my piece on ghostbots in CLSR.🙏🏼If you haven't checked out this recent publication yet, here's the link: 'Affection as a service: Ghostbots and the changing nature of mourning' doi.org/10.1016/j.clsr…

A huge honour and pleasure to host the The SLS President’s reception with such wonderful guests. I got to speak about the 2024 SLS Annual Conference and give away prizes to our best paper winners Dr Hélène Tyrrell , Conall Mallory and Aradhana Cherupara Vadekkethil.

FemCon 2: Imagining feminist constitutional futures through the arts and utopian fiction. The FemCon team talks with Ruth Houghton about feminist utopian literature and Jess Jones about her work as an artist in projects that cross law and feminism.
lawpod.org/podcast/femcon…

Yesterday at the Law and Futures Research Group's seminar Law and Futures Research Group , Martina Recena shared fascinating insights into AI and creativity. Thanks to all who attended and contributed to the discussion!

Dr Tanya Krupiy writes about what our Law Graduates have to offer employers. Read about it here! 👇

ncl.ac.uk/law/news/news-…

It was lovely to have the @ncllawschool Class of 1984 back to campus to celebrate 40 years since their graduation 🎉

If you have a special graduation anniversary coming up that you'd like to mark with a reunion, get in touch! 👉 ncl.ac.uk/alumni/connect…

#WeAreNCL #AlumniReunion

I've been asked to suggest and introduce a film that engages with legal-theory concepts as part of our student-led Newcastle Law School film club.

So we're going to be exploring the nature and validity of of rules through the medium of...

You guessed it...

Reminder to all Newcastle Law School students that faculty members are holding a discussion this afternoon on the significance of the South Africa v Israel case for future of international law and the role of international law in the conflict in Gaza. Please come along!:

We're looking forward to the ConGov Workshop on 15th April Newcastle Law School exploring Identities in Constitutionalism and Governance

What kind of place was England in 1623? In this new article, Ian Ward Newcastle Law School intriguingly connects a mass execution of English imperialists in Indonesia, divine justice in London, a false beard in Madrid, and Shakespeare's First Folio: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

In March, Dr Ruth Houghton will be in St Andrews as part of the Intellectual History's Launch Panel for the 2nd edition of the Handbook on Global Constitutionalism.
intellectualhistory.net/ilcr-events/ha…

We'd like to say a huge congratulations to the 10 members of @uniofnewcastle's alumni community who were recognised in King Charles' New Year Honours 2024 👏

Meet our honoured alumni 👇 👇 bit.ly/3SbEVD5

Interested in understanding the complexities of law in a global context? If so, Global Legal Studies LLB at Newcastle University might be the right programme for you!

Head to the link for more information.

ncl.ac.uk/undergraduate/…

Forthcoming Research Seminar Newcastle Law School on 4th December at 5pm: Matteo Nicolini, 'Trollope, the Body Politic and the Victorian Constitution'

.Newcastle Law School alumna Funke Abimbola (@Champ1Diversity) is looking forward to the publication of her first book in December, sharing her story of overcoming multiple barriers to become an effective and resilient business leader 🙌

Full details ⤵️ ncl.ac.uk/alumni/news/it…

Newcastle Law School is supporting Lex Erudites in their third annual mediation competition!

Read more about the competition here:
ncl.ac.uk/law/news/news-…

This week a treat for your ears, we have an in-depth interview with poet Julie Morrissy talking to Aoife O'Donoghue @aoifemod.bsky.social and Dr Ruth Houghton. They discuss how law has influenced Julie's work, the poetry of the law, women’s voices and the Irish feminist tradition.

bit.ly/40wtwRS

The report for the 2023 The SLS Annual Seminar, hosted by Dr. Rachel Dunn and me at Newcastle Law School has been published.

We are grateful to the SLS for supporting our event - the 1st time the seminar has addressed an issue of Animal Law.

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legalscholars.ac.uk/sls-annual-sem…

How do judges 'communicate' with children through sentencing? Kathryn Hollingsworth (Newcastle University) has written a fascinating post for our blog where she advocates for a a ‘kinder justice’ approach to the sentencing of children.

Kathryn Hollingsworth

defendingvulnerability.wordpress.com/2023/11/02/kin…