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UCL Faculty of Laws has been ranked one of the UK’s top universities for studying law.

UCL Laws' Professor Nick Hopkins has been appointed a Specialist Advisor to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) Committee.

The Faculty remembers Sir Geoffrey Bindman KC (Hon), Visiting Professor (1990-2023).

2026 marks UCL's 200th anniversary and the start of a year of bicentennial activity and celebration.

Jeevan Hariharan’s research on the law of private nuisance was cited by the Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia in the case of Hunt Leather Pty Ltd v Transport for NSW [2025] HCA 53.

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The UCL Vis Team, featuring LLM and LLB students from the Faculty, placed in the top four of 103 teams from leading law schools in an international mooting competition.

Professor Mantouvalou has been recognised in a major triennial competition for outstanding authorship.

UCL Laws' Professor Ioannis Lianos has received funding for a new cross-national collaborative project bridging legal scholarship and computational methods.

Dr Alina Trapova, Co-director of IBIL, gives evidence to the House of Lords Communications and Digital Committee last month, as part of their inquiry into copyright and AI

Dr Franziska Arnold-Dwyer has received a highly regarded award for insurance law scholarship.

UCL Laws students Apolline Simmons and Matthew Chan won the revived UCL–Cambridge Intervarsity Moot, gaining the opportunity to engage with complex legal issues in a professional setting.

The scholarship, delivered with the support of the Commercial Bar Association (COMBAR), funds a UK-domiciled student of Black ethnicity or of mixed Black heritage to pursue the LLM at UCL.

A monthly round-up of media mentions and appearances from the UCL Laws community.

Richard Macrory has delivered a keynote speech for the European Network of Environmental Prosecutors, focusing on how we hold public bodies to account for failures to comply with environmental law.