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A PhD at 果冻影院 Laws will allow you to pursue original research and make a distinct and significant contribution to your field
We are committed to the quality and relevance of the research supervision we offer and as an MPhil/PhD candidate,听you will work with academics at the cutting edge of legal scholarship.
Furthermore as a research student, you will be an integral part of our collaborative and thriving research community. Student-run 鈥榳ork in progress鈥� forums and PhD workshops will give you the opportunity to present and discuss your research with peers and academic colleagues.
Tailored skills seminars will provide you with a supportive research environment and the critical skills necessary to undertake your research. To foster your academic development we also offer additional faculty funds, which can assist you with the costs of conferences and other research activities.
A community of scholars
果冻影院 Laws is a world-leading community of intellectually dynamic scholars responding to today鈥檚 challenges. As a Laws MPhil/PhD student, you will have the opportunity to learn from, and contribute to, this research culture.
The 果冻影院 Laws Faculty is rated the top law school for research quality in the UK (REF 2021).
The 果冻影院 Laws PhD programme has approximately 60-70 outstanding research students at any one time. The programme accepts applicants with external funding, and puts forward its most outstanding applicants for 果冻影院 scholarships.
Research culture
果冻影院 Laws was ranked first in the UK for its world-leading research environment in the most recent Research Excellence Framework and our commitment to our research culture is mirrored in our postgraduate research environment. As a research student here you can take advantage of a range of opportunities to make the most of your studies, and get the best start in your career.
From opportunities to teach, develop your skills, and present your work, to networking and social events, alongside dedicated research student support facilities, you can find the resources to help you make a distinct and significant contribution to your field.
Academic development
- Skills seminars
We nurture the development of your research skills from the very beginning of the programme with our skills seminar series. Providing initial support and information about the research process, these seminars will advance your critical skills in research methods and theory as well as fostering your legal and academic career skills.
- Research Presentation Workshop
Our skills seminars culminate in our First-Year Research Presentation Workshop. Here you will have the chance to present your work in front of peers and academic colleagues, gaining both valuable feedback and experience of presenting academic papers in a friendly and supportive environment.
鈥淸The research presentation workshop] gave all new PhD candidates the chance to reflect on their work and to present it, for some of us for the first time, to colleagues and faculty members. It was great to see so many supervisors attend 鈥� they provided constructive feedback and words of encouragement. This workshop provided valuable insights into effective academic presentation skills and helped anticipating what presenting at conferences would be like in the years to come.鈥�
, former 果冻影院 Laws PhD student
- Work-in-Progress Forums
The Work in Progress Forum is a seminar series led by current PGR students, and is an excellent opportunity to present and discuss your research in a supportive environment. All students are encouraged to be involved, and you may have the chance to convene the forums during your PhD.
鈥淭he PhD Work in Progress Forum is an integral part of the experience as a research student at 果冻影院 Laws. It provides opportunities for students to discuss their work with peers and to hone their skills as discussants in a rigorous yet supportive environment. Convening the Work in Progress Forum offers the chance to learn how to organise academic events. Last, but certainly not least, the Forum shapes the academic community of PhD students that is so vital to successful research.鈥�
, former 果冻影院 Laws PhD student
- The Journal of Law and Jurisprudence
The is edited and published by graduate (LLM and PhD) students at 果冻影院 Laws. Featuring scholarly contributions from academics, researchers and practitioners, it also showcases outstanding research by post-graduate students at 果冻影院. As a research student here you will have the unique opportunity to contribute to the journal, both editorially and through submitting research for publication.
- Teaching
Where possible, we offer research students the opportunity to听provide tutorial teaching on the LLB and LLM. 果冻影院 offers听training in teaching skills through its 果冻影院 Arena One programme.
鈥淭he opportunity to become a teaching fellow at 果冻影院 while completing your research comes with several benefits. When teaching I felt part of the academic community in two ways: as a teacher and as a student. I was听able to learn constantly from both sides and the skills I acquired have shaped me both personally and professionally. This experience is integral to the preparation of any career, whether it be in scholarship, teaching or something completely outside of academia.鈥�
, former Teaching Fellow
- Mentoring
Research students can take part in our mentoring programme designed to assist LLM students with their dissertations. Each mentor is assigned a list of students, and will offer encouragement and advice on the form and style of dissertations, as well as provide feedback on draft work at face-to-face meetings and by email.
- Conferences
We recognise that conferences are crucial for you to meet other scholars, gain feedback on your research and ideas, and to engage in the academic world. Because of this, we encourage students to participate in both national and international conferences and to present their work in front of varies audiences, both within and outside of 果冻影院. We also encourage students to organise their own conferences, workshops and reading groups where appropriate. To support conference attendance the faculty provides each research student with a generous Personal Research Allowance, with the opportunity to apply for additional funding too (see below).
- Laws public events
The Laws faculty has an active public events calendar, and as part of Legal London we attract the leading figures in the field to contribute to our vibrant programme of events, informing public debate around social, legal, environmental and economic issues. Through this you will have the opportunity to hear cutting edge research and be part of a dynamic research community.
For upcoming events, see .
- Doctoral School Skills Development Programme
The Doctoral Skills Development Programme is open to all graduate research students at 果冻影院. The purpose of the programme is to give you the opportunity to expand your generic research skills and personal transferable skills. These skills are intended to help your research at 果冻影院 and also to enhance your life skills and employability. To find out more,听.
- 果冻影院 Law Journal Blog
The听果冻影院 Law Journal Blog听is the online platform of the听听鈥� 果冻影院JLJ.
Much like our sibling 果冻影院JLJ, the 果冻影院 Law Journal Blog is edited and published by graduate (Masters and PhD) students of 果冻影院 Laws. The Blog publishes scholarly contributions from academics, researchers and practitioners, as well as showcasing outstanding research of post-graduate students at 果冻影院.
We accepts submissions and contributions in all areas of law and jurisprudence, reflecting the diverse and innovative areas of research at 果冻影院 Laws and 果冻影院JLJ.
The Blog鈥檚 primary aim is to make a high-quality contribution to current debates on local and global issues of law and jurisprudence, and offer these contributions in a free, accessible, and updated platform, covering up-to-date events, developments, debates, cases, and more.
Finally, the Blog, much like the Journal, seeks to add to the content, research, an contributions of 果冻影院, one of world鈥檚 leading law schools.
Guidelines for Submission
The 果冻影院JLJ Blog editorial board welcomes any contribution that concern the law and legal developments. We welcome reports on proceedings, case notes, book reviews, articles, interviews, and more.
We do not have any preference as to the methodology, and theoretical, doctrinal, interdisciplinary, empirical, and any other methodology 鈥� is welcome. Similarly we have no limitation, nor preference, to a particular field of law or jurisdiction nevertheless, in some cases certain contribution may be edited or coupled so to form a theme.
Not only contributions advocating a certain position are encouraged, but also comprehensive critical analyses, replies and reviews. Moreover, active debate is welcome on the blog, ensuring the possibility of all parties to be heard and a common symbolic space of dialogue to be established.
For further information on our blog guidelines, see our .
Current editors-in-chief
- Siyu Bao
- Leon Vincent Chan
Additional funding听
- Personal Research Allowance
Graduate research students at 果冻影院 Laws have an annual research allowance that can be used to cover research-related expenses such as purchasing books, attending conferences or any other materials relevant to their research.
The allowance is currently 拢750 full-time or 拢375 part-time per financial year.
- PhD Research and Innovation Fund (PRIF)
果冻影院 Laws also runs a by-application research fund for current PhD students, aimed at providing financial assistance to fund valuable research activities that would otherwise be impossible.
Some examples of research activities supported by the fund include:
- Training in new research skills not available through the 果冻影院 Skills Development programme or the 果冻影院 Doctoral School
- Specialised research equipment or materials
- Support for access to specialised research facilities
- Research trips or visiting studentship
- Attending a conference to present a paper relevant to their thesis
- Organising workshops, seminars or conferences relevant to the thesis
- Activities that will spread knowledge, understanding of and engagement with research with external, non-academic audiences
The PRIF Fund is available to all enrolled MPhil and PhD students at 果冻影院 Laws, and is run through the Laws PhD Programme Office.
Networking and social events
We offer a number of events and opportunities for graduate research students to network and socialise with fellow students and academics, to help you make new connections, develop your research and gain new skills.
- Dean鈥檚 welcome lunch
Each year, new graduate research students and their supervisors听are invited to a special welcome event, hosted by the Dean of the Faculty (currently ) at the start of Term 1. This event provides a wonderful opportunity for new students to meet academic staff from across the faculty.听 This is just one of several induction activities in the first two weeks of the programme in which new research students will have the opportunity to meet academic staff of the Faculty and established research students returning for their next year of study.
- Facilities and resources听
The 果冻影院 Laws PhD Programme is based in Bentham House in Endsleigh Gardens.
In addition, all 果冻影院 Laws graduate research students can access the specialist resources provided by the听, including useful information about research policies and procedures, societies, events and competitions, as well as to student facilities at 果冻影院.
- Libraries
Some of the best libraries in the world are on our doorstep, and our students are able to take advantage of the specialist collections and materials as part of their studies and research.
果冻影院 Laws students are able to access the听, which currently holds over 1.3 million volumes, and includes a extensive law collection, which is particularly strong in the fields of international law, English law, public law, jurisprudence and Roman law.
As a member of the听, all 果冻影院 students can join the听听and, with permission, visit the specialist libraries of other members of the University of London, including the听, the听听at the LSE, the听.
Our students can also make use of the major research library of the听听in Russell Square. The collections of the IALS concentrate primarily on common law, civil law and Roman-Dutch law systems throughout the world and include material in western European languages for all jurisdictions for comparative and general reference purposes.
Research students can also register for a Reader鈥檚 Pass for the听, and make use of its unrivalled reference collection.
Recent successes of PhD students
Four PhD students from the 果冻影院 Faculty of Laws have been successful in achieving academic positions in the UK and overseas. You can also read more student news听to find out about the events and publications our PhD students have been involved in.
Recently completed PhDs听
果冻影院 Laws has a vibrant community of outstanding research students. You can read more about research by students听who have recently completed their studies at 果冻影院 Laws below.
- 2019-20
- Dr Lulwa Althenayan,听
- Dr Chiara Armeni,听
- Dr Joe Atkinson,听
- Dr Caspar Bartscherer,听
- Dr Alexander Green,听
- Dr Eleanore Hickman,听
- Dr Ashleigh Keall,听
- Dr Eva Christina Lienen,听
- Dr Alfonso Salvatore Nocilla,听
- Dr Gaiane Nuridzhanian,听
- Dr Ira Ryk-Lakhman,听
- Dr Eugenio Enrique Velasco Ibarra Arguelles, Adjudicating the right to freedom of religion or belief in the liberal state
- 2018-19
- Dr Dorothy Acha Morfaw Epse Ghogomu, 听
- Dr Alberto Coddou Mc Manus, 听
- Dr Kumaravadivel Guruparan, 听
- Dr Murilo Lubambo De Melo,
- Dr June Namgoong, 听
- Dr Igor Nikolic, 听
- Dr Christopher O鈥橫eara, 听
- Dr Sara Razai, 听
- Dr Daniel Seah, 听
- Dr Nicholas Tiverios,
- 2017-18
- Dr Yael Levy Ariel, 听
- Dr Michael Connolly,听Easy cases making bad law: the English judiciary, discrimination law, and the statutory interpretation听
- Dr Amber Darr,听听
- Dr Olivia Hamlyn,听听
- Dr Guillermo Jimenez Salas, 听
- Dr Gerard Kelly,听听
- Dr Kimberly Liu, 听
- Dr Lea Raible,听听
- Dr Diana Richards, 听
- Dr Christopher Riley, Jeremy Bentham and the utility of history听
- Dr Anna Tzanaki,听
- 2016-17
- Dr Yu Shan听Chang,听听
- Dr Anna Donovan,听听
- Dr Jessica Duggan-Larkin,听听
- Dr Eleni Frantziou,听听
- Dr Mariko Fukasaka,听听
- Dr Andrew Gilbert,听听
- Dr听Miguel-Jose Lopez-Lorenzo,听听
- Dr Manuela Melandri,听听
- Dr Andres Palacios Lleras,听听
- Dr Azza Raslan,听听
- Dr Inga Thiemann,听听
- Dr Larissa Verra Boratti,听听
- Dr Xiaobo Zhai,听
- 2015-16
- Dr Ghislaine Lanteigne,听听
- Dr Claire Lougarre,听听
- Dr Vassiliki Martzoukou,听听
- Dr Natalie Ohana,听听
- Dr Luke Price,听听
- Dr Oisin Suttle,听听
- Dr Maria Tzanakopoulou,听
- Dr Ilias Trispiotis,
- Dr Kristi Gourlay,
- Dr Christopher Anderson,
- Dr Prakash Puchooa,
- Dr Radosveta Vassileva,
