As a member of the Birmingham Law Society, Karen Cooper Head of Law at Newman University, is delighted to have been a judge on the panel for the Birmingham Law Society Legal awards for 2023. The judges experienced independent individuals who are brought together from the world of law, business
To support their studies this year Newman University has provided its Law students with membership of the Birmingham Law Society. This will enable students to benefit from being part of the local legal community. Students will be able to access a host of career development opportunities including attend the society’s
Newman law students have the opportunity to engage in a number of bespoke workshops over several weeks. In additional to usual classes, Law students have been able to attend 6, 2 hour bespoke workshops to help develop their employability skills and prepare them for future careers in law. The workshops
Michael Lane, the new Lecturer in Law at Newman University, recently presented his research at a Conference on the United Kingdom’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR), a UN forum for improving countries’ human rights records. The Universal Periodic Review (UPR) is a unique process which involves a review of the human
Sarah Watson, Senior Lecturer in Criminology has recently published an article in Criminology and Criminal Justice around mass shootings. Mass shootings are one example of a focusing event that has particular significance for firearms legislation. Mass shootings shock, disturb and provoke enormous and controversial debate, often causing significant public and
Divorce law as we know it is changing! 6th April 2022 or ‘Divorce Day’ as it has been commonly termed recently, is nearly upon us. The Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Act 2020 brings about major changes for divorce law in England and Wales however, these key changes do not come