Durham Law School marked, with an Awards Ceremony on 27th October, 2025, the success of the 50 Law Undergraduates who completed the 2024/25 Employability Course in their first year. Michael Aherne, Durham (Hatfield) alumnus and Partner in leading international law firm, Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer, presented the Course Completion Certificates to the “fabulous 50 finishers”.

Tufyal Choudhury, Associate Professor at Durham Law School, has led a landmark independent review of the United Kingdom’s counter-terrorism laws, policies, and practices.

Durham Law professor Elisa Morgera is advising governments on how human rights can be included in negotiations at the COP30 climate summit.

Durham University will be hosting an official UNFCCC Side Event at COP30, in Belém, Brazil. We are proud to continue our tradition of hosting events at conferences of the parties (COPs), and we are committed to maintaining active engagment with the UNFCCC processes as an observer NGO.

Professor Elisa Morgera shared her insights with the BBC News on how the COP30 is a crucial multilateral conference to address climate change crisis.

Our research has informed a new Parliamentary report on how the UK can strengthen its position in the global space sector.

Durham Law School is delighted to announce that Durham Law Careers Week, organised by Durham University’s Careers & Enterprise Service, was again a resounding success.

On 17th of October, at the third Committee, 19th plenary meeting - General Assembly, 80th session, Professor Elisa Morgera, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights in the context of climate change, presented a report on: 'Human Rights-based Approach to the Energy Transition'

Our Students Say It Best

The third year of Durham Law School’s Employability Course was launched on Monday 6th October. Philip Bennett, Rachel Avery, and six law students, introduced the course to the new cohort during the opening lecture.

On the 13th of October, the annual Forum on Comparative and European Energy Law (FCEEL) at the University of Düsseldorf discussed the Legitimacy of rights-based climate change adjudication.

On 13 October 2025, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights in the context of climate change, Professor Elisa Morgera, participated in the opening of the fifth session of the UN Forum on Human Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law in Geneva.