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Registration is now open for our upcoming Master's Week, which takes place on November 19th & 20th. We will be holding (live) online presentations for each of our one-year, English taught LLM programmes, as well as our two-year Research Master programme: rug.nl/education/mast…

What is it like to study in our Global Criminal Law LLM programme? Here is what Taulant from Kosovo had to say about his experience: rug.nl/rechten/educat…

Our Research Master complements a regular LLM programme by integrating courses focused on research methodology & reflective analysis of legal research. LLM student Vaszília explains in this blog post why she chose to pursue the Research Master LLM: rug.nl/rechten/onderw…

Assoc. Prof. Emil Verheul has received a grant from the NWO SGW Open Competitie XS programme, for his research on ownership of digital assets entitled "Ownership of digital assets - how future-proof is Dutch property law?": rug.nl/rechten/news/a…

Asst. Prof. Marlies Hesselman & PhD candidate Patricio Trincado Vera, together with other U. of Groningen researchers, have received a YAG interdisciplinary grant for research on human rights of indigenous peoples, energy transition, and lithium mining: rug.nl/rechten/news/a…

Prof. Björn Hoops has received a grant from the NWO SGW Open Competitie XS programme, for his research project "De-Scaling Private Law to Help Energy Communities Thrive": rug.nl/rechten/news/a…

On November 14th, the EVICT Project will hold a seminar on "Evicting Crime: How Housing Laws are shaping human safety" in the Röling Building in Groningen: eviction.eu/event/evict-se…

While some know our Public International Law LLM is Top 10 worldwide for its field, some may not know that testimony to the programmes quality started at a national level: rug.nl/rechten/onderw…

On December 5th, Faculty of Law PhD candidate Stefan van Tongeren will defend his dissertation "Closed doors and windows of opportunity: Ex-offenders’ search for housing": rug.nl/rechten/news/a…

What is it like to teach in our various European law degree programmes, including our LLM in European Law in a Global Context? Here is an interview with Assoc. Prof. Justin Lindeboom about his teaching experience and research within the Faculty: rug.nl/rechten/onderw…

One of the special features of our Technology Law and Innovation LLM is the expertise of the lecturers teaching in the programme, all of whom are members of the Security, Technology and e-Privacy (STeP) Research Group: rug.nl/rechten/onderw…

What is it like to teach in our Health and Technology Law LLM programme? Here is an interview with Professor Brigit Toebes about her teaching experience and research within the Faculty: rug.nl/rechten/onderw…

Alumnus Cornelis de Boer has received an honorable mention for the 2024 François Prize, which is awarded by the Royal Netherlands Society of International Law (KNVIR) for the best master’s thesis on public or private international law in the Netherlands: rug.nl/rechten/news/a…

Researchers from the Faculty, in collaboration w/ other UG researchers, published a report on the public support for abolition of legitimate portion commissioned by the Scientific Research & Data Center (WODC) of the Ministry of Justice & Security: rug.nl/rechten/news/a…

On November 26th, the EVICT Project will hold an online EVICT Talk on "Criminal landlordism and housing justice in England’s private rented sector": eviction.eu/event/evict-ta…

On December 10th, the Global Scientific Network on Law and Tobacco (GSNLT) will hold an introduction webinar, which will be the first in a three-part seminar series to kick start the network: rug.nl/rechten/congre…

On December 16th, Faculty of Law PhD candidate Benedikt Schmitz will defend his dissertation "Rethinking the consumer conflict rule: Article 6 (2) Rome I Regulation and Party Autonomy in Light of Principles, Efficiency, and Harmonisation": rug.nl/rechten/news/a…

Prof. Michel Vols, Dr. Michelle Bruijn, and Researcher Els Schipaanboord have received funding from the WODC (Scientific Research and Data Center) to investigate how often mayors use their Opium Act powers in the fight against drug crime: rug.nl/rechten/news/a…

PhD Candidate Jie Ouyang has been awarded a Rudolf Agricola School PhD Grant to support his research on how EU constitutional principles and fundamental rights can inform the framework of EU consumer law to promote fairer and more sustainable consumption: rug.nl/rechten/news/a…

On December 19th, Faculty of Law PhD candidate Ida Varosanec will defend her dissertation "Transparency and secrecy as a spectrum in AI-assisted trustworthy public decision-making: EU Legislator Walking a Tightrope": rug.nl/rechten/news/a…