Research at RULE is applied before it is abstract. It is done by academics who also practise — in the courts, in arbitration, in ministries and at the negotiating table — and it is tested by students in the same rooms, through the Legal Aid Clinic and in international moot competitions.
The concentrations below are not a wish list. They are the areas RULE actually teaches at degree level, argues in international competition, and sends its staff to speak on abroad.
Taught in the ELBML; argued at Geneva, The Hague, Albania and Nepal.
Taught in the ELBML; argued at Vienna and Hong Kong since 2016.
Argued at Nuremberg and before the ECCC in Phnom Penh.
Argued at Oxford, Beijing, Tokyo and Gujarat.
Argued at the University of Cebu–Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung moot.
Taught as a full dual degree with SWUPL, Chongqing, covering Chinese constitutional, civil, criminal procedure and investment law.
Supervised, practical legal training alongside coursework — the point where research meets a real client.
35 results since 2016 — months of research per problem, then argued in front of judges who interrupt.
Academic forums RULE staff and students take part in, at home and abroad.
A public list of research centres, faculty publications and individual academic profiles is still being compiled. To reach a specific member of staff about their work, contact us through Contact & Visit.