School of Law, Ulster University, Northern Ireland

28/05/2026

DEADLINE EXTENDED until Friday 5th June 2026 - are you a PhD or LLM Law student at Ulster University School of Law? Check out this paid role and remember that hours worked can go towards ‘First Steps to Teaching’!

22/05/2026

Research Spotlight: Our own Research Director Dr Mark Simpson from Ulster University School of Law has authored a major new UK-wide study revealing how devolution is reshaping social security across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

Published by the University of Glasgow as part of the Nuffield Foundation-funded Safety Nets research programme, the landmark “State of the Nations” report highlights growing regional differences in welfare support, entitlement and delivery across the UK, with devolved policies adding £1 billion in social security spending in Scotland and Northern Ireland in 2024-25.

The report examines how devolved and localised approaches to welfare are affecting families and working-age adults across the four nations.

Read the full report: safetynets.study/publications
To read Mark's other work: https://pure.ulster.ac.uk/en/persons/mark-simpson/

Discover the research outputs from the project

11/05/2026

💡𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗦𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 💡

Earlier this month, our PhD researcher, Michael Oghenetega Abu, presented at the '𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗖𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘀' workshop, organised by Dr Kathryn Allison (University of Bristol). Michael presented part of his PhD research, which focuses on 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲- 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿-𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁.

The outputs of the workshop will be published as a blog symposium on Verfassungsblog in the Autumn and as a journal special issue in early 2027. Stay tuned for details!

07/05/2026

Call for participants:

Revisiting Northern/Irish Feminist Judgments. This new project seeks to provide the opportunity for both emerging and established feminist voices to take on new judgments or legal developments not covered in the previous edition.

Participants are invited to engage with any judgments or legal developments originating from the island of Ireland (which could include cases where the final judgment issued from the UK Supreme Court). Pre-existing expertise in feminist theory or feminist methodologies is not necessary, merely an interest in taking such approaches, and the collection will embrace a diversity of feminist approaches.

We invite interested participants to a workshop to be held at Ulster University, York St, Belfast on 4 September 2026.

07/05/2026

Attention Law PhD students and incoming LLM students! Check out this new role at Ulster University School of Law where your hours worked can go towards a First Steps to Teaching qualification. The closing date for applications is 29th May at 5pm.

05/05/2026

💡𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗦𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 💡

In late April our PhD researcher, Juliana Poveda Clavijo, participated in a workshop entitled ‘𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗘𝘅𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗠𝗶𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗹 𝗶𝗻 𝗖𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗱𝗮 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗕𝗲𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗱,’ convened by Dr Gamze Ovacık and introduced by Prof François Crépeau at McGill University’s Faculty of Law. Juliana presented her work in progress, ‘𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗡𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵-𝗠𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝗦𝗮𝗳𝗲𝘁𝘆: 𝗖𝗿𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 “𝗦𝗮𝗳𝗲” 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗺𝗯𝗶𝗮 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝗠𝗶𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀,’ which builds on her recent publication, '𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗺𝗯𝗶𝗮: 𝗦𝗮𝗳𝗲 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝗿𝗱 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗪𝗵𝗼𝗺? 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗨.𝗦. 𝗔𝗺𝗶𝗱 𝗩𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘇𝘂𝗲𝗹𝗮𝗻 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝗠𝗶𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 – 𝗘𝘅𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝘀𝘆𝗹𝘂𝗺.'

𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗮'𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗮𝘁: https://externalizingasylum.info/colombia-safe-third-country-for-whom-the-u-s-amid-venezuelan-forced-migration/

𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗮'𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗮𝘁: https://pure.ulster.ac.uk/en/persons/juliana-poveda-clavijo/publications/

29/04/2026

Last week, we were delighted to welcome Sean Moynihan, Visiting Professor to Ulster School of Law. Sean is a Boston-based lawyer has previously held a range of roles including Counsel to the House Majority Leader (Democrat); General Counsel to the House of Ways and Means Committee, VP Irish Network USA and Committee Member, Rian Emigrant Centre.

Sean was able to provide input to international law classes, and engage with staff and students over lunch. He is pictured here with some of our law school community. LLM student Saira Khan presented Sean with a token of thanks on behalf of the School.

Thank you, Sean! We look forward to welcoming you again soon!

28/04/2026

The UU School of Law was delighted to host the annual Judge in Residence Dinner at The Academy Restaurant, Belfast.

We were pleased to welcome some of our Visiting Professors, Sean Moynihan, Paul Gillen, Sheena Grattan and Martin O’Brien, who joined friends and colleagues from across the legal and business sectors for an evening of good food prepared by Head Chef Sean Owens and his team.

We are very grateful for the generous support of our sponsors, Andrew Currie (AC Human) and Darragh Mackin (Phoenix Law), whose support made the event possible.
Our sincere thanks to the team at The Academy Restaurant for an excellent menu.

27/04/2026

💡𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗦𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 💡

Earlier this month, Dr Gillian Kane spoke at the '𝗩𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘁 𝗭𝗼𝗻𝗲' symposium, hosted by Dr Sarah Adeyinka at the University of Amsterdam (Netherlands). Gillian spoke about themes from her research on the role of international law in addressing human trafficking in displacement contexts.

To read more about this work, see: https://tinyurl.com/35zut4u6

22/04/2026

Ulster University Law Clinic is here at 2 Royal Avenue, along with Housing Rights, answering your housing and legal enquiries until 2pm today. Come and say hello!