DILS Blog

Welcome to the official blog for Dundee International Law Society! Here you will find all our official publications made since 2013.

Nov 14, 2019

Legal Internship at JUSTICE: Scotland

JUSTICE is now accepting applications for its 2019 Winter internship based in Scotland with the occasional travel to London. Similar to...

Nov 10, 2019

DILS Presents: Careers in Conflict.

Dundee International Law Society hosts its first event of the academic year: Careers in Conflict! This exciting evening consists of a...

Nov 8, 2019

Legal Internship at JUSTICE

JUSTICE are accepting applications for their 2019 winter internship. They are looking for a legal intern for their London Office but are...

Nov 7, 2019

The International Law as a Profession series

The International Law as a Profession series offers the opportunity for students to hear a practitioner’s insight into the field of...

Nov 4, 2019

International Law as a Profession

Hosted by Glasgow University on 5th November 2019, this series, primarily aimed at International Law students, provides an engaging...

Oct 29, 2019

JUSTICE Scotland Annual Human Rights Day Lecture 2019

Hosted by Pinsent Masons, starring the challenging and always entertaining Professor Philippe Sands QC at the beautiful Signet Library on...

Oct 15, 2019

Approaching the Bar Event

For Scottish law students interested in pursuing litigation as a career, the Aberdeen University Mooting Society has created this event,...

Sep 23, 2019

NEW EVENT – The Ruth Adler Memorial Lecture: Making the Digital Welfare State work for people

The application of digital technologies by governments is already transforming governance, and perhaps nowhere more so than in the...

Aug 19, 2019

Human Rights, Development, Peace and Justice with Bertrand Ramcharan

Wednesday September 18, 5.30pm – 7pm Arranged by Prof Kurt Mills, Politics and International Relations – Dalhousie Building Bertrand...

Aug 19, 2019

Digitalizing the rules of war – Marking 70 years of the Geneva Conventions

70 years ago today the Geneva Conventions were adopted. To mark this milestone, the ICRC is launching a new digital app giving users...

Jul 11, 2019

UK Human Rights Blog seeks Scots, NI law and ECtHR contributors

The UK Human Rights Blog – edited by barristers at 1 Crown Office Row – is seeking recent law graduates to contribute regular articles on...

Jun 10, 2019

Upcoming master classes at the University of Dundee

12 June PhD Master Class| ‘the Emerging Market-State Relationship in China and Its Implication for theWorld Trading System’...

May 29, 2019

UN High Commissioner for Refugees Essay Competition

UNHCR and Centre for Human Rights, Addis Ababa University Award for Research on Forced Displacement in Africa UNHCR and Addis Ababa...

May 28, 2019

Re-imagining World Order in the Age of Trump – A Postgraduate Masterclass on Trump

As part of the Institute for Social Science Research Global Scholar Programme, Dr Rodger Payne (University of Louisville) will deliver a...

Apr 25, 2019

ReVisions Seminar: ‘Figuring Victims in International Criminal Justice’, Dr Maria Elander

You are warmly invited to attend a research seminar in the ReVisions series with the Centre for International Law, Conflict and Security...

Apr 15, 2019

Essay Competition: Sanremo New Voices in International Humanitarian Law

On the occasion of the 42nd Round Table on Current Issues of International Humanitarian Law, the International Institute of Humanitarian...

Mar 25, 2019

Carbon Majors inquiry presentation

The Human Rights Commission of the Philippines will come to Stirling for an expert meeting to finalise the recommendations closing the...

Mar 20, 2019

Talk on ‘Anti-Competition Law? State aid and tax competition in the European Union’

Dr Stuart MacLennan of Coventry University’s Research Centre for Financial & Corporate Integrity will be giving a guest lecture on Monday...

Mar 14, 2019

Law Society offers students chance to win £500 and work experience at Holyrood

If you’re a Diploma or LLB student in your final or penultimate year, the Law Society of Scotland is offering you the chance to win three...

Mar 1, 2019

UoD Talk: Trumping International Law?

Start: 13 Mar 1:30PM End: 13 Mar 3:00PM Location: Dalhousie, Lecture Theatre 1 Dr Andrea Birdsall from the University of Edinburgh...