My Christmas last year was spent in a lovely place with my parents. It turned out to be my mum’s last Christmas. If you are missing loved ones this time of year, I know how it feels. Signing off for the year with all best wishes for the festive season and the new year ahead. 🎄

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The most far-fetched bit of The Crown final episodes thus far: a professor at St Andrews *in 2002* telling students they’d find all their information if they log on to “the student web portal”.

🚨🚨Opportunity!🚨🚨: We are recruiting a new Associate Editor who will work with the JRS Co-Editors on the journal’s Field Reflections section! Please share widely with your networks and make sure to apply by 31 January 2023. Click here for details:
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Have learned so much from Nikita Kuzmin about allyship #rolemodel

The most stressed out I've ever been about Christmas was when I was 16 and I got my first ever job, working at M&S in Dundrum.
As soon as I started I kept hearing these myths about the Christmas Eve Waste Sale, where all the food that wasn't sold on the 24th was marked down 90%.

Isn’t this amazing? Gives us hope that the UK might have more helpers than haters…theguardian.com/society/2023/d…

The King has visited the Royal Courts of Justice to celebrate the work of the judiciary and its commitment to the rule of law.

'In order for me to write poetry that isn't political,
I must listen to the birds

and in order to hear the birds
the warplanes must be silent'

This poem by Marwan Makhoul reminds us that claiming to be 'apolitical' is not only a political stance in itself, but also a privilege

What You Need to Be Warm. A poem with 13 illustrators. Every copy sold helps refugees directly (I never will see a penny from this beautiful book and I've never been happier to know that the money is going elsewhere). Available 26 Oct in the UK, 31 Oct in the US and Australia.…

Our first event is supported and hosted by IALS, U. of London early next year. Details to follow

We are a group of South Asian legal scholars based in the UK interested in generating better representation for South Asian legal scholarship and legal scholars from the region. Follow this account for updates on our events.

Still hard to believe that in 2023 legislation with potentially serious constitutional implications is part of a private and secretive negotiation with one party here.

How can that possibly be justified?

PCS union considers legal action to stop Rwanda deportation plan theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/d…

All credit to Prof Devyani Prabhat for setting this up. A most exciting development which has been a long time coming !

Hello friends, all. Please follow and retweet this new X account. We are trying to do what it says on the tin. @cardifflaw Bristol Law School The Dickson Poon School of Law UCL Faculty of Laws LSE Law School Birmingham Law Leicester Law School SOAS Law Kent Law School Exeter Law School Durham Law School The City Law School QMUL School of Law

Proud of this initiative: please follow and join us! RT widely pls.

⚡️The Safety of Rwanda Bill has its Second Reading in the UK House of Commons today. We are asking MPs to reject it in its entirety. Read our joint briefing with JUSTICE and Freedom from Torture🧡 👇
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It’s beyond disappointing that Kier Starmer is criticising the Rwanda deal essentially for practicality and economic factors and not for the fact it’s inhumane, cruel and condemned by the courts on #Radio4 this morning!

Fantastic appointment and such well-deserved recognition of John's vast expertise. We are lucky to have colleagues as outstanding as John Bristol Law School