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Study examines how to characterise Decentralised Autonomous Organisations to inform future law reform

12 July 2024

The Law Commission has published a Scoping Paper on Decentralised Autonomous Organisations (DAOs). The paper, compiled by the Commercial and Common Law team, led by Commissioner Professor Sarah Green, looks into how DAOs can be characterised and how the law of England and Wales might accommodate them now and in the future. The research seeks to identify current issues around DAOs to inform any future law reform or innovations.

Professor Albert Sanchez-Graells appointed to NHS Independent Patient Choice and Procurement Panel

29 May 2024

The Law School’s Professor Albert Sanchez-Graells has been appointed to the National Health Service England’s Independent Patient Choice and Procurement Panel, set up to ensure that procurement processes for healthcare services are transparent, fair and proportionate.

Publication: ‘Digital Technologies and Public Procurement’ by Professor Albert Sanchez-Graells

7 May 2024

Oxford University Press has published a new book by Professor of Economic Law Albert Sanchez-Graells. ‘Digital Technologies and Public Procurement: Gatekeeping and Experimentation in Digital Public Governance’ offers an in-depth assessment of public procurement digitalisation, challenging the emerging consensus that procurement is a useful tool of digital regulation - and proposes alternative methods of digital technology regulation.

University of Bristol ranked third in UK for excellence in legal research

31 January 2024

University of Bristol Law ranked third for legal research in the UK, with a remarkable 93% of its research assessed as world-leading or internationally excellent.

Law School launches new LawTech Industry Board

6 April 2023

The LawTech Industry Board brings together leading industry experts, practitioners and alumni to join the Law School’s academics in advancing legal tech research and education—two key components of our research-led LLM in Law, Innovation and Technology programme.

Legal experts contribute to House of Commons AI governance inquiry

18 January 2023

Written evidence submitted by the Law School’s Dr Philippa Collins, Kit Fotheringham and Professor Albert Sanchez-Graells has been published by the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee to its inquiry on 'Governance of artificial intelligence' (AI).

A year in legal research: 2022 in review

13 January 2023

As we launch into the new year, we take a moment to look back at some of the national and global issues the Law School's experts were tackling in 2022 – a year that saw us rank #3 for legal research in the UK (THE analysis of REF 2021). Fighting for reproductive rights, supporting striking workers and responding to an illegal war are just a few examples that illustrate what research in action really looks like. Find out what else our academics were up to in 2022.

Dr Eleanore Hickman joins first UK-wide Young Academy

10 January 2023

The University of Bristol Law School is delighted to announce that Dr Eleanore Hickman is among the first members of the new UK Young Academy – a network of early career researchers and professionals established to help tackle local and global issues and promote meaningful change.