Juridiska fakulteten
, Faculty of Law

2013-06-12

► Professor Lena Marcusson retires

Lena Marcusson, professor of administrative law at the Faculty of Law since 1994, was recently, in connection with her retirement, thanked and honoured with a Festschrift for her important work as a scholar, teacher, and mentor at the Faculty.

2013-06-11

► Professor Magnus Ulväng appointed expert in governmental commission

Recently Magnus Ulväng, professor of criminal law at the Faculty, was named to serve as an expert adviser to a commission tasked with reviewing the ranges of punishments for certain serious violent crimes.

2013-05-31

► Uppsala projekt thesis in environmental law winner of scholarship

The Foyen Law Firm recently announced the winner of their national competition for the best degree project thesis in environmental law in 2012. The law alumna at the Faculty Anna Henriksson garnered the prize for her thesis "Markägarhänsyn i allemansrätten - Problem eller politik?" (Consideration of Landowners in the Right of Public Access - Problem or Politics?).

2013-05-28

► Maarit Jänterä-Jareborg and Karin Åhman experts in commission

The government recently appointed a commission to review the rights of children in Swedish law, in which, among others, the Faculty's professors Maarit Jänterä-Jareborg and Karin Åhman will analyse whether the ways in which various public authorities apply Swedish law accord with the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.

2013-05-27

► Scholarships for best degree projects in commercial law in 2012

Every year the Vinge law firm awards scholarships to the law students at the universities of Uppsala, Lund, Stockholm and Gothenburg who authored the best degree project theses in commercial law in the past year. This year one of the winners was Miriam Istner-Byman.

2013-05-06

► Uppsala University this year's champion in law

David Gräslund, Rasmus Lüning, Hannah Ström and Ludvig Berke, all students on the Uppsala University Law Programme, successfully participated last weekend in the national finals in the 2013 Swedish Championship in Law. Their performance impressed the jury, which named Uppsala University Sweden's best higher-education institution for law.

2013-04-19

► Uppsala and law programme number one

The Uppsala Law Programme has distinguished itself by garnering first place in the Urank ranking of Swedish higher education institutions and programmes. The same Law Programme also tops the list of the five most popular programmes at the University in terms of number of applications for the coming year.

2013-04-15

► Håkan Andersson named 2012/2013 Teacher of the Year

The Law Student Council has named its 2012/13 Teacher of the Year. After a nomination process in which all law students can vote, the Faculty's Håkan Andersson, a professor of civil law, was selected.