Research at Birmingham Law School

Global — Civic — Diverse

Birmingham Law School is home to internationally excellent and world-leading legal academics, and a thriving postgraduate research community. The research expertise in the school spans a wide range of topics, from jurisprudence to justice, healthcare to human rights.

  • Top 10

    in UoA 18: Law for Research Quality

    Research Excellence Framework 2021, based on research rated 4*.

  • 87%

    of research rated world-leading or internationally excellent.

    Research Excellence Framework 2021

Birmingham Law School Annual Lecture

The Birmingham Law School Annual Lecture, new from 2025, provides an annual showcase of the essential and powerful role played by legal research internationally.

Professor Lawrence O. Gostin of Georgetown University | Global health security: a blueprint for reform

  • Scholarship and research blog

    For the last four years and 160 posts, our researchers have posted about the topics of the day, the topics that interest them, and their latest world-leading research.

    Our research blog
  • Publications

    Full list of research and policy publications from Birmingham Law School. World-leading scholarship, dedicated to advancing justice, equality, and the rule of law.

    Publications by our academics