Top 10
in UoA 18: Law for Research Quality
Research Excellence Framework 2021, based on research rated 4*.
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.
- 87%
of research rated world-leading or internationally excellent.
Research Excellence Framework 2021
Our research missions
We are committed to...
Shaping the future of law, AI and technology
Within this fast-moving environment of Artificial Intelligence, law and legal research becomes essential, as an enabler of development, as well as a mechanism for the safeguarding of human rights.
Providing research leadership through education
From writing and editing many of the leading legal textbooks used across UK Universities, through to our work with students, we harness our advantages in breadth and depth of research expertise.
Tackling public health challenges
Our research engages with the biggest public health challenges of our time through a legal lens that’s bold, critical, and globally connected.
Law School publications library
Publications by our academicsFull list of research and policy publications from Birmingham Law School. World-leading scholarship, dedicated to advancing justice, equality, and the rule of law.
Law School blog
Our research blogShort articles and policy briefs, engaging topics of the day with research that matters.
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.
Academic staff
Full list of all of our academic researchersDoctoral researchers
Profiles of our PhD studentsVisiting Scholars
Our visiting research scholars schemesPhD in Law
Our doctoral research programmeOur research themes
Our research themes
- Care, Health, and Human Flourishing
- Environment and sustainability
- Equality, Gender, and Feminist Legal Studies
- Global Legal Studies
- Human Rights, Power, and Accountability
- Law, ethics and technological innovation
- Law, regulation and the economy
- Legal Education and the Profession
- Legal Theory, Language, and Methods
- Violence, Crime and Justice