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Emilio Kyprianou talks about the future of The OU Law School and what the next 25 years might look like, especially with how technology keeps evolving. 
He has a feeling that an app could be a game-changer!

In the final blog post of our 25th anniversary-themed series, Hugh McFaul, Head of the Law School, reflects on how the landscape of legal education might change for The Open University in the next 25 years.

Law student Ashley Mackie reviews the last 25 years of criminal, employment and environmental law in order to understand how these three areas might evolve in the next quarter of a century.

Given there’s been so much change since the turn of the millennium, what is left to reform in the field of family law? Dr Andrew Gilbert, Senior Lecturer in Law, discusses in this blog post.

Law student Tamara Reilly contemplates the fate of the criminal justice system in 25 years' time.

Law student Rhiannon Maher explores how the digital age affects human rights law, and how this might change in the next 25 years.

Francine Ryan, Senior Lecturer in Law and Director of the Open Justice Centre, pens the next blog post in our 25th anniversary series.

The next blog in our anniversary series is from LLB student Elizabeth Downie and focuses on space law.

As part of our 25th anniversary reflections, we asked our Law School students and staff 'Where do you see the law in 25 years?'. The first post in this series is from Liz Hardie, senior lecturer in Law.

When campaigning for public office, politicians are usually knowledgeable of how to promote transparency and promise its observation when elected. However, this competency regarding the observation of transparency is frequently reduced to ineptitude when elected. This metamorphosis may suggest that transparency is akin to a mythical creature like a unicorn.