The University of Essex’s research engages with debates about the meaning of justice in the UK and beyond. Essex’s staff have worked and continue to with the United Nations, governments, human rights organizations and corporations across the globe. Students have an excellent record of winning major research grants from funding bodies including the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), the Nuffield Foundation and the Leverhulme Trust.

Former students have gone on to work in legal practice, commerce and industry, the non-governmental organization sector and academia, including the academic community in the School of Law at Essex.