The core of ARILS consists of these research centres:

• Amsterdam Centre for European Law and Governance (ACELG)
• Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Labour Studies/Hugo Sinzheimer Institute (AIAS-HSI)
• Amsterdam Center for International Law (ACIL)
• Amsterdam Center for Transformative Private Law (ACT)
• Institute for Information Law (IViR)
• Law Centre for Health & Life (LCHL)
• Amsterdam Center for Law & Economics (ACLE)
• Amsterdam Centre for Tax Law (ACTL)
• Amsterdam Center for Criminal Justice (ACCJ)
• Paul Scholten Centre for Jurisprudence (PSC)
• Amsterdam Centre for Constitutional Culture & Democratic Governance (ACCu)

Governance

At the head of ARILS is a research director who, under a mandate from the dean, is responsible for all research conducted within the faculty. Within the faculty, each research center has its own director. The research director of ARILS, the dean and the research directors of all research centers together with a doctoral student (representing the doctoral students from the faculty) make up the Faculty Research Council.

ARILS produces an annual plan every year (note: this is a link to the staff site), manages faculty research funds (note: this is a link to the staff site) and organises the prize for the best publication by a young researcher.

Several research policy frameworks (note: this is a link to the site for employees) have been drawn up (quality indicators, Research Data Management, scientific integrity  (note: this is a link to the staff site), PhD tracks and doctorate articles). ARILS' research and research policy is evaluated every 6 years in a Research Assessment.

Directors research centres

Research schools and networks

Several researchers from the Amsterdam Law School participate in inter-university research schools and/or research networks. Examples are:

T.M.C. Asser Institute

The T.M.C. Asser Institute is an internationally renowned centre of expertise in the fields of public international law, private international law and European law. The T.M.C. Asser Institute conducts fundamental and independent policy-oriented research and organises critical and constructive reflection on international and European legal developments, at the interface of academia, legal practice and governance. The institute is closely affiliated with the Amsterdam Center for International Law (ACIL).

The Netherlands Network for Human Rights Research (NNHRR)

The Netherlands Network for Human Rights Research (NNHRR) unites junior and senior human rights researchers in the Netherlands and aims to connect human rights research and practice. The T.M.C. Asser Institute is in charge of coordinating and managing the Network.

Ius Commune

The research school Ius commune is a partnership of the law faculties from Maastricht, Leuven, Utrecht and Amsterdam. Ius Commune studies the (im)possibility of harmonisation or unification of law at international and European level.