Leah O'Leary

Ms O’Leary joined the Dublin-based firm in 2019 and works as part of a four-strong solicitor team specialising in immigration and international protection law, supported by four caseworkers.

“During these six and a half years she has greatly contributed to consolidate our firm as a leading provider of specialist immigration and international protection legal services in the country,” the firm said.

Ms O’Leary holds an LLB (with Politics and French) from the University of Limerick and an LLM (European) from University College Dublin.

She has completed an advanced diploma in asylum and immigration law at the King’s Inns and holds a certificate in immigration law from the Law Society of Ireland.

She also holds a certificate in prison law from DIT and has completed Law Society diplomas in applied European law, French law through French, and legal practice management.

Ms O’Leary qualified in 2010 and then worked in the Dáil for an independent TD where she focused on legislation relating to oversight and accountability of An Garda Síochána.

She has worked as a solicitor for Irish Traveller Movement Independent Law Centre, for the CSSO and in the RLS of the Legal Aid Board, before joining DLCM Solicitors LLP in 2019.

She also volunteered twice on Lesvos with ELIL, the European Lawyers in Lesvos programme.