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Professor Joan Loughrey takes up the position as president of the Society of Legal Scholars of the United Kingdom and Ireland (SLS) from today. The SLS is a learned society with charitable status whose aim is the advancement of legal education and scholarship in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Profe

Former Supreme Court Judge Peter Charleton has been awarded an LL.D. by publication at Trinity College, Dublin. In order to be eligible candidates must show that they have made an outstanding, internationally recognised contribution to the advancement of knowledge and that they have a connection to

The Centre for Digital Ethics (CDE) is convening The Human in Human Rights: Dignity, Autonomy and Democracy in the Age of AI at the Trinity Long Room Hub on Friday 16 October 2026, from 6.00pm. Mary Robinson will deliver the opening keynote address, with Miriam O’Callaghan moderating the

University of Limerick law graduate turned author, Donal Ryan, was awarded the outstanding achievement award at the University of Limerick Alumni Awards on Friday night. Mr Ryan was honoured alongside diplomat Frances Collins, Martin Cotter, chief business units officer and president, EMEA, at Analo

Irish lawyer and lecturer at the Irish Centre for Human Rights at the University of Galway, Dr Paul Bradfield, has been reelected to serve on the executive council of the International Criminal Court Bar Association (ICCBA).  The ICCBA plays an important role in advocating for Counsel and suppo

Dr. James Carr has been appointed as the Irish member of the Council of Europe's European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI). Dr. Carr was nominated by the Minister of State Colm Brophy for the position. Members of ECRI are appointed for a five-year term. Dr Carr is currently an associ

Matheson, in association with Trinity College Dublin (TCD), is pleased to announce that TCD law student, Ellias Taye, has been awarded the 2026 Matheson Cara Scholarship. Named in memory of the late Cara O'Hagan, a former partner at Matheson, the scholarship aims to support students who may face bar

UCD Sutherland Law School last week welcomed Her Excellency María Teresa Lizaranzu Perinat, Spain's Ambassador to Ireland, to their stand at Higher Options in the RDS. Ambassador Lizaranzu Perinat was welcomed by Associate Dean, Dr Liam Thornton and director of student recruitment and recogni

Queen’s University human rights law professor Colin Harvey has been appointed vice-chair of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights scientific committee. Professor Harvey is a fellow of the Queen's Institute for Peace, Security and Justice, an associate fellow of the Institute of Iris

UCD Sutherland School of Law has appointed Dr Katie Nolan as lecturer and assistant professor in law and technology.

  Queens University Professor Anne-Marie McAlinden, UCD Professor Emeritus Marie Keenan and Dr James Gallen of Dublin City University have received the European Society of Criminology / Association Europeenne de Criminologie book prize for the book they co-authored Transforming Justice Res

An Coimisiún Toghcháin has called for a major push to increase voter registration for the new 6-seat Seanad Higher Education constituency after finding that just 71,850 people are currently registered to vote from a potential eligible electorate estimated at between 800,000 and one mi

Professor Kathryn McNeilly of QUB School of Law has been elected as a fellow to the Academy of Social Sciences Professor McNeilly’s research intersects the areas of public international law, international human rights law and international legal theory, with recent research leading development

University College Cork is welcoming six new academic colleagues to the School of Law this semester.

UCD graduate Michael O’Flaherty, Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe, has been honoured with an honorary Doctorate of Laws from University College Dublin in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the promotion and protection of human rights. Mr O’Flaherty has d