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The King's Inns Law Review (KILR) has invited submissions for Volume XI, which marks the student journal's return to print for the first time since the start of the pandemic. Articles are welcomed from all areas of legal academia and practice, in English or as Gaeilge, on the broad theme of "Judicia

Dr Saoirse Enright has been appointed as the Matheson Diversity in Law Newman Fellow at UCD Sutherland School of Law. Dr Enright will join the law school to deliver a two-year, interdisciplinary project focused on identifying the barriers faced by under-represented groups to pursue a career in the l

Artificial intelligence and facial recognition expert Dr Nessa Lynch has joined University College Cork (UCC) as the Matheson lecturer in law, innovation and technology. Based at the School of Law, the lectureship will enhance expertise in law and technology at the university.

Barrister-at-law students at the King's Inns have won the 2024 National Negotiation Competition hosted by the Law Society of Ireland. The team of Catey Clarkson and Shane Molony, coached by Conor Duff BL, secured a second consecutive win for the King's Inns and will now go on to represent Ireland at

Trainee solicitors at the Institute of Professional Legal Studies (IPLS) in Belfast have won the UK Student Mediation Competition 2024.

Roderic O'Gorman, the minister for children, equality, disability, integration and youth, is to address a University of Galway event on the upcoming referendums on the family and care. The event, titled "The Constitutional Referendums on 8th March 2024: A Discussion with Minister Roderic O’Gor

The London Irish Lawyers Association (LILA) narrowly avoided having to cancel a social mobility mooting competition for Irish students after staff at the Royal Courts of Justice generously stepped up to provide a venue.

Matheson has unveiled what it says is a first-of-its-kind initiative aimed at improving social mobility in the law. The firm has remodelled its undergraduate Career First Programme to become a fully social mobility-focused initiative exclusively open to first and second year undergraduate students o

Students at the Law Society of Ireland have won first place in the 19th International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) International Commercial Mediation Competition.

Law students at University College Dublin have triumphed in the annual Intervarsity Law Summit Moot Court Competition, besting the runners-up from Dublin City University.

Irish legal academic Professor Fiona de Londras has been appointed by Birmingham Law School to the Barber chair of jurisprudence. Established by Lady Barber in 1935, the chair of jurisprudence is one of two chairs of law funded by the Barber Trust at Birmingham Law School. It is traditionally held b

Applications are now open for the Niamh Burke Memorial Bursary, which will award a total of €10,000 to students pursuing studies linked to climate action and renewable energy in Ireland. Candidates can apply here for the bursary until 5pm, Friday 15 March.

UCD Sutherland School of Law has welcomed Dr Nikolaos Pitsos as its new Ronan Harty Newman Fellow. Dr Pitsos joins UCD from International Hellenic University (IHU) in Thessaloniki, Greece. He is a member of the Athens Bar Association and an expert in antitrust and energy law.

A team of Irish trainee solicitors is competing in the Monroe E. Price Media Law moot court competition in Paris this week.

Queen's University Belfast law graduate Aine Doyle has been awarded the Lord Kerr Bar Scholarship for 2023/24. The award will cover the fees of the one-year bar trainee course at the Institute of Professional Legal Studies (IPLS), amounting to £10,400.