Kilkenny Law Festival

In new podcast from the Irish Independent legal affairs editor Shane Phelan talks about an experiment undertaken at the Kilkenny Law Festival where four AI models, Claude, GPT, Gemini and Grok were asked to sit as judges of the High Court. The event which took place in Kilkenny Courthouse on Fr

Kilkenny Law Festival finished strong on Sunday starting the day with ‘The Sunday Papers – Cross Examined’ and ending with a screening of The Lonely Battle of Thomas Reid. In between Garda historian Paul Maher gave a talk on ‘Prisoners of the Revolution - The Defence of the R

It was a full programme on Saturday for day two of the Kilkenny Law Festival. The day started off in the Home Rule Club with ‘The State v. Haughey: The Trial that Nearly Toppled the Government’, followed by The Fifth Court podcast live at midday. In the afternoon Michael Smith and Michae

The Kilkenny Law Festival kicked off yesterday with a programme that appeals to aspiring lawyers, established lawyers and anyone with an interest in the law. The first event was a student special, ‘So You Want to Be a Lawyer’ with Colm O’Regan followed by a talk 'The Billable Hour

Naoise Nunn tells Emma Hutchinson how Kilkenny Law Festival aims to make the law more accessible, entertaining and relevant to the public. Next weekend will see the Kilkenny Law Festival fill venues across the beautiful city of Kilkenny from Friday to Sunday. Unlike a traditional legal conference, t

Ireland’s first public festival about the law, the Kilkenny Law Festival returns for its second year at the end of September.