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Professor Fionnuala Ní Aoláin has been elected as an international fellow of the British Academy. She is one of 92 distinguished scholars announced on Friday to have been elected to the British Academy’s fellowship in recognition of their outstanding contributions to the humaniti

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Mr Justice Bryan McMahon has been presented with the 2025 Hibernian Law Medal in recognition of his outstanding contributions to the legal tradition in Ireland. Dr Jonathan O'Rourke, editor-in-chief of the Hibernian Law Journal, presented the medal to the retired High Court judge at an event in Blac

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Ulster University's Centre for Legal Technology (CLT) has announced a new research and innovation partnership with Lawri AI, a Northern Ireland-based legal technology startup. The collaboration, led by CLT's director John Keers BL, will explore how AI and automation can improve the efficiency, accur

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Human rights lawyer Blinne Ní Ghrálaigh has joined the University of Galway as an adjunct professor. Ms Ní Ghrálaigh, based at Matrix Chambers in London, specialises in international law, civil liberties, human rights, protest law and international criminal law.

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Four law students have completed the Bar of Ireland's inaugural internship programme. Greta Baronaite from ATU Letterkenny, Alvena Sharma from Trinity College Dublin, Lee Mac Cuinneagain from the University of Limerick and Michael White from University College Dublin took part in the two-week initia

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Law students from Dublin City University, Trinity College Dublin and University College Dublin have been elected to the national board of the European Law Students’ Association (ELSA) Ireland.

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Students from UCD Sutherland School of Law have triumphed in the Cape Town Convention Academic Project's inaugural Irish moot. The UCD team of Robert Grendon, Josh Walsh, Niamh McKnight and Robin Jowett faced off against the Trinity College Dublin team of Keelan Daye, Julia Tomasiak, Daniel Walsh an

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Irish and American researchers have published the findings from a series of focus group discussions with senior UK judges about courtroom AI. Dr Brian Flanagan, the Maynooth University associate law professor who made waves with his research on the influence of Wikipedia on judicial decision-ma

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University of Galway School of Law has become the first Irish law school to establish a formal academic and professional partnership with the judiciary of Thailand. A memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the law school and the Office of the Thai Judiciary was signed at the culmination of a visi

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A future Master's student in energy systems engineering has been awarded the 2025 Niamh Burke Renewable Energy Bursary, funded by Arthur Cox. University of Galway student Anna Connors, from Ballinalee in Co Longford, has been awarded the €10,000 bursary in recognition of her commitment to renew

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Sir Donnell Deeny has been awarded an honorary degree by Trinity College Dublin. Trinity awards honorary degrees each year to recognise exceptional achievements by individuals in their respective fields. The other recipients were Linda Ervine, the driving force behind the Turas Irish language centre

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