Universities

Dr Amanda Byer, Dr Ciara Molloy and Dr Aoife McPartland have been appointed as faculty members at UCD Sutherland School of Law. Dr Byer has joined the university as assistant professor in international law and global justice as part of the Ad Astra Fellows programme, a UCD initiative to recruit 50 e

A first-year law student at Dublin City University (DCU) has won an essay competition held to mark the 50th anniversary of the Law Reform Commission. Ella Santoro won first place in the competition with an essay arguing in favour of an increase in the minimum age of criminal responsibility in Irelan

Demand for restorative justice in Ireland has nearly doubled in a year, according to new research. The Probation Service and six community-based organisations which offer restorative justice in cases where adults are convicted of an offence received a total of 842 referrals in 2024, up from 447 in 2

Widespread misreporting on the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) is fuelling calls for the UK to withdraw from the treaty, researchers have found. A new report from the Bonavero Institute of Human Rights, based in Oxford University’s Faculty of Law, examined how the ECHR is represente

Ireland's chief justice, Donal O'Donnell, has been awarded an honorary doctorate by University College Dublin (UCD) for his outstanding contributions to law, public service and the UCD community. Known for his speciality in constitutional law, and frequent appearances on behalf of the State while a

The School of Law at Queen’s University Belfast has announced the appointment of Professor Warren Barr as its new head of school. Originally from Belfast, Professor Barr joins QUB Law School after 27 years spent in England, including as head of school or dean of Liverpool Law School, Cardiff S

Professor Shashikala Gurpur has been appointed as an honorary professor at the Irish Centre for Human Rights and the University of Galway School of Law. The Indian academic is a distinguished international scholar and the recipient of multiple awards for her leadership role in legal education and in

Restaurants and bars across Ireland are offering "bottomless brunches" in breach of the law, a new study has found. A new paper by researchers at Technological University of the Shannon (TUS) highlights "numerous examples" of venues offering unlimited alcohol for a fixed price over a set time period

Trinity College Dublin law student Omotolani Sogbetun has been awarded the 2025 Matheson Cara Scholarship. The scholarship, delivered as part of Matheson's impactful business programme, is named in honour of the firm's late partner, Cara O'Hagan.

Intellectual property law expert Dr Richard Bunworth has joined Trinity College Dublin School of Law as an assistant professor. Dr Bunworth will lecture on intellectual property law, industrial property and related subjects, as well as supervising dissertations on intellectual property, technology,

Irish Legal News presents the latest in a series of articles facilitating dialogue between criminal justice policymakers, practitioners and academic researchers. In this piece, Dr Sophie van der Valk summarises the key findings and practical implications of her recent book, Overseeing Rights in Pris

A new scholarship backed by Tracey Solicitors LLP is to offer support to Maynooth law students from disadvantaged backgrounds. The Tracey Solicitors LLP Scholarship in Law and Criminology will be open to final-year law students registered with Maynooth University's access programme (MAP).

Law student Tara Grattan has been named by Matheson as winner of the 2025 Tim Scanlon corporate law bursary. Now in its fourth year, the annual bursary honours the memory of late Matheson partner Tim Scanlon and is delivered as part of Matheson's impactful business programme. It is open to undergrad

A new partnership between Maynooth University and Flynn O'Driscoll LLP will offer a €2,000 scholarship for final-year law and criminology students. The initiative is designed to support high-achieving final-year undergraduate students in the School of Law and Criminology by offering a combinati

UCD Sutherland School of Law's Dr Niamh Howlin has been awarded a prize for Outstanding Contribution to Legal Scholarship at the Dublin Solicitors Bar Association Law Book Awards. Dr Howlin was awarded the prize on the basis of two books published in 2023 and 2024: Barristers in Ireland: An Evolving