Universities

Constitutional law expert Dr Mariana Velasco-Rivera has joined Maynooth University Department of Law as an assistant professor. Dr Velasco-Rivera, whose research explores the relationship between constitutionalism, constitutional design and democracy and how political norms and practices shape legal

Professor Siobhán Wills has been named as the next director of the Transitional Justice Institute (TJI) at Ulster University. An internationally-recognised researcher on peacekeeping, international and human rights law, Professor Wills will take over as director from 1 October 2021.

The inaugural recipients of the Terence O'Malley DLA Piper Scholarship, set up in partnership with NUI Galway School of Law, have met the scholarship's namesake. Terence O'Malley, chairman emeritus of the global law firm, was welcomed to the campus yesterday by Professor Geraint Howells, executive d

Supreme Court judge Ms Justice Marie Baker has joined UCC School of Law as an adjunct professor, alongside human rights expert Emily Logan and corporate lawyer John Gaffney.

Scottish legal academic Professor Martin Hogg has been named as head of NUI Galway School of Law with effect from November. Professor Hogg joins the university from the University of Edinburgh, where he has served as head of school and dean of law since 2017.

Dr Esther McGuinness has been appointed as the new head of Ulster University's School of Law. She succeeds Professor Eugene McNamee, who has served as head of school for eight years.

Barrister Ronan Lupton has joined University College Dublin Sutherland School of Law as an associate adjunct professor. Mr Lupton has particular expertise in defamation, data protection, eCommerce, freedom of expression, intellectual property, privacy and media contempt, and has a special interest i

Dr Ciarán O'Kelly has been promoted to senior lecturer at Queen's University Belfast School of Law. His research focuses on moral language in business and human rights, law and technology and public and private governance.

Maynooth University Department of Law has announced the appointment of Dr Yağmur Hortoğlu as an assistant professor in private law. Dr Hortoğlu's research focuses primarily on arbitration law and private international law, while she also retains a keen interest in the interaction between law and

Queen's University Belfast School of Law has been admitted as a member to the prestigious Law Schools Global League (LSGL). Founded in 2012 by a group of leading law schools, the LSGL brings together institutions that share a commitment to integrating global law into their teaching and research.

Maynooth University Department of Law has announced the appointment of Dr Joe Garrihy as an assistant professor in criminology. Dr Garrihy previously held lectureships at Birmingham City University and the University of Winchester in the UK and at Maynooth.

NUI Galway School of Law has announced the academic promotions of staff members Dr Shivaun Quinlivan, Dr Rónán Kennedy and Professor Padraic Kenna. In recognition of their teaching and research excellence, Dr Quinlivan and Dr Kennedy have been promoted to senior lecturer while Professo