Universities

A team of trainee solicitors from the Law Society of Ireland have won the 7th Ad Hoc Negotiation Competition in Dubai. Borbála Gyenge, Jennifer Maguire and Ruby Porter took first place in the competition, organised by ADR ODR International and the European Institute for Conflict Resolution (E

An honorary law doctorate has been conferred by Queen's University Belfast on the US special envoy for Northern Ireland, Joe Kennedy III. Dr Kennedy, a former congressman and a father of two, received two prestigious honorary doctorates from Queen's and Ulster University at a special ceremony in Sto

Transition Year students have been invited to enter the Law Society of Ireland's 2025 Gráinne O'Neill Memorial Legal Essay Competition. To enter, students are asked to submit a 1,500-word essay examining "the role the law can play in addressing hate crime" by Friday 22 November.

Mason Hayes & Curran has partnered with the Trinity Corporate Governance Lab as its legal knowledge partner. The Corporate Governance Lab, an initiative of the Business School at Trinity College Dublin, explores and defines corporate governance best practice. It aims to bridge the gap between ac

Law student Marwa Zamir has been appointed to the new Young Ireland Advisory Council, which will advise the government on policies that affect children and young people. Ms Zamir is a third-year law student at Maynooth University and was recently named Law Student of the Year at the 2024 Dye & D

Chief Justice Donal O'Donnell has been awarded an honorary degree by Dublin City University.

Corrigan & Corrigan Solicitors LLP has introduced a new tort prize for undergraduate students of University of Galway School of Law. The new tort prize is worth €500 for the first-year student who achieves the highest mark in the tort module.

Irish Legal News presents the second in a series of articles facilitating dialogue between criminal justice policymakers/practitioners and academic researchers. In today’s piece, criminologists from Maynooth University discuss how research partnerships can help translate research evidence into

The Irish Centre for European Law (ICEL) at Trinity College Dublin has appointed Robert McTernaghan BL as assistant director for Northern Ireland. Mr McTernaghan practises in both jurisdictions on the island of Ireland and is currently vice-chair of the Bar of Northern Ireland's Immigration Bar Asso

A one-day conference later this month is to examine media and cultural representations of gender-based violence. The Centre for Crime, Justice & Victims Studies in the School of Law at the University of Limerick is hosting Words Matter: Promoting Best Practice in Media and Cultural Representatio

McCann FitzGerald LLP has delivered its first lecture as part of a new sustainability-focused curriculum for students at University College Cork (UCC). Éamon Ó Cuív, partner at McCann FitzGerald and newly-appointed adjunct professor at UCC’s School of Law, addressed studen

Dr Kevin Brown and Dr David Capper have been appointed as professors in Queen's University Belfast School of Law. Professor Brown is an expert in criminal justice and researches the relationship between the criminal law and society, particularly the impact of law on the most vulnerable.

Research by a law professor at University College Dublin has highlighted significant links between intimate partner violence and paramilitary coercive control in Northern Ireland.

The head of Human Rights in China (HRIC) has been awarded a medal by the College Historical Society of Trinity College Dublin, the world's oldest student society.

Dr Sarah Arduin has been appointed as assistant professor in EU law at Trinity College Dublin as a result of a partnership between the university and Matheson. Trinity and Matheson last year launched the partnership which supports Trinity Law School in the teaching and research of EU law.