Universities

Dr Mariana Velasco-Rivera of Maynooth School of Law and Criminology has been elected to the Council of the International Society of Public Law (ICON-S). ICON-S is the world's largest and leading learned society for all areas of public law, and membership on the Council is a position of high distinct

Research into the memory recall of heavy drinkers who witness harrowing incidents has revealed insights for police investigative approaches to complex and emotionally charged cases. The study from Glasgow Caledonian University, the University of Glasgow and Abertay University found that carrying out

Ireland and other EU countries must overhaul their approach to making technology law to achieve cybersecurity while safeguarding the fundamental rights to privacy and data protection, according to the author of a new book. Trinity College Dublin this week hosted a launch event for Cybersecurity, Pri

The University of Galway's alumni award for law, public policy and society is to be awarded to Major General Maureen O'Brien, deputy military adviser to the Secretary General of the United Nations. The award, sponsored by RDJ LLP, will be presented at a gala banquet on Friday 16 June 2023.

A team of trainee solicitors representing the Law Society of Ireland have taken second place in the Stetson International Environmental Moot Court Competition. The team of Sophie Quinlan, Ruby Barlow and Emma Kennedy travelled to Stetson Law in Gulfport, Florida for the competition which took place

Insights into climate and disaster risk governance, emergency planning, the evolving Aarhus Convention and the emerging rights of nature are among the subjects at the ‘Law and the Environment’ conference taking place at University College Cork (UCC) next week. Now in its 19th year, the c

Cork law student Hannah Janknecht has been awarded the Southern Law Association prize for the highest mark on her dissertation. The prize was awarded during the UCC College of Business and Law Scholarships and Prizes Award Ceremony held in Devere Hall last week.

Cork postgraduate law student Deirdre McCormack has been awarded the Comyn Kelleher Tobin Scholarship for 2023. The scholarship supports one postgraduate student of the LLM Children's Rights and Family Law at University College Cork (UCC).

Queen's University Belfast students Jessica Rae-Anne Richards and Ciara Ambrose have triumphed in the 2023 International Negotiation Competition (INC), hosted by the European Law Students' Association Ireland at Maynooth University.

Professor Imelda Maher of UCD Sutherland School of Law has been appointed as senior vice-president of the Royal Irish Academy (RIA). The RIA is Ireland's leading body of experts in the sciences and humanities and membership is considered the highest academic honour in Ireland.

Irish prison law expert Dr Mary Rogan has won a highly competitive €150,000 grant to continue her work on human rights and prison oversight. The European Research Council (ERC) Proof of Concept grant is a spin-off award from Dr Rogan's earlier €1.5 million ERC-funded project on the inspect

A bursary established in memory of the late Arthur Cox partner Niamh Burke will be awarded this year to Sean Murphy from Cavan and Karin Mackey from Mullinahone, Co Tipperary. The Niamh Burke Memorial Bursary fosters and supports study and research in the field of renewable energy. It annually award

University College Cork (UCC) and Matheson have launched a new "innovation partnership" which will support the creation of a new lectureship and scholarship as well as a series of lectures and collaborative events in the area of law, technology and innovation. The five-year UCC and Matheson Innovati

Law students Katie Morrissey and David Lynch have been named among three winners of an essay competition themed around "Social Justice & the City". Ms Morrissey and Mr Lynch are students on the Law with Social Justice course at University College Dublin (UCD) and took part in the competition org

A networking event hosted by QUB Women in Law brought together students starting their legal journey and women from various sectors of law to share their experiences and learn from each other. Dame Siobhan Keegan delivered the keynote speech at last week's event, sharing her journey to becoming the