Universities

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.

Law student Jordan Wilson has been awarded the 2024 Pat Finucane Memorial Aisling Education Bursary. Mr Wilson, who is studying law at Queen's University Belfast, was presented with the bursary by Peadar Madden of Madden & Finucane Solicitors.

A first-of-its-kind report on business and human rights in Northern Ireland has been produced by researchers at Queen's University Belfast School of Law. The Northern Ireland Business and Human Rights Index Report provides an assessment of corporate implementation of the UN Guiding Principles on Bus

A bronze bust of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo is to be unveiled at the Irish Centre for Human Rights (ICHR) at the University of Galway.

Professor Niamh Moloney, an expert in financial markets law, has been appointed to the board of Taighde Éireann – Research Ireland. The new competitive research and innovation funding agency amalgamates and builds on the activities and functions of the Irish Research Council (IRC) and S

Law student Olivia Feron is attending the One Young World 2024 Summit in Montreal, Canada this September as a returning One Young World Global Ambassador. Ms Feron, a third year student at Queen's University Belfast School of Law and co-chair of the Women in Law Society, is heading to Montreal after

A team of trainee solicitors have successfully climbed Kilimanjaro in a bid to raise funds for Ballymun Community Law Centre.

A postgraduate student at Queen's University Belfast School of Law has participated in the prestigious 12th Law Schools Global League (LSGL) Summer School in Colombia.

Dr Síofra O'Leary, who recently completed her term as president of the European Court of Human Rights, has been awarded the honorary degree of LLD by the University of Edinburgh. Dr O’Leary’s laureation address was given by Professor Niamh Nic Shuibhne, who also co-sponsored her n

An Ulster University postgraduate student from Roscommon has been awarded the prestigious A&O Shearman award for the best overall performance in the field of librarianship and information management.

University of Galway School of Law has welcomed two new academic staff members.

The European Law Students' Association (ELSA) Ireland has elected a new national board for 2024/25 following its 26th National Council meeting in Galway.

A new book examines the reality of police custody in Ireland for minorities, children, those using an interpreter and those with intellectual disabilities and includes recommendations for reform. Police Custody in Ireland, edited by Professor Yvonne Daly of Dublin City University's School of Law and

University of Galway’s School of Law was named Law School of the Year at the Dye and Durham Irish Law Awards 2024 – the second time it has won the prestigious accolade.

Maynooth University student Marwa Zamir has been named Law Student of the Year at the recent 2024 Dye & Durham Irish Law Awards.