Universities

Law students at University College Dublin have triumphed in the annual Intervarsity Law Summit Moot Court Competition, besting the runners-up from Dublin City University.

Irish legal academic Professor Fiona de Londras has been appointed by Birmingham Law School to the Barber chair of jurisprudence. Established by Lady Barber in 1935, the chair of jurisprudence is one of two chairs of law funded by the Barber Trust at Birmingham Law School. It is traditionally held b

Applications are now open for the Niamh Burke Memorial Bursary, which will award a total of €10,000 to students pursuing studies linked to climate action and renewable energy in Ireland. Candidates can apply here for the bursary until 5pm, Friday 15 March.

UCD Sutherland School of Law has welcomed Dr Nikolaos Pitsos as its new Ronan Harty Newman Fellow. Dr Pitsos joins UCD from International Hellenic University (IHU) in Thessaloniki, Greece. He is a member of the Athens Bar Association and an expert in antitrust and energy law.

A team of Irish trainee solicitors is competing in the Monroe E. Price Media Law moot court competition in Paris this week.

Queen's University Belfast law graduate Aine Doyle has been awarded the Lord Kerr Bar Scholarship for 2023/24. The award will cover the fees of the one-year bar trainee course at the Institute of Professional Legal Studies (IPLS), amounting to £10,400.

Anna Thompson and Katie Kennedy from the Institute of Professional Legal Studies (IPLS) have won the Northern Ireland regional heat of the 2024 Client Consultation Competition. The pair, coached by Stuart Harper, went head-to-head with Erika Lim and Amy Hanna from Queen's University Belfast, coached

Researchers north and south of the border have launched a new network to connect those working on sexual violence across the island of Ireland. The All-Ireland Network on Sexual Violence Research (AINSVR) is a collaboration between Queen's University Belfast and the University of Limerick, led by Dr

Maynooth law students Adam O'Carroll and Brian McMahon triumphed in the recent final of the Karen Kenny Memorial Moot Court Competition 2023.

Professor Aisling Swaine has joined UCD Sutherland School of Law from the UCD School of Social Policy, Social Work and Social Justice. She was last year awarded a European Research Council (ERC) Consolidator Grant of €2 million to lead ‘GENCOERCTRL’, a project examining women’

The Irish Legal History Society (ILHS) is inviting submissions to its annual student essay competition, with a €250 prize up for grabs. Now in its third year, the essay competition is open to undergraduate and postgraduate students — in Ireland or abroad — and seeks to encourage and

Lawyers are being sought for research into the legal framework governing previous sexual history evidence in serious sexual offences trials. Dr Sinéad Ring of Maynooth University School of Law and Criminology is in the recruitment phase of the research and looking for lawyer participants.

Researchers are seeking to survey parents who have experience of the Irish family law system in situations of domestic violence and abuse. The research study, being undertaken by Trinity College Dublin in collaboration with Women's Aid, is said to be the first study which specifically seeks both adu

Human rights expert Professor Colin Harvey has been appointed to the scientific committee of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA). Professor Harvey is a director of the Human Rights Centre at Queen's University Belfast and a commissioner of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commi

Most people north and south of the border recognise hate crime as a serious problem and support initiatives to tackle it, new research by academics from the University of Limerick and Queen's University Belfast has found.