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Community Law & Mediation (CLM) has welcomed the decision by the State Examinations Commission to commence a pilot scheme enabling visually impaired students to access digital versions of their exam papers.

30 November 2022 at 6.30pm European Commissioner for Justice and Consumers, Didier Reynders will be joined by Kiki Boreel, Dutch climate ambassador for the future, greenwashing expert and fashion model; Michel Scholte, founder of True Price Foundation and Augustin Reyna, director of legal and econom

UCD School of Law, HI Seminar Room H204 Tuesday, 6th December 2022, 1.10pm

The Irish Council for Civil Liberties is hosting an event in Dublin to launch its new website – infovictims.ie. INFOVICTIMS III is an EU project that develops new and updated informative materials for victims of crime across the EU. ICCL has created a website, a Know your Rights brochure,

For the first time in the history of the State, socialist lawyers are organising. Trainee solicitors in the law school in Dublin have formed the Blackhall Society of Socialist Lawyers and they are looking for barristers, solicitors, legal academics and law students to join a national network of radi

Facebook owner Meta has been fined €265 million by Ireland's Data Protection Commission (DPC). Meta Platforms Ireland Limited (MPIL), data controller of the Facebook social media network, has also been made subject to a range of corrective measures.

Are you looking for a stocking filler for the lover of legal philosophy in your life? Or perhaps you just want them to stop talking about it. In any case, rejoice, for ILN's jurisprudential primer series has been turned into a book – just in time for Christmas.

A worker who was unfairly dismissed for refusing to join his colleagues in the pub after work has won a case against his erstwhile employer. Mr T, not to be confused with he of A-Team fame, was a senior advisor at a firm in Paris.

Barrister Alan Toal has died at the age of 60. While he was believed to be under threat from a violent criminal, gardaí are not treating his death as suspicious.

Kevin Kelly, a legal executive at Hayes Solicitors who is currently completing the barrister-at-law degree, came first in this year’s Bréagchúirt Uí Dhálaigh organised by Gael Linn, representing The Honorable Society of King's Inns.

Attorney General Paul Gallagher is to retire, he has told the Supreme Court. Mr Gallagher, 67, who has held the position for two years, did not specify an exact date but it is thought he will retire around the time of the Government changeover on December 17.

The Public Interest Law Alliance (PILA) has published the inaugural Pro Bono pledge Ireland Impact Report 2022. The report, which covers the first year of reporting for the Pro Bono Pledge Ireland, offers an insight into the variety of pro bono work undertaken by Irish volunteer lawyers across a num

Via LinkedIn: Maples Group were awarded ETF Law Firm of the Year at the ETF Stream Awards 2022 in London.

Sarah Wilson of the Departmental Solicitors Office has been elected as chair of the Belfast Solicitors’ Association (BSA), succeeding Paul Moylan of McCann and McCann. A new committee was elected at the association’s AGM in Law Society House on Friday, where Ms Wilson paid tribute to the

Pictured (left–right): Méabh de Courcy MacDonnell, Robert O’Sullivan, Ms Justice Carmel Stewart, Mr Justice John McMenamin, Tom Casey and Hugh Joyce Three final year law students at UCD Sutherland School of Law comprised the winning team at The National Moot Court Competition 2022