Cleveland lawyers arrive in Ireland for weekend symposium

The society consists of judges, lawyers and law students in Cleveland, Ohio who claim Irish ancestry.

The symposium begins this afternoon in the King’s Inns with a presentation on the trial of Roger Casement and a cocktail party.

Tomorrow, participants will travel by coach to NUI Galway, where the main body of the symposium will be conducted.

Topics under discussion will include the death penalty in the US and Europe, same-sex marriage in Ireland and the US, software protection methods and obtaining discovery in international litigation.

James Browne, president of NUI Galway, will host a cocktails reception and dinner for participants on the Saturday evening.

Thomas J. Scanlon, president of the society’s executive committee, told Irish Central: “We have an impressive array of experts making presentations on interesting and timely subjects.”