Making a Murderer attorney to lecture to Limerick law students

Star US lawyer Dean A. Strang, who featured in Netflix documentary Making a Murderer, is set to deliver six weeks of lectures to law students at University of Limerick.

Starting from 10 February 2018, Mr Strang (pictured) will be a guest lecturer at UL School of Law.

He represented Steven Avery, twice convicted of murder in Wisconsin, who came to public attention in the Netflix series documenting the overturning of his first conviction and the details of his second.

Mr Strang said: “The University of Limerick has given me the chance of a lifetime: to immerse myself in an Irish law school for nearly two months, and to learn about how law is taught and lived in Ireland.

“I will have chances to hear and meet Irish students, professors, lawyers and judges and to consider questions that daily law practice either crowds out or omits.”

His tenure in Limerick will be kicked off with a public event examining the role of the defence lawyer, entitled How Can You Defend Those People?, alongside Irish criminal law expert Mark Nicholas SC. Tickets are available from University Concert Hall.

Mr Strang gave a similar talk to barristers in Dublin last year.

Professor Shane Kilcommins, head of UL School of Law, said: “Dean Strang has a unique perspective on the US legal system and a very valuable contribution to make to our understanding of the relationship between the legal profession and the citizen. His last visit to Ireland provoked a lot of interest and discussion – I am delighted that law students at UL will have the opportunity to learn from Strang’s insights and to share with him their legal perspectives from Ireland and Europe. I’m confident that the interaction will be a rich one.”