In Pictures

The Law Society of Northern Ireland has donated a collection of books to Irish Rule of Law International (IRLI). Derval McFetridge, the Society's information and research manager, presented the books to Aonghus Kelly, executive director of IRLI, on a visit to the law library last week.

EY Law Ireland has celebrated after coming in first in the Legal Challenge at the sixth annual Dragon at the Docks boat race. The legal practice, which launched just under a year ago, was among sponsors of the competition, which took place last Thursday.

The King's Inns has presented a cheque for €2,505 to the Capuchin Day Centre following a year of fundraising for the charity. Brother Kevin was welcomed to the King's Inns Park to collect the cheque.

The King's Inns has congratulated Diploma in Legal Studies class of 2022 on graduating this week.

The 25th edition of the Trinity College Law Review was launched by Mr Justice Peter Charleton of the Supreme Court at the prestigious student-run journal's first in-person event since 2019. In his remarks and foreword to the journal, Mr Justice Charleton raises a range of reforms he says are necessa

A first-of-its-kind summer festival has put the spotlight on how and why legal tech and legal operations are transforming in-house legal practice in Ireland. Hosted by Irish Tech General Counsel (ITGC), the free Legal TechOps Ireland event last Wednesday featured speakers including Alex Kelly, co-fo

A hardy team of lawyers from Dublin firm KOD Lyons have smashed their €4,000 fundraising target after completing the Ring of Kerry Charity Cycle 2022. The five-man team of partner Matthew De Courcy, solicitors Eoghan O'Sullivan and Ken Breen, legal assistant Vincent Doherty and intern Cian O'Su

McCann FitzGerald LLP has welcomed 11 new senior associates.

John McShane, partner and head of employment at McCartan Turkington Breen, has completed a gruelling triathlon in aid of charity. The Carrickfergus Castle Triathalon consists of a 750m sea swim, a 20km cycle and ends with a 5km run. Mr McShane undertook a rigorous training regime for several months

Beauchamps LLP has welcomed six interns as part of its summer internship programme. Conor Grogan, Jack Curtin, Isobel Davis, Lisa Cunney, Esme Honan and Hugh Black make up the first set of summer interns.

Over 1,000 legal professionals and their families and friends took part in the 24th annual Calcutta Run on Saturday. The fundraiser returned to the grounds of the Law Society of Ireland for the first time since 2019 as it aims to raise €300,000 for its partner charities, The Hope Foundation and

Over 150 solicitors attended the Children Order Conference at the Crowne Hotel in Belfast, which took place this year for the first time since the pandemic.

More than 35 trainees in Dublin-based William Fry LLP and Belfast-based Tughans this month took part in a joint learning programme in Dublin. Hosted at William Fry's offices, the inaugural event saw managing partners Owen O'Sullivan and Patrick Brown – of William Fry and Tughans respectively &

Sir Geoffrey Vos, the Master of the Rolls, was recently welcomed to Belfast as a keynote speaker at the Commonwealth Mediation Conference 2022. The conference was organised by the Commonwealth Lawyers Association (CLA) in partnership with the Law Society Mediation Service (LSMS) and provided a platf

Children's rights solicitor Gareth Noble has backed a new campaign aimed at securing suitable primary and secondary school places for autistic children in Dublin 15.