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Two law students from Sligo have been awarded scholarships created in partnership between global law firm DLA Piper and NUI Galway School of Law. Annie Forde, from Enniscrone, Co Sligo, and Joan Ighile, from Sligo Town, have been named the Terence O’Malley DLA Piper Scholars for the academic y

The inaugural recipients of the Terence O'Malley DLA Piper Scholarship, set up in partnership with NUI Galway School of Law, have met the scholarship's namesake. Terence O'Malley, chairman emeritus of the global law firm, was welcomed to the campus yesterday by Professor Geraint Howells, executive d

Scottish legal academic Professor Martin Hogg has been named as head of NUI Galway School of Law with effect from November. Professor Hogg joins the university from the University of Edinburgh, where he has served as head of school and dean of law since 2017.

NUI Galway School of Law has announced the academic promotions of staff members Dr Shivaun Quinlivan, Dr Rónán Kennedy and Professor Padraic Kenna. In recognition of their teaching and research excellence, Dr Quinlivan and Dr Kennedy have been promoted to senior lecturer while Professo

Chief Justice Frank Clarke is among distinguished legal guests who will be joining NUI Galway Law Society for its online centenary celebrations next month. The student law society has unveiled a programme of public events to mark the occasion, beginning with a talk by Mr Justice Clarke on Monday 1 M

NUI Galway Law Society has invited students to a stylish online celebration of its 100th anniversary. The 1920s-themed event will feature "cocktail making, raffle prizes, surprises and highlight reels", and guests have been encouraged to wear their "finest attire".

Global law firm DLA Piper has announced the launch of the Terence O’Malley DLA Piper Scholarship in partnership with NUI Galway School of Law. The new scholarship, named after the firm's US chairman emeritus Terry O'Malley, will provide funding and support to NUIG law students in financial nee

Irish disability law expert Professor Gerard Quinn has been appointed as the UN rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities. A qualified barrister and prominent legal academic, he is professor emeritus in law at NUI Galway, where he previously directed the world-leading Centre on Internati

NUI Galway has welcomed the appointment of four new adjunct professors in its School of Law. Mr Justice Peter Charleton of the Supreme Court has been appointed adjunct professor in conjunction with the School's undergraduate course Law (BCL) Criminology and Criminal Justice.

NUI Galway School of Law has announced the appointment of Professor Guénaël Mettraux as adjunct professor of international criminal justice and international criminal law. The prestigious human rights expert is a judge of the Kosovo Specialist Chambers and presiding member of the EU's Hu

LK Shields has launched a new partnership with NUI Galway which will see the law firm working with artist James Riordan to develop a programme of workshops for NUIG Access students. The "SOAR" initiative has been made possible by the law firm's relationship with Business to Arts and the Creative Ire

The Supreme Court of Ireland launched its inaugural annual report today to coincide with its historic sitting in Galway. The 2018 report reveals that new appeals to the court have increased by nearly a third (30 per cent) since 2016, while waiting times have been slashed from five years to one year.

Law graduate Alison O'Brien has been named this year's winner of the annual LK Shields Hugh Garvey Memorial Award for Intellectual Property Law.

Dr Conor Hanly, lecturer at NUI Galway School of Law and author of the 2009 book Rape and Justice in Ireland, writes for Irish Legal News today on the issue of anonymity for rape defendants. The trial in Belfast of Paddy Jackson and Stuart Olding for rape brought the issue of defendant anonymity int