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An Irish legal academic has delivered a presentation before the Supreme Court of Mexico on the evolution of the definition of the family under Irish law. Professor Louise Crowley of University College Cork was invited to present to an online conference hosted by the Centre for Constitutional Studies

PhD student Jane Mulcahy has defended her thesis on post-release supervision of long-sentence male prisoners in UCC School of Law's first-ever "virtual viva". Ms Mulcahy had to defend her thesis, Connected Corrections and Corrected Connections: post-release supervision of long sentence male prisoner

Law students in Cork have gone head-to-head in a moot before High Court judges Mr Justice Twomey and Mr Justice Gearty.

Law lecturer Dr Mary Tumelty has been appointed to the Health and Social Care Professionals Council within multi-profession health regulator CORU. Dr Tumelty has lectured at UCC School of Law since 2018 and her research interests include medical law and ethics, patient safety and alternative dispute

New York lawyer Aidan Synnott has donated €1 million to fund a new chair in European Union law at his alma mater, UCC School of Law. Mr Synnott, a partner at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, graduated from the law school in 1985 and has now made the "largest ever" donation from

Former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern will speak about the Northern Ireland peace process at a discussion event hosted by UCC Law Society next week. The event, sponsored by A&L Goodbody, will take place on Tuesday 1 October, 7.30pm in Boole 2.

Law graduate Cathy O'Neill has become the first student in Ireland to receive the prestigious Starr Foundation Scholarship and study international law at the University of St. Gallen. The scholarship for highly talented foreign-language students is designed to encourage recipients to engage internat

Professor Mark Poustie has begun his three-year term as the new Dean of the School of Law at University College Cork (UCC). He succeeds Professor Ursula Kilkelly, who is now head of the College of Business and Law.

Arthur Cox is funding scholarships which will enable up to 40 students per year access to an education in University College Cork School of Law.

Solicitor Rea Walshe has been appointed interim CEO of the Football Association of Ireland (FAI) following the exit of John Delaney. Ms Walshe, a qualified solicitor who studied law at University College Cork (UCC), joined the FAI in 2014 and was named COO in February.

Jane Mulcahy, a PhD candidate at University College Cork (UCC), travelled to Edinburgh to hear two innovative US judges speak about "therapeutic justice".

Irish experts on the impact of parental imprisonment on children have encouraged Irish authorities to follow the example of an English prison which installed a photo booth for prisoners and visitors. HMP Lowdham Grange, a privately-run prison in Nottinghamshire, installed the photo booth last year t