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Dublin firm Corrigan & Corrigan Solicitors has presented its inaugural tort essay prize to Technological University Dublin student Jake McCabe Cusack. Mr Cusack's essay on vicarious liability came first in a field of nearly 150 submissions.

Four students at UCC School of Law have gone head-to-head in the university's annual gala moot at Cork's Washington Street courthouse. Lucy Walsh and Ben O'Sullivan appeared in court as counsel for the applicants, while Niamh Mulcahy and William Walsh appeared on behalf of the respondents.

Law students from across the island of Ireland have gone head-to-head in a moot court competition hosted by the European Law Students' Association (ELSA) at the University of Galway. The student association last month hosted the intervarsity moot court competition in the J.E. Cairnes School, with th

Expressions of interest have been invited in relation to the establishment of a Network for Judicial Studies in Ireland. The aim of the network will be to foster collaboration, share research insights, and create a platform for discussion on issues related to the judiciary, judicial decision-making,

EU commissioner Michael McGrath was welcomed to University College Dublin this week to deliver a guest lecture on the European Commission’s role in upholding the rule of law.

Judge Geoffrey Shannon is to receive one of eight alumni awards to be presented by the University of Galway next month. Previously the government's special rapporteur on child protection from 2006 to 2019, he was appointed as a Circuit Court judge in 2023.

The Bar of Northern Ireland has committed £100,000 in scholarships and bursaries to support law students at Queen's University Belfast. Since 2021, the Bar has been a key member of the Queen’s Bright Future Collective, a group of companies which helps enable access to higher education fo

A groundbreaking research project led by researchers at Ulster University's Centre for Legal Technology is to explore the role of AI in judicial decision-making. Researchers gave been granted £200,000 in funding from the UK's AI Security Institute to examine how AI could be responsibly in

The Irish Journal of European Law has issued a call for papers for its 2025 edition. Published since 1992, the journal welcomes submissions on all areas of European law, including EU law and European law in the wider sense.

Trainee solicitors from the Law Society of Ireland have emerged as winners of the 2025 Corn Adomnáin, the annual international humanitarian law (IHL) competition hosted by the Irish Red Cross. This year's competition involved 11 teams representing Queen's University Belfast, University Colleg

Three Irish trainee solicitors have won a prize at the prestigious InterNational Academy of Dispute Resolution (INADR) 2025 mediation competition in Tbilisi, Georgia. DLA Piper's Gráinne Ní Fhrighil, William Fry's Kate Lyttle and Dillon Eustace's Cian McAllister were named as Best Clie

The Hibernian Law Journal has again extended its submission deadline for inclusion in Volume 24. The new submission deadline is Monday 14 April 2025.

Ian Cooper proposes a novel alternative to Canada joining the United States. The Liberal Party of Canada's new leader Mark Carney replaced Justin Trudeau as prime minister last week. As a former central bank governor in Canada and the UK, Carney was chosen as the candidate with the skill and experie

Noeline Blackwell has been presented with an award from the Women in Law Society at the University of Galway in recognition of her outstanding contribution to furthering the human rights of women in Ireland.

Queen's University Belfast law student Lee Curran has been named as the 2025 Lord Kerr Bar Scholar. Established in memory of the late Lord Kerr of Tonaghmore, an alumnus of the university and former lord chief justice of Northern Ireland, the scholarship supports aspiring barristers in their pursuit