Universities

Temperament, patience and listening skills should be among factors taken into account in deciding whether to appoint a lawyer as a judge, a new report has recommended. The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) yesterday published the new report on judicial selection procedures in Ireland, based o

Hilkka Becker, chairperson of the International Protection Appeals Tribunal (IPAT), has been appointed as an adjunct professor in law at Maynooth University School of Law and Criminology. An expert in migration and asylum law, Ms Becker has a distinguished career spanning over 25 years in leadership

Sarah Jones has been awarded the inaugural Paul Anthony McDermott Memorial Scholarship to support her journey to becoming a barrister. The scholarship was awarded on the fifth anniversary of the barrister and law lecturer's tragic passing in 2019 at the age of 47.

Clare Downey has been appointed as general counsel and director of legal services at Queen's University Belfast. She brings over 14 years' experience in practice in Northern Ireland, including as group legal counsel for Tayto Group Limited and senior company lawyer for Translink.

Irish judge Síofra O'Leary, the first woman and the first Irish person to serve as president of the European Court of Human Rights, has received the UCD Ulysses Medal. The UCD Ulysses Medal is the highest honour bestowed by University College Dublin.

Taylor Muldoon has been awarded The Lord Kerr Scholarship by Queen's University Belfast School of Law. The annual scholarship was established in memory of Baron Kerr of Tonaghmore, law alumnus of Queen's in 1969, former Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland and Justice of the Supreme Court of the U

Legal academic Dr Dafni Lima responds to a new crackdown on surrogacy by Italy's far-right government. The Italian Senate recently passed a law making surrogacy a “universal crime”. In a country where surrogacy is already illegal, and has been since 2004, this decision takes restric

Former Maynooth University students Jobitha Prince and David Rattigan have been awarded a six-month internship in the asset management and investment funds department at Matheson. Mr Rattigan, from Sligo, and Ms Prince, from Meath, received the internship award on the basis of their results on the f

A team of trainee solicitors from the Law Society of Ireland have won the 7th Ad Hoc Negotiation Competition in Dubai. Borbála Gyenge, Jennifer Maguire and Ruby Porter took first place in the competition, organised by ADR ODR International and the European Institute for Conflict Resolution (E

An honorary law doctorate has been conferred by Queen's University Belfast on the US special envoy for Northern Ireland, Joe Kennedy III. Dr Kennedy, a former congressman and a father of two, received two prestigious honorary doctorates from Queen's and Ulster University at a special ceremony in Sto

Transition Year students have been invited to enter the Law Society of Ireland's 2025 Gráinne O'Neill Memorial Legal Essay Competition. To enter, students are asked to submit a 1,500-word essay examining "the role the law can play in addressing hate crime" by Friday 22 November.

Mason Hayes & Curran has partnered with the Trinity Corporate Governance Lab as its legal knowledge partner. The Corporate Governance Lab, an initiative of the Business School at Trinity College Dublin, explores and defines corporate governance best practice. It aims to bridge the gap between ac

Law student Marwa Zamir has been appointed to the new Young Ireland Advisory Council, which will advise the government on policies that affect children and young people. Ms Zamir is a third-year law student at Maynooth University and was recently named Law Student of the Year at the 2024 Dye & D

Chief Justice Donal O'Donnell has been awarded an honorary degree by Dublin City University.

Corrigan & Corrigan Solicitors LLP has introduced a new tort prize for undergraduate students of University of Galway School of Law. The new tort prize is worth €500 for the first-year student who achieves the highest mark in the tort module.