Professor Louise Crowley, Dr Claire Murray and Dr Darius Whelan have each received a New Foundations award in recognition of their research projects which will have a “tangible impact on societal issues”.

A chapter co-authored by Professor Lynch Fannon and Mr Boland entitled ‘The Corporation and the EU Social Market Economy: A Renewed Commitment’ will feature in the collection of essays, due to be published by Cambridge University Press in 2022.

The group has been formed by Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Michael McGrath TD, to further strengthen project management and to assist his Department in its project assurance role for major capital investment projects.

As we bid farewell to another challenging year, we reflect on some of 2021’s highlights at the UCC School of Law.

This year saw some significant achievements for the School which reaffirmed our position as a trailblazing and innovative institution.

As we bid farewell to another challenging year, we reflect on some of 2021’s highlights at the UCC School of Law.

In this part, we look back on key student achievements from the year.

As we bid farewell to another challenging year, we reflect on some of 2021’s highlights at the UCC School of Law.

Now is the turn of key alumni and development highlights from the year.

As we bid farewell to another challenging year, we reflect on some of 2021’s highlights at the UCC School of Law.

Campus closures and an uncertain climate didn’t stop us from offering a high-profile package of events to a range of external audiences. This post reflects on our 2021 event highlights at the School.

As we bid farewell to another challenging year, we reflect on some of 2021’s highlights at the UCC School of Law.

It has been another excellent year for research at the School, with faculty members leading the way in cutting-edge scholarship across a range of legal areas.

As we bid farewell to another challenging year, we reflect on some of 2021’s highlights at the UCC School of Law.

Our staff are the backbone of the School of Law, and we are delighted this year, as ever, to celebrate their achievements and welcome new colleagues to our tight-knit community.

UCC School of Law's Professor Áine Ryall has been unaimously elected Chair of the Aarhus Convention Compliance Committee in Geneva on 16 December 2021.

The three-year project – led by PI Professor Dagmar Schiek, a Jean Monnet ad personam Chair of 20 years standing and Synnott Family Chair in European Law at UCC – will explore ways to address the EU’s increasing legitimacy crisis through focusing on individuals in society in their status as citizens.

Dr Aoife Daly and the UW0005 ‘Sustainability’ Teaching Team, which includes Professor Owen McIntyre and Professor Áine Ryall, have won President’s Awards for Excellence in Teaching.

The 2021 conference, sponsored by Matheson, was held in-person at the River Lee Hotel, Cork, on 19-21 November and showcased the research of over 60 speakers from all over the island of Ireland as well as delegates from overseas.

Rhoda Jennings is a PhD candidate at the UCC School of Law. She recently travelled to Glasgow for the COP26 climate conference as part of the UCC observer delegation. Read Rhoda's reflections on this monumentous event below. 

The first Centre for European Integration at UCC event will take place online via Zoom on Monday 13 December, 10-11:30am GMT.

The new book, authored by Professor Ursula Kilkelly and Pat Bergin and published by Bristol University Press, will be launched at a virtual event on Friday 26 November, 12:30-2:00pm.

The Centre for Law & the Environment hosted a webinar on Enforcing European Union Environmental Law on 13 October 2021. 

Imamma Eunice Ikebuasi and Laya Little have each received a scholarship worth €5,000 and a work placement opportunity with leading Irish law firm Ronan Daly Jermyn (RDJ).

BCL student Alicia O’Sullivan and PhD candidate Rhoda Jennings are part of the eight-person UCC delegation attending the global climate change conference.

On Wednesday 20^th October 2021, campaigner Ranae von Meding and her wife attended a Dublin District Court and after five years of campaigns and legal challenges, became a legal family. The previous evening, UCC Free Legal Advice Centre (FLAC) had the pleasure of hosting both Ranae and Professor Conor O’Mahony, Special Rapporteur on Child Protection, for an event on the legal position of children born through assisted human reproduction and surrogacy.

The legal sector in Ireland has established a community sponsorship model to support members of the Afghan judiciary and their families who have been targeted by the Taliban.

The Traveller Equality and Justice Project at UCC is offering final year Law undergraduate students and Erasmus students at the School of Law the unique opportunity to gain hands-on court observation and research experience.

The presentation and dialogue was part of seminar series, organised by World Vision Chile, on ‘Constitutions of the World and the Rights of Children and Adolescents’.

A Traveller Pride flag-raising on the iconic UCC quad and launch of the Traveller Ally & Proud campaign sticker at the Glucksman Gallery both took place on Wednesday 29 September 2021.

Dr Zeffert presented on the International Law and Human Rights panel alongside academics from Thailand, Japan and Europe.

The Hon Ms Justice Marie Baker, Ms Emily Logan and Mr John Gaffney take up their three-year terms this month.

The Centre for Law and the Environment will host a webinar on the theme Enforcing European Union Environmental Law on Wednesday, 13 October 2021 from 3-5.30pm.

The Traveller Equality and Justice Project at UCC is offering LLB (Year 2), LLM and PhD students at the School of Law the opportunity to become a researcher in their legal clinic, starting in November 2021.

This month, PhD candidates at the UCC School of Law presented their research at prestigious conferences in Europe and the USA.

PhD candidates share insights on their research across a wide range of legal areas as part of our podcast series showcasing the resounding impact made by School of Law faculty – and, in this case, students – and their work.

ELPIN (Ethics, Law and Pregnancy in Ireland Network) is a Wellcome Trust funded research project which has been led by the UCC School of Law, with Dr Claire Murray as PI. 

Professor Laura Lundy, a leading international children’s rights scholar, has joined the School faculty this month.

The Working Group has been assembled to advise the Attorney General in the drafting of the new consumer protection legislation, which is due to be enacted by the end of this year.

Professor O’Mahony was interviewed by Joan Cronin of the Dept of Applied Social Studies in UCC - and a graduate of the LLM in Children’s Rights and Family Law – as part of our new podcast series which shines the spotlight on the resounding impact made by School of Law faculty and their work in the public policy sphere.

UCC School of Law wishes to extend sympathies to the family and friends of retired Circuit Court Judge His Honour Judge Patrick Moran, who has died aged 78.

Expanding Ireland’s Marine Protection Areas: A Legal Handbook launches today in print and audio. The legal handbook, authored by Sarah Ryan Enright, a PhD candidate at the School of Law and MaREI, the SFI Research Centre for Energy, Climate and Marine, UCC, is an original piece of work commissioned and funded by Friends of the Irish Environment, which aims to provide interested parties with information on the legal status of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) in Ireland during a critical time for MPA expansion and marine policy.

The accreditation has been awarded by the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) to the School of Law masters module on Alternative Dispute Resolution.

Professor Donnelly was interviewed by Ann Lynch, PhD Candidate at the School and Law Lecturer at Munster Technological University, as part of our new podcast series which shines the spotlight on the resounding impact made by School of Law faculty and their work in the public policy sphere.

Oberstown Children Detention Campus (Oberstown) is Ireland’s national facility for the detention of children under 18 years, referred by the courts on remand or detention orders. Chairperson of the Board of Management, UCC Professor of Law Ursula Kilkelly, reflects on the highlights and the challenges of a busy year in Oberstown, at the launch of the 2020 Annual Report.

A decade on from the publication of the first edition, Round Hall have released this latest analysis of all relevant aspects of law and regulation in respect of lending, security-taking and enforcement of loans in Ireland. This edition also features contributions from the School’s Dr Jonathan McCarthy and a foreword by the Chief Justice, The Honourable Mr. Justice Frank Clarke.

The new series features interviews with School of Law faculty members, focusing on the resounding impact of their work across a broad range of areas in the public policy sphere.

In a new blogpost for the UCC School of Law, Dr Aoife Daly, Lecturer at the School and Honorary Research Fellow, European Children’s Rights Unit, University of Liverpool, shares insights from her research- recently published in the Journal of Human Rights Practice - into into how and whether human rights can be used in the area of kinship care. 

Representing the campaign group Safety Over Stigma, UCC School of Law student Alicia O’Sullivan was joined by faculty member Professor Louise Crowley to give evidence to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport and Media on 21 July 2021, as they held a pre-legislative scrutiny session on the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill.

Two PhD candidates from the UCC School of Law recently presented at the 31^st Irish Environmental Researchers Colloquium (Environ 2021).

On 16 June 2021, the Public Health Ethics and Law Research Network (PHELN) hosted a public webinar event and an online workshop, examining COVID-19 Vaccination Programmes in the UK and Ireland. 

Dr Luigi Lonardo, lecturer at UCC School of law since September 2020, has been awarded the proxime accessit for the prize for the Best Doctoral Thesis on European Law, bestowed by the European Law Faculties Association (ELFA).

Maples and Calder (Ireland) LLP, the Maples Group's law firm has announced a new scholarship programme for Masters students studying Business Law at UCC. The 'Maples Group Scholarship - LLM in Business Law' will benefit one postgraduate student studying for the LLM in Business Law each year, with each successful student receiving a scholarship of €5,000.

The UCC School of Law’s Professor Mary Donnelly recently participated in an online symposium examining how social care, medical treatment, and the rights of older people have been affected in times of crisis or severe disruption, and whether such disruption has brought about change (for better or worse) in care for older people.

Ten staff members from the School of Law participated in the Cork City Marathon this weekend (Sunday 6 June) as part of the Sanctuary Runners initiative, which aims to promote solidarity, friendship and respect for refugees and migrants.

The UCC School of Law is delighted to announce that applications have been extended for the next intake of our Evening BCL degree. The new deadline to apply for the 2021 intake is Friday 9 July 2021 at 4pm.

Sarah Ryan Enright, a PhD candidate at the School of Law and MaREI, the SFI Research Centre for Energy, Climate and Marine, recently published an article in the Journal Frontiers in Marine Science entitled “The Eastern Tropical Pacific Marine Corridor (CMAR): The Emergence of a Voluntary Regional Cooperation Mechanism for the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biodiversity Within a Fragmented Regional Ocean Governance Landscape”, as part of the research topic Challenges and Opportunities in Regional Governance of Ocean Ecosystems.

The UCC School of Law is pleased to invite applications for a fully funded PhD scholarship (EU fees plus €17,000 stipend, tenable for up to four years) or LLM (by Research) scholarships (EU fees plus €17,000 stipend, tenable for one year).

Leading Irish law firm Ronan Daly Jermyn (RDJ) has donated €40,000 to support students from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Backgrounds studying Law at University College Cork (UCC).

UCC School of Law will host a special online symposium marking 20 years of the Children Act 2001 on Thursday 8 July, 2:00pm-5:30pm.

Leading Irish law firm Comyn Kelleher Tobin (CKT) is set to support one postgraduate student on the LLM Children's Rights and Family Law at UCC. The company will sponsor The Comyn Kelleher Tobin (CKT) Scholarship for the academic year 2021-2022.

The Scholarships and Prize Giving ceremony was livestreamed from the University College Cork website on Monday 24 May 2021 - watch it now!

Join the Public Health, Ethics and Law Research Network (PHELN) for the UK and Ireland on Wednesday 16 June 2021, 11:30-13:00 IST/BST for a topical webinar examining ethical issues surrounding the Covid-19 vaccination.

Professor Donnelly will sit on the NREC-CT A Committee examining the area of Clinical Trials of Investigational Medicinal Products. This one of three new committees just announced by Minister for Health, Stephen Donnelly TD.

The Awards, which are organised by the National Forum in collaboration with the Union of Students in Ireland and other students’ unions nationwide, were announced at a virtual ceremony live streamed on Thursday 29 April 2021.

UCC School of Law invites applications from suitably qualified individuals with relevant experience who are interested in tutoring and/or lecturing on an hourly occasional part-time basis (not exceeding 6 hours per week).

The UCC School of Law is delighted to present an online conference on the theme of European Law and Policies against Hybrid Threats, held on Thursday 20 and Friday 21 May 2021.

The UCC Centre for Children’s Rights and Family Law was directly involved in the development of this new strategy and welcomes today’s launch.

Deirdre Kelleher’s project "The lives, experiences and outcomes of young people who are detained at Oberstown Children Detention Campus - A Participatory Study”, will be an in-depth study of the extent to which the Oberstown Children’s Rights Policy Framework meets the needs of young people in detention. 

The School’s efforts to promote gender equality have been recognised with a Bronze Athena SWAN Award.

The papers – on the timely topics of refugee deterrence policies, and climate change and human trafficking – were written by LLM International Human Rights Law and Public Policy graduates Niamh Collins and Camryn Jung, who were conferred online at UCC’s spring graduation ceremony earlier this month.

A team of four students represented UCC in the UK and Ireland National Rounds of the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition.

Third Year BCL (International) student Rachel Deasy represented UCC in the 2021 edition of Justice Week Intervarsity Debate.

On Wednesday 24 February 2021, the UCC School of Law held a hugely successful webinar entitled "Prescriptive Easements: Another Cliff Edge?"

UCC Law Society Conference Director Cathal Kelleher reflects on this year's event - the largest student-run professional legal conference in Ireland - held virtually for the first time due to the ongoing pandemic.

The School climbs up elite global rankings to secure place as a world-leading institution for legal education

Ireland’s first study into children’s experiences of their rights during police questioning has been published today (Wednesday 24 February 2021).  The original study, funded by the Policing Authority was carried out in the UCC School of Law by Professor Ursula Kilkelly and Dr Louise Forde (now Brunel University London). Professor Kilkelly and Dr Forde outline the study and highlight its insights in this new blog post.

Professor Maeve McDonagh’s career with UCC School of Law began in 1991. A hugely respected and well-liked colleague, staff and students alike were sorry to see Maeve retire in early 2020.

The UCC School of Law is delighted to announce that applications are now open for the next intake of our hugely popular Evening BCL programme, which will begin in September 2021.

This year’s conference is entitled “A Vision of Equality: Examining the Law through the Eyes of Ireland's Marginalised Communities” and will be held virtually on Tuesday 16 February, 9am-1pm.

You are invited to attend a free webinar considering the issues relating to the law on the prescriptive acquisition of easements and profits. This webinar will take place on Wednesday 24 February, 4:30pm-6:00pm.

This year’s highly anticipated Moot competition was held online on Thursday 4 February 2021.

In the contested divorce case A v B before the Irish High Court in November 2020, Justice Max Barrett relied upon the published research of Professor Louise Crowley “Sheltering the Homemaker in Irish Family Law: Ireland’s Failure to Evolve with the Shifting Social and Family Norms” (2018) International Survey of Family Law 271-96.

The UCC School of Law, in collaboration with the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, Ireland, is delighted to present this webinar series held at lunchtime over three consecutive Thursdays in March.

In this series, we spotlight exciting and impactful research currently being undertaken at the UCC School of Law. We also showcase the researchers themselves – academic staff at the School, who produce cutting-edge legal scholarship independently or through our research centres.

The Centre for Law & the Environment hosted a webinar on Enforcing European Union Environmental Law on 8 December 2020. 

Convened by Professor Áine Ryall, with funding from the Department of Foreign Affairs Communicating Europe Initiative, the webinar attracted over 160 participants. 

The monograph is forthcoming with Palgrave Macmillan.

The Minister for Health, Stephen Donnelly TD, has announced Dr Tumelty's appointment to the Committee, which was established as part of the Health Research Regulations made under the Data Protection Act 2018.

In this series, we spotlight exciting and impactful research currently being undertaken at the UCC School of Law. We also showcase the researchers themselves – academic staff at the School, who produce cutting-edge legal scholarship independently or through our research centres

The School of Law's Professor Áine Ryall gave oral evidence to the Committee as they considered the Bill in October 2020.

As a tumultous year draws to a close, we reflect on some of 2020's highlights at the School of Law as staff and students alike responded to the challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic. First up, we look at student highlights from this year. 

As a tumultous year draws to a close, we reflect on some of 2020's highlights at the School of Law as staff and students alike responded to the challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic. In part two, we look back at our alumni highlights from the year.

As a tumultous year draws to a close, we reflect on some of 2020's highlights at the School of Law as staff and students alike responded to the challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic. In this edition, we highlight events  - some physical, but most virtual - hosted by the School in 2020.

As a tumultous year draws to a close, we reflect on some of 2020's highlights at the School of Law as staff and students alike responded to the challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic. In part four, we reflect on some of our research highlights from this year.

As a tumultous year draws to a close, we reflect on some of 2020's highlights at the School of Law as staff and students alike responded to the challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic. Finally, we celebrate the many achievements of our staff during 2020, and welcome some new faces. 

The UCC School of Law is delighted to congratulate soon-to-be Dr Tom Walsh on his recent successful defence of his doctoral thesis, The Identification, Elaboration and Legislative Implementation of the Principles of Customs Law:  National, Regional and Global Experience.

This is the 13th annual report from the Special Rapporteur on Child Protection, and Professor O'Mahony's first in the role.

The project is a research collaboration between UCC School of Law, University of Edinburgh Law School, Queen's University Belfast and the UK Faculty of Public Health, and has been made possible thanks a to an Irish Research Council (IRC) and Economic and Social Research Council (ESCR) grant.

The annual Scholarships and Prize Giving Ceremony recognises undergraduate and postgraduate students for their academic achievements.

This important and highly anticipated position has been filled by Professor Dagmar Schiek, who joins the School this month.

The Centre for Law and the Environment will host a webinar on the theme Enforcing European Union Environmental Law on Tuesday, 8 December 2020 from 3-5.30pm.

Dr Natoli is the lead author of a chapter entitled ‘Climate-Smart Disaster Risk Governance’ in the IFRC World Disasters Report, which launched today.

The Centre for Criminal Justice and Human Rights is pleased to participate in and support an event on Asset Recovery in Anti-Corruption on 24-25 November 2020.

In this series, we spotlight exciting and impactful research currently being undertaken at the UCC School of Law. We also showcase the researchers themselves – academic staff at the School, who produce cutting-edge legal scholarship independently or through our research centres.

The Traveller Equality & Justice in Project (TEJP) is a partnership between the UCC Centre for Criminal Justice and Human Rights and the Free Legal Advice Centre supported by a Rights Equality & Citizenship Grant from the European Commission DG Just.

Dr Crowley spoke on the topic 'Marriage and Privacy' at the international conference, held online from 26-31 October.

In this series, we spotlight exciting and impactful research currently being undertaken at the UCC School of Law. We also showcase the researchers themselves – academic staff at the School, who produce cutting-edge legal scholarship independently or through our research centres.

In this special edition of Spotlighting Research, we shine the spotlight on School of Law colleagues who were recognised at the UCC College of Business and Law Research Awards, held in an online ceremony earlier this month.

Online Digital Badge programme for first year, undergraduate UCC students

The Centre for Law & the Environment is engaged in a research project on the theme Teaching Environmental Law for Policy Innovation and Impact (2020-2021). 

PhD student Elise Lefeuvre submitted a response to the Financial Stability Board’s (FSB) recent public consultation, Evaluation of the effects of too big to fail reforms: consultation report

Dr Áine Ryall, Co-Director of the Centre for Law & the Environment at UCC, appeared before the Committee on Climate Action on 15 October 2020. 

The Centre for Criminal Justice and Human Rights (CCJHR) at the UCC School of Law is delighted to announce that Judge Síofra O’Leary, Judge at the European Court of Human Rights, will deliver this year’s Annual Lecture, which will take place online on Monday 9 November at 4pm GMT.

In this series, we spotlight exciting and impactful research currently being undertaken at the UCC School of Law. We also showcase the researchers themselves – academic staff at the School, who produce cutting-edge legal scholarship independently or through our research centres.

Dr Louise Crowley wins the President’s Award for Excellence in Teaching and the Irish Legal Information Initiative scoops the Enhancing the Student Experience Award at this year’s online ceremony.

The special issue brings together a variety of international and multi-disciplinary perspectives on female sex offending.

In this series, we spotlight exciting and impactful research currently being undertaken at the UCC School of Law. We also showcase the researchers themselves – academic staff at the School, who produce cutting-edge legal scholarship independently or through our research centres.

We are delighted to welcome four new colleagues starting at the School of Law this semester.

On Friday 25 September, Dr Crowley delivered a presentation before the Mexican Supreme Court on the evolution of the definition of the family under Irish law. 

In this series, we spotlight exciting and impactful research currently being undertaken at the UCC School of Law. We also showcase the researchers themselves – academic staff at the School, who produce cutting-edge legal scholarship independently or through our research centres.

We interview Lydia Heaphy, Final Year BCL student, about her recent triumph at the U23 European Rowing Champions in Germany and how she balances her sports career with her legal studies at UCC.

A report published in May 2020 on ‘The Regulation of Smoky Fuels in Ireland: Assessing Options for Reform’ prepared for the Asthma Society of Ireland (ASI) by the UCC Environmental Law Clinic has featured prominently in news media coverage of the Government’s announcement of an extension of the current ban on smoky (bituminous) coal to a further 13 towns. 

In this new series, we will spotlight exciting and impactful research currently being undertaken at the UCC School of Law. We will also showcase the researchers themselves – academic staff at the School, who produce cutting-edge legal scholarship independently or through our research centres.

The School of Law is delighted to reveal our new spotlight video, which showcases our offerings and impact across teaching and learning, research and community engagement. 

UCC School of Law is delighted to note that four alums now working as solicitors have been appointed as senior counsel.

A message for graduands ahead of this autumn's conferrings.

In a new blogpost, Professor Ursula Kilkelly and Professor Laura Lundy consider the Scottish Government's commitment to incorporating the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child into law. What does this mean and why does it matter for children's rights?

The UCC School of Law has published provisional timetables for Semester One of the forthcoming 2020-21 academic year, which will begin on 28 September.

The third in a series of Ethics, Law and Pregnancy in Ireland Network (ELPIN) workshops took place on Friday 24 July. This was the second ELPIN workshop to take place virtually, via Google Meet.

We speak to entrepreneur and First Year Law and Business student Nick Cotter about the innovative ‘Cotter Crate’ lamb handling system, and how he balances his studies with running his own business!

Professor Caroline Fennell will chair the new Committee, which will develop a new Action Plan Against Racism for Ireland

Final Year BCL student Eithne Kavanagh shares her experience of winning the Mature Student of the Year Award at the USI Student Achievement Awards 2020.

The report was commissioned by the Child Rights Governance team at Save the Children and was undertaken by the Centre for Children’s Rights and Family Law at the UCC School of Law and the Centre for Children’s Rights at Queen’s University Belfast.

The School of Law is holding an online Showcase for prospective undergraduate students on Tuesday 16 June at 2:30pm

The second in a series of Ethics, Law and Pregnancy in Ireland Network (ELPIN) workshops took place virtually on Friday 29^th May 2020

UCC School of Law invites applications from suitably qualified individuals with relevant experience who are interested in tutoring and/or lecturing on an hourly occasional part-time basis (not exceeding 6 hours per week).

School of Law alumnus publishes new article examining the right to social protection in Uganda, Kenya and South Africa in the context of COVID-19.

Professor Madden was admitted to the Academy alongside other recently elected members via an online Admittance Day ceremony.

Join us for the first of a new series of webinars on Thursday 4 June, 16:00-17:00

Dr Fiona Donson and Dr Aisling Parkes from the School of Law will lead on the project, which will be delivered in collaboration with the Irish Penal Reform Trust.

PhD candidate Jane Mulcahy successfully defends her doctoral thesis via Microsoft Teams

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) has published a new research report by UCC School of Law’s Dr Tommaso Natoli on the integration of climate change adaptation (CCA) and disaster risk reduction (DRR) in the Pacific Islands region.

The papers – on the timely and relevant topics of climate change and asylum applications – were written by UCC School of Law alumni Shannon Greene and Katie Coyle.

The College of Business and Law at University College Cork has launched new employment-based PhD scholarships. The scheme is a collaborative arrangement between UCC, the student and their employer and there are five scholarships on offer.

An information hub of local and national resources to support families in crisis during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has been developed by the School of Law at UCC, together with Irish charities, civil society organisations and other service providers.

The newly founded UCC School of Law PhD reading group has gone virtual.

On Wednesday 25 March, the School of Law at UCC hosted a “virtual coffee morning” online in support of student Eimear Kiely’s #GoPurple4ARC campaign in aid of Cork ARC Cancer Support House.

The Editorial Team of the Cork Online Law Review have just published the 19^th edition of the student-run online law journal

When seminars become webinars: Reflections on a successful online guest seminar at the School of Law, as we continue our series on remote working.

As part of the School of Law's remote working series, we are delighted to offer access to a guest lecture on law and literature, delivered virtually to School of Law students last week. 

In these testing times of social distancing as Ireland comes together (while staying apart!) to battle the COVID-19 virus, the School of Law, like the rest of UCC, has switched to remote working.

We regret to announce that due to the ongoing Covid-19 situation in Ireland, a number of upcoming School of Law events have been postponed.

UCC School of Law, in collaboration with the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, Ireland, were delighted to host an event on 3 March examining the role of arbitration and mediation in resolving disputes.

Current and former students at the UCC School of Law share their experiences in 'Carpool College Courses'.

Four UCC School of Law students recently won prizes for their successful work placements at UCC’s College of Business and Law annual Work Placement awards.

Final Year BCL student (and auditor of UCC Law Society), Jason Herbert, was part of the winning inter-university team at the Bar Council of Ireland's Justice Week debate.

In this special guest blog post for the School of Law website, Jason reflects on his experience at the debate.

On Saturday 22nd February the UCC School of Law and the UCC Law Society were represented at the Irish round of the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition.

LLM student and member of the team, Benjamin Harrington, shares his reflections of the day.

This year's moot was held on Thursday 13 February at the City Courthouse on Washington Street.

This year’s conference will take place on Thursday 23 April, and will consider the theme “Environmental Rights: From Discourse to Legal Action”

The first in a series of ELPIN workshops was held on Friday 7 February.

Closing date for applications is 10^th March 2020

With Brexit becoming a reality nearly four years after the UK referendum, the School's Dr Stephen Coutts is organising a guest lecture series examining its implications. The events will take place at the UCC School of Law throughout February and March. 

UCC School of Law is looking to host a LLM by Research or PhD Scholar via funding through Irish Research Council Government of Ireland Employment-Based Scholarships. In order to secure funding, the experienced researcher must submit an Expression of Interest to the UCC Law School.

Ahead of the general election on 8 February, Cork Votes - a newly formed group run by two students from the School of Law, UCC - ran a successful voter registration event on Saturday 18 January in the city.

Before Christmas, our third year Evening BCL students received their Diplomas in Law at the College of Business and Law parchment ceremony in Devere Hall.

We caught up with third year Evening BCL Class Rep Pippa Willows after the ceremony to ask her about her highlights of the programme so far, how she feels the EBCL is benefitting her career, and what advice she would offer to anyone considering the degree programme.

Dr Conor O'Mahony, Senior Lecturer at the UCC School of Law, has been asked by the Government in his capacity as Special Rapporteur on Child Protectionto undertake a review of issues surrounding parental rights for LGBT families using surrogacy and other forms of assisted human reproduction.

Dean of the School of Law, Professor Mark Poustie, recently visited China as part of an internationalisation drive to develop existing and new partnerships with Chinese law schools. 

Engaging with our alumni in Ireland and across the world is a priority for the School of Law. Alumni relations activity proved to a be a key highlight for the School in 2019, and we look forward to offering more events and opportunities in the new year. 

2019 was a jam-packed year for events and conferences at the School of Law.

The School of Law's experienced faculty members undertake cutting-edge research, producing highly-regarded legal scholarship both independently and through our research centres. This year saw numerous successful funding bids for innovative research across a range of legal areas.

At the School of Law, public engagement is an essential pillar of our work. Throughout the year, our faculty have engaged with Government, civil society, NGOs and the public with the aim of shaping a just society for all, both in Ireland and abroad. 

We are hugely proud of faculty at the School of Law who have been recognised for their work and varied achievements throughout 2019.

The Council of Europe publication compiles international and European standards, guidance and current practice, with real-life examples of initiatives that demonstrate how migration processes can adopt a child-friendly approach.

The School of Law was delighted to collaborate with the Bar of Ireland, the Cork Bar and the Southern Law Association to host a lecture in honour of the late High Court Judge, The Honourable Mr Justice Kevin Feeney, on 4 December 2019 in the Aula Maxima, UCC.

Members of the School of Law contributed to the recent conference organised by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Irish Centre for European Law (ICEL) on the theme Environmental Law Enforcement: Emerging Challenges 2019 held in Dublin on 25 November 2019.

Professor Mary Donnelly addressed the conference held at UCC, which prepared staff in health and social care settings for key reforms which will be introduced with the full implementation of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015.

Two UCC School of Law initiatives have been successful in their funding applications to the National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education.

Students from UCC’s Sports Law Clinic hosted an event this week to discuss key issues surrounding women in sport. Four high-profile Irish female athletes spoke at the well-attended event held at the UCC School of Law.

Dr Áine Ryall, Centre for Law and the Environment, has been awarded the Public Sector Award at the Cork Environmental Forum Awards 2019 held at the Firkin Crane Centre on 27 November 2019.

BCL (Law and French) 2019 graduate, Daisy Pemble, has been awarded a French Government Medal and NUI Prize for Distinction in Collaborative Degrees.

The Hon Ms Justice Marie Baker, nominated for appointment to the Supreme Court, is a UCC BCL graduate and received a UCC Distinguished Alumni Award in 2014. Her Honour Judge Rosemary Horgan, nominated for appointment to the Circuit Court, obtained a BCL, and later an LLB and LLM, from University College Cork.

The Minister of Health has appointed UCC School of Law lecturer Dr Mary Tumelty to the Health and Social Care Professionals Council.

The School of Law’s Centre for Children’s Rights and Family Law has issued a call for papers for its second biennial academic workshop on frontier research across the two areas. The workshop brings together scholars at the forefront of research in children’s rights and family law for two days of developing research and exchanging feedback. It will be held in University College Cork on Tuesday 21 and Wednesday 22 April 2020.

Wednesday 20th November is World Children's Day. This year marks the 30th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child - the ground-breaking agreement that has helped to transform the lives of children around the world. Professor Ursula Kilkelly of the UCC School of Law was in Geneva this week for the launch of the Global Study on Children Deprived of Liberty. 

On November 15th 2019, Dr Mary Tumelty, School of Law, UCC, hosted a workshop entitled “Criminal Responsibility for Medical Error: A Helpful or Harmful Mechanism for Delivering Patient Safety?”

In the context of UCC’s strategic initiatives to develop a Connected Curriculum and cultivate graduate attributes, Dr Patrick O’Callaghan of the School of Law has designed a new digital badge on independent thinking which will be offered on a university-wide basis next semester.

UCC School of Law held its second annual Alumni & Friends event in the Irish Embassy in Brussels on Monday 21 October.

On 22^nd October 2019, the Chief Justice of Ireland, Mr. Justice Frank Clarke relaunched the Irish Legal Information Initiative (IRLII)

On Friday, 18 October 2019, the Centre for Law and the Environment at UCC hosted a major conference on the theme Enforcing European Union Environmental Law.

School of Law to benefit from historic gift to fund new Chair in European Union (EU) Law at University College Cork.

The Chief Justice of Ireland, the Hon. Mr. Justice Frank Clarke, will relaunch the Irish Legal Information Institute on 22^nd October.

Dr. Maria Cahill and Dr. Conor O’Mahony were recognised at the UCC Staff Awards on Thursday 10 October 2019.

The researcher must develop a proposal with the host for the 20 November 2019 deadline.

The Centre for Law and the Environment is delighted to host an open event at UCC during Community Week 2019.

Ciara O'Donovan is a graduate of our BCL (International) programme and Senior Legal Advisor at the National Treasury Management Agency.

The Centre for Law and the Environment at UCC is hosting a conference on Friday, 18 October 2019 on the theme Enforcing European Union Environmental Law.  The event, which runs from 2pm-6.30pm, is open to the public and is free of charge. 

UCC students will get an opportunity to meet with Arthur Cox partners and find out more about the law firm’s exciting programmes for graduates at an exclusive on-campus recruitment event on Monday 30 September.

Professor Ursula Kilkelly, Director of the Centre for Children’s Rights and Family Law and a professor at the School of Law undertook a week-long research visit to Wellington, New Zealand in August 2019.

On August 30-31, Constitution Project @ UCC, in association with the British and Irish Chapter of the International Society of Public Law, played host to a conference on the theme of “Sovereignty, Populism and Constitutional Politics”.

The Centre for Law and the Environment at UCC will host a conference on Friday, 18 October 2019 on the theme Enforcing European Union Environmental Law. 

ELPIN will facilitate the development of critical competencies among researchers around ethical and legal issues in pregnancy and childbirth in the new medical/legal/social/ethical environment following the repeal of the 8^th Amendment to the Constitution in May 2018.

Cathy O'Neill will become the first Irish student to receive the Starr Foundation Scholarship and to study in the area of International law at the University of St. Gallen.

The seminar explored Recent Developments in European Union Environmental Law.

The Centre for Law and the Environment will host a seminar on the theme Recent Developments in European Union Environmental Law on the evening of Friday, 28 June 2019.

School of Law, UCC and Constitution Project @UCC in association with The British and Irish Chapter of the International Society of Public Law (ICON-S) will host the conference on Friday 30^th and Saturday 31^st August 2019.

Dr Mary Tumelty recently spoke at the Law and Society Associations Annual Conference in Washington D.C. and participated in an Advanced Mediation Workshop at the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School.

The Seminar will take place on Friday, 28 June 2019, from 5-7.30pm.

Join us for our School of Law Showcase on Wednesday 26th June.

The Seminar will take place on 4 June at UCC.

The conference aimed at bringing academics and practitioners together to think about the ethical space around provision of the full range of reproductive health services.

Candidates commencing their full time studies in September 2019 or later are eligible to be considered for the award of these scholarships.

The School of Law UCC invites applications from suitably qualified individuals with relevant teaching experience who are interested in tutoring and/or lecturing on an hourly occasional part-time basis (not exceeding 6 hours per week) for the 2019-20 academic year.

Seven years after her appointment, Professor Ursula Kilkelly stepped down as Dean of UCC School of Law this week. 

The launch will take place on Monday 13th May 2019.

University College Cork and Arthur Cox announce philanthropic gift which will provide vital support to enable student access.

The 11th Annual Postgraduate Research Symposium on Environmental Law will take place on Wednesday, April 10th 2019 at UCC School of Law. 

The annual Mental Health and Capacity Law conference takes place on Saturday 6 April at Brookfield Health Sciences Complex, UCC.

Funded by Irish Aid, Dr Fiona Donson and Dr Lawrence Siry will visit Vietnam to participate in workshops designed to support the development of the country's first Masters Programme on anti-corruption.

The Centre for Law and the Environment will hold its 17th annual conference on 11 April 2019.

The Centre for Law and Environment will host the 17^th Annual Law & Environment Conference on Thursday, April 11^th 2019 in Boole Lecture Theatres 1, 3 & 4,  University College Cork, Cork.

On March 21, Supreme Court judge, The Hon. Mr Justice McKechnie, will chair a seminar exploring the future of judicial cooperation between Britain and Ireland following Brexit.

Dr Conor O'Mahony addressed the Oireachtas Committee on Justice and Equality on 20 February 2019.

UCC School of Law’s academic reputation drives elite ranking.

As a society, we can be guilty of perceiving medical practitioners to be infallible. In part, this may be a consequence of the esteem in which practitioners have traditionally been held, which reinforces our interpretation of what it means to be a medical professional.

Chaired by Dr Catherine O’Sullivan, the conversation will take place at 6 pm on Thursday 28^th February in G30 Áras na Laoi.

Alice Murphy is a graduate of our BCL (Law and French) programme and a member of the Charity Law & Not-for-Profit team at Mason Hayes & Curran.

The Minister for Health, Simon Harris T.D., announced eight new appointees to the Board of the HSE.

The Role of Environmental Law in the Transition to Sustainability

At a time when debates in the public sphere are characterised by soundbite, emotional appeals and fake news, it has perhaps never been more important to be able to tell good arguments from bad arguments.

2018 saw the School of Law make headlines on both the national and international stage.

Kathy McKenna assumed she would become a solicitor before embarking on a career in the media.

Professor Rhona Smith will deliver the 11th Centre for Criminal Justice and Human Rights Distinguished Lecture.

The UCC School of Law is looking to support and host applications to the Irish Research Council Fellowship Programme for 2019.

Dr Maria Cahill will join a multidisciplinary Laureate program entitled “Balancing Diversity and Social Cohesion in Democratic Constitutions” for two months.

Dr Parkes was among a range of speakers invited to discuss the state of play of remedy for human rights impacts in the world of sport.  

The Law Society of University College Cork is pleased to announce the 18^th Annual William Fry UCC Law Society Conference entitled: “New Legal Technologies: Are Lawyers an Endangered Species?” The conference will be held on the 30^th of October between 8:30am - 2:00pm in the Aula Maxima, University College Cork.

UCC School of Law recently held its inaugural Alumni and Friends event in Brussels.

In her role as external examiner of the LLM Children’s Rights and Family Law, Professor Jane Mair will visit UCC School of Law next week and deliver a guest seminar to LLM students.

Lenin Tinashe Chisaira’s research explores the use of climate litigation by big business to secure huge tracts of land which results in whole communities being relocated.

In September, Mark Reidy and Steven O’Brien, BCL students of UCC Law School, attended a summer school in China, partly funded by School of Law. 

Clara Hurley is one of UCC School of Law’s most prodigious graduates of recent years.

The lecture will be delivered by Professor Stephen Case - Professor of Criminology at Loughborough University - and followed by panel discussion featuring Professor Ursula Kilkelly, Professor Mary Rogan & Dr Katharina Swirak

The 109th annual conference of the Society of Legal Scholars was held in Queen Mary University of London

The School of Law at University College Cork invites applications for fully-funded PhD scholarships (EU fees plus €16,000 stipend, tenable for up to four years) or LLM (by Research) scholarships (EU fees plus €16,000 stipend, tenable for one year). 

Emerald de Leeuw came to UCC to become a lawyer, but altered the direction of her career after a life-changing eureka moment in the library.

Our newsletter shines a light on the wonderful work being conducted by the staff, students and alumni of UCC School of Law.

Oonagh Buckley's career demonstrates how Law graduates can revel in numerous roles across the Civil Service.

The Centre for Criminal Justice and Human Rights, School of Law, University College Cork and Irish Mental Health Lawyers Association held their 2018 conference on Mental Health Law and Capacity Law in UCC on Saturday 12 May 2018.

The roundtable seeks to explore the philosophical, social and legal dimensions of Big Data in the political arena

The Graduate Research Scholarships are aimed at outstanding candidates who exceed the criteria for admission to the programme.

Published by Cambridge University Press, Creating Corporate Sustainability Gender as an Agent for Change, features a range of internationally renowned female scholars from an array of disciplines.

My Lawyer My Rights - Working with Children in Conflict with the Law

Tuesday June 26th 2018, 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. including lunch.

Venue: President’s Hall, Blackhall Place, Dublin 7

CPD: 3.5 hours

In order to secure funding, the experienced researcher must develop a proposal with the host for the September 12^th 2018 deadline.

On Monday 16th and Tuesday 17th of April, the Centre played host to a multi-national group of academics gathering to share their latest research in the fields of children’s rights and family law.

The symposium will see an array of international speakers present their research on contemporary environmental issues. 

Applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates to undertake research leading to the award of PhD and addressing an appropriate aspect of The Evolving Legal Framework for Marine Biodiversity in Ireland.

Students are invited to participate in a masterclass following our upcoming conference 'Beyond McMahon – the future of asylum reception in Ireland’, organised in conjunction with Nasc.

Beyond McMahon – the future of asylum reception in Ireland.

Courtrooms around the world are fast becoming the new front line for climate action. 

The public lecture will take place in the Aula Maxima on Monday April 16, at 1:30pm.

On the island of Ireland, some 650 pieces of EU legislation act as the principal drivers of environmental protection.

Towards Environmental Responsibility, Accountability and Liability.

The IDEA project is led by Dr Conor O’Mahony from the School of Law and Dr Kenneth Burns from the School of Applied Social Studies.

UCC Law students, Eliza Walsh (BCL International 2) and James Murphy (BCL2) were jointly awarded the best mooting prize at the Irish Red Cross International Humanitarian Law competition in Belfast on Saturday 10^th March 2018.

Friday, 23 March 2018 5:30pm-7.30pm

AL G.30 Lecture Theatre, Áras na Laoi, UCC

The rights of children with a parent in prison is a subject which, in the Irish context at least, has been ill considered to date by policy and law makers.

Dr Louise Crowley was invited to write the blog on Perpetrator Intervention Programmes by Oxford University Press.

The workshop will take place between 9:30 and 1:30 on Friday, February 23 at the Camden Court Hotel in Dublin.

Michael Prendergast is the Associate External Relations Officer with the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) in Jordan.

Postgraduate researchers working in any area of Environmental, Planning or Natural Resources Law, Policy, Regulation or Governance are invited to submit abstracts.

Water scarcity is fast becoming one of the most pressing issues of the 21^st century.

The UCC School of Law annual Schools Essay Competition has once again been a huge success!

Towards Environmental Responsibility, Accountability and Liability.

The Law Reform Commission is hosting a consultative event in University College Cork on Wednesday 31^st January.

The Citizens' Assembly met to discuss the manner in which referenda are held.

The University of Oslo is hosting a workshop titled "Enforcing Environmental Sustainability in the face of Business Failure and Distress".

Each year UCC honours alumni who have who have achieved outstanding success in their chosen fields.

The Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015: Personal and Professional Reflections which is jointly edited by Professor Mary Donnelly (UCC School of Law) and Caoimhe Gleeson and published by the HSE National Office of Human Rights and Equality Policy in conjunction with the UCC School of Law and the Decision Support Service, will be launched on Wednesday 3 November 2021.  The book will be available in hard copy and an e-copy will be available free of charge.

27-28 October 2020 (Tuesday and Wednesday, 2.30pm - 6.30pm Hanoi Time - GMT+7)

Writing on RTÉ Brainstorm, Dr Mary Tumelty demonstrates that while efforts to address the shortcomings of medical negligence litigation are slow, the introduction of periodic payment orders is an important change.

Apologies, this event has been postponed. We will announce a revised date shortly.