2008 Press Releases
Initiative by UCC at Cork Prison
02.05.2008
Inmates at Cork Prison recently completed the first short course on ‘Citizenship and the Law’ delivered at the Prison by the Centre for Criminal Justice and Human Rights, Faculty of Law, UCC.
02.05.2008
Inmates at Cork Prison recently completed the first short course on ‘Citizenship and the Law’ delivered at the Prison by the Centre for Criminal Justice and Human Rights, Faculty of Law, UCC.
Eleven inmates successfully completed the course and were presented with certificates by Professor Caroline Fennell, Dean of Faculty and Head of Department of Law.
The course was the first of its kind to be offered by the CCJHR and it builds on the success of the LLM Criminal Justice (Clinical) Programme and similar initiatives in US law schools on ‘Teaching within the Walls’. The seminar series was organised with the support of the Director for Education in Cork Prison (Mr Colm O’Herlihy) and Governor Jim Collins.
Six Law UCC Faculty staff members participated in the delivery of the seminar series. Topics covered included: The Irish Legal System; EU Law; Family Law; Youth Justice; Employment Equality Law; Immigration and Refugee Law; the Criminal Justice system.
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The course was the first of its kind to be offered by the CCJHR and it builds on the success of the LLM Criminal Justice (Clinical) Programme and similar initiatives in US law schools on ‘Teaching within the Walls’. The seminar series was organised with the support of the Director for Education in Cork Prison (Mr Colm O’Herlihy) and Governor Jim Collins.
Six Law UCC Faculty staff members participated in the delivery of the seminar series. Topics covered included: The Irish Legal System; EU Law; Family Law; Youth Justice; Employment Equality Law; Immigration and Refugee Law; the Criminal Justice system.
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