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London event to mark the permanent abolition of the death penalty for murder in Britain
Dr. Lynsey Black participated in an event to mark the 50th anniversary of the permanent abolition of the death penalty for murder in Britain.
Date: Tuesday, 21 January 2020
New publication by Prof Michael Doherty: “Solving the ‘Gig-saw’? Collective Rights and Platform Work”
Prof Michael Doherty has published a new piece, “Solving the ‘Gig-saw’? Collective Rights and Platform Work” in the Industrial Law Journal. The piece is co-authored with Dr Valentina Franca, of the University of Ljubljana.
Date: Friday, 17 January 2020
Welcoming Dr. Ciara Bracken-Roche to Maynooth University Department of Law
Maynooth University Department of Law welcomes our new member of staff Dr. Ciara Bracken-Roche.
Date: Tuesday, 14 January 2020
Dr. David Mangan and Prof Michael Doherty publish in The Sources of Labour Law
Dr David Mangan and Prof Michael Doherty have published a new chapter, “The Informing Ethos Behind the Sources of UK National Labour Law” in The Sources of Labour Law (2019; edited by Tamás Gyulavári and Emanuele Menegatti).
Date: Friday, 10 January 2020
A&L Goodbody Summer Internship Programme
Applications have open for the A&L Summer Internship Programme 2020.
Date: Thursday, 19 December 2019
Dr Louise Kennefick Guest Seminar for the Crime, Justice and Society Group at Edinburgh University
Dr Louise Kennefick, Visiting Scholar at Edinburgh University, presented a paper "Towards a Morally Contextualised Understanding of Respect for Persons in the Criminal Law" to the Crime, Justice and Society Group. The paper argued for the application of a capabilities approach to responsibility practices within the criminal law, with a view to transposing a socially realised perception of the concept of respect for persons at the point of responsibility attribution: https://www.law.ed.ac.uk/news-events/events/towards-morally-contextualised-understanding-respect-persons-criminal-law-louise
Date: Thursday, 19 December 2019
Innovation in Professional Practice Prize awarded to Clodagh O’Leary
Paul Rochford, Partner in Mason Hayes & Curran’s Education Law team gave a fascinating talk during the Maynooth University Department of Law’s Innovation in Professional Practice class. Paul spoke about the importance of translating innovative ideas into advice and services that clients find efficient and useful. Paul was at Maynooth University to present the Innovation in Professional Practice Prize to Clodagh O’Leary. This prize was awarded to Clodagh for coming first in the Innovation in Professional Practice module and was very kindly sponsored by Mason Hayes & Curran. Innovation in Professional Practice is taught in the second year of our undergraduate LLB degree.
Date: Thursday, 19 December 2019
Clíodhna Murphy, Mary Gilmartin and Leanne Caulfield publish article in Journal of Human Rights Practice
Clíodhna Murphy, Mary Gilmartin and Leanne Caulfield publish article in Journal of Human Rights Practice
Date: Tuesday, 17 December 2019
Niamh Wade, Criminology PhD candidate at Maynooth University writes article for RTE brainstorm
Niamh Wade, Criminology PhD candidate at Maynooth University writes article for RTE brainstorm
Date: Monday, 16 December 2019
Launch of the 2019 (Vol. 16) Probation Journal
Launch of the 2019 (Vol. 16) Probation Journal last Friday, 29th November 2019.
Date: Thursday, 12 December 2019