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MU researchers find that Wikipedia influences judges’ legal reasoning
Researchers have found that a Wikipedia article can increase a case’s citations by more than 20%, thereby influencing judges’ legal reasoning.
Date: Thursday, 28 July 2022
Maynooth University Department of Law has been renamed the School of Law and Criminology
The move to rename the Department also reflects the strong growth in its law programmes. Maynooth is the fastest growing Law School in Ireland, and amongst the largest common law academic units in the EU.
Date: Friday, 25 February 2022
Emily Dunne PhD candidate at the Maynooth School of Law and Criminology, presented her research at the IALT Conference 2022
The Irish Association of Law Teachers (IALT) Conference 2022 sponsored by Matheson, was held in Queens University Belfast (QUB) on the 11th and 12th November 2022. The theme of the conference was The Law’s Capacity for Shaping the World: Inclusion, Exclusion and Omission.
Date: Monday, 28 November 2022
Dr Bríd Ní Ghráinne presents at the Network for Migration Matters Webinar Series
Dr Ní Ghráinne’s seminar took place on 14 November 2022 and focused on her recently-published monograph, Internally Displaced Persons and International Refugee Law (Oxford University Press 2022).
Date: Friday, 25 November 2022
Maynooth hosts film screening, visiting professor for International Restorative Justice Week 2022
To mark International Restorative Justice Week, the screening was organised in partnership between Maynooth University School of Law and Criminology and Restorative Justice: Strategies for Change (RJS4C), a project involving partners from ten European countries seeking to support the development of restorative justice in criminal justice settings.
Date: Wednesday, 23 November 2022
Dr Bríd Ní Ghráinne presents at the Irish Association of Law Teachers Annual Conference
Dr Ní Ghráinne’s presentation took place on 12 November 2022 and focused on her recently-published monograph, Internally Displaced Persons and International Refugee Law (Oxford University Press 2022).
Date: Thursday, 17 November 2022
PhD Candidate Aaron Harte-Hughes discusses his research on the Irish State Witness Security Programme
Aaron has been cited within several public sources, including the Irish Examiner article 'There’s no plastic surgery’: Reality of witness protection ‘a lot more basic than Hollywood’.
Date: Wednesday, 16 November 2022
David Mangan is Global Professor at KU Leuven, Faculty of Law
This position includes delivering a week-long course on a developing topic that is taught during KU Leuven Faculty of Law’s Global Week.
Date: Monday, 14 November 2022
Prof Aisling McMahon & Prof Emma Cave publish new article on “Should states restrict recipient choice amongst relevant and available COVID-19 vaccines?” in the Medical Law Review
This article considers the policy justifications for State controls on recipients’ choice amongst COVID-19 vaccine brands, at various points in the pandemic, focusing on European countries and drawing in particular on the UK context as an example.
Date: Friday, 11 November 2022
Dr David Cowan to address national safety conference
NISO’s prestigious conference is held every year with a changing theme that reflects current issues. This year’s theme is Health and Safety Mindset. It attracts occupational health and safety speakers of international renown and business leaders who share their own perspective about health and safety.
Date: Thursday, 10 November 2022