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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
Maynooth University organises the National Moot Court Competition 2023
The competition involved 16 teams of mooters, 30 judges and more than 20 volunteer clerks and timekeepers
Date: Wednesday, 06 December 2023
Prof Aisling McMahon invited to speak at ‘Regulation of Innovative Health Technologies’ Workshop at the University of Tasmania
Professor McMahon spoke at a workshop session which examined ‘Patents as regulators of innovative health technologies’ alongside Professor Jorge Contreras, University of Utah who delivered a paper on ‘Patent licensing as a regulatory mechanism’.
Date: Tuesday, 05 December 2023
Ireland’s restorative justice providers agree to collaborate to strengthen provision
At the event, the host, Dr. Ian Marder (Maynooth University School of Law and Criminology), agreed to write a ‘plan on a page’ for this group with clearly defined, collective goals and objectives.
Date: Monday, 04 December 2023
Maynooth University hosts annual European Whistleblowing Institute (EWI) meeting.
EWI, established in December 2023, is an independent organisation driven by a deep passion to enhance innovative research, excellent education, and fact-based policies on whistleblowing.
Date: Friday, 01 December 2023
Maynooth University hosts annual European Whistleblowing Institute (EWI) meeting.
EWI, established in December 2023, is an independent organisation driven by a deep passion to enhance innovative research, excellent education, and fact-based policies on whistleblowing.
Date: Friday, 01 December 2023
Conference presentation on unmarried fathers and the Law
This conference brought together leading scholars in Child Law from Ireland, England and Wales, France, Scotland and Spain to discuss themes addressing child-parent relationships in various jurisdictions.
Date: Thursday, 30 November 2023
Prof Aisling McMahon speaks at Australasian Association of Bioethics and Health Law at Queensland University of Technology
Professor McMahon’s paper entitled “Bioethical issues posed by patents – and how they are used – over ‘technologies’ related to the human body: An Urgent Need for Scrutiny” examined the bioethical issues posed by patents and how these rights can be used over emerging technologies related to the human body.
Date: Wednesday, 29 November 2023
European Parliament publishes Study by Professor Delia Ferri on proposed European Disability Card
Professor Ferri’s analysis considers legal and policy background, the Pilot Project as well as the rationale for a European Disability Card against the background of the EU’s competences and discusses the role of the principle of mutual recognition before turning to examining the proposals in greater detail.
Date: Friday, 24 November 2023
Professor Aisling McMahon, Alanna Kells and Sinéad Masterson Publish Policy Report as part of IRC funded project with Breakthrough Cancer Research on ‘Access and Provision of CAR-T Therapies in Ireland’
CAR-T therapy is a type of cancer immunotherapy which aims to use cells from a patient’s own immune system as part of the therapy.
Date: Thursday, 23 November 2023