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Prof Aisling McMahon presents PatentsInHumans research at Law and Futures Seminar, Newcastle University
Prof Aisling McMahon’s paper was entitled “Patents on Technologies Related to the Human Body: The Urgent Need for Greater Bioethics Scrutiny”.
Date: Tuesday, 02 May 2023
PhD Scholar Ethan Shattock presented a paper at the 2023 British and Irish Law Education and Technology Association (BILETA) conference
Ethan’s paper was entitled ‘Knowledge of Deception: Intermediary Liability for Disinformation Under Ireland’s Electoral Reform Act.
Date: Wednesday, 26 April 2023
Prof Aisling McMahon and Dr Opeyemi Kolawole present PatentsInHumans research at the Socio-Legal Studies Association Conference in Ulster University
Prof Aisling McMahon and Opeyemi Kolawole presented a co-authored paper at the Intellectual Property panel of the SLSA conference entitled “Patenting (In) the Human Body: The ‘No (Tangible) Property Rights in the Body’ Principle & Patents Considered”.
Date: Tuesday, 25 April 2023
Seth Barrett Tillman’s research on diplomatic gift giving and the U.S. Constitution’s Foreign Emoluments Clause was cited in a French government white paper
. See Élisabeth Borne, Prime Minister & Sébastien LeCornu, Minister for the Armed Forces, Assemblée Nationale Document No 1033, ‘Bill relating to military programming for the years 2024 to 2030 and containing various provisions relating to defense’ (April 4, 2023)
Date: Monday, 24 April 2023
Assistant Professor Dr. Mariana Velasco-Rivera elected to the Council of the International Society of Public Law (ICON-S)
Membership on the Council is a position of high distinction. Among other things, it entails the responsibility to provide intellectual guidance for @ICON__S, to advise the Executive Committee, and to represent the interests of ICON-S members.
Date: Friday, 21 April 2023
Maynooth’s School of Law and Criminology Plays Host to Two Visiting Professors – Prof Harry Dammer and Prof Jay Albanese
Professors Dammer and Albanese are experts in the field of comparative criminal justice and during their stay, they will contribute their knowledge to the MA in Comparative Criminology and Criminal Justice, as well as contributing guest lectures to first years on the criminology undergraduate programme.
Date: Thursday, 20 April 2023
Pathways to the Legal Profession – Summer Internship opportunity
The Department of Law the Maynooth Access Programme are delighted to announce that the Pathways to the Legal Profession Summer Internship Programme 2023 is now open for applications!
Date: Friday, 14 April 2023
Irish Research Council Doctoral Scholar Alanna Kells has Poster Highly Commended in PhD Poster Competition at the SLSA Annual Conference 2023
Irish Research Council Doctoral Scholar Alanna Kells’s poster was awarded ‘highly commended’ in the PhD Poster competition at the annual Socio-Legal Studies Annual Conference held at Ulster University in Derry-Londonderry from 4-6 April 2023.
Date: Tuesday, 11 April 2023
Evictions into homelessness could be unconstitutional writes Dr Conor Crummey in an Opinion Piece in The Irish Times
In the piece, he argues that the constitutional protection of the inviolability of the dwelling may offer some protection to some tenants facing eviction, particularly in circumstances where local authorities fail to make appropriate accommodation available.
Date: Tuesday, 04 April 2023
Maynooth University Law Society host their annual Law Ball
The evening also marked the 15th anniversary of the Society in Maynooth!
Date: Monday, 03 April 2023