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School of Law and Criminology adopts restorative practices policy
Entitled A Restorative Approach to Supporting Students, the policy outlines what a restorative approach means in the School and the training that staff may obtain to help implement this, as well as providing for a new academic service role of Restorative Practices Officer in the School
Date: Tuesday, 09 April 2024
Prof Michael Doherty recently joins panel on the Adequate Minimum Wage Directive
Prof Doherty’s paper (Make me good…just not yet? Ireland and the Adequate Minimum Wage Directive) was part of a panel discussion on the impact of the Directive in Ireland, Portugal, Slovenia, Hungary, and Lithuania.
Date: Tuesday, 09 April 2024
Dr Clíodhna Murphy publishes on diverse topics
Dr Murphy has co-authored pieces on The Impact of Article 47 of the Charter in the Irish Legal System
Date: Wednesday, 03 April 2024
Prof. Delia Ferri and Dr. Ann Leahy present DANCING findings at SLSA Annual Conference
The panel contribution focused on results in work package 1 of the DANCING project which aims to identify barriers and facilitators to cultural participation by persons with disabilities in the European Union (EU).
Date: Tuesday, 02 April 2024
Dr Donal Coffey co-edits new book 'The Centenary of the Irish Free State Constitution'
Co-edited with Dr Laura Cahilllad (University of Limerick), this book deals with the role, development, and legacy of the first Constitution of independent Ireland within the wider context of the establishment of the State.
Date: Thursday, 28 March 2024
Postgraduate Research Committee hosts careers event for PhD students
This event featured a keynote presentation by Dr Paolo Cavaliere (Senior Lecturer in Digital Media and IT Law at the University of Edinburgh) on the topic of ‘scholactivism’, the intersection between academia and activism, and two roundtable discussions.
Date: Wednesday, 27 March 2024
Seth Barrett Tillman receives 2024 John Locke Liberty Award
Associate Professor Seth Barrett Tillman has received the 2024 John Locke Award in recognition of his extensive, decades-long work to advance separation of powers and principles of originalism in defense of liberty.
Date: Tuesday, 26 March 2024
ERC DANCING project hosts fourth DANCING Academic Conversation with Dr. Giulia Priora
The DANCING team welcomed Dr. Giulia Priora from NOVA School of Law (Lisbon, Portugal) to present and discuss her research on ‘Distributive Rationales in EU Copyright Law’ which underpins her forthcoming monograph on the topic.
Date: Monday, 25 March 2024
Dr Lynsey Black publishes in RTÉ Brainstorm - Women who kill: 'the female poisoner has been particularly reviled'
On 11th March 2024, Dr Lynsey Black, Assistant Professor in the School of Law and Criminology published an article on RTÉ Brainstorm entitled, ‘Women who kill: “the female poisoner has been particularly reviled”’
Date: Friday, 22 March 2024
School of Law and Criminology hosts multiple events for Social Justice Week 2024
Maynooth University Social Justice Week 2024 took place on the 4th – 8th March across the University, and the School of Law and Criminology hosted several events highlighting the vast knowledge and expertise in diverse areas of public interest and social justice in the School.
Date: Tuesday, 19 March 2024