An online seminar entitled ‘Judicial Education and Training in Twenty-First Century Ireland: European and International Perspectives’ will take place on Friday 17 September.

The event will run from 10am – 5pm and is beingly organised by:

• Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL),
• Whitaker Institute and School of Law, National University of Ireland Galway (NUI Galway),
• School of Law, University of Limerick (UL).

Trauma-informed judging

Topics will include:

• Judicial education and training in Ireland,
• Judicial skills and judge craft,
• Developing judicial skills in Ireland,
• Trauma-informed judging,
• Vulnerable persons in court.

Speakers will include:

• Doireann Ansbro, ICCL,
• Prof Paul McCutcheon, UL,
• Dr Rónán Kennedy, NUI Galway,
• Professor Cheryl Thomas, UCL,
• Judge Gerard Tangenberg, SSR,
• Ms Justice Adèle Kent, National Judicial Institute of Canada,
• Prof Niamh Howlin and Dr Mark Coen, UCD,
• Dr Rachel Cahill-O'Callaghan, Cardiff University,
• Dr Jennifer Schweppe and Prof Amanda Haynes, UL,
• Dr Jane Mulcahy, UL,
• Saoirse Enright, UL,
• Tom O’Malley, NUI Galway.

Registration is now open for this event.

Further information and a full schedule will be available shortly.

Enquiries may be directed to: ronan.m.kennedy@nuigalway.ie or to Rónán Kennedy (small picture), Law School, National University of Ireland Galway, at +353-91-495626. 

The event is funded by the Irish Research Council.