Advocate General of the European Court of Justice, Mr Justice Gerard Hogan will deliver NUI Galway’s School of Law Annual Distinguished Lecture. The online lecture will take place on Thursday, 3 December, at 6pm.

During his lecture, “Re-examining McGee, Norris and the X case”, Mr Justice Gerard Hogan will discuss and reflect upon these seminal Irish constitutional law cases and recent constitutional reform.

The School of Law Annual Distinguished Lecture will be chaired by Professor Siobhán Mullally, Director of NUI Galway’s Irish Centre for Human Rights and UN Special Rapporteur on Trafficking in Persons, especially women and children.

Important lessons

Dr Charles O’Mahony, Head of the School of Law at NUI Galway, said: “The School of Law Annual Distinguished Lecture plays an important role in further enriching our students’ learning experience.

"There are many important lessons to be learned in this year’s lecture “Re-examining McGee, Norris and the X case” including an opportunity to re-consider these important judgments from a comparative, legal and social perspective.

Mr Justice Gerard Hogan, a renowned legal scholar, is Advocate General of the European Court of Justice since 2018. Previously Mr Justice Hogan was a judge of the Court of Appeal and of the High Court.

The virtual School of Law Annual Distinguished Lecture is free and open to the public.

For more information and to register, visit adl2020.eventbrite.ie.