Ivana Bacik
Director of Undergraduate Teaching and Learning
Reid Professor of Criminal Law, Criminology and Penology
School of Law
Room 18, House 39
Trinity College, Dublin 2
Tel: (01) 896 2299
Fax: (01) 677 0449
Email: icbacik at tcd.ie
Areas of Interest
Criminal Law, Criminology, Constitutional law, Equality and Human Rights law, Feminist Theory and Law.
- Biography
- Professional Qualifications
- Representations
- Administrative Functions
- Awards and Honours
- Education Details
- Employment Details
- Publications
- Postgraduate Research Students
- Research Projects
- Links
Biography
Ivana Bacik LLB LLM (LOND), FTCD (2005) Barrister-at-Law. Ivana Bacik is the Reid Professor of Criminal Law, Criminology and Penology (1996), a Fellow of Trinity College Dublin and a practising Barrister. Ivana is Director of Undergraduate Teaching and Learning in the School of Law, Trinity College Dublin. She has a Law degree from Trinity College Dublin and an LL.M. from the London School of Economics. She practises as a barrister, and teaches courses in Criminal law; Criminology and Penology; and Feminist Theory and Law at Trinity. Her research interests include criminal law and criminology, constitutional law, feminist theories and law, human rights and equality issues in law.Ivana Bacik was elected to the Seanad in 2007.
Professional Qualifications
- Degree of Barrister-at-Law, The Honorable Society of King’s Inns, Dublin, 1994
- Degree of Barrister-at-Law, Middle Temple, London, 1992
Representations
- Independent Senator (Dublin University Constituent), Seanad Eireann
- Editor, Irish Criminal Law Journal, 1997 – 2003
Administrative Functions
- Director of Teaching and Learning (Undergraduate) - 2009
- College Tutor;
- Member, College Equality Committee and Student Health Committee
Awards and Honours
- Provost's Teaching Award, 2006
- Middle Temple Pupillage Award, 1992
- Middle Temple Major Benefactors Award, 1991
- London School of Economics Bursary & Maintenance Award,1990
- British Academy Studentship Award to L.S.E., 1990
- Trinity College Dublin Entrance Exhibitionship and Sizarship, 1985
Education Details
- LLB, University of Dublin – 1989
- LLM (LOND), 1991
- Barrister-at-Law (Middle Temple, London, 1992)
- Barrister-at-Law (King’s Inns, Dublin, 1994
Employment Details
- Practising Barrister – to date
- Reid Professor of Criminal Law, Criminology and Penology, Trinity College, 1996 - date
- Temporary Full-Time Lecturer, Law School, Trinity College Dublin, 1995 - 1996
- Lecturer (full-time permanent), National College of Industrial Relations Dublin, 1993 - 1995
- Part-time Lecturer, University of North London, 1991 - 1993
- Part-time Seminar Tutor, University of Kent, 1992 – 1993
- Pupil Barrister, London, 1992 - 1993
Publications
Prostitution and the Law in Ireland, for publication in 2009.
Type |
Reference |
Year |
Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 'Struggling with Juggling: Gender and Work/Life Balance in the Legal Professions', | 2006 | Women's Studies International Forum, 29 2006, 136, 146, 2006 | |
| Chapter | 'Law in a Republic' in editor(s) Jones M (ed), The Republic : Essays form the Thomas Davis Lecture Series | 2005 | Published by Mercier Press, 2005, pp 102-118 |
Book |
Kicking and Screaming: Dragging Ireland into the Twenty-First Century |
2004 |
Published by O’Brien Press, Dublin |
Chapter |
‘Criminal Law’ |
2004 |
Published in Kilkelly, U. (ed), ECHR and Irish Law. Bristol: Jordan Publishing |
| Chapter | 'Immigration and Citizenship Law: Implications of the Referendum Proposal' in, editor(s) Trinity College Law School, The Citizenship Referendum: Implications for the Constitution and Human Rights | 2004 | Dublin, TCD Law School, pp. 34-47 |
Book |
Gender InJustice. Co-author with Costello, C. and Drew, E. |
2003 |
Published by Trinity College Law School (Funding from Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform and British Council) |
| Article | 'Gender InJustice', Law Society Gazette, 98 (6) | 2004 | Law Society, p16-16 |
Chapter |
‘Harassment’ in Costello, C. and Barry, E. (eds), Equality in Diversity: the New Equality Directives. Dublin: |
2003 |
Published Irish Centre for European Law |
| Article | 'Gender InJustice - Women's Lawyers', Bar Review, 8 (6) | 2003 | Bar Review |
Article |
‘Free Speech, the Common Good and the Rights Debate’ |
2003 |
(2003) Republic |
| Article | 'Feminism', Lalor, B., Encyclopaedia of Ireland | 2003 | Dublin, Gill & MacMillan |
Chapter |
'Women and the Criminal Justice System' |
2002 |
Published in O’Mahony, P. (ed), Criminal Justice in Ireland. Dublin: IPA |
| Book | 'Women in Law in Ireland, (with Cathryn Costello) | 2002 | Bar Review 7 (4) p 4-5 |
Chapter |
'The Practice of Sentencing in the Irish Courts' |
2002 |
Published in O’Mahony, P. (ed), Criminal Justice in Ireland. Dublin: IPA |
| Article | "'If it Ain't Broke?" A Critical View of the Law reform Commission Consultation paper on Homicide: Mental Element in Murder', | Irish Criminal Law Journal, 12, 2002, p.6-9 | |
Book |
Towards a Culture of Human Rights in Ireland. Co-author with Livingstone, S. |
2001 |
Published by Cork University Press |
| Chapter | 'Sentencing Practice in Ireland: A Focus on the Concepts of Minimum and Mandatory Sentencing' in, editor(s) Binchy, W, and Sarkin, J (eds), Human Rights, the Citizens and the State: South African and Irish Approaches | 2001 | Dublin, Roundhall |
| Article | 'Incorporation of the European Convention on Human Rights - What Effect will it have on Innocence, Silence and Legal Representation in Irish Criminal Law?' | 2001 | Irish Criminal Law Journal, 11, p 14-17 |
| Article | 'Case and Comment: DPP v FINN | 2001 | Irish Criminal Law Journal, 11 p 22 |
| Article | 'Harassment', | 2001 | Employment Law Today, 1, p 32-42 |
Article |
‘Rape and the Law: the Quest for a Best-Practice Rape Law Model’ |
2000 |
(2000) 4 Irish Journal of Feminist Studies 17-30 |
Article |
‘The Sex Offenders Bill 2000’ |
2000 |
(2000) 5 (7) Bar Review 387-90 |
| Article | 'Law Reform Commission Consultation Paper on Homicide: The Mental Element in Murder' | 2000 | Dublin University Law Journal, 22 p. 264-269 |
| Article | 'Reflections on the Operationof the Bail Act 1997' | 2000 | Practice and Procedure, p 3-5 |
Article |
‘Consistent Sentencing?’ |
1999 |
38 Studies, 164-174 |
Book |
Crime and Poverty in Ireland. Co-editor with O'Connell, M. |
1998 |
Published by Round Hall |
Book |
The Legal Process and Victims of Rape. Co-author with Maunsell, C. and Gogan, S. |
1998 |
Published by Dublin Rape Crisis Centre (Funded by EU Grotius Project) |
| Chapter | 'Legal Status of Pupils in the European Union: The Situation in Ireland', in editor(s) De Groof J and Penneman, H. (eds), The Legal Status of Pupils in Europe | 1998 | London, Kluwer International |
| Article | Bacik I, Kelly, A, O'Connell, M and Sinclair H 'Crime and Poverty in Dublin: an analysis of the association between community deprivation, District Court appearance and sentence severity, | 1997 | Irish Criminal Law Journal, 7 p 104-133 |
| Chapter | 'Combating Discrimination: the affirmative action approach' in editor(s) Byrne, R and Duncan, W (eds), Developments in Discrimination Law in Ireland and Europe | 1997 | Dublin, Irish Centre for European Law |
| Article | 'Abortion: Conflicting Rights, Duties and Arguments', | 1997 | Medico-Legal Journal of Ireland p 83-84 |
| Article | 'Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person Act, 1997' | 1997 | Irish Current Law Statutes Annotated, p 26-01 - 260-08 |
| Article | 'The Bail Act 1997' | 1997 | Practice and Procedure 3, p7-9 |
Article |
'Crime and Poverty in Dublin: an analysis of the association between community deprivation, District Court appearance and sentence severity', co-author with Bacik, I., Kelly, A., O'Connell, M. and Sinclair, H.. |
1997 |
Published in Crime and Poverty in Ireland, and in (1997) 7 Irish Criminal Law Journal 104-133 |
Book |
Abortion and the Law. Co-author with Kingston, J. and Whelan, A. |
1997 |
Published by Round Hall/Sweet & Maxwell |
Postgraduate Research Students
| Student | Thesis | Degree |
|---|---|---|
| David Hughes | Codification of Ireland's Criminal Law: the German Model as a Prototyp | M.Litt |
| Mary Rogan | Prison Policy in Ireland Since 1922 | Ph.D. |
Research Projects
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Links
- Women in Law Project (Gender InJustice Report)