Biography

Patricia Brazil LL.B. M.LITT Barrister-at-Law is a former scholar of the College, who was conferred with an M.Litt. on the Drug Court and sentencing policy in Ireland in 2005. She lectures in family law and introduction to law for business, economics and social studies. A full-time researcher with the Law Reform Commission for a number of years, she has carried out extensive teaching and lecturing at Trinity College prior to her full-time appointment to the Law School. Her research interests include family and child law, domestic immigration and asylum law and criminal law.

Professional Qualifications

• Barrister-at-Law, the Honorable Society of the King's Inns.

Representations

• Legal Expert Member of ELENA (European Legal Network on Asylum) 2007
• Member of ChildWatch International Research Project 2006
• National Contributor to University of Michigan Refugee Law Project 2007
• Vice-Chairperson of Irish Penal Reform Trust 2005 to present

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Publications

• 'Asylum and Immigration Law', Annual Review of Irish Law 2006, William Binchy and Raymond Byrne, Dublin Roundhall, 2006, 11, 71, Patricia Brazil and Nuala Egan.
• 'Asylum and Immigration Law', Annual Review of Irish Law 2005, William Binchy and Raymond Byrne, Dublin Roundhall, 2005, 11, 71, Patricia Brazil and Nuala Egan.
• Law Reform Commission Consultation Paper on Trust Law: General Proposals, Dublin Law Reform Commission, 2005.
• Law Reform Commission Consultation Paper on the Court Poor Box, Dublin Law Reform Commission, 2004.
• Law Reform Commission Consultation Paper on Judicial Review Procedure, Dublin Law Reform Commission, 2003.
• Criminal Procedure, Dermot Walsh, Dublin University Law Journal, 25, 2003.

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