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Professor Blanaid Clarke has been appointed to the new position of McCann FitzGerald Chair of Corporate Law

 

 

Trinity College Dublin and leading Irish law firm, McCann FitzGerald appoint Professor Blanaid Clarke to the new position of McCann FitzGerald Chair of Corporate Law.

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American Arbitration Association awards Trinity Law Student the Rory Brady Prize for Excellence in International Conflict Management

The American Arbitration Association has awarded the annual Rory Brady Prize for Excellence in International Conflict Management to Trinity Ph.D. Student Brian Barry. Brian, who is completing his Ph.D. in the School of Law under the supervision of Dr. Desmond Ryan, has been awarded the prize for his essay entitled “Creating a Template for Analysis and Reform of a Conflict Resolution System – The Reform of Institutional Structures of Employment Dispute Resolution in Ireland”.
 
This prize seeks to recognise a student who has made an outstanding contribution to the study of conflict resolution and is in the amount of US$5,000. The prize is established in memory of Rory Brady S.C., who was a former Attorney General from 2002-2007. He played a leading role in the reform of Irish mediation and arbitration law and in the promotion of mediation by lawyers.

 

Trinity College Dublin Hosts 1st Dublin Vis Pre-Moot: 9 - 10 March 2012

Trinity College Dublin is hosting their first pre-moot for the 19th Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot on the 9th and 10th of March 2012. This is an excellent opportunity for the Trinity College team to prepare for the final rounds of the Vis Moot. So far, teams from the University of Wurzburg and the University of Turino have confirmed they will be participating.

The members of the 2012 TCD Vis Moot team are Rémi Ribas, Dónall Breen, Laura Keogh, Nessa McHugh, Beatrice Vance and Elodie Vilchez.

If there are any solicitors or barristers with an interest in or experience of dispute resolution who would be interested in assisting as an arbitrator, please email Joe Garvey at jgarvey at tcd.ie or Maria Hewson at hewsonm at tcd.ie for more details.

Registration for the moot is free and open to all, but places will fill up quick. More information on the Willem C. Vis Moot can be found here <http://www.cisg.law.pace.edu/vis.html> .

Rory Brady Prize for Excellence in International Conflict Management

A new prize, established by the American Arbitration Association, will be awarded annually between 2011 and 2015 to the Trinity College Dublin undergraduate or postgraduate student who has made an outstanding contribution to the study of dispute resolution. Worth US$5,000 annually, students are invited to submit an essay on any aspect of conflict resolution for a chance to win the newly established Rory Brady Prize for Excellence in International Conflict Management.

Rory Brady SC was former Attorney General from 2002-2007. He played a leading role in the reform of Irish mediation and arbitration law and in the promotion of mediation by lawyers. Interested students must submit an essay on any aspect of conflict resolution to the School of Law by 4pm on Friday January 20th 2012. The winner will be chosen by Prize Committee made up of four individuals from Trinity’s School of Law, two members of the Irish Bar and a representative of the American Arbitration Association.

Pictured above at the announcement of the American Arbitration Association Annual Rory Brady Prize for Excellence in International Conflict Management are William K. Slate III, President and CEO of the American Arbitration Association; Mrs Siobhan Brady; Professor Gerry Whyte of Trinity’s School of Law, and Mark Appel, Senior Vice-President of the International Centre for Dispute Resolution.

Maples Student Business Lawyer of the Year Awarded to TCD Law Student

(L-R) Judge Peter Kelly, Raphael Clancy, Trinity College Dublin and Andrew Doyle, Managing Partner, Maples and Calder Dublin.

The final of the Maples Student Business Lawyer of the Year Award took place last Wednesday, 5 October, in the National Gallery of Ireland. This is the inaugural year of the Award, which Maples have designed to identify and acknowledge the student believed to display excellence in the skills and capabilities which are essential to success as a business lawyer. This year's winner is Raphael Clancy (Senior Sophister Law). The runner up is Ben Mitchell (Senior Sophister Law)

The four finalists had beaten stiff competition to get to the Final. The Award runs in conjunction with our Summer Internship programme for which several hundred students were considered. Just over 5% of these were interviewed from which 10 were selected for the internship. 4 were selected for the final by a team of Maples partners and mentors who assessed on their ability to display excellence in applying the law to complex business situations in a way which is innovative, creative and optimal from a client's perspective.

On the night of the final, the students' skills of persuasion were assessed by our judges - Judge Peter Kelly, Barrister John Kennedy and Maples' Head of Litigation Dudley Solan - as they argued for and against an agreed topic using the format of a Moot Court. The winner, Raphael Clancy of Trinity College Dublin, impressed the judges with his structured approach to the case and quick thinking ability during his rebuttal argument. Raphael's prize was a gold medal, a cheque for €2,000 and a further three week internship in either our Hong Kong or Cayman Islands office.  The runner up in the competition was Ben Mitchell, also a Law student in Trinity.”

The Law School is saddened by the recent deaths of Brian Lenihan and Dr. Kader Asmal, former colleagues of the Law School.

 

Brian Lenihan, TD. sadly passed away on 10 June 2011. Brian was a graduate and former lecturer in Law at Trinity College Dublin.

Dr. Kader Asmal (pictured left) who was a lecturer in the School of Law at Trinity College Dublin from 1963 until 1990, passed away on 22 June 2011.

Kader Asmal was one of a number of Law School staff - William Duncan, Mary Robinson and Mary McAleese being three others - who combined their academic careers with a commitment to social and political reform and this has influenced the way many of the staff at the Law School teach law, with one eye on how legal developments affect contemporary political and social issues.

Kader was against all forms of discrimination and this belief informed many of his lectures on International law. He was a lively, engaging and entertaining lecturer (with a great sense of humour and a marked propensity for devilment) and his lectures in International law were regarded in a sense as performances. His lectures were always passionate, he was an inspirational teacher and brought his subjects alive for all the students. Kader himself had a superb command of English, which was mainly attributable to the fact that he listened to the BBC World Service on the radio as a young boy. He brought an international perspective into the Law School, and his healthy irreverance for College traditions had an influence on staff and students alike. He infused the Law School with a cosmopolitan character which took it outside its Irish and British roots.

Kader was one of the most well read of his colleagues and he would frequently reinforce the points he made (in lectures, at Law School Committee meetings and during his six year sojourn as Dean of Arts (Humanities) ) with references to both English and world literature. He loved the music of Sean O'Riada, Mise Eire, in particular. He was a great host and he and Louise and threw some highly entertaining parties in their house in Leopardstown. Kader introduced Labour law as a subject in the Law School and this course counter-balanced some of the more commercially-oriented subjects on offer available to students. It was course in which he emphasised that worker protection is just as important as the rights enjoyed by entrepreneurs and industrialists. There is also no doubt that Kader's strong social conscience had an impact on many of his students in the Law School and a number of them were inspired to pursue postgraduate study at LSE because of Kader's classes in Labour law. He will be greatly missed by his colleagues and friends in the Law School.

Both will be greatly missed by friends and colleagues at the Law School.

 

Provost's Teaching Award

Congratulations to Dr. Desmond Ryan who was honoured a Provost's Teaching Award, 2011 on 31st May. Recipients of this award are nominated by students and/or colleagues and winners must demonstrate evidence of sustained commitment to teaching excellence, and that the scholarship of the nominee has been inspirational and/or influential among academic colleagues within or beyond the institution”.

 

Dr. Eoin O'Dell is appointed Chair of New Copyright Review Committee by the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Richard Bruton [more]

Angelina Cox, Law and Political Science and Eugene Reavey, Law are both selected for Internships on Washington Ireland Programme [more]

 

Ivana Bacik, Reid Professor of Criminal Law, Criminology and Penology (below) is re-elected to the Seanad on 28 April 2011.

 

 

Congratulations to fourth year law students Bridget English and Rebecca Russell-Carroll who were awarded the title of Overall Winning Team at the final of The Advocate - McCann FitzGerald's All-Ireland Business Law Challenge in the Four Courts on 11 March 2011.

 

Law Student Colloquium

The third annual Trinity College Law student colloquium took place on 19th February 2011, titled ‘Rethinking Law’. The event, which was chaired by the Honourable Mr Justice Gerard Hogan, provided a unique forum for law students at both undergraduate and postgraduate level to present their research, speak on legal topics and to engage in discourse on original and innovative approaches to law. The colloquium featured 10 panels covering topics such as ‘Medicine, Ethics and the Law’ and ‘Judges and Jurors’. Fresh perspectives were also offered in areas such as Criminal Law, Jurisprudence, Human Rights Law and Company Law. Over 120 people attended the colloquium which featured 35 speakers from Ireland, the UK and futher afield. This year saw a record number of oversees applications, highlighting the growing reputation of the colloquium internationally.

 

Pictured right at the Law Student Colloquium (l-r) Mark Coen (Trinity College Dublin), the Hon. Mr. Justice Gerard Hogan and Dr. Neville Cox (Trinity College Dublin).

 

 

 

 

 

Trinity College Dublin to participate in the prestigious Willem Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot.

As one of the most prestigious international moot court competitions, the Willem Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot gathers the best student advocates from universities around the world to compete and meet other students and professionals in the field of arbitration law. Now in its 18th year, the Willem Vis Moot 2011 will take place in Vienna, Austria, from the 14th to the 21st April. The Moot is designed to foster an increased awareness of commercial and arbitration issues through the preparation of memorandum for both a claimant and respondent, culminating in oral arguments before experienced arbitrators, lawyers and judges. The issues in this year's Moot range from discussion of the UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration 1985, the 2010 Rules of the Milan Chamber of Arbitration, to the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods 1980. Trinity College Dublin will be sending six students to take part: Maria Hewson (LLM), Thomas Weierer (stud. jur.), Patrick Schultes (stud. jur.), Donall Breen (LLB), Peter Burca (LLM) and Joseph Garvey (LLM), along with their coach Emma Reynolds.

The Trinity College Moot team would like to thank their sponsors for their support: Frank Ward & Co and the Chartered Institute of Arbitration Irish Branch. Frank Ward & Company Solicitors is a boutique litigation firm with offices located next to the Four Courts, specialising in private client services. The CIArb Irish Branch is an authority on the regulation, administration, training and promotion of Arbitration in Ireland with over 750 members. The multi-disciplinary membership includes practitioners in law, construction, finance, and accountancy among others.

 

Law Society Student Wins Irish Times Debate

TCD’s Law Society student, Mark Thuillier, was named overall winner in the individual category at the annual Irish Times debating championship, and was awarded with the Christina Murphy Memorial Trophy. Debating for the motion that ‘This House would Default” Thuillier argued that “Brussels created its own moral hazard at the outset” and that Ireland’s debt is “a European problem that needs a European solution”. Read more...

Dr. Gerard Hogan SC (above) nominated to the High Court

Dr. Gerard Hogan SC nominated to the High Court

On 21 September 2010, the Government nominated Dr Gerard Hogan to the High Court. Gerard Hogan was a lecturer in the Law School from 1982 to 2007, lecturing subjects as diverse as constitutional law, competition law and torts law. He was a Fellow of the College, internationally renowned academic and inspirational teacher. Along with Professor Gerry Whyte, he is the co-author of the seminal treatise on Irish constitutional law, Kelly: The Irish Constitution (4th ed). Along with Professor David Gwynn Morgan, he is the co-author of the seminal treatise on Irish administrative law, the fourth edition of which is about to be published: Hogan and Morgan, Administrative Law in Ireland. He is also the author of countless law journal articles and other scholarly contributions. He was called to the Inner Bar in 1997 and appeared in many (if not most) of the leading constitutional cases of the past two decades, bringing his academic erudition to bear on practical matters. The Law School offers its warmest congratulations to Gerard and his family on this most deserved appointment.

 

African Human Rights Judgments Database

For the past two years, William Binchy and the School of Law has engaged in a project Globalisation, Human Rights and the Judiciary in Africa: A Comprehensive Identification, Location and Comparative Law Analysis of the Judgments relating to Human Rights in Sixteen African States, funded by the Irish Research Council for Humanities and Social Sciences (IRCHSS). This project recently launched a database of judgments of African courts on the protection of human rights. 

pictured above John Kurkjian, Brian Barry, Dr. Des Ryan, Ann Boland and John Pearson

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Brian Barry is awarded the John A. Boland Memorial Scholarship (Law) on 17 June 2010. The prize in memory of John Boland (LL.B., M.A., Barrister-at-Law, 1954) is awarded annually to a new incoming research postgraduate student in Law.

pictured above (l-r) Dr. Des Ryan, The Hon. Miss Justice Mary Laffoy, Dr. Neville Cox and Mr. Val Corbett

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'Employment Law in Ireland' by Dr. Neville Cox, Dr. Des Ryan and Mr. Val Corbett and published by Firstlaw is launched by The Hon. Miss Justice Mary Laffoy in the Long Room on 13 May 2010.

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