Biography

Eva Barrett holds an LL.B. in Law & European Studies (German, Politics, 2004) from the University of Limerick and a Diploma in Employment Law from the Law Society of Ireland (2008). She qualified as a Solicitor while working for A&L Goodbody Solicitors in February 2009 and worked in the European Commission’s Directorate General for Energy and Transport from October 2009 to March 2010, before commencing her research under the supervision of Alex Schuster in April 2010.
Eva has acted as a Part-Time Lecturer on the LLM course in Griffith College Dublin and has been an invited Guest Lecturer on the LLM module for European Energy Law in Trinity College Dublin, and on the EU Law and Policy module at the University of Denver, Colorado. Eva has also been a Teaching Assistant (for EU Law) in the TCD Law School since 2010. Eva’s research explores the duties of the Irish State to develop on-shore wind generated electricity; from authorisation and development to generation and sale. The project was awarded an Irish Research Council Government of Ireland Postgraduate Scholarship in 2011 and a Postgraduate Scholarship for the Irish Association of Law Teachers (IALT) Annual Conference in 2012.

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Professional Qualifications

Solicitor (Law Society of Ireland)

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Awards

• Irish Research Council Government of Ireland Postgraduate Scholarship (2011-2013)
• Postgraduate Scholarship for the Irish Association of Law Teachers (IALT) Annual Conference 2012

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Research Interests

• Energy Law
• International Law
• European Law
• Competition Law and Policy
• Environmental and Planning Law
• Wind Energy.

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Education Details

• LL.B., Law and European Studies (German and Politics), University of Limerick, 2004.
• Diploma in Employment Law, Law Society of Ireland, 2008.
• Professional Practice Course I, Professional Practice Course II, Law Society of Ireland, 2009.
• Certificate in Teaching and Supporting Learning in Third Level Institutions, Trinity College Dublin, 2011.

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Employment Details

• Currently: Trinity College Dublin, Teaching Assistant (EU Law), Teaching Assistant (Economic and Legal Aspects of Competition Policy) 2010-2011.
• 2010-2011: Griffith College Dublin, Part Time Law Lecturer (LLM course, Introduction to the International Legal Systems).
• 2009-2010: European Commission, Directorate General for Energy and Transport, Specialised Trainee (Blue Book).
• 2006-2009: A&L Goodbody Solicitors, Trainee Solicitor and Solicitor.

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Memberships /Associations /Publications

• Law Society of Ireland
• Institute for International Integration Studies
• Irish Wind Energy Association
• Irish Centre for European Law
• Africa Direct (Cork Based NGO)

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Publications

Peer Reviewed Articles

Eva Barrett, ‘Through the Looking Glass*: Greenhouse Gas Regulation in the EU and the US, Blood Brothers Separated at Birth Both Facing the Heat’ (2013) 31 Journal of Energy and Natural Resources Law 2 (accepted, in press).

Book Reviews

Eva Barrett, ‘Layered Global Player Legal Dynamics of EU External Relations’ (2013) 55 International Journal of Law and Management 3 (forthcoming).

Eva Barrett, ‘EU Energy Law Volume I the Internal Energy Market’ (2013) International Journal of Law and Management (accepted, expected publication in summer 2013).

Selected Conference Papers

'Ireland's On-Shore Wind Policy: "Caught between a Rock and a Hard Place”’, Irish Association of Law Teachers (IALT) Annual Conference, 17 November 2012 (paper awarded an IALT postgraduate scholarship for the annual conference 2012).

'The Cases that Created a US System of Emission Regulation', UCL-KCL Postgraduate Environmental Law Symposium, University College London, 7 November 2012.

'“Facing the Heat”: Will the EU be compelled to revise her Emission Regulation Policy?', 'Integration or Disintegration?' The Future of European Law & Policy Conference, University of Birmingham, 28 June 2012.

'Have Electricity Targets and the Environment Gone with the Wind?' 4th Annual Postgraduate Research Symposium on Environmental Law, University College Cork, 28 March 2012.

'Climate Change Legislation and Litigation: The Juxtaposed Positions of the EU and the US in Face of the Fact', Scottish Young Legal Researchers Colloquium, University of Dundee, 22 April, 2011.

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