Biography

Rachael Walsh joined the Law School at Trinity College Dublin in September 2012, and teaches English Land Law. Previously, she was a Lecturer in Law at the Dickson Poon School of Law, King’s College London, from January 2011 to September 2012. While at King’s, she was programme director for the joint LLB programme with Columbia Law School and taught property law and environmental law. She graduated with an LLB from Trinity College Dublin as a Gold Medalist in 2007. She subsequently completed an LLM degree at Harvard Law School, where she was a Fulbright Scholar. She graduated with a doctorate in Law at Trinity College Dublin in December 2011, writing on the topic “Private Property Rights in the Irish Constitution.”

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Representations

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Administrative Functions

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Awards and Honours

Recipient of an Ussher Fellowship, Trinity College Dublin, 2008
Recipient of the Gold Medal in the LLB degree, Trinity College Dublin, 2007
Recipient of a Fulbright Scholarship, 2007
Scholar of Trinity College Dublin, 2005

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Education Details

LLB, PhD (Dub), LLM (Harv)

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Employment Details

• Assistant Professor in Law, Trinity College Dublin, 2012-present
• Lecturer in Law, Dickson Pool School of Law, King’s College London, January 2011-September 2012
• Adjunct Lecturer in Law, Trinity College Dublin, September 2011-January 2011.

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Memberships /Associations

• Irish Jurisprudence Society
• Society of Legal Scholars

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Publications

Articles
 “Private Property Rights in the Irish Constitution: A Communitarian Compromise” (2011) 33 DULJ 86 (A Festschrift For The Honourable Mr Justice Ronan Keane).
“The Constitution, Property Rights, and Proportionality: a reappraisal" (2009) 34 Dublin University Law Journal 1
"The Principles of Social Justice And The Compulsory Acquisition of Private Property for Redevelopment in the United States and Ireland" (2010) 35 Dublin University Law Journal 1

Book Chapters
“The Evolving Relationship between Property and Participation in Planning Law”, forthcoming (2013), Modern Studies in Property Law, Hart Publications.

Case Notes
“Integrating Proportionality into Public Authority Possession Applications –Conclusive Answers from the Supreme Court?” (2011) 22 King’s Law Journal 414.

Book Reviews
AJ van der Walt's book "Property in the Margins",  (2010) 21 King's Law Journal 591

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Postgraduate Research Students

I welcome inquiries from potential research students in the areas of constitutional law, environmental and planning law, and property law and theory.

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Links

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