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Adjunct Professors

Michele O’Boyle is a Senior Counsel Solicitor and is the Civil Litigation partner in O’Boyle Solicitors, Sligo where she has extensive experience in Civil Litigation across all jurisdictions including Family Law, Personal Injuries, Employment Law as well as in various CPO schemes and in Planning and Environmental Law matters.

She was an elected member of the Council of the Law Society of Ireland for over 20 years and served on all of its senior Committees.

Michele was appointed President of the Law Society in 2019-2020 and was the fourth female President in 150 years and the first female President with a practice outside of Dublin.

She was awarded the Woman Lawyer of The Year for her Leadership of the Solicitors profession during the Covid pandemic.

She currently serves on the Law Society Family and Child Law Committee, Litigation Committee and Assisted Decision-Making Task Force.

Having previously served on the Circuit Court Rules Committee as the Law Society nominee, she currently serves on the Superior Court Rules Committee.

Michele is a representative of the Law Society on the Council of the International Bar Association (IBA) where she represents the Law Society internationally.

She is a Director of Irish Rule of Law International and a Director of Benburb Street Property Company Limited. Appointed by government, Michele is a Member of the Legal Services Regulatory Authority ( LSRA) and she previously held a Board position with the Courts Service.

She has presented to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Justice and Equality in relation to Access to Justice and Costs and, Michele contributes to the media on a variety of legal topics.

Adjunct Assistant Professors

Name	Adjunct Assistant Professor - Modules	E-Mail: (@tcd.ie)
Ms Samantha Arnold	Contemporary Issues in Refugee Law	saarnold@tcd.ie
William Binchy	African Human Rights, Chinese Legal System in Comparative Perspective and Globalisation and the Law	wbinchy@tcd.ie
Dr Alan Brady	Judicial Review and Human Rights: Theory and Practice and Foundations of Law	alan.brady@tcd.ie
Mr Richard Bunworth	Intellectual Property Dissertation Group	rbunwort@tcd.ie
Ms Jesse Coleman	Investment Law and Sustainable Development	colemaj4@tcd.ie
Val Corbett	MSc Law and Finance Dissertation
Mr Naoise Gaffney	Patent Law in a Globalised World	naoise.gaffney@tcd.ie
Mr Glen Gibbons	Contemporary Issues in Intellectual Property Disputes	gibbonsg@tcd.ie
Mr TP Kennedy	International Economic Law and International Trade Law	kennedtp@tcd.ie
Dr Ewa Komorek	EU Aviation Law, International Aviation Law, EU Digital Single Market (Media and content regulation), Regulation of Cyberspeech, Dissertation Group	komoree@tcd.ie
Mr Donald MacLean	EU Financial Services Law, Corporate Finance and Corporate Governance, Dissertation Group	macleada@tcd.ie
Mr Barry Mansfield	Principles of Commercial Arbitration	mansfieb@tcd.ie
Ms Lisa Marie Monch	International Business Tax Law	monchl@tcd.ie
Dr Eoin O'Connor	National Security Law	oconne22@tcd.ie
Dr Gemma O'Farrell	European Trademark and Design Law	gofarre@tcd.ie
Dr Audrey Plan
Mr Jonathan Prunty
Mr Colin Smith	International Humanitarian Law, Human Rights Law Clinic	colin.smith@tcd.ie
Dr Rachel Widdis	Business and Human Rights	rachel.widdis@tcd.ie

Richard Bunworth is a graduate of Trinity College Dublin (LL.B, 2011), the University of Oxford (BCL, 2013), and King's College London (MA). He received a number of scholarships in relation to his doctoral research, including a Government of Ireland Postgraduate Scholarship, a Sutherland Doctoral Scholarship, and a Laura Bassi Scholarship. He has published numerous articles across European and international legal journals in his areas of interest. Richard is also a commercial solicitor, qualified to practice in Ireland, England and Wales. He acted previously as a consultant to the Irish Competition and Consumer Protection, and was subsequently appointed as a non-governmental advisor to the CCPC. He lectures in the areas of intellectual property law and competition law.

Ms Jesse Coleman, LL.B. (Law, Political Science) (Trinity College Dublin), LL.M. (University of Cambridge), delivers a module on Investment Law and Sustainable Development for postgraduate law students. Jesse is also Founder and Managing Director of Change Collective, an international and interdisciplinary consultancy practice focused on economic governance, human rights, and sustainability. Prior to her current role, Jesse led a portfolio of technical assistance and advisory projects at the Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment (Columbia University) in New York, where she supported community advocates, non-profits, government agencies, and intergovernmental organizations.

Ms Lisa-Marie Mönch is a fully qualified German lawyer. Having obtained her First and Second State Exam in law in Germany she further graduated from Trinity College Dublin with an LL.M. in International and European Business Law. She recently completed an MSc in Taxation at the University of Oxford. After working briefly at the German state pension authority as Head of Unit she joined the Court of Justice of the European Union in Luxembourg as part of the trainee programme. Being admitted to the Frankfurt Bar she is a practising lawyer working for the German tax department of DLA Piper UK LLP since 2021.

Mr Naoise Gaffney, M.A. (Dub), M.Sc. (Dub), M.Sc (QMUL) is an expert on international patent law. He is Of Counsel and UPC Director at Bristows LLP and is admitted to practice as a lawyer in Washington State, as a litigator before Europe's Unified Patent Court and as a patent attorney before the European Patent Office, the UK Intellectual Property Office, the US Patent and Trademark Office and the Intellectual Property Office of Ireland. In addition to spending a number of years in private practice, working for patent law firms in Ireland, Australia and Japan, prior roles have included general counsel and head of IP at a gaming hardware scaleup, head of IP at a Nasdaq-listed biotech and head of patent development at Intellectual Ventures, owner of one of the world’s largest patent portfolios. He is chair of the IP Network at Ibec, Ireland’s foremost business lobby group and is a named inventor on over 20 international patent applications.

Mr Glen Gibbons, is a Senior Counsel and member of the Inner Bar with significant experience of Intellectual Property and EU law litigation before the Irish courts. He is a graduate of the University of Galway (with degrees in Law and Economics), University of Cambridge (LL.M.) and the Honorable Society of King's Inns. Glen is also the author of Gibbons on Trade Marks Law (3rd ed, Clarus Press).

Mr TP Kennedy, is Director of Education at the Law Society of Ireland. He is also an external examiner for the Institute of Professional Legal Education in Queens University, Belfast. He is a solicitor and before joining the Law Society was a lecturer in law in the University of Leeds and was in private practice for a number of years with one of Ireland’s largest law firms. He has co-written a textbook on European Law for Oxford University Press and contributed articles on issues of international and European law to a variety of legal publications. He is the advisory editor to the Hibernian Law Journal.

Dr Ewa Komorek, LL.B (Warsaw 2002), LL.M (Amsterdam, 2003), PhD (Trinity College Dublin, 2008) lectures four modules on the LL.M programme: International Aviation Law, EU Aviation Law, EU Digital Single Market (Media and content regulation) and Regulation of Cyber-speech. She formerly worked for the European Commission’s DG Competition (Media Unit) and in the EU and Competition Departments of Linklaters and Hammonds law firms in Brussels. She also worked as a consultant in the EU & Competition team of A&L Goodbody Solicitors in Dublin, as well as the research assistant for the Sales Law Review Group in the Irish Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment. She was the country correspondent for Ireland for the 2012 update of the 2004 EMR study for the European Parliament entitled “The information of the citizen in the EU: obligations for the media and the Institutions concerning the citizen’s right to be fully and objectively informed”. Her areas of expertise include law of the European Union, media law, human rights, with particular emphasis on freedom of expression, competition law, aviation law and consumer law.

Mr Donald A. MacLean, B.A. in Biological Sciences (University of Delaware), M.B.A. in Corporate Finance (Columbia University), J.D. (Hofstra University), LL.M. (Trinity College Dublin), Attorney at Law (New York). Don was the head of Primary Markets in the Securities and Markets Directorate of the Central Bank of Ireland responsible for the interpretation and implementation of, and compliance with, EU and national legislation and Central Bank of Ireland policy with regard to the prospectus, transparency and short selling regimes. He has twenty years of previous experience at firms in the financial services industry in New York, including Credit Suisse, Credit Agricole, Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Sidley Austin LLP.

Mr Barry Mansfield undertook his BCL at University College Dublin and then completed the degree of Barrister-at-law from The Honorable Society of King’s Inns and was called to the Bar of Ireland. He subsequently received his LL.M. from Georgetown University Law Center. He was admitted to the Bar of the State of New York and practised as an attorney with the firm of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP in both New York and in London. He is currently a practising barrister based in Dublin.

Dr Eoin O'Connor is a practising barrister. He is also a member of the Bar of England and Wales and the Bar of Northern Ireland. He is a graduate of UCC, TCD and the Honorable Society of King's Inns. Eoin is the author of National Security Law in Ireland.

Dr Audrey M. Plan is an ERC Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Sutherland School of Law (UCD), where she conducts sociolegal research on EU integration and EU-derived rights. She holds a Bachelors in Law with Honors (UCA, France), a Diploma in American Law with High Honors (UCA, France), an MSc in International and European Studies with High Honors (UPPA, France), and a PhD in Political Science (TCD, Ireland). She has previously worked as research assistant, a tutor and head tutor in International Relations, and as Lecturer on International Courts at Trinity. She has received awards for both her research (IALT Matheson Postgraduate Scholarship, Trinity Provost PhD Award, IRC Postgraduate Research Funding) and teaching (TRISS Postgraduate Teaching Award 2022, nomination for Trinity Teaching Award for Postgraduate Students). Her main research interests are EU Human Rights, International Courts and empirical legal research methods.

Mr Colin Smith, LL.B. (Dub), M.Litt. (Dub), B.L. Colin Smith is a barrister practising in the field of human rights law. He specialises in asylum and immigration law and in cases involving trafficking in human beings. He has worked in Chambers at the Special Court for Sierra Leone in Freetown and in the War Crimes Division of the Office of the Prosecutor at the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina in Sarajevo. He frequently advises government agencies, international organisations and NGOs on human rights and humanitarian law matters.

Dr Rachel Widdis, LL.B (TCD), LL.M. (Human Rights), MBS (UCD), PhD (TCD, 2021), lectures in Business and Human Rights on the LL.M. Formerly worked in Structured Finance in ABN-AMRO Luxembourg, EMEA Business Development in Paris and as a Financial Analyst in Citigroup in London and New York. Rachel's PhD focuses on the development of transnational civil litigation concerning parent company duty of care for adverse impacts on human rights. Recent research includes regulation of Human Rights Due Diligence, and Access to Remedy relating to business and human rights in Ireland.

Professional

Name	Function	Contact
Catherine Finnegan BA, Dip Econ Sc.	School Manager	Room: 12 Telephone: 896 2367; Email: catherine.finnegan at tcd.ie
Jennifer Maguire Donohoe LL.B., MA	Engagement and Inclusion Officer	Room: 01A; Telephone: 896 2772; Email: law.school at tcd.ie
Kelley McCabe M.A.jo	Postgraduate Programme Manager (Taught and Research)	Room: 01C Telephone: 896 8449 Email: kelley.mccabe at tcd.ie / law.postgraduate at tcd.ie
Jargalzaya Tsagaankhuu	Postgraduate Executive Officer	Room: 01C Telephone: 896 8449 Email: law.postgraduate at tcd.ie/ tsagaanj@tcd.ie
Patricia McCorry M.A. jo (Part-Time)	Finance Officer Research Project Appraisal/Officer	Room: Room 12, Telephone: 896 2772 Email: mccorrp at tcd.ie /
Mairead Morrissey, M.A.jo (Job-Share)	Undergraduate Executive Officer Student Records, Transcripts, Bar Applications, General Enquiries (excluding Admissions)	Room: 01B; Telephone: 896 1278; Email: morrissm at tcd.ie
Reiltin O'Connor B.A, M.A.jo	Undergraduate Programme Manager	Room: 01A/O1B; Telephone: 896 1125; Email: reiltin.oconnor at tcd.ie
Celine Walsh B.A., M.A. (Part-Time)	Erasmus and Exchange Programme Administrator
Natalie Wynn B.A., PhD. (Job-Share)	Undergraduate Executive Officer Student Records, Transcripts, Bar Applications, Seminars General Enquiries (excluding Admissions)	Room: 01B;Telephone: 896 1278; Email: nwynn at tcd.ie
Leslie Monfraix B.A., M.A.	Communications Officer Publications, Social Media, Website	Room: 01B; Telephone: N/A Email: lawevent at tcd.ie / leslie.monfraix@tcd.ie
Vacant	Events Officer	Room: 01A; Telephone: 896 2772; Email: lawevent at tcd.ie

Visiting Professors & Research Fellows

Visiting Research Scholar Applications

The School of Law welcomes applications for visiting scholars in all the areas of the School’s expertise. Details of the research interests of members of the Law School can be found: here

Short Visits

Applications for periods of up to one month are considered by the Head of School only, and must be proposed by a member of the Law School’s academic staff. These applications should be emailed to the Head of School by the proposing member of the School’s academic staff.

Longer Visits

Research visits are normally for up to three months, but longer stays will be considered. Applications for research visits of over one month are considered by the School’s Research Committee. The application form must be signed by a proposing member of the Law School’s academic staff. In all cases, the support of a member of academic staff at the Law School is required to make an application. These applications should be emailed to the Director of Research by the proposing member of the School’s academic staff.

Our Visiting Research Application Form can be accessed here. There are two annual deadlines for submission of applications: 30 September and 30 MarchVisitors who apply by September will be notified of the outcome by the end of January and visitors who apply by 30 March will be notified of the outcome by no later than the end of May. Submitted applications received by the Law School from prospective research visitors are considered by the Research Committee and Head of School between September-April each academic year. Early applications are encouraged and in any event no less than three months before arrival date to allow time for processing relevant paperwork.

*NOTE* The School of Law is unable to accept visiting applications from postgraduate research students (other than through direct participation in the LERU European Exchange Programme for participating Law Schools). For queries on LERU exchanges from other LERU universities please contact your own university and law.postgraduate@tcd.ie. Postgraduate students from non-LERU partner universities and researchers may directly apply to the Library for independent access the University's Library. The Law School has no role in relation to Library access which should be organised directly with the University's Library.