Adjunct Professors

Michele O’Boyle

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