Andrea Mulligan

Affiliation(s):
Trinity College Dublin; Bar of Ireland 

Department:
Law

Research interests:
Legal aspects of assisted reproduction, maternity care, termination of pregnancy, contraception. Clinical negligence, consent to treatment. 

ORCID Profile
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9160-4875

Biography

I am an Assistant Professor at the School of Law, Trinity where I teach Medical Law and Ethics. My research focuses primarily on legal aspects of reproduction, encompassing assisted reproduction, maternity care and termination of pregnancy. I have been PI on two Research Ireland COALESCE grants. The CORALE Study (Conscientious Objection After Repeal: Law and Ethics) (2021-2024) examined conscientious objection in termination of pregnancy in Ireland. The CONTENT Study (Consent for Medically Indicated Interventions in Childbirth) (2025-2027) explores whether the legal requirements for consent in labour/birth are met in practice. Alongside my academic work I am a practising barrister in the fields of healthcare law and data protection. I have extensive experience in complex clinical negligence actions, as well as in the Coroner’s Court. My work in practice informs and enhances my academic research. From 2020-2025 I was appointed by the Government as a Commissioner at the Law Reform Commission where I led the publication of the Report on a Regulatory Framework for Adult Safeguarding. 

Publications

Andrea Mulligan, 'Surrogacy and the Significance of Gestation: Implications for Law and Policy', Bioethics, 2024, p1

Andrea Mulligan, Leanne Caulfield and others, 'Law Reform Commission Report: A Regulatory Framework for Adult Safeguarding' LRC-128, Law Reform Commission, April 2024

Andrea Mulligan and Rebecca Brown, 'Maternal Request Caesarean Section' and Medical Necessity, (2023) Clinical Ethics, 18, (3) p312 - 320

Andrea Mulligan, 'Anonymous gamete donation and Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights: The case for incompatibility' Medical Law International (2022) 22, (2) p119 - 146

Andrea Mulligan, Protecting Identity in Collaborative Assisted Reproduction: The Right To Know One's Gestational Surrogate, International Journal of Law, Policy and the Family (2020) 34, (1)  p20 - 42