On Friday 18 December 2020, The LSRA (Legal Services Regulatory Authority) took over the regulation of advertising by legal practitioners, with the introduction of new regulations.
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In November 2019, the class of 1969 came together for a special reunion dinner in the King’s Inns Dining Hall to celebrate all Barrister–at–Law members who graduated in a year ending 9.
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The Law Students’ Debating Society of Ireland (LSDSI) is hosting its annual King’s Inns Christmas Carol Service on Monday, 21 December 2020.
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It is a great chance for students, graduates and professionals to learn more about traineeship opportunities available in the EU. These paid traineeships can be the start of a rewarding career within the EU institutions.
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Applications are now open for solicitors and barristers to apply to the Advisory Committee of the LSRA on the grant of Patents of Precedence to use the title of Senior Counsel.
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In recognition of their exceptional leadership in a time of great strife and challenge, the Irish Women Lawyers’ Association (IWLA) is delighted to announce Michelle O’Boyle, outgoing President of the Law Society of Ireland and Maura McNally SC, Chair of The Bar of Ireland as IWLA Women Lawyers of the Year 2020.
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Established in 1830, The LSDSI is a student–run organisation that benefits from considerable support from King’s Inns. In recent years the LSDSI has acted as a student society within King’s Inns.
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Thirty students from the King’s Inns Diploma in Legal Studies and the degree of Barrister–at–Law courses have formed the new Editorial Board of the King’s Inns Law Review for its tenth sitting.
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The Hon Mr Justice Frank Clarke, Chief Justice, and Dr David Kenny, Assistant Professor of Law at Trinity College Dublin, are participating in Ireland’s Edge – Available Light / Solas. Both participants are Barrister–at–Law graduates of King’s Inns. The event will be streamed live on Monday 7 and Tuesday 8 December.
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The King’s Inns Law Review is now considering articles, case notes, and commentaries for inclusion in its 10th Volume. Deadline for submissions is extended to Friday 9 April.
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King’s Inns acknowledges the publication on Thursday 19 November 2020 by the Legal Services Regulatory Authority of its second report on the education and training of legal practitioners, including barristers.
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The Legal Services Regulatory Authority (LSRA) today [Thursday 19 November] publishes two separate reports with recommendations to the Minister for Justice, in fulfilment of its statutory mandate to ensure the maintenance and improvement of standards in the provision of legal services by legal practitioners.
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2020 Election of Bar Benchers Panel (5 vacancies) and Practising Barristers’ Panel (5 vacancies) to Council of King’s Inns.
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The Honorable Society of King’s Inns publishes the Statement of the Required Competencies of a Barrister, which was approved by the Council of King’s Inns at its meeting on Wednesday, 11 November 2020.
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The Translation Seal Examination is due to take place this year on Saturday, 5 December 2020. This qualification is a great advantage for anyone wishing to pursue the profession of translator / legal linguist.
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Dáithí Mac Cárthaigh, a practising barrister and the Law & Irish Language Coordinator here at King’s Inns, recently published a book titled ‘An Ghaeilge sa Dlí’. It is aimed at anyone interested in the role of the Irish language in the Irish legal system in Europe and internationally.
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As part of the King’s Inns 2020 Fitness Challenge, we asked Dr Michelle Killian, an expert in stress management and wellbeing, to give her thoughts on how social isolation and loneliness impacts on wellbeing, and what we can do about it.
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Judge Síofra O’Leary of the European Court of Human Rights will deliver the Centre for Criminal Justice & Human Rights (CCJHR) annual lecture.
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Despite the Covid–19 constraints, mooting at the King’s Inns went from strength to strength in 2019–20 and remains a highlight of the extracurricular calendar.
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EU Careers with the Irish language: Information and advice – Online seminar with EU Commission and Government of Ireland – 28 October 2020.
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As part of a wider education equity initiative, Senator Ruane is currently working on a research project identifying barriers faced by students and graduates when progressing in the Law profession.
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Calcutta Run, the Legal Fundraiser, are asking the legal profession and supporters to run, walk, cycle, hike a collective 10,000km to get them from Ireland to Kolkata – and raise vital funds for the Peter McVerry Trust and The Hope Foundation in the process.
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Interested in studying law or becoming a barrister? King’s Inns will be at the Trinity Virtual Law+ Fair on Tuesday, October 13 to tell you about our courses.
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The Denham Fellowship, named after The Hon. Mrs Justice Susan Denham, former Chief Justice, aims to promote diversity in the legal profession. The application process for 2021 is now open for six weeks closing at 5 pm on Monday, 16 November 2020.
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The Legal Services Regulatory Authority (LSRA) has published its second report under its independent complaints handling regime which shows it received 605 complaints about solicitors and barristers in a six month period.
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To encourage some camaraderie while we all work, live and learn through social distancing, King’s Inns is hosting a Fitness Challenge during Michaelmas Term. Run, row, walk, swim, spin, trot or travel via wheelchair to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU)!
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As the new academic year commences, we asked the Dean, Dr Eimear Brown, what incoming and current students can expect this term.
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The three highest–performing students who graduated this year from the degree of Barrister–at–Law course receive awards from the King’s Inns prize fund.
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Visual artist Jesse Jones, the recipient of the inaugural Creative Residency at King’s Inns (a joint initiative with Dublin City Council Culture Company), writes about her extended stay during ‘Lockdown’.
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LexTech, a legal technology company, invites participants to join the 2020 Future of Law Forum on Thursday 24 September 2020, which this year is called the “Digital Legal Day”.
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Fifth in the ‘Alumni Stories’ series, our Member Relations Officer Diane Sutton speaks to alumna Dr Sarah Fennell BL, a lecturer and course coordinator at King’s Inns, and a member of The Bar of Ireland.
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The Legal Services Regulatory Authority (LSRA) published the list of 37 legal practitioners who are to be granted the title of Senior Counsel following the Government’s approval of recommendations from the Advisory Committee on the grant of Patents of Precedence.
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The 2nd CEF eTranslation Conference will take place online via Zoom on 14 October 2020 from 09:00 am to 15:30 pm CEST. It will demonstrate how you can benefit from the use of language technologies (LT) and how the latest technologies can facilitate your daily operations.
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Fourth in the ‘Alumni Stories’ series, our Member Relations Officer Diane Sutton speaks to alumna Paulyn Marrinan Quinn SC, one of the most exciting and diverse legal minds in the industry.
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Chaired by alumnus Andrew McKeown BL, Irish Legal News is hosting a free webinar on the changing landscape of data protection in Ireland and abroad.
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One project King’s Inns Library staff have been working on over the past couple of months while at home is upgrading the catalogue records for our collection of law tracts and trials as a single series.
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As part of the Celebrating a Century series, the Library at the Law Society of Ireland has looked back through the institutional archives to identify the first 100 women solicitors to qualify and the results can be seen online and in print.
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Dr. Eimear Brown, the Dean here at King’s Inns, recently wrote an article for eolas magazine on business and the law. It gives an insight into our highly sought–after law courses which assist many businesses in understanding and navigating the current legal issues that affect their day–to–day operations.
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Third in our ‘Alumni Stories’ series, King’s Inns Member Relations Officer Diane Sutton speaks to alumna Hazel Smyth BL, in–house Legal Counsel at SurveyMonkey’s European Headquarters in Dublin.
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The Department of Justice and Equality is inviting communities and members of the public to contribute to the development of a Strategy for the Criminal Justice System.
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Ms Justice Marie Baker and Dr David Kenny, both graduates of King’s Inns, are participating in Ireland’s Edge ‘Through the Looking Glass’ event on Monday 20 July at the Irish Traditional Music Archive (ITMA).
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Our neighbours, the Registry of Deeds are taking part in the virtual Culture Club series with Dublin City Council Culture Company on Thursday 9 and 23 July.
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Applications are now open for solicitors and barristers to apply to the Advisory Committee of the Legal Services Regulatory Authority (LSRA) on Patents of Precedence to use the title of Senior Counsel.
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King’s Inns would like to congratulate Hazel Chu on becoming the new Lord Mayor of Dublin. Ms Chu is the 9th woman to hold the office and the 352nd Lord Mayor of Dublin.
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OUTLaw are hosting a networking event next Monday, June 29, at 11am on Zoom. This session is a great opportunity for the LGBT+ legal community to connect, share and generate ideas.
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King’s Inns would like to wish Mr Justice Peter Kelly a happy retirement as he leaves his post as the President of the High Court this evening, Wednesday 17 June 2020.
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King’s Inns would like to congratulate Ms Justice Mary Irvine on her nomination as the new President of the High Court, but also in making history being the first woman appointed to such a role.
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Second in our ‘Alumni Stories’ series, King’s Inns Member Relations Officer Diane Sutton spoke to alumnus Richard McElwee, Head of Communications and Legal Counsel at Rugby Players Ireland.
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Karyn Harty, Partner at McCann Fitzgerald and lecturer on our social media and media law course just published a wonderful ebook for children titled ‘Learn About the Law’.
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First in our ‘Alumni Stories’ series, King’s Inns Member Relations Officer Diane Sutton spoke to alumnus Brian Dalton BL about his ambition to become a barrister.
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Tá sé fógartha ag an Aire Stáit don Ghaeilge, don Ghaeltacht agus do na hOileáin, an Seanadóir Seán Kyne, go bhfuil an scéim Intéirneachta in Institiúidí an Aontais Eorpaigh á réachtáil arís i mbliana.
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The Irish Women Lawyers Association (IWLA) is running their next Article Competition. The theme for the competition is inspired by the current Covid–19 crisis. Whether we like it or not, we have all been forced to re–think things and do things differently because of the crisis.
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The Young Bar Committee at The Bar of Ireland along with The Irish Society for European Law (ISEL) are hosting a webinar titled ‘The Building Blocks of a Career in EU Law: Different Perspectives’, which is aimed at junior legal practitioners.
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Irish Script on Screen (ISOS) recently digitised another of the Irish manuscripts from the King’s Inns Library collection. MS 19 is an 18th work on the lives of saints bound in a home–made cover of cardboard and leather.
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Running a busy professional law school is challenging in the best of circumstances, so how has the team at King’s Inns responded to the additional challenges posed by the COVID 19 Crisis? The Dean, Eimear Brown, describes the changes King’s Inns has implemented over the last 6–weeks.
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King’s Inns invites you to submit feedback and participate in a short survey (max. 15 minutes) on the draft statement of competencies of a barrister.
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Former teacher and now one of the coordinators of the Advanced Diploma in Law and Education at King’s Inns, Dr. Claire O’Connor BL, highlights the benefits of undertaking this part–time and online professional development course.
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On Tuesday 7 April 2020, The LSRA published the first of its bi–annual reports on complaints against solicitors and barristers, which shows that it received 636 complaints in the first five months of the new independent complaints handling regime.
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The portrait, which was commissioned by The Bar of Ireland in honour of Justice Mary Laffoy’s extraordinary contribution to the legal profession, will be on permanent display on the walls of the King’s Inns.
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The King’s Inns Library commissioned Benjamin van de Wetering at The Ox Bindery to carry out some conservation work on our copy of the Les Ans du Roi Richard II.
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The Legal Services Regulatory Authority (LSRA) published its 2019 Annual Report on Tuesday 3 March 2020, which provides an overview of its performance and outputs for the year, including its new role in handling public complaints relating to solicitors and barristers.
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King’s Inns are delighted to welcome our new Member Relations Officer, Diane Sutton. Diane will be responsible for developing member services for barristers through a variety of social events, workshops and talks and providing engagement opportunities across King’s Inns graduate network.
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Within a short space of time, my Creative Residency at King’s Inns (a joint initiative with Dublin City Council Culture Company) has impacted my practice as an artist.
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The LSDSI (The Law Students’ Debating Society of Ireland) will host an exhibition debate with the Motion “This House Would Support a Sinn Fein Government” against the Trinity Historical Society.
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Common Purpose presents Pathways to United Diaspora in association with the Open Doors Initiative and King’s Inns. We are proud to partner with the St. Patrick’s Festival under it’s theme for 2020 ‘Ireland’s Treasures’ – celebrating the value and importance of everyone who calls Ireland home.
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The Editorial Board of King’s Inns Law Review (KILR) are pleased to invite you to the Launch of the Ninth Volume of KILR and their Second Annual Lecture – Workers’ Rights in the 21st Century.
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On Friday 24 January 2020, Kunsthal Gent in Belgium opened with a new installation by Irish artist Jesse Jones (Inaugural Recipient of the King’s Inns Creative Residency Award), entitled SYLLABUS.
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On Wednesday 5 February 2020, from 5pm to 7pm, King’s Inns will participate in a wider alumni gathering in UCC. A great opportunity for us to reconnect with our alumni/members based in the Munster region.
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King’s Inns will hold an evening conference on Thursday 19 March 2020 from 7pm on opportunities as lawyer–linguists with the EU. The Hon. Ms Justice Ann Power, Judge of the Court of Appeal and former Judge of the European Court of Human Rights, will open the event.
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King’s Inns’ annual Dinnéar na Gaeilge for barristers, alumni and students will take place on Thursday 6 February 2020. The humourous Gael–linn debate ‘Bonn an Phiarsaigh’ for King’s Inns students will take place beforehand in the Junior Common Room, King’s Inns 5.30 to 6pm. All are welcome.
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