Updated Agenda: NUIG & PILA Conference, 'Developing Clinical Legal Education in Ireland' - 26/27 April, Galway

 

Venue: ÁRAS MOYOLA, North Campus, NUI Galway

 

CONFERENCE AGENDA

Friday, 26 April


2:00-2:30 PM: Welcome and Registration

2:30-4:15 PM: Opening Plenary Session Panel

Chair: Noeline Blackwell, Director-General, FLAC

2:30-2:40 PM: Introductory Comments: Larry Donnelly, NUI Galway

2:40-3:10 PM: Setting the Landscape: Existing Clinical Programmes at Irish Law Schools (various participants)

3:10-4:15 PM: Keynote Address (Q&A to follow): Kevin Kerrigan, Executive Dean, Faculty of Business and Law, Northumbria University

4:15-4:30 PM: Short Break

4:30-6:30 PM: Plenary Session Panel II

Chair: Larry Donnelly, NUI Galway

Dr. Liam Thornton, UCD: “Building a Culture of Clinical Legal Education in Ireland”

David Fennelly, TCD: “Learning How to Learn from Experience: Exploring the Educational Added Value of Clinical Legal Education”

Dr. Cliodhna Murphy, DCU: “Building Sustainable Approaches to Clinical Legal Education in Ireland: Integrating Clinical Methods into the Law School Experience”

Kieran Durcan, University of Lincoln: “Developing a Law Clinic: Serving What Interests?”

7:30 PM: Conference Dinner (Aula Maxima, NUI Galway Campus)

Saturday, 27 April

9:30-11:30 AM: Plenary Session Panel III

Chair: Dr. Liam Thornton, UCD

Ilana Buschkin, NUI Maynooth: “Integrating Skills-Based Education into the Irish Legal Curriculum: Developments at NUI Maynooth”

Dr. Mary Rogan, DIT, and Liam Herrick, IPRT: “Community-based Learning and Prison Research”

Dr. Eimear Spain, UL: “Teaching Legal Writing Using the Web: Possibilities and Practicalities”

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