PILA Bulletin 11 January 2012

Articles

• FLAC Senior Solicitor Michael Farrell appointed to Irish Council of State
• Irish High Court says citizenship application delays unreasonable
• European anti-racism bodies to visit Ireland next month; increase in racial abuse towards migrants
• European Court of Justice rules on transferring asylum seekers under Dublin Regulations
• Fall in number of asylum seekers coming to Ireland; Irish Refugee Council launches project for Young Asylum Seekers
• Update – PILA pro bono referral for NASC leads to fairer access to social housing for immigrants
• Irish legal aid restructuring could equal means-testing & reduced access to justice
• Ross Maguire SC for New Beginning – Challenges to Laws Affecting Distressed Homeowners
• UK High Court rules on “slopping out”; IRPT comment on Irish prison conditions
• UK Court Martial Appeal Court says ECHR does not protect conscientious objector
• Australian Thalidomide victims get right to launch class action in domestic courts

Legal Education

• New PILA Family Law Legal Education Materials Available!
• Call for Submissions - The Irish Review of Community Economic Development Law and Policy
• Course on Housing Law and Policy starting January - Ballymun Community Law Centre and NUI Galway
• Call for papers - inaugural DCU Socio-Legal Studies Review - deadline 16 February 2012

Events

• PILA Practitioner Seminar - The Role of NGOs in Public Interest Litigation - 9 February
• Free Treoir workshops for workers working with unmarried parents - 25 January 2012
• Call for applications for US-based study visit - deadline 17 January 2012

Jobs

• Crosscare Migrant Project - Immigration Case Work Internship - deadline 17 February 2012
• Internship UNHCR External Relation Unit - deadline 20 January 2012