Law students, trainee solicitors (including those qualified in the previous year and those preparing for FE 1s) and trainee barristers are invited to submit an essay.
The essay should identify a particular aspect of human rights law which the author believes
will have importance in the application or interpretation of Irish law. The author should briefly explain the current understanding of law in this area and outline the argument for the influence of human rights law.
Entries should be typed and approximately 2,000 – 3,500 words in length. Entries are restricted to one per candidate. Entries may be co-authored.
All entries must be received no later than 2 May 2014 for consideration for the competition and should be sent by email to: h.kehoe@lawsociety.ie or addressed to: Helen Kehoe, Human Rights Executive, Human Rights Committee, Law Society of Ireland, Blackhall Place, Dublin 7.
For more details, see the Competition Poster