PILA Bulletin 09 April 2014

Articles

• Irish High Court ruling opens door for carers allowance reapplications
• Ireland’s membership of the Human Rights Council praised by Human Rights Watch
• Pope appoints Marie Collins to church group on sex abuse
• England & Wales criminal solicitors and probation officers stage walkout to protest against UK legal aid cuts – but barristers call off their walkout after cuts suspended⇥
• President of Ireland’s High Court raises concerns over judicial appointments to new appeals court
• Litigation success for Irish NGO - European Court of Justice declares Data Retention Directive invalid
• UK’s first same-sex marriages take place following law change
• Guest Article by Ceartas - human rights obligations of Irish Medical Council’s planned visit to Bahrain
• South African freedom fighter and other public interest law heavyweights speak at PILA’s annual conference
• PILA Pro Bono Litigation Referral - State challenged on the right to vote in secret
• PILA holds housing law and family law legal education sessions for Cork NGOs
• NUI Galway invites applications for Public Law L.L.M for 2014-2015
• TONIGHT - Refugee and Immigration Practitioners’ Network present Omar v Governor of Cloverhill prison – 9 April, Dublin
• Save the Date – Children’s Rights Alliance Information Seminar on the Children and Family Relationships Bill 2014 – 10 April, Dublin
• Harold Koh Annual Lecture of the Centre for Criminal Justice and Human Rights – 14 May, UCC
• 2014 Venice School of Human Rights – 27 June to 5 July 2014, Venice
• University College of Cork – Senior Lectureship in Law – deadline 15 April
• Irish Human Rights Commission – Solicitor (Contract) – deadline 16 April
• Northside Community Law and Mediation Centre – Trainee Solicitor - Dublin – deadline 30 April
• Transparency International Ireland - Advocacy & Legal Executive (Volunteer) - Dublin

PILA News

• South African freedom fighter and other public interest law heavyweights speak at PILA’s annual conference
• PILA Pro Bono Litigation Referral - State challenged on the right to vote in secret

Legal Education

• PILA holds housing law and family law legal education sessions for Cork NGOs
• NUI Galway invites applications for Public Law L.L.M for 2014-2015

Events

• TONIGHT - Refugee and Immigration Practitioners’ Network present Omar v Governor of Cloverhill prison – 9 April, Dublin
• Save the Date – Children’s Rights Alliance Information Seminar on the Children and Family Relationships Bill 2014 – 10 April, Dublin
• Harold Koh Annual Lecture of the Centre for Criminal Justice and Human Rights – 14 May, UCC
• 2014 Venice School of Human Rights – 27 June to 5 July 2014, Venice

Jobs

• University College of Cork – Senior Lectureship in Law – deadline 15 April
• Irish Human Rights Commission – Solicitor (Contract) – deadline 16 April
• Northside Community Law and Mediation Centre – Trainee Solicitor - Dublin – deadline 30 April
• Transparency International Ireland - Advocacy & Legal Executive (Volunteer) - Dublin