PILA Bulletin 21 May 2014

Articles

• Judges criticise impact of UK legal aid cuts
• Irish High Court refuses elderly man's bid to stay in council-owned home
• Potential for age discrimination in proposed Irish surrogacy legislation
• High Court ‘fast track’ procedures could lead to Article 6 ECHR violations
• Belfast docker who suffered homophobic abuse wins damages
• Guest Article by Dr Charles O’Mahony - Report Into the Death of Gary Douch & the Provision for Mentally Ill Prisoners in Ireland
• Irish Government ‘Guarantees’ Transgender Rights at European Conference
• UCD Sutherland School of Law, University of Ulster, School of Law, Public Interest Law Alliance & Irish Clinical Legal Education Association present: Law in Action: Re-imagining Clinical Legal Education in Ireland – 13 June, Dublin
• Dundalk Outcomers Conference - Domestic Abuse in LGBT Relationships – 30 May, Dundalk
• Launch of the Mercy Law Resource Centre 2013/2014 Annual Report – 11 June, Dublin
• Law Society of Ireland 10th Annual Human Rights Lecture – 13 June, Blackhall Place Dublin
• Consultation on Ireland’s Fourth International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) - 13 June, Dublin
• The International Criminal Court Summer School 2014 – 16-20 June, NUI Galway, Ireland
• Social Security Appeals: Identifying errors in law and appeals to the Social Security Commissioner – 27 June, Belfast
• Professor of Law (2 Posts) Queens University Belfast – Belfast, deadline 16 June
• Lecturer (above the bar) in Law, UCD Sutherland School of Law (Permanent & Temporary) – Dublin, deadline 19 June

Legal Education

• UCD Sutherland School of Law, University of Ulster, School of Law, Public Interest Law Alliance & Irish Clinical Legal Education Association present: Law in Action: Re-imagining Clinical Legal Education in Ireland – 13 June, Dublin

Events

• Dundalk Outcomers Conference - Domestic Abuse in LGBT Relationships – 30 May, Dundalk
• Launch of the Mercy Law Resource Centre 2013/2014 Annual Report – 11 June, Dublin
• Law Society of Ireland 10th Annual Human Rights Lecture – 13 June, Blackhall Place Dublin
• Consultation on Ireland’s Fourth International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) - 13 June, Dublin
• The International Criminal Court Summer School 2014 – 16-20 June, NUI Galway, Ireland
• Social Security Appeals: Identifying errors in law and appeals to the Social Security Commissioner – 27 June, Belfast

Jobs

• Professor of Law (2 Posts) Queens University Belfast – Belfast, deadline 16 June
• Lecturer (above the bar) in Law, UCD Sutherland School of Law (Permanent & Temporary) – Dublin, deadline 19 June