The Department of Law is offering three bursaries for its 2012 PG applicants. The Taught Masters Bursaries consisting of €2,000 are open to all students who have completed the final year of their BSc or BA Honours Degree since 2008, (including those graduating this summer) and who have been in...
The John and Pat Hume Research Scholarships are offered each year as funding support for new PhD students across all Departments of the University.
Since its launch in 2005, almost 200 students have received the funding which aims to attract top quality research students...
Dr. Neil Maddox authored an article in The Independent on Saturday the 7th April 2012.
The full article is available here: http://www.independent.ie/opinion/analysis/neil-maddox-orders-may-have-given-up-school-ownership-but-ethos-remains-3073957.html
Our Inaugural Women and the Law Conference will be held on Tuesday, April 3rd between 1 and 6:30 PM in the Aula Maxima on the South Campus. All are welcome to attend.
Justice John MacMenamin, Honorary Adjunct Professor in the Department of Law, has just been elevated to the Supreme Court. He is currently a judge at the High Court. We extend our congratulations to Justice MacMenamin.
Grainne Hawkes and Amy Dean of Trinity College Dublin defeated a team from UCD on Saturday, 18th February 2012, to win the 2nd annual Silken Thomas Moot Court Trophy. The competition, which was based on issues relating to dying declarations and exceptions to the hearsay rule in evidence law, was...
On the 15th of February, Mr Justice John MacMenamin, Honorary Professor at the Department of Law at NUI Maynooth, announced the winners of the 2012 NUIM Schools Essay Competition. The competition, which concluded in a ceremony held in Renehan Hall on NUIM's graceful South...
Dr. Louise Kennefick has secured a Government of Ireland "New Ideas" Award in the Humanities and Social Sciences. Awarded by the IRCHSS, the grant will facilitate her empirical investigation of the law relating to the insanity defence and fitness to be tried in Ireland under the Criminal Law (...
The Irish Law Journal, in association with the National University of Ireland, Maynooth, is inviting submissions for its inaugural issue. The Editorial Board is accepting articles, case comments and book reviews.
ELSA Maynooth hosted a Criminal Law week between November 28 - December 2, 2011, during which students participated in a pub quiz, visited Kilmainham Gaol and heard talks from some of the leading thinkers in this field, including, The Hon Mr Justice Michael Moriarty, Mr Paul Reynolds, RTE...
Justice Hugh Geoghegan (Supreme Court, ret'd) addressed NUIM law students on the powers of the President of Ireland under the 1937 Constitution in the John Hume Building, November 28, 2011.
Dr Brian Flanagan presented a paper, ‘Judicial Globalization and the Theory of Law: A Survey of the New Zealand Supreme Court’ at the International Law in Domestic Law Colloquium, convened by University of Aucklan
On Monday, October 24th, 60 Leaving Certificate students from schools around Ireland took part in NUIM Law’s inaugural Model Parliament. The Model Parliament was held in NUIM’s South Campus and chaired
Dr. Neil Maddox published an article 'Ludicrous land law should be abolished' in the Irish Independent on 15th October 2011. Full article is available here.
Professor Sandeep Gopalan participated in a discussion of the new Legal Services Regulation Bill, 2011, on RTE's Prime Time programme. The show was aired live on October 13, 2011. The video is available here.
Judge Maureen Clark of the High Court addressed NUIM Law students on Friday, September 30th in the John Hume Building. Judge Clark spoke about the role of the International Criminal Court in helping to secure the Rule of Law throughout the world (Judge Clark served on the ICC...
The first class of law students at NUI Maynooth graduated on 7th September, 2011. Twenty-eight students graduated with a Bachelor of Civil Law or a Bachelor of Business Law degree. At a ceremony held in the Iontas Theatre, Prof. Sandeep Gopalan urged the graduands to use their legal training to...
Applications are open for a doctoral teaching scholarship at the Department of Law. Candidates must have a 1st class degree in order to be considered. The successful candidate will receive a stipend of Eur. 16,000 in addition to having their full fees paid. The application form is available here....
The Department expresses its sincere condolences to the family and friends of Lord Rodger of Earlsferry, Law Lord and Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom. Lord Rodger, who had been suffering from brain cancer, died Sunday, June 26th. In one of his ...
The Australian published an editorial by Prof. Sandeep Gopalan on May 24, 2011, about Pakistan's sovereignty in the light of the killing of Osama bin Laden in that country. An extract:
A FOREIGN state stages a daring raid and kills the world's most wanted terrorist in his mansion a few kilometres...
The Department of Law, NUI Maynooth, has announced today that the Honorable Society of King's Inns has accredited its new four-year, full-time undergraduate LL.B. Bachelor of Laws degree.
Prof. Sandeep Gopalan published an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal on May 11, 2011 arguing that the U.S. should clearly set out the legal basis for Osama bin Laden's killing. The article can be downloaded here.
The Department of Law hosted a lecture by retired Supreme Court Justice Hugh Geoghegan on Wednesday May 4, 2011. Justice Geoghegan delivered an erudite talk on the historial origins and structure of the Irish legal system.
Cliodhna Potter and Peter O'Loughlin, 2nd year law students at NUI Maynooth, were adjudged winners of the Silken Thomas Cup - NUI Maynooth's inaugural inter-collegiate moot court competition. The event was conducted on 15th and 16th of April 2011. The Maynooth team defeated Griffith College -...
Mr. Justice MacMenamin of the High Court delivered a lecture on judicial independence at the Department of Law, National University of Ireland, Maynooth, on April 6, 2011. Professor Sandeep Gopalan introduced the judge as an individual who had made singular contributions to many areas of Irish law...
The popular TV3 programme Tonight With Vincent Browne featured Professor Sandeep Gopalan on Monday, 4th April 2011. The topic for the panel discussion was whether the business and financial elite of Ireland had destroyed the country's economy and whether they should be trusted to come up with a...
Supreme Court Justice Nial Fennelly delivered a lecture on privacy rights at the Department of Law, NUI Maynooth on 1st April, 2011. Professor Sandeep Gopalan welcomed the judge to campus as a jurist who had contributed immensely to the development of European Union law in this jurisdiction.
Senator David Norris - candidate for the office of President of Ireland - delivered a lecture at the Department of Law on 31st March 2010. The event was organised by the European Law Students' Association (ELSA), NUI Maynooth Chapter. Prof. Sandeep Gopalan, Head of the Department of...
Dr. Neil Maddox’s latest book, Housing Authority Law, was launched in the Bar Council’s Distillery Building on Thursday, March 31st by the Hon. Mr. Justice Donal O’Donnell of the Supreme Court. Housing Authority Law, Dr. Maddox’s third book, is the first to examine the role of local authorities as...
The Data Protection Commissioner for Ireland, Mr. Billy Hawkes, delivered a stimulating lecture at the Department of Law on 30th March 2011. He spoke about the role played by his office under the Data Protection Act and about the legal protections available to individuals under the statute. Mr....
The inaugural Mason Hayes+Curran prizes were distributed at a ceremony in the NUI Maynooth Council Room on 31st January. The prize winners are:
Constitutional Law: Cliodhna Potter, Hannah Condron and Peter O'Loughlin
European Union Law: John O'Brien and Peter King
Property Law: John O'Brien...
Lord Alan Rodger of the UK Supreme Court and Mr. Justice Nial Fennelly of the Supreme Court of Ireland led a roundtable discussion hosted by the Dept. of Law last Friday on the use of foreign law in constitutional rights cases. Other participants included Mr Justice Hugh Geoghegan, Mr...
Brian Flanagan authored an article in the Irish Times on "cosmopolitan constitutionalism." The piece - published on 24th January - was based on his research on the use of foreign law by courts in several jurisdictions including the United States and Ireland. Flanagan's survey found that "some...
The Department of Law is delighted to announce that Mason Hayes+Curran has agreed to sponsor prizes for top academic performance in four subjects in the undergraduate curriculum. These prizes will be awarded during the next semester. The Department is very grateful to the leading firm for its...
The Department of Law awarded its first set of prizes for academic achievement last week. Sponsored by Matheson Ormsby Prentice, Ireland's lagest law firm, awardees received certificates and cash prizes to recognize their stellar performance during the last academic year.
Senator Alex White, the leader of the Labour Party in Seanad Eireann, delivered a lecture at the Department of Law on December 10, 2010. His talk focused on the separation of powers under the Irish Constitution in the context of the High Court's decision in the Doherty case. The court ruled that...
Students are advised to proceed on the assumption that classes will go ahead as usual unless the concerned academic specifically states that a class has been cancelled.
The Undergraduate Awards of Ireland & Northern Ireland are looking for the top undergraduates on the island of Ireland. If a student has written an excellent essay or project, which received a high 2.1 (or equivalent) or above, why not encourage them to submit it for consideration?
Law students Síomha Connolly and Padraig Sheridan have won The Advocate's Best Online Submission.
Their video is viewable on YouTube here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vz6vAzccq1g.
We hope you enjoy it.
As part of the Washington Ireland Program, Class of 2010, third year student Sharon Hickey was chosen to intern in the Law Library of Congress. While here, she worked on congressional requests for information about the laws of Ireland as well as a project on the patriarchy of Irish law. Ms. Hickey...
Department of Law Seminar Presentation
Liam Herrick
(Executive Director Irish Penal Reform Trust)
Will present on
Penal Reform and Irish Prisons Today
Wednesday 1 December 2010
Room 1
Rowan House
Time 2-3.00pm
ALL ARE WELCOME!
Prof. Gopalan was a guest on the popular TV3 programme Tonight with Vincent Browne on 22/9/2010. The topic for discussion was the bankruptcy of Sean Fitzpatrick and Anglo’s bailout.
The video is available here: http://tv3.ie/shows.php?request=tonightwithvincentbrowne&tv3_preview=&vi...
'Tonight With Vincent Browne' hosted a discussion of Central Bank Governor Patrick Honohan's report into the banking crisis on 9th June 2010.
The panel comprised of Joan Burton, Deputy Leader of the Labour Party, Cliff Taylor, editor of the Sunday Business Post and Prof. Sandeep Gopalan.
The video...
Ireland's corporate governance was the topic for discussion on Tonight With Vincent Browne on May 13, 2010 for a panel including Prof. Sandeep Gopalan. The context was a report by TASC showing that many top Irish companies had interlocking boards and that some individuals held multiple...
International developments during the week ending on 7th May, 2010, were reviewed by a panel comprising of Ivana Bacik, Senator, Prof. Stephen Knowlton, DCU, and Prof. Sandeep Gopalan. Topics covered included the British elections, the terrorist attempt at Times Square, the BP oil spill, and the...
Prof. Gopalan authored an op-ed article in the Washington Times on 6th May, 2010, analysing the recent Pentagon Report to Congress. In the article, he argued that “Progress on governance has been minimal: Afghans perceive their government to be corrupt and incompetent - 83 percent reported that...
Bomb blasts in Moscow and Dagestan this week are just the latest ticks from Russia's Islamic time bomb. Russia's Muslims - estimated at more than 23 million out of a total population of 142 million - are a reminder of the country's bloody past. Alienated by a succession of horrific acts dating back...
Europe could do worse than to imitate the Irish—but the most important lessons have to dowith rectitude, not revelry.
Today is St. Patrick's Day—you know, that day when you accoutre yourself with assorted greenitems raided from the local Poundland or EuroStore and imbibe vast quantities of a...
The Irish Independent published an opinion article on March 4th, 2010 by Prof. Sandeep Gopalan on a looming mortgage default crisis. In the piece, he argued that, "Half measures like the mortgage relief plan and suspension of repossessions won't work. President Obama's $75bn (€55bn) rescue plan did...
Prof. Sandeep Gopalan participated in a panel discussion on sovereign defaults on the popular TV3 show Tonight with Vincent Browne.The clip can be viewed here
The Wall Street Journal published an op-ed article by Prof. Sandeep Gopalan arguing that the proposed bailout of Greece would be illegal under the Treaty of the European Union. Here is an extract from the article:
The details might still be uncertain, but the European Union appears determined to...
Students at the Department of Law have launched a newsletter entitled The Golden Thread. This periodic publication hopes to offer an insight into life in our exciting intellectual community. The first issue is available for download by clicking on this link
Prof. Gopalan was interviewed by Karen Coleman on the Wide Angle programme on NewsTalk radio about the possibility of the European Union bailing out Greece. He suggested that the IMF was a better option because it had a strong record of bailing out economies in trouble. The interview was aired on...
Prof. Gopalan participated in a panel discussion on the French burqa ban on the Newstalk radio programme ‘Wide Angle with Karen Coleman’ on 31st January, 2010. The audio of the discussion is available by clicking on this link
Prof. Gopalan's op-ed on the French burqa ban was published by the NY Times (Jan. 27, 2010) and the International Herald Tribune (Jan 28, 2010). Here's an excerpt: Why the French obsession with the burqa? After all, as the French government itself has conceded, only about 1,900 women wear the full-...
Lloyd's List, the leading publication in the shipping industry for over two and a half centuries, interviewed Prof. Gopalan on the continuing piracy menace off the Gulf of Aden. The interview was published in an article entitled "Calls mount for naval forces to use lethal force against pirates" on...
Prof. Gopalan participated in a panel discussion on Prime Time with Willie O'Dea, Minister for Defence, and George Lee, Fine Gael, on the banking inquiry announced by the government this week. He took a different position from the Minister and argued that the government's proposed inquiry format...
Prof. Gopalan authored an op-ed article in the Wall Street Journal on January 14, 2010, about the recent race riots in Italy. In the op-ed, he suggested that comprehensive immigration reform is essential if such incidents are to be averted.
The article can be downloaded here: http://...
Prof. Gopalan was interviewed on Lunchtime with Eamon Keane on NewsTalk Radio on Friday, January 8th. He reiterated the need for an independent commission to inquire into the causes of the financial crisis. Prof. Gopalan argued that an inquiry conducted by politicians is liable to attack...
Professor Sandeep Gopalan authored an article published in the Irish Times: 'EU should steer US away from air strike on Iran'
OPINION: The regime in Iran is close to collapse and an attack by the West would only rally support behind it, writes SANDEEP GOPALAN
The article can be...
Prof. Sandeep Gopalan authored an op-ed in the Sunday Business Post on January 3rd, 2010, calling for an independent commission to inquire into the causes of the financial crisis. The article can be downloaded here http://irishlawforum.blogspot.com/2010/01/my-sunday-business-post-op-ed.html
NUI Maynooth has today announced that the Honorable Society of King's Inns has added NUI Maynooth's Law degrees to their schedule of approved degrees to undertake the entrance examination for the Barrister-at-Law degree course.
The approval process was extremely rigorous, involving visits of the...
