Keeping Commons, Young Bar Conference

14 March 2025 - 09:00

The Gaffney Room

Event schedule

9:00-9:30 Sign-In

9:30-11:00 Panel Discussion on Employment Law

Chair: The Hon. Ms Justice Marguerite Bolger

Speakers: Dr Alan Eustace (TCD), Fiona Sharkey (Senior Associate, McInnes Dunne Murphy LLP), Alacoque McAlpine (UCD), Maurice Osbourne BL (Law Library)

11:00-11:30 Tea & Coffee Break

11:30-1:00 Panel Discussion on Family and Child Care

Chair: Dr Meabh Harding (UCD)

Speakers: Méabh Brown (TUD), Emily Dunne (Maynooth University), Seona Ní Mhurchú (Solicitor), Sean Beatty BL (Law Library)

1:00-2:00 Lunch

2:00-3:30 Panel Discussion on Criminal Law and Evidence

Chair: Prof Liz Heffernan (TCD)

Speakers: Dr Miriam Delahunt BL (Law Library), Eoghan O’Sullivan (Powderly’s Solicitors), Aaron Harte Hughes (Maynooth University), Gemma McLoughlin-Burke BL (Law Library)

3:45-5:00 Round Table between Academia and Practice

Chair: Mr Justice Gerard Hogan

Speakers: Dr Patricia Brazil SC (TCD and Law Library), Prof Eoin Carolan SC (UCD, Law Library) Davy Lalor BL (DCU and Law Library), Dr James Rooney BL (Law Library)

Refreshments (Sheds)

 


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