Distillery Building, Dublin 7
9:30am- 1pm
Date: Saturday 7th November 2015
Venue: Distillery Building, 145-151 Church Street, Dublin 7
Cost: €20 trainee solicitors/pupil barristers
€50 all others
Tea/Coffee & breakfast pastries included
9:30-10:00am Registration
10:00-10:10am Welcome & Opening Address
10:10am-1pm Presentations
- Patrick McGrath SC – IRLI’s Access to Justice Programme in Malawi
- Michael McDowell SC – ‘Defence Speeches – An Irish History’ by Eoin Lawlor
- Shane Murphy SC – ‘Cross-Examination – Keeping Within the Rules’ by James Dwyer
- Conor Devally SC “Down with this sort of thing” – Vagueness in Criminal Trials’ by Oisín Clarke
- Patrick Gageby SC – ‘Social Media and Criminal Trials – Proving Difficult’ by Tessa White
- Dara Robinson – ‘Prisoner Parole – Representation Required?’ by Aoife McNicholl
- Mary-Rose Gearty SC – ‘The exclusionary Rule after DPP v. JC’ by Sinéad Skelly
- Michael O’Higgins SC – ‘Political Protest and the Constitution’
This event is certified for 3 CPD Points
To pre-book please contact Emma Dwyer at edwyer@irishruleoflaw.ie
Attendees are kindly requested to pay by cash, bank transfer* or cheque (made payable to Irish Rule of Law International) in advance. A limited number of places may still be available on the morning.
Attendees will receive a booklet of the papers upon registration at the event
If you cannot make the event, online donations are always welcome and can also be made at mycharity.ie .
*Please post a cheque to the address below made payable to ‘Irish Rule of Law International’ or make a transfer to 69589124, Bank of Ireland, College Green, Dublin 2. BIC BOFIIE2D IBAN: IE02 BOFI 9000 1769 5891 24.


