The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled that the exam script of an Irish student constitutes as personal data and should be allowed to be accessed by the student. The ECJ’s ruling follows over eight years of legal battles …
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The law of the land
Comhall Fanning investigates the influence of religion on the morality behind law across the globe.
The functions of the law are to keep peace, shape moral standards, promote social justice, resolve disputes and protect the liberties and rights of a country’s citizens. But how do we decide the moral values that underpin these rules? Religion …
King’s Inns Fellowship introduced for trainee barristers from disadvantaged backgrounds
The Denham Fellowship will support two aspiring barristers on an annual basis
Two aspiring barristers from socio-economically disadvantaged backgrounds will be provided with financial, educational and professional support under a fellowship announced today by the Bar of Ireland.
The “Denham Fellowship” includes waived law library fees, remission of fees to the Barrister-at-Law …
Why sell out?
Jane Purdom delves into the minefield of multinational firms and discovers that “the idea of selling out is far from simple”
The Big Four in the world of business, the Big Five in the world of law — any final year student knows what these terms mean. Multinational firms that have set up in Ireland for what some may consider questionable …
Trinity College Law Review Speaker Series – The Irish Judiciary: Origins, Culture, and Reform?
Aidan Carolan analyses the events of last night’s TCLR speaker series on the Irish Judiciary
Driven by a passion for all things Irish and judicial, law students and others turned out in force last night for a panel discussion organised by the Trinity College Law Review at the GMB. The first event of the Law …
Jeremy Paxman at Law Soc: Unafraid of saying exactly what he was thinking
Shane Kenneally reports on Paxman’s visit to Law Soc last Friday afternoon
The GMB’s peach interior walls began to bulge from the size of the crowd prior to Jeremy Paxman’s talk delivered to the Law Society last Friday, November 4. There was a peculiar uncertainty emerging in idle chatter overheard in snippets …
LawSoc Welcomes Making a Murderer Attorneys
Dean Strang and Jerry Buting speak about the Justice system and the netflix show to a packed audience in Goldsmith Hall
LawSoc welcomed Dean Strang and Jerry Buting to a packed out Goldsmith hall to discuss their involvement with the Netflix series, Making a Murderer.
The series, which premiered last December, centres around the case of Steven Avery who was convicted …
Societies announce guest speakers for upcoming year
Patti Smith, Glen Hansard, and Jeremy Paxman among confirmed guests
Former astronaut Buzz Aldrin and singer-songwriter Kesha are among the guests due to visit some of Trinity’s biggest societies this year.
Dates have been confirmed for some of the guests, with others still to be confirmed.
Among Trinity College Law …