Events in April 2012 and after

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Wed. 25 April 2012:
Hidden Treasures in the Irish Law Times of the Late Victorian Period - Hugh M. Fitzpatrick Lecture in Legal Bibliography, Dublin
http://www.lawlibrary.ie/viewdoc.asp?DocID=3134

Thu. 26 April 2012:
Postgraduate Conference, Centre for Criminal Justice and Human Rights, University College Cork
http://www.ucc.ie/en/ccjhr/news/fullstory-151692-en.html

Thu. 26 April 2012:
Recent Cases in Public Procurement - Irish Society for European law, Dublin
http://www.lawsociety.ie/Pages/Events/Recent-Cases-in-Public-Procurement/

Thu. 26 April 2012:
Law Reform and Social Transition - Irish Association of Law Teachers, Dublin
http://www.ialt.ie/events/

Sat. 28 April 2012:
Putting Human Rights at the Heart of the Good Society - Sheehy Skeffington School, Dublin
http://www.sheehyskeffingtonschool.org

Sat. 28 April 2012:
Children and Criminal Justice, Irish Criminal Bar Association, Dublin
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/finance/2012/0423/1224315046492.html

Tue. 1 May 2012:
Freedom of Religion and Belief: Implications for Contemporary Ireland - Irish Network against Racism, Dublin
http://www.activelink.ie/node/8836

1, 2 and 8 May 2012:
Prisoner Rights, and the Rights and Needs of Prisoners' Children - IPRT Series of Seminars in Limerick, Dublin and Cork
http://www.iprt.ie/contents/2316

Thu. 3 May 2012:
Sexual offences and capacity to consent: Understanding the key issues - Faculty of Law, University College Cork 
http://www.ucc.ie/en/lawsite/eventsandnews/events/


Fri. 4 May 2012:
Creating Equitable Access to Justice: Recognising people with Disabilities as Victims of Crime - Faculty of Law, University College Cork 
http://www.ucc.ie/en/lawsite/eventsandnews/events/

Fri.-Sun. 4-6 May 2012:
Ireland: Commemoration and Constitution - Burren Law School, Ballyvaughan, County Clare
http://www.burrenlawschool.org

Thu. 10 May 2012:
John M Kelly Memorial Lecture: Appraising the EU experiment after 60 years - Professor Gráinne de Búrca - University College Dublin
http://www.ucd.ie/law/events/

Thu. 10 May 2012:
Finding the Equilibrium: Law Society Annual Human Rights Lecture, Dublin.  Speaker: Rt. Honourable Sir Declan Morgan, Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland
http://www.lawsociety.ie/Pages/Events/Annual-Human-Rights-Lecture/

Thu. 10 May 2012:
Intellectual Property Law Update - Dublin Solicitors Bar Association
http://www.dsba.ie/legal_resources/seminars.683.seminars.html

Thu. 10 May 2012:
EU Litigation Update Conference - Irish Centre for European Law, Dublin
http://www.icel.ie/events_currentprogramme

Mon. 14 May 2012:
Symposium on UN Convention on the Rights of the Child - NUI Galway
http://www.nuigalway.ie/human_rights/conferences.html

Tue. 15 May 2012:
Tax and Probate Seminar - Dublin Solicitors Bar Association
http://www.dsba.ie/legal_resources/seminars.683.seminars.html

Fri. 18 May 2012:
Annual Conference of Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners, Dublin
http://www.step.ie/annual-conference-programme-now-available

Sat. 19 May 2012:
Tort Law Conference - Bar Council, Dublin
http://www.lawlibrary.ie/viewdoc.asp?fn=/documents/news_events/consem.htm&m=5

Thu. 31 May 2012:
ICCJ and BSC event "Risk, Crime and Security", Belfast
http://www.law.qub.ac.uk/schools/SchoolofLaw/NewsandEvents/Events/

14-16 June 2012:
Annual Conference of British and Irish Association of Law Librarians, Belfast
http://www.biall.org.uk/pages/belfast2012.html

18-23 June 2102:
The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities – How to Use it - Summer School, NUI Galway
http://www.nuigalway.ie/cdlp/summer_school/2012/welcome.html

Mon. 18 June 2012:
Family Lawyers Association of Ireland Conference, Dundalk
http://www.familylawyers.ie/news-events/

Tue. 19 June 2012:
European Arrest Warrant and Extradition Conference - Irish Centre for European Law, Dublin
http://www.icel.ie/events_currentprogramme

Tue. 19 June 2012:
Justice Conference 2012: Towards Affordable and Efficient Justice, Dublin
http://www.eolasmagazine.ie/events/justice2012/

Wed. 20 June 2012:
Annual Centre for Criminal Justice and Human Rights Lecture to be delivered by Professor Michael O'Flaherty, University of Nottingham - Location: University College Cork 
http://www.ucc.ie/en/lawsite/eventsandnews/events/

Sat. 23 June 2012:
Mental Health Reform: New Perspectives and Challenges - NUI Galway
http://conference.ie/Conferences/index.asp?Conference=173

Thu.-Sat. 28-30 June 2012:
The Irish Constitution: Past, Present and Future - UCD School of Law, Dublin
http://www.ucd.ie/law/events/title,120148,en.html

Thu.-Fri. 28-29 June 2012:
North / South Criminology Conference - University College Dublin Institute of Criminology
http://www.ucd.ie/criminol/News.htm

Thu. 28 June 2012:
Public Procurement Conference - Irish Centre for European Law, Dublin
http://www.icel.ie/events_currentprogramme

2-20 July 2012:
E Law Summer Institute, Faculty of Law, University College Cork 
http://www.ucc.ie/en/lawsite/students/eLSI/

11-14 Sept. 2012:
Annual Conference of Society of Legal Scholars, Bristol
http://conference.legalscholars.ac.uk/bristol/

16-18 November 2012:
Annual Conference of Irish Association of Law Teachers, Dublin
http://www.ialt.ie/events/

CURRENT CONSULTATIONS:

Law Reform Commission:
"Submissions either verbal or written are welcome at any stage during our deliberations on any topic."
http://www.lawreform.ie/submissions.9.html

The Commission is now seeking submissions on the following: Consultation Paper on Mandatory Sentences (LRC CP 66-2011) Closing date for submissions 30 April 2012

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK POSTGRADUATE OPPORTUNITIES

Taught Postgraduate Programmes

LLM
LLM (Child and Family Law)
LLM (Criminal Justice)
LLM (Intellectual Property and E-Law)
LLM (International Human Rights Law and Public Policy)
LLM (Practitioner)
LLB

Postgraduate Research Programmes

PhD
LLM by Research

For more information on all of the above see http://www.ucc.ie/en/lawsite/study/postgrad/

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMMES

Bachelor of Civil Law (BCL) Degree
BCL (Law and French)
BCL (Law and Irish)
BCL (International)
BCL (Clinical)

See http://www.ucc.ie/en/lawsite/study/undergrad/



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