Over the last few decades, the intersection of law and sports has evolved into its own discipline. What does it involve?

In this episode of our In Focus series, Susan Ahern BL, Chair of the Sports Law Bar Association outlines this area of practice, and gives a fascinating insight into the top issues in sports litigation today.

Lauren Tennyson BL joins this week's episode to talk about the latest developments in Employment Law, her journey to the Bar, and the work of the Employment Bar Association. Hosted by Ali Bracken Ziad BL.

How can we be more inclusive as a profession?

This webinar, organised by The Bar of Ireland Equality and Resilience Committee, explores the topic of race inclusion.

Chaired by Aoife McNickle BL, the speakers for this event are:

Simon Regis, Bar Council of England and Wales

Sandra Healy, CEO and Founder, Inclusio

Leon Diop, CEO and Co-founder, Black and Irish

What's new in Construction Law? In the first episode of our Specialist Bar series, Ali Bracken Ziad BL interviews Barra McCabe BL, a barrister practicing in Construction Law. Topics range from the Construction Bar Association itself, to the latest developments and trends in this area of practice.

Intro music: Positive Fuse - French Fuse

Emer Woodfull BL speaks with special guest Professor Louise Richardson in this year's International Women's Day event, hosted by The Bar of Ireland's Equality and Resilience Committee.

Professor Louise Richardson is Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford. She was previously Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the University of St Andrews. A native of Ireland, she studied history in Trinity College, Dublin before gaining her PhD at Harvard University where she spent twenty years on the faculty of the Harvard Government Department and latterly as Executive Dean of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study.

Intro music: Apollo by Patrick Patrikios

How does Artificial Intelligence intersect with Justice? From how AI can be used in the administration of justice, to the laws governing the use of AI in the private sector, barrister Aoife McNickle BL explores these topics in two interviews. Firstly, Gerard Groarke BL gives an overview of the applications of AI. Later, Michael O'Flaherty, Director of the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights, speaks on the implications that AI and technology has on our fundamental rights.

What laws govern the oceans and outer space? In this episode of our Justice Week podcast series, Darren Lehane SC speaks with Zeldine Niamh O'Brien BL, a specialist in the Law of Outer Space, and Edmund Sweetman BL, President of the Irish Maritime Law Association, to get an understanding of the current legal landscape of sea and space.

Michael O'Doherty BL speaks to Olga Cronin and Dr. Kris Shrishak from the Irish Council for Civil Liberties on recent developments on online advertising, cookie consent notices, and artificial intelligence legislation.

Poet Jane Clarke talks to her poem, In the Four Courts, commissioned by Wicklow Arts Office, to celebrate the legacy of Averil Deverell; one fo the first female barristers called to the Irish Bar in 1921.

Averil Deverell BL image: © Liz Goldthorpe

Barrister Sarah Reid BL joins The Hon. Ms. Justice Mary Laffoy, The Hon Ms. Justice Aileen Donnelly, and The Hon. Ms. Justice Mary Rose Gearty (then Senior Counsel), in a discussion on the experiences of women at the Bar over the last fifty years.

This podcast is part of a series of initiatives to mark 100 years of women at the Bar. More information can be found at lawlibrary.ie/centenary.

Originally recorded in 2019.