UCC School of Law

This week, Jane Mulcahy reports from the UCC Law Conference, where she spoke with Noeline Blackwell, CEO of the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre, and Tom O'Malley, member of the Irish Law Reform Commission and senior lecturer at NUIG, about consent and the Sexual Offences Act 2017 respectively.

Dr Lawrence Siry, talks us through his fascinating career as a public defender in New York, and Professor Owen McIntyre discusses the future of water.

On the fourth episode of the Law and Justice Podcast, Jane Mulcahy chats with speakers from the ICPA Conference "Innovation in Rehabilitation: Building Better Futures", including Professor Fergus McNeill, Fiona McGregor, Hilary Ineomo-Marcus, Andrew Couples, and Gary Stephens.

In addition, Dr Mark Cullinane from the Department of Applied Social Studies at UCC discusses the "Licensees in Private Rented Accommodation: the Forgotten Sub-Sector?" seminar.

On the third edition of the Law and Justice Podcast, Dr. Vittorio Bufacchi from UCC's Department of Philosophy speaks to Jane about the phenomenon of violence and Garrett Carr of Queens University Belfast talks about Brexit and it's implications for the Irish border.

On the second episode of the Law and Justice Podcast, Jane Mulcahy catches up with Fulbright Scholar, Kim Thomas, Professor Malcolm Evans discusses the Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture (OPCAT), Deirdre Kelleher talks about the rights of cohabitants in Ireland and chairperson of the ACJRD, Maura Butler, talks Brexit.

On the inaugural Law and Justice Podcast, Jane Mulcahy speaks with Fiona Donson about the Unseen, Unheard conference, Professor Jules Lobel and Dr Mary Rogan discuss solitary confinement, Ivan McCutcheon tells us about Cork Chamber's "Get to Grips with Data Protection" seminar, and Conor Dunne lifts the lid on UCC Law Society's plans for the coming semester.