UCD School of Law is a research leader in the field of EU Law. The School of Law has a long-standing tradition of research excellence in the field of EU Law. In recent years members of staff have produced monographs, special issues of leading journals in Europe and the US, numerous refereed articles and university press book chapters in fields as diverse as the Constitutional Treaty (Dr Marie-Luce Paris), the Lisbon Treaty (Dr Gavin Barrett, and Suzanne Kingston), Human Rights in the EU (Dr Marie-Luce Paris), National Parliaments in the EU (Dr. Gavin Barrett,), Competition Law (Prof. Imelda Maher, Ms. Mary Catherine Lucey, Dr Suzanne Kingston), Economic GOvernance (Prof Imelda Maher) and Social Law (Dr Gavin Barrett,). Through the annual Irish European Law Forum, the School invites leading scholars and showcases the work of it staff in subfields of European Law. Staff are all members of the internationally renowned Dublin European Institute. The School has a long-standing LLM in European Law now complimented by a new inter-disciplinary LLM in European Law and Public Affairs and the CIEL (programme in Comparative, European and International Law.) programme that affords LLM students the opportunity to take their second semester at one of our six partner European Law Schools. It also offers an inter-disciplinary PhD in European Law and Governance.
Staff: Dr. Gavin Barrett, Dr. Suzanne Kingston, Ms. Mary Catherine Lucey, Professor Imelda Maher, Dr Marie-Luce Paris, Professor Colin Scott.
Research students: Anatole Abaquesne, Donal Casey, Jocelyn Delatre, Mary Dobbs, Dan Hayden, James Lawless, Marek Martyniszyn,Oana Stefan,Yichen Yang, Kamil Piszczek.