The UCD Centre for Constitutional Studies Annual Public Law conference will take place as follows in UCD Sutherland School of Law.
Date: 28 May 2025
Time: 9.30am to 4.30pm
Title: "Current issues in Irish public law"
Programme: Published shortly
Venue: UCD Sutherland School of Law (in person)
CPD: 5 CPD Points
The UCD Centre for Constitutonal Studies is delighted to open bookings for the 2025 edition of the annual 'Current Issues' public law conference.
The conference will feature a mixture of general panels on public law, as well as specialist panels on a range of areas including regulatory and investigations, the law relating to the Oireachtas, environmental and planning law, immigration, citizenship and EU law.
The conference will be of particular interest to those working in or with organisations in the public sector, civil service or regulatory fields.
Participants will include:
The Hon. Mr. Justice Donal O'Donnell, Chief Justice
The Hon. Mr Justice Brian O'Moore
The Hon. Ms. Justice Niamh Hyland
Professor Colm O'Cinneide, UCL
Joelle Grogan, CEU Democracy Institute/UCD
Eoin Carolan SC, UCD
Sarah Cooney BL
Catherine Donnelly SC, TCD
Joe Jeffers SC
David Kelly, Office of the Attorney General
Graham Kenny, Eversheds Sutherland
John Kenny BL
Ronan Lupton SC
Niall Michel, Mason Hayes & Curran
Mairead McKenna SC
Aoife McMahon BL.
Shane Murphy SC
Cathal ÓCurraín, Addleshaw Goddard
John O'Dowd, UCD.
Ailbhe O'Neill SC, TCD.
Ramona Quinn, Office of Parliamentary Legal Advisers
Brendan Slattery, McCann Fitzgerald
Meabh Smyth BL
General Fee: €200 per person
Reduced Fee: €100 per person for practitioners with less than 3 years experience, students, those employed in the NGO sector and the unwaged.
Book your place at the links below. Email queries to (opens in a new window)law.events@ucd.ie.