The Judicial Education and Training in Ireland Seminar will take place online on Friday 17th September 2021 from 10.00 am – 5.00 pm.
Judicial Education and Training in Ireland Seminar
9.30 |
Login |
10.00 |
Session 1 – Judicial Education and Training in Ireland
Chair: Dr Laura Cahillane, UL
- Doireann Ansbro, ICCL: International Standards in Judicial Education and Training
- Prof Paul McCutcheon, UL: Review of Judicial Studies Institute 2003
- Dr Rónán Kennedy, NUI Galway: Review of Judicial Studies Committee 2019
- The Hon Mr Justice Richard Humphreys, High Court of Ireland: Judicial Education and Training in Ireland – A Judge’s View
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11.30 |
Break |
11.45 |
Session 2 – Judicial Skills and Judgecraft
Chair: His Honour Judge Tom O’Donnell, Circuit Court of Ireland
- Prof Cheryl Thomas, UCL: Judicial Training in the UK
- Mr Justice Gerard Tangenberg, SSR: The place of skills in judicial education
- Ms Justice Adèle Kent, National Judicial Institute of Canada: Teaching Judicial Skills
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13.15 |
Lunch |
14.15 |
Session 3 – Developing Judicial Skills in Ireland
Chair: Prof Paul McCutcheon, UL
- Dr Niamh Howlin & Dr Mark Coen, UCD: Skills Acquisition and Development among Judges of the Circuit Criminal and Central Criminal Courts
- Dr Rachel Cahill-O'Callaghan, Cardiff University: Values and Bias: Refining Decision Making Through Education
- Dr Jennifer Schweppe and Prof Amanda Haynes, UL: “It takes the gleam off the harp”: The Need for Training to Address Judicial Prejudice
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15.15 |
Break |
15.30 |
Session 4 – Trauma-Informed Judging
Chair: Dr Rónán Kennedy, NUI Galway
- Dr Jane Mulcahy, UL: Towards a Neurodevelopmentally Aware, Trauma-Responsive Judiciary in Ireland
- Saoirse Enright, UL: Judging the Judges: Adopting a Trauma-Responsive Approach to Judicial Decision-Making
- Mr Tom O’Malley, NUI Galway: The Role of Intermediaries in the Investigation and Trial of Sexual Offences
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16.30 |
Conclusions, Final Discussion, and Next Steps |
17.00 |
Close |
Enquiries to: ronan.m.kennedy@nuigalway.ie or to Rónán Kennedy (Law School, National University of Ireland Galway) at +353-91-495626.
Funded by the Irish Research Council.