News archive Judicial Education and Training in Twenty-First Century Ireland

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

Session 2 – Judicial Skills and Judgecraft

Chair: Her Honour Judge Rosemary Horgan, 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

Session 3 – Developing Judicial Skills in Ireland

Chair: Dr Rónán Kennedy, NUI Galway

• 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 

Session 4 – Trauma-Informed Judging

Chair: Dr Rachel Cahill-O'Callaghan, Cardiff University 

• 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