A roundup of the week's other legal news in brief:
Free legal advice for Irish speakers
The independent human rights organisation Flac (Free Legal Advice Centres) has teamed up with Conradh na Gaeilge to provide free legal services to Irish speakers in Dublin and Galway on the first Wednesday of every month this autumn.
Barristers from the Four Courts branch of Conradh na Gaeilge will run the free legal advice service in Conradh na Gaeilge offices in Dublin and in Galway between 18.00 – 19.00 and 17.30 and 19.00 respectively.
More information is available from Conradh na Gaeilge at 01 4757401 (Dublin) / dli@cnag.ie and 091 567824 (Galway) or see Flac’s website at www.flac.ie.
Advocacy event for students
A student advocacy competition with a prize fund of €3,500 has been launched by solicitors McCann Fitzgerald in association with the Courts Service and the Northern Ireland Courts Service.
The Advocate is open to all universities, institutes of technology and third-level colleges in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland that offer legal programmes. Submissions will be welcomed from students who are studying law in full or part fulfilment of their degree, and the deadline for entries is next Monday, October 19th.
Students interested in participating should visit: www.mccannfitzgerald.ie/theadvocate.asp
New LLM degree in Galway
The Irish Centre for Human Rights in NUI Galway (NUIG) has just launched an LLM in economic, social and cultural rights, the first of its kind as a specialised masters degree in Ireland.
Taught in an interdisciplinary way, it will include a course in economics and another on the sociology of development. More information from Dr Vinodh Jaichand, deputy director, Irish Centre for Human Rights. Vinodh.Jaichand@nuigalway.ie
Fifth edition of legal textbook
The fifth edition of Byrne McCutcheon on the Irish Legal System, by Byrne, McCutcheon, Bruton Coffey, has just been published by Bloomsbury Professional, formerly Tottels.
The book is aimed at both practitioners and students starting legal studies in Ireland, and covers all the major changes to the court systems and EC law that have occurred since the last edition in 2001.
It is in paperback, and costs €99.
Two awards for solicitors’ firm
LK Shields Solicitors has recently won two awards, the Most Trusted Law Firm in Ireland and Irish Employment Law Firm of the Year 2009, in the ACQ Finance MagazineCountry Law Awards for Achievement 2009.