Judicial Education and Training in Ireland Seminar

The Judicial Education and Training in Ireland Seminar will take place online on Friday 17th September 2021 from 10.00 am – 5.00 pm.

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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
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
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
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
16.30	Conclusions, Final Discussion, and Next Steps
17.00	Close