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PILA conference, 16 April 2010
Prof. Gerry Whyte, TCD; Noeline Blackwell, FLAC; Mark O'Brien, Probono.net with Vincent Browne at the PILA conference, 16 April 2010 » -
Housing Workshop at the PILA Conference
Clare Naughton, Northside Community Law Centre and Siobhan Cummiskey, Irish Traveller Movement Law Centre speak at the housing workshop at the PILA conference, Dublin, 16 April 2010 » -
Launch of Irish Human Rights Law Review
PILA hosted the launch of the IHRLR in May 2010. Pictured here at the launch is Michael Farrell, Senior Solicitor, FLAC; the Ombudsman, Emily O'Reilly and the Review's editor Donncha O'Connell of the School of Law, NUI Galway. The review will be published on an annual basis by Clarus Press. » -
International law seminars
PILA hosts a law seminar series, most recently on using international law such as the European Social Charter and the UN international human rights treaty mechanisms. Pictured is Kevin Kerrigan, Associate Dean of the School of Law at the University of Northumbria speaking on Using human rights law for clients: comparing the British and Irish experience, 16 October 2009. » -
PILA Resources
Information and documentation on public interest law, both nationally and internationally on areas such as clinical and community legal education, barriers to public interest litigation and more »
What is Public Interest Law?
Rather than being defined as a distinct area of law, FLAC defines public interest law as a way of working with the law for the advancement and protection of human rights and for the benefit of marginalised and disadvantaged people through litigation, law reform and legal education. Using the law to benefit marginalised or disadvantaged people has long been part of legal life but it wasn't until the 1960s in the US that the term "public interest law" was coined. In Ireland, public interest law is ongoing, regardless of whether or not it is formally referred to as such. Read more »
