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Mr Justice Frank Clarke joins the Griffith College School of Law as Judge in Residence
Mr. Justice Frank Clarke of the High Court has joined Griffith College School of Law as Judge in Residence for the current academic year.
During the course of his residency in the School of law, Mr Justice Frank Clarke will deliver a short programme of lectures to the student body, will engage with academic staff and will sit on the Supervisory Board of the Irish Innocence Project at Griffith College.
Mr. Justice Clarke was most recently Chairman of the Lisbon Treaty Referendum Commission and has enjoyed a high profile career as a barrister. He was Chairman of the Bar Council from 1993-1995.
In practice, he dealt in Commercial, Constitutional and Family Law. He has been external counsel to the Laffoy Inquiry on child abuse and has represented the Flood Tribunal in its case against Mr Liam Lawlor. He was part of the Anti-Amendment Campaign during the original abortion referendum in 1983 and strongly supported the referendum on divorce in 1986.
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