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The School of Law is greatly honoured to have Mr. Justice Frank Clarke of the High Court as its Judge-in-Residence for the current academic year.
A Judge-in-Residence is a judge who agrees to spend a period of time attached to the law school during which he interfaces with the academic staff and student body by giving lectures and offering other academic support.
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 has enjoyed a high profile career as a barrister and 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. One of his biggest cases concerned the Zoe group's application for examinership. Justice Frank Clarke was most recently Chairman of the Lisbon Treaty Referendum Commission - http://www.rte.ie/radio1/podcast/podcast_frankclarke.xml
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