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ACJRD Newsletter

ACJRD's November 2024 newsletter is now available - with information on ACJRD's December networking event, news, vacancies, consultations, invitations to tender, podcasts and recent publications, along with other news...

Latest Updates

New Supreme Court website launched

King’s Inns Christmas Carol Gathering in aid of the Capuchin Day Centre, 18 December

Save the date! 2025 North South Criminology Conference, Maynooth University, 23-25 June 2025

EUROCRIM 2025 Conference abstract submissions, Jan 1st - March 1st 2025

2024 ACJRD Annual Conference Report available.

The 2024 Martin Tansey Memorial Lecture paper.

ACJRD Juvenile Justice seminar recording.

 

Latest Updates

District Court Research, Sentencing Guidelines and Information Committee

Community Sanctions in Ireland, Sentencing Guidelines and Information Committee

Irish Prison Service 2023 Annual Report

Solicitors Criminal Legal Aid Panel 2025. Deadline 20 December.

IPRT: Legal, Policy and Public Affairs Manager. Deadline 6 January.

Le Chéile Mentoring Restorative Justice Coordinators x 2 (Cork & Kerry; Galway). Deadline 10 January.

 

 

In a big change for ACJRD, Maura Butler retired as Chairperson at our Annual Conference on 12 June 2024, having taken up the role in 2007. Mary Griffin, CEO and Under Treasurer of the King’s Inns, has taken up the role from Maura.

Membership of ACJRD for 2025 is due for renewal in January 2025, so we will be in contact with our members.

Benefit from reduced prices and priority access to Conference, Seminars and Networking events... 

Since our move to a new mailing list provider, Mailjet, took place on 1st January 2024 we have removed anyone from the ACJRD mailing list who has not opted-in.

Why do I have to opt-in again? ACJRD have moved to a new mailing list provider, Mailjet, and to comply with GDPR all those who wish to remain on the mailing list need to opt-in again in order to receive future emails and notifications of events. 

Christmas Networking - Hugh Dockry Seminar

ACJRD's Christmas networking event and seminar, "Heading towards a federal criminal justice system? Past, present and future of EU Justice", took place in the Law Society of Ireland on Monday, 11 December, 2023. 

ACJRD Annual Conference

The 9th Irish Criminal Justice Agencies Conference, Penal Policy Reform: Putting Community at the Heart of the Criminal Justice System, took place on Tuesday, 10th October 2023.

Dr John O’Connor, Judge of the Circuit Court, "Judicial Discretion and the Justice and Welfare Dichotomy: The Sentencing of Children in the Irish Youth Justice System" - Thursday, 20th April 2023, 6pm (registration 5.30pm)

The ACJRD 25th Annual Conference took place on Friday, 7th October 2022.

"Race, Migration and the Criminal Justice System"  -  Wednesday, 22nd June, 2022

A collaboration between ACJRD and the UCD Institute of Criminology and Criminal Justice

Bruno Min, Legal Director (UK & International), Fair Trials, presented the 15th Annual Martin Tansey Memorial Lecture online.

The seminar, "Effecting Change: Learning from the experience of Oberstown" took place on Thursday, 3rd March, 2022.

The UKICJC Network held a webinar on "Extradition post Brexit - Implementation of Part Three, Title VII of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA):  Perspectives from the UK and Ireland” on 10th January, 2022.

The ACJRD Mental Health and Juvenile Justice Working Groups, in collaboration with the Policing Authority, held this online seminar on Wednesday, 1st December, 2021.

The ACJRD Restorative Justice Working Group presented this online seminar on Thursday, 18th November, 2021.

The ACJRD 24th Annual Conference “Criminal Justice and Public Health: Policy and Practice Post-Pandemic” took place online on Friday, 8th October, 2021.

The ACJRD White Collar Crime Working Group hosted a seminar on “A Review on Economic Crime and Corruption”  on Thursday, 15th July, 2021.

The 7th Annual Irish Criminal Justice Agencies (ICJA) Conference Protecting the Human Rights of Vulnerable Suspects and Offenders:  Defining, Identifying and Responding to Vulnerabilities” took place on Friday, 4th June, 2021.