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ESC Mini-Series 4: Rural Transformations and Rural Crime
08 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Dr Amanda Kramer interviews Dr Matt Bowden (Technological University Dublin) about his recently published book ‘Rural Transformatio...
ESC Mini-Series 3: Legal Internationalisation in the Search for the Disappeared in Spain
08 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Dr Lauren Dempster interviews Dr Natalia Maystorovich Chulio (University of Sydney) about her research on the recovery of those disap...
ESC Mini-Series 2: Extractivism in Latin America as State-corporate Crime
08 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Dr Amanda Kramer interviews Dr María Laura Böhm (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany). This episode explores María L...
ESC Mini-Series 1: Climate Change from a Southern Perspective
08 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Dr Lauren Dempster interviews Dr David Rodriguez Goyes (University of Oslo) about his research on climate change from a southern persp...
Legal Careers with Yusur Dalloul – Paralegal, The Law Space, and the importance of wellbeing
24 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is hosted by Zi-Ming Ang, a member of the Student Focus and Careers Team and a final year Law student. With her is Yusur Dalloul, a QU...
Co-authoring in Academic Research – from quarter-baked intuition to publication.
03 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Ciara Hackett (QUB School of Law) and Prof Harry Van Buren (the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and Honorary Professor, QUB School of Law) s...
Treated with Contempt – The UEFA Champions League Final Debacle
27 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
For this episode, Professor Phil Scraton & Dr Deena Haydon are interviewed by Criminologist, Dr Gillian McNaul, about their part in the Independen...
Women taking strides in the NI Civil Service!
06 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Join civil servants Claire Archbold and Geraldine Fee to explore the rewards of working in the public legal sector, and the positive changes we can ma...
Dr John Stannard – A Life in Law
29 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Criminal Lecture supremo and Queen's University School of Law Legend, Dr John Stannard, in conversation with Judge in Residence, The Hon Madam Justice...
Transitional Justice and Indigenous Peoples: A Tool for Decolonisation?
01 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Dr Lauren Dempster interviews Dr Claire Wright (QUB School of Law). The episode explores the relationship between indigenous peoples ...
Transitional justice in Ukraine?
23 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Dr Rachel Killean from the School of Law is joined by Professor Louise Mallinder for a conversation about transitional justice in Ukr...
Innocence in the criminal justice system
16 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This episode focuses on how the law views the concept of innocence in the criminal justice system, particularly when it comes to compensation for s...
International Women’s Day – ‘Break the Bias’
09 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Dr Rachel Killean (School of Law), speaks to three legal practitioners who took part in the Women as Legal Change Makers conference h...
Dr Peter Doran with Dr Eilís Ward – The Neoliberal Self
12 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Peter Doran is joined by his friend and colleague Dr Eilís Ward to discuss her new book, Self (2021). The book is published by Cork University Pre...
Dr David Capper – Third-Party Litigation Funding
14 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr David Capper in a fascinating conversation with Dr Lauren Dempster about the potential developments in third-party litigation funding in Ireland, t...
PhD Series – Daniela Suarez Vargas
07 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Daniela is a second-year PhD student in Law at Queen's University Belfast (UK), a scholar of the AHRC Northern Bridge Consortium's doctoral trainin...
Qualifying & Joining the Bar in England and Wales
24 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Former students Kiera Vinall and Jack Meek share their experience of applying for the Bar in England and Wales. Jack Meek, Barrister at Governmen...
How to distinguish yourself as a law student
23 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
LawPod Publicist David O'Sullivan is joined by Employability and Placement Officer Deirdre Timoney to discuss how to distinguish yourself as a la...
How to maximise your employability at Queen’s
22 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
LawPod Publicist David O'Sullivan is joined by Careers Consultant Terry O'Hanlon to discuss how to use QUB services to maximise your employability whi...
Professor Anne-Marie McAlinden – International Women’s Day
10 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
PhD researcher Samantha Hopkins talks to Professor Anne-Marie McAlinden about her achievements as a woman in law and her role as a legal changemaker. ...
Professor Joan Loughrey chats with LawPod for International Women’s Day!
08 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The new Head of School of Law, Professor Joan Loughrey, joins Tamara & Ruby for a special International Women's Day episode, where we discuss h...
Quotas and Consequences
03 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
LawPodder Kavina Rajendran talks to Professor Julie Suk from the Fordham School of Law about the jurisprudence of quotas and the evolving di...
Allen & Overy Graduate Recruitment Programme
01 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Ruby Sturgeon is joined by Sara Fegan and Rosalie Rothwell from Allen & Overy to discuss its graduate recruitment opportunitie...
Adoption & Culture: A discussion of adoptee-othering (and various ‘monsters’) in Literature and Law (Reform)
24 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Discussion of adoptee 'othering' in literature and law: personal accounts, Frankenstein's creature, and Ireland's latest attempt at enabling access...
LawPod Study Skills: OSCOLA
10 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Peter Lockhart from the Student Focus and Careers LawPod student team interviews Dr Deborah Wilson, QUB Subject Librarian for the ...
Life as a Law student – balancing extracurricular activities
08 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode five law students and members of the LawPod team sit down and discuss how they achieve this balance. Check it out and find out how you...
The Institute of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Queen’s University Belfast: Celebrating 25 years of Research, Policy, and Community Engagement
03 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Dr Alessandro Corda, current Director of the QUB Institute of Criminology and Criminal Justice(ICCJ), interviews four of the Institut...
Developing Countries Experience with Extraterritoriality in Competition Law
01 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This special edition of LawPod focuses on cross-border, transnational application of competition law with special focus on the experience of developin...
Sexual Violence on Trial: Local and Comparative Perspectives
27 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, ICCJ Director Dr Alessandro Corda interviews Dr Rachel Killean, Dr Eithne Dowds and Prof Anne-Marie McAlinden about thei...
‘COP26: The Inside Story’ with Ian Fry, veteran negotiator on behalf of the island nation of Tuvalu and the Alliance of Small Island States
16 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Veteran climate change negotiator, Ian Fry, revisits the Glasgow Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention and the Paris Ag...
PhD Series - Nikhil Narayan
09 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode LawPod Director Lauren Dempster talks to PhD candidate Nikhil Narayan about his research exploring the role of guarantees of non-re...
Women and the Law: Gender Diversity in the Legal Profession
26 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Sara Fegan & Rosalie Rothwell from Allen & Overy join Tamara Duncan to discuss gender diversity in law, as well as give their top tips for ...
“The Rights of Nature – A legal revolution” with Jurist, Valérie Cabanes.
04 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Peter Doran and Dr Rachel Killean are joined by French Jurist Valérie Cabanes in a wide-ranging discussion about the rights of nature, biocultural...
Human Dignity in Cambodia
21 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Dr Rachel Killean, Prof. Chris McCrudden and Ms Boravin Tann discuss some of the challenges associated with defining human dignity...
How To Get the Most From Your Degree with Yi Kang Choo
14 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, School of Law Social Media Ambassador Róise Pelan interviews recently graduated student, Yi Kang Choo, about his time studying Law a...
Stopping Street Harassment
22 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A conversation with the two founders of the campaign to stop street harassment in Northern Ireland. In this episode PhD researcher Meghan Hoyt spea...
Report and Support
17 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode two of our Law & Activism team – Charlotte Gourley and Debora Mosso - speak to John Finnigan from QUB’s Report & Support, ...
Dr Peter Doran in conversation with Malik Ayub Sumbal.
06 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Peter Doran talks to Malik Ayub Sumbal, author of 'Tovuz to Karabakh: a comprehensive analysis of war in the South-Caucasus', about geopolitics, 'f...
Archives in Transitional Justice
29 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Lauren Dempster is joined by Ulrike Lühe, Dr Julia Viebach and Dr Benjamin Thorne to explore the role of archives in transitional ju...
Lord Kerr – the “Provocative” Judge?
20 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A unique and illuminating conversation about the work and legal legacy of Lord Kerr. This episode provides a unique opportunity to hear a wide rang...
Student Focus – Mooting at Queen’s
01 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Lawpodder and Mooter, Lucy Bill talks to Dr David Capper, Sarah Hair and Joseph Le Seelleur about their collective mooting successes ...
Defamation law reform in Northern Ireland
30 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Mark Hanna talks with Professors Andrew Scott (LSE), Daithí MacSithigh (QUB), and Gavin Phillipson (Bristol) about the various aspects of potentia...
LawPod Stories – A Case of Ginger Beer
23 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This episode outlines the facts surrounding Donoghue v Stevenson [1932], a landmark case that lays the foundation of the modern law of negligence. ...
LawPod Retrospective: 100 Episodes
16 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, the LawPod team reflect on our first 100 episodes. LawPod's current Director, Dr Lauren Dempster interviews its former Director, D...
International Women’s Day Series – Angela Godfrey Goldstein
08 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Alice Panepinto interviews peace activist Angela Godfrey-Goldstein about her life, career and work with Jahalin Solidarity which advocates against ...
International Women’s Day Series – Gemma McKeown
05 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the second of three episodes developed in partnership with the QUB School of Law Athena Swan Committee for International Women's Day 2021, Dr Ei...
International Women’s Day Series – Anne-Marie McAlinden
02 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Dr Rachel Killean interviews Prof. Anne-Marie McAlinden about her research and life as an academic. In the first of three episodes ...
COVID-19 and the Laws of Death and Burial
16 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, PhD candidate Paula Shilliday talks to Professor Heather Conway about the intersections between the COVID-19 pandemic and the laws of...
The Shadow Pandemic: Domestic Abuse and COVID-19
09 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This episode explores Dr. Ronagh McQuigg’s research into the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the victims and survivors of domestic abuse. Rona...
Legal Lexicon: Parliamentary Sovereignty
02 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This episode explores the concept of parliamentary sovereignty with Professor Aileen McHarg. It is a wide-ranging conversation which touches on founda...
Being Black in Northern Ireland: BLM Protests, Institutional Racism and Social Media
26 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast we discuss with guests Tura Arutura, Cassie Logan (both activists for BLM) and Sinead Marmion (from Phoenix Law) the PSNI's approac...
Episode 78 – Informers and Transitional Justice
19 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast, Prof Kieran McEvoy and Prof Mark Drumbl explore the intersections between informers and transitional justice. Drawing in particula...
Episode 77 – Contact tracing apps and Data Privacy
12 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Arianna McBurney and Megan Burns talk to Professor Daithi Mac Sithigh about the contact tracing apps in the UK. Professor Mac Sith...
Episode 76 – The origins of human rights at Queen’s: student activism, the study of human rights law and the Human Rights Centre
10 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Professor Tom Hadden and Professor Brice Dickson discuss the origins of human rights research at Queen's. The episode discusses the h...
Episode 75 – Northern Ireland: The Constitutional Conversation.
08 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Professor Colin Harvey reflects on the constitutional arrangement here in Northern Ireland with Emer Smyth, a Master of Laws student ...
Episode 74 – Defamation and Privacy Law in Northern Ireland
01 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast, Dr. Mark Hanna talks about Defamation and Privacy Law in Northern Ireland with media lawyers Paul Tweed, Peter Girvan and Oliva O'...
Episode 73 – Apologies and Transitional Justice
24 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Prof Kieran McEvoy and Dr Anna Bryson discuss the findings of their ESRC-funded research project, Apologies, Abuses and Dealing wi...
Episode 72 – Disappearances in Cyprus with Dr Iosif Kovras
17 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Dr Iosif Kovras (University of Cyprus) explores issues relating to disappearances in Cyprus. He discusses the context of disapp...
Episode 71 – Conflict Textiles: Following the Footsteps of the Disappeared
12 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we welcome Roberta Bacic and Breege Doherty to discuss the Conflict Textiles archive and the current exhibition, Following the Footste...
Episode 70 – Ex-combatants and Transitional Justice
10 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Dr Lauren Dempster interviews Prof Kieran McEvoy about the role of ex-combatants in transitional justice processes. Kieran discusses ...
Episode 69 – Amnesties in Transitional Justice
03 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Prof Kieran McEvoy interviews world-leading amnesties expert Prof Louise Mallinder and Dr Lauren Dempster about the role of amnest...
Episode 68 – Policing in Transition
27 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Prof Kieran McEvoy and Dr Kevin Hearty explore the relationship between policing and transitional justice. Drawing on the Northern Ireland case study ...
Episode 67 – Truth Recovery in Northern Ireland
20 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Prof Kieran McEvoy and Dr Cheryl Lawther discuss official and grassroots approaches to truth recovery in Northern Ireland. Transit...
Episode 66 – Women of Color and Human Rights
12 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Mark Hanna talks about Women of Colour and Human Rights with Dean Adrien Wing and Professor Anna Spain Bradley. Dean Adrien Wing is Associate De...
Episode 65 – Reparations for Conflict-Related Environmental Harm
29 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Transitional Justice Series 1 - In this episode Dr Rachel Killean tells us about her recent article, ‘From ecocide to eco-sensitivity: ‘greening’...
Episode 64 – Challenging Racism and Pursuing Decolonisation in Higher Education
20 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Oluwayomi Olaide-Kolapo (QUB’s African and Caribbean Society) and Hamsavani Rajeswaren (former QUB Student Union Officer for Equality and Diversity)...
Episode 63 – Restoring Cultural Property and Communities after Conflict
16 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Dr Lauren Dempster interviews Prof. Robin Hickey and Dr Rachel Killean about their project ‘Restoring Cultural Property and Communit...
Episode 62 – Law in Action: Modern Voices of Eco Activism
04 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Host Anoushka Syed is joined by Kaitlyn Laverty (Youth Strike 4 Climate Belfast) and Paul Brogan (Extinction Rebellion Northern Ireland) to talk about...
PhD Series 5 – Siofra Corr
01 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Lawpod Director Rachel Killean talks to PhD candidate Siofra Corr about her research which is focused on reparations processes for sexual violence vi...
Episode 61 – Global Norms in a Divided World: Discussion with Professor Hans Lindahl
21 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Mark Hanna and Professor Hans Lindahl, Chair of Legal Philosophy at Tilburg University in a wide ranging conversation about law, philosophy, bounda...
PhD Series 4 – Iain Nash
14 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Lawpod Director Rachel Killean talks to PhD candidate Iain Nash about his research which is focused on examining how nation-states regulate cybersecu...
Episode 60 – Mass graves, forensics, and the right to truth
07 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This episode, featuring Dr Melanie Klinkner interviewed by Dr Lauren Dempster, explores issues relating to mass graves, exhumation, and the right to t...
Episode 59 – ‘The Problems with Human Rights’
30 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Andrew Godden talks to Professor Brice Dickson about his Stephen Livingstone Lecture, ‘The Problems with Human Rights’ On 21 November 2019, ...
PhD Series 3 – Meghan Hoyt
16 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
LawPod Director Rachel Killean talks to PhD candidate Meghan Hoyt about her research into misogyny and hate crime. Meghan Hoyt is a first year PhD ...
PhD Series 2 – Nkem Itanyi
03 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
LawPod Director Rachel Killean talks to PhD candidate Nkem Itanyi about her research into copyright infringement in the film industry in developing ec...
PhD Series 1 – Gillian Kane
27 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
LawPod Director Rachel Killean kicks off the PhD series by talking to PhD candidate Gillian Kane about her research into human trafficking. Gillian i...
Episode 58 – Speaking Her Truth – Rape Myths and Consent
28 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
QUB students Maeve Devlin, Jade Mc Cauley, Tavisha Sood and Alexandra Cook discuss rape myths and consent with PHD student and former journalist Rosie...
Episode 57 – The Power of the Corporation in Society
20 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
PhD student Samantha Hopkins talks to Professor Harry van Buren from the University of New Mexico about the responsibilities which corporations owe to...
Episode 56 – Could Hong Kong Become Another Belfast?
13 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, the Law in Action team talks to Professor Brice Dickson and students from Hong Kong about the protest and whether the government intr...
Student Focus – Episode 13 – Responding to domestic violence, a conversation with Women’s Aid
06 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Women’s Aid representative Sonya McMullan gives an eye-opening and informative discussion with law student Katie Kennedy. Warning: this episode d...
Episode 55 – Transitional Justice and Memory in Cambodia
30 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Rachel Killean interviews Dr Peter Manning from the University of Bath about his research on the connections between human rights, transitional justic...
Episode 54 – Criminology, Desistance, Collaboration & Creativity
24 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
10 - Criminology Matters - In this conversation, Shadd Maruna and Fergus McNeill reflect on what they learned from collaborating in making the documen...
Episode 53 – The Collateral Consequences of Criminal Records
06 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
9 - Criminology Matters - Alessandro Corda talks to host Gillian McNaull about his research on criminal records. In it he examines the multiple co...
Episode 52 – Non-State Armed Groups, Human Rights and International Law
11 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Luke Moffett talks to Dr Katharine Fortin about the complexities surrounding the obligations of 'non-state armed groups' under current legal framew...
Episode 51- Rape and Sexual Violence
05 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
8 - Criminology Matters - Host Rachel Killean talks to Eithne Dowds about her work on conceptualisations of rape under international law. (Content w...
Episode 50 – Prison Abolition: Decarceration and Transformation
27 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
7 - Criminology Matters - In this podcast co-host Gillian talks to Professor Phil Scraton about the harms of imprisonment and prison abolition. Thi...
Episode 49 – Victim Participation in the Prosecution of International Crimes
15 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Luke Moffett talks to Dr Elisa Novic from Advocats Sans Frontièrs about the challenges and developments with regard to victim participation in the...
Episode 48 – Corporate Pharmaceutical Crime
08 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
6 - Criminology Matters - Co-host Gillian McNaull talks to SSESW NINE MRes student, Angela Rogan about her research and activism in the area of corpo...
Episode 47 – Brexit: Justice and Security
31 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
5 - Criminology Matters - Rachel Killean talks to Dr. Amanda Kramer about her recent IHREC/NIHRC research with Rachael Dickson and Anni Pues on the po...
Episode 46 – Exploring Victimhood
24 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
4 - Criminology Matters - Paul Gallagher, PhD researcher in the Mitchell Institute for Global Peace, Security and Justice at Queen’s, and Dr Sarah J...
Episode 45 – Patten 20 years on: Young People, Policing and Stop and Search
17 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
3 - Criminology Matters - In this podcast Gillian talks to Dr John Topping from SSESW about his recent event - Patten 20 years on: Young People, Poli...
Episode 44 – Young People and Harmful Sexual Behaviour
10 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
2 - Criminology Matters - Professor Anne-Marie McAlinden and Dr Elizabeth Agnew speak about their individual research projects exploring young people ...
Episode 43 – Sex work and Criminalisation
03 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
1 - Criminology Matters: A criminology podcast series in conjunction with Lawpod - Gillian McNaull interviews Graham Ellison and Caoimhe Ní Dhónaill...
Student Focus – Episode 12 – Women in Law : Axiom Managed Solutions
17 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Women in Law: Lucy Bill and Emily Dickinson interview Naomi Little, Nicola Mallon and Jilly Cameron from Axiom Managed Solutions. They each discuss ho...
Episode 42 – Speaking Out: Feminism, Rape and Narrative Politics
29 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
” In this episode, Rachel Killean sits down with Dr Tanya Serisier to discuss her book “Speaking Out: Feminism, Rape and Narrative Politics”h...
Student Focus – Episode 11 – Transition from University to Employment
03 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
James Milliken talks to Claire Ussher from the Queen's University Careers Service about employability.
Student Focus – Episode 10 – Study Skills: Legal Theory and Practice
03 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Melissa McDonnell speaks to Dr Mark Hanna from the School of Law and Dr Claire McCann, Human Rights in Practice Officer at the Human Rights Consortium...
Student Focus – Episode 9 – Study Skills : Corporate Law
17 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Ciarán O'Kelly from the School of Law and Lindsey McCracken from Belfast firm FSCom about Corporate Law and where it might take you. Are you a Le...
Student Focus – Episode 8 – Study Skills: Support for Law Students
12 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
How to Enhance Your Studies at QUB with the Learning and Development Services and the study skills support that is offered to law students. Melissa...
Episode 41 – Interview with George Monbiot
10 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Peter Doran interviews George Monbiot in an electrifying discussion ranging the power of narratives in politics, the creation of a new politics to ...