Show Notes
In this episode, James Rooney BL and Cillian Bracken BL join Gemma McLoughlin-Burke BL and Dearbhla Shirt to speak to about their voluntary work and more specifically their role in running the LGBTQI+ legal clinic with FLAC. James and Cillian cover legal issues regularly faced by the LGBTQI+ community - including parenthood of children and gender-affirming healthcare and legal documentation - and the other pro bono legal work they participate in.
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Host Michael O'Connor SC is joined by Fiona McAuslan, Director of Family Mediation at the Legal Aid Board and, barrister Denise Waldron BL to discuss the evolution of family mediation in Ireland, the growing role of alternative dispute resolution, and the opportunities and challenges that lie ahead.
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In Part Three of this joint series between Community Law & Mediation and the Voluntary Assistance Scheme of The Bar of Ireland, co‑hosts Gemma McLoughlin Burke BL and Aoife Kelly Desmond explore how we can meet new areas of need such as children’s law and environmental justice, the role of community law centres in a new civil legal aid system and how we can make sure community law is a career pathway for young practitioners.
In Part Two of this joint series between Community Law & Mediation and the Voluntary Assistance Scheme of The Bar of Ireland, co‑hosts Gemma McLoughlin Burke BL and Aoife Kelly Desmond explore how community law operates where it matters most: on the ground, alongside the people directly affected by access to justice issues.