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The 11th Irish Criminal Justice Agencies Conference focussing on 'Youth Justice in Motion: Prevention, Intervention, Contribution' will take place on Friday, 10th October 2025 in Dublin.
Culture night: Department of Justice - A Celebration of Cultures and Community, 19 September from 4pm
Culture night: Courts Service - Virtual tours of court buildings, 19 September
Discussion on CoE’s Committee for the Prevention of Torture (IPRT), 24 September
Gangs in the Global South: Future lessons from Haiti? (Scottish Centre for Crime & Justice Research), October 6 (Online)
Irish Criminal Justice Agencies Conference, 10 October
'Five Books That Could Save Your Life' event, 16 October
Parole Futures with Professor Nicola Carr (UCD Criminology Salon), 20 October
Dublin International Disputes Week, 20-24 October
Ethnic inequalities in the Criminal Justice System: Evidence from the Crown Court in England and Wales, 23 October (Online, UK)
International Corrections and Prisons Association Conference, 26-31 October (Istanbul, Türkiye)
9th Global Conference on Criminal Finances and Cryptoassets, 28-29 October (Vienna, Austria)
Annual EU CharterXchange, 8-9 December (Online, Austria)
2024 ACJRD Annual Conference Report available.
Vacancy: Head of Legal Services Unit in the Guardian ad litem National Service, 18 September
Vacancy: Higher Legal Executive Competition (Office of the DPP), 26 September
Vacancy: Prosecutor Competition 2025 (Office of the DPP), 26 September
Vacancy: Chief Court Delays Assessor, 2 October
Call for Interest: Panel of Legal Assessors (Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal), 3 October
Vacancy: Solicitor: Legacy, Committee on the Administration of Justice (Northern Ireland), 6 October
Vacancy: Residential Social Care Worker (Oberstown), 31 December
National Survey on Mate Crime & Disability (LIFT Project), 26 September
IPS Commissioning Rapid Evidence Review
Call for Proposals: New Advances in Crime and Social Harm
The 18th Annual Martin Tansey Memorial Lecture paper
Call for Papers: Criminology & Criminal Justice Journal
From streets to screens: fighting crime in the digital domain
AI bias in law enforcement - a practical guide
Understanding and mitigating bias to harness AI responsibly
Women’s Aid Impact Report launched
New report recommends specialist legal service for children
2024 ACJRD Annual Conference Report available
Call for Applications: CORD Justice Fellowship 2025/26, 10 October
Funding: Foran Family Scholarship in Law and Criminology, 17 October
Queen's University Belfast curated pre-law reading list
Listen: BA Criminology (University College Cork 'Find Your Course' podcast)
Study: Ulster University School of Law Law Graduate Entry programme
Study: Human Rights Education for Legal Professionals (HELP)
Volunteer: Victim Support at Court
ACJRD's Quarter 2 2025 Newsletter is now available - with information on the Irish Criminal Justice Agencies Conference, ACJRD's events calendar 2025 and other upcoming events; Latest news, vacancies, volunteering, internships and competitions; research and calls for abstracts; funding and invitations to tender; publications and podcasts, along with other news...
Membership of ACJRD for 2025 is due for renewal, so we are currently contacting our members.
Benefit from reduced prices and priority access to Conference, Seminars and Networking events...
ACJRD are delighted to welcome Orla O’Neill, ACJRD’s new Executive Director.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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