Events
ACJRD hosts conferences and seminars/webinars on topics of interest to our membership, which includes policy makers, practitioners, academics and community based organizations.
In a typical year we have been
- convening an Annual Conference
- facilitating, managing and convening, in partnership with Criminal Justice Agencies, the Irish Criminal Justice Agencies (ICJA) Conference
- organising seminars/webinars that meet the interests of our Working Group members
- convening events for research collaborators
- facilitating state agency engagement with our members who have stakeholder interest in government policy planning
- arranging networking events
- convening the annual Martin Tansey Memorial Lecture
ACJRD are delighted to announce booking is now open for the 28th Annual Conference on the theme of ‘Opportunities and Challenges of Technological Innovation in the Criminal Justice System’ will take place on Thursday, 12th June 2025 (full day) in the Camden Court Hotel, Dublin 2.
The 18th Annual Martin Tansey Memorial Lecture, at which Dr. Stephanie O'Keeffe, CEO of Cuan, spoke on 'Strategy to tackle domestic, sexual and gender based violence in Ireland', took place on Thursday 1st May.
ACJRD hosted their December seminar and networking event on the theme ‘Towards research co-production in Irish criminal justice: lessons from recent projects' on Tuesday, 3rd December 2024 in the Law Society.
The 10th Irish Criminal Justice Agencies (ICJA) Conference on the theme of 'Navigating Mental Health in the Criminal Justice System' was held on Friday, 4th October 2024 in Dublin Castle.
The ACJRD 27th Annual Conference on the theme of 'Continuing the Conversation – The Future of Drug Policy in Ireland' took place on 12 June 2024 in the Camden Court Hotel.
ACJRD hosted the 17th Annual Martin Tansey Memorial Lecture, with Maggie O’Neill, Professor in Sociology & Criminology, University College Cork, speaking on 'Women and the Criminal Justice System: Gender Matters' on the evening of Thursday, 2 May 2024 in the Criminal Courts of Justice.
ACJRD were delighted to host an insightful seminar on Juvenile Justice, with Dr Siobhán Buckley, Ulster University School of Law, and Caroline Rutherford and Michelle Kennedy of Extern on 20 March 2024.
A recording of the seminar is now available for access by ACJRD members only. Copies of the presentations now available to download.
ACJRD hosted a Christmas networking event and seminar, "Heading towards a federal criminal justice system? Past, present and future of EU Justice", 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.
The ACJRD 26th Annual Conference, Accountability and Monitoring in the Criminal Justice System, took place on Friday, 9th June 2023.
Dr John O’Connor, Judge of the Circuit Court, presented the 16th Annual Martin Tansey Memorial Lecture, 2023
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 hosted 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.
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