The Irish Penal Reform Trust hosts a number of events throughout the year, including the Prison Law Seminar Series, launches of new publications, and an Annual Lecture and Open Forum.
Presentations and papers delivered at previous events are available here.
The seventh in the Prison Law Seminar Series took place on Thursday 21st July 2011. Speakers were Michael O'Higgins SC, and Don Specter (Director) and Sara Norman (Managing Attorney) of the Prison Law Office, San Quentin CA. Read more
This Friday, 20 May 2011, IPRT and ICCL will launch the 'Joint Shadow Report to the First Periodic Review of Ireland under the United Nations Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment'. Read more
IPRT hosted Bobby Cummines OBE, Chief Executive of UNLOCK, the National Association of Reformed Offenders (UK) on Tuesday 10th May, 2011 for a series of events focusing on obstacles experienced by those with a criminal record who wish to move on from their offending past. Read more
Create, in partnership with Dance Ireland and Dublin Dance Festival, host 'Transformed Through Dance', an in conversation event with Nikki Crane, Advisor to Dance United, an organisation that pro-actively works with young people at risk of (re)offending. Read more
IPRT is delighted to announce our involvement as co-sponsor of the Irish Association of Law Teacher’s Spring Seminar, to be delivered this year by Professor Conor Gearty of the London School of Economics. Read more
IPRT and PILA co-hosted an inspiring seminar with speaker Marsha Levick on the experience of strategic juvenile justice litigation in the United States. Read more
IPRT's Liam Herrick addressed more than 150 students at an event hosted by IT Carlow's Law Society on 6th Oct. Read more
The Irish Penal Reform Trust (IPRT) held a free event on Culture Night, Friday 24th September, 2010. Read more
On Thursday 23rd September 2010, IPRT, Barnardos and IAYPIC jointly hosted a 1-day conference to consider how Ireland might begin to refocus our approach to crime and social policy. Read more
The sixth in the Prison Law Seminar Series took place on Tuesday 13th July, 2010 at the Distillery Building, Church Street, Dublin 7. Read more
