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Child Law Clinic

Child Law Clinic

Child Law Clinic

About Us

The Child Law Clinic was established in 2010 to provide pro bono research assistance to practicing lawyers or civil society groups to assist in their litigation and advocacy work. It also authors its own submissions and amicus briefs to various courts and committees on matters of interest. The Clinic brings together Faculty members specialising in child law and children’s rights and postgraduate students from the LLM in Children’s Rights and Family Law and the PhD programme, who provide research assistance under the guidance of the academic staff. The Clinic Director is Dr Conor O’Mahony.

Lawyers and others wishing to use the Clinic’s services should contact the Clinic by email conor.omahony@ucc.ie or in writing to outline their request for information or support.  Where the matter is urgent, the Clinic can be contacted on +353 (0)21 490 3041. Follow us on Twitter: @childlawucc        

Examples of past projects

Litigation work

Child Law Clinic

Our litigation work has assisted lawyers engaged in litigation at all levels, ranging from the District Court to the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights.

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Research Briefs and Submissions

Child Law Clinic

In addition to supporting litigation, we have prepared research briefs to assist various civil society groups with advocacy projects and authored submissions to Oireachtas Committees on a number of draft pieces of legislation.

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Redress of Survivors of Sexual Abuse in National School

Child Law Clinic

The Child Law Clinic has successfully advocated for 10 years for redress for survivors of sexual abuse in National Schools.

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Child Law Clinic

Faculty of Law, Áras na Laoi, Gaol Cross, UCC, Cork

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