Activist Lawyer

Sarah & Jack are back recording in Granite Podcast Studio!

In this week’s episode, Sarah and Jack are joined by Professor Louise Crowley, family law expert at the School of Law, University College Cork, Ireland.   Louise speaks to Sarah and Jack about her career in academia and her research into the evolution of family law and citizens’ rights in Ireland. She also discusses her role in the development of the Bystander Intervention Programme which seeks to...

In this week’s episode, Sarah is joined by a special guest, Justice Shireen Avis Fisher who sits on the Hague. Judge Fisher spoke to Sarah about her work with the Irish Rule of Law International on a campaign that is seeking to help with the relocation and support of female Afghan Judges and their families in Ireland. Due to the ongoing humanitarian crises in Afghanistan, Judge Fisher shares her i...

In this week’s episode, Sarah and Jack are joined in the studio by Mary Kitson, Senior Legal Officer at the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland.   Mary speaks to Sarah and Jack about her role in providing advice and assistance to people who believe that they have been subjected to unlawful discrimination. Mary also discusses the involvement of the Equality Commission in significant legal case...

In this week's episode, Rachel speaks to Sarah and Jack about her role in the development of important legislation particularly in respect of domestic abuse, and also discusses the current gaps in current legislation in Northern Ireland.

In this week’s episode, Sarah and Jack are joined in the studio by Declan Owens, strategic campaigning lawyer and leading campaigner in the Campaign Against Climate Change Trade Union Group.   Declan is CEO of Ecojustice Ireland and Ecojustice Legal Action Centre and is Chair of the Haldane Society of Socialist Lawyers in the UK.   Declan has represented some of the largest unions in the UK and is...

In this week’s episode, Sarah Henry is joined in the studio by Aonghus Kelly, Executive Director at Irish Rule of Law International.    

In this week's episode, Jack and Sarah are joined by Maria McCloskey, Immigration Solicitor at The Children's Law Centre. 

In this week’s episode, Sarah Henry is joined in the studio by Pádraig Ó Muirigh, Director of Ó Muirigh Solicitors .   Pádraig is an experienced legal practitioner who specialises in Inquest Law, Legacy Inquiries, actions against the Police, Judicial Review, and Human Rights and Criminal Law.

In this week’s episode, Sarah and Jack are joined in the studio by the team at The PILS Project, Emma Cassidy, and Sarah Corrigan.   Sarah and Emma speak about the work of the PILS Project to support human rights and equality in Northern Ireland through public interest litigation, as they support over 130 members.   Show References:  A more complete description of all their services is here . The ...

In this week's episode Megan explains what Cryptocurrency is, its benefits, how it is used in activist movements around the world and what we can expect from crypto in the future.

In this week’s episode, Sarah is joined by Maurece Hutchinson, Managing Director of J MK Solicitors.   Maurece will be talking about her activism around the issue of settlements for minors in personal injury claims as well as the 4-day working week adopted by her law firm!   For more information: Department of Justice Website   

In this week's episode, Sarah joins Jack in the studio with the newest member of the Activist team, 6-week old baby Ava! to talk about our upcoming series. 

In this week's episode, Karen speaks about the success Berkeley Solicitors has achieved in recent years, such as wins in the Supreme Court and referrals to the European Court of Justice. 

In Part 2 Phil covers Mother and Baby Homes, Death investigation, Coroners’ inquests and provides some inspirational advice for aspiring activists!  

In this week’s Special Edition episode of Activist Lawyer, Sarah and Jack sit down with widely published academic, author and Professor Emeritus at the School of Law in Queen’s University Belfast, Phil Scraton. In Part 1, we speak about Phil’s involvement in the investigation of the Hillsborough disaster and the impact of the recent trial collapse.

In this week's episode, Sarah and Jack were delighted to find out more about the excellent work of 50:50NI and it’s founder Aoife Clements.  Aoife has a challenging but exciting job ahead of her as she brings a team together to encourage more women to get into politics in NI.  In this episode Aoife highlights the barriers facing women in politics, refers to fantastic women leaders and tells a bit...

In this week's episode Sarah and Jack sit down with solicitor Stephen Kirwan who specializes in immigration, public interest law and human rights.   There is way too much to cover with Stephen (as with many of our guests!) so we chose to discuss his current involvement in Mother & Baby Homes cases, immigration and asylum matters and have a general chat about how one gets into his line of work. 

Law Lecturer, Boston attorney and political commentator Larry Donnelly joins Sarah and Jack on this US themed episode. They discuss Biden’s first 100 days in office, Derek Chauvin’s Trial and Trump’s legacy among other interesting topics!

Kicking off this series of Activist Lawyer with Human Rights Law Professor Colin Harvey who joins Sarah and Jack as a guest speaker. Tune in to a full discussion on the vision for a new Ireland and a proposed referendum on Irish unity.

Sarah and Jack sit down to discuss the latest on civil unrest in Northern Ireland and the new ‘Firm but Fair’ Immigration rules introduced by a Conservative Government under fire.

Grainne is the Campaigns Manager for Amnesty International in Northern Ireland. In this week’s episode Grainne shares her experience as a campaigner, activist and representative on abortion in NI and other important human rights issues.  She discusses the importance of strategic litigation and a much needed strategy on violence against women and girls in Northern Ireland in the wake of the Sarah E...

Sarah sits down with Aoife Moore to discuss the topic of Women in the Media as part of our IWD2021 celebrations for March.  Aoife is political correspondent with the Irish Examiner and provides listeners with a colorful insight into her career as a woman journalist. Aoife also shares some of the topical cases she has covered like the Stardust Inquiry and Mother & Baby Homes in Ireland.  

In this week's episode Sarah sits down with Lindsay Robinson founder of 'have you seen that girl' which is an amazing winning movement dedicated to raising awareness of maternal and parental mental health.   

As part of our International Women's Day campaign, Sarah talks to Rev Karen Sethuraman, who is the first female Baptist Minister in Ireland.