Activist Lawyer
The Activist Lawyer podcast offers a platform for lawyers to share their story and journey into law and activism. Guests will discuss the challenges and highlights of their work as well as important cases, opinions on legal and political matters and will offer advice and tips for anyone interested in pursuing a career in human rights law, public interest law or criminal justice. The Activist Lawyer Podcast is brought to you by the Granite Podcast Studio.
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Episodes
Thursday Jul 01, 2021
Thursday Jul 01, 2021
In Part 2 Phil covers Mother and Baby Homes, Death investigation, Coroners’ inquests and provides some inspirational advice for aspiring activists!
Thursday Jul 01, 2021
Thursday Jul 01, 2021
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.
Thursday Jul 01, 2021
Thursday Jul 01, 2021
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 about herself and how she campaigns for change!
Thursday Jul 01, 2021
Thursday Jul 01, 2021
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.
Tuesday May 11, 2021
Tuesday May 11, 2021
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!
Wednesday May 05, 2021
Wednesday May 05, 2021
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.
Wednesday Apr 14, 2021
Wednesday Apr 14, 2021
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.
Wednesday Mar 24, 2021
Wednesday Mar 24, 2021
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 Everard murder.
Thursday Mar 18, 2021
Thursday Mar 18, 2021
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.
Tuesday Mar 16, 2021
Tuesday Mar 16, 2021
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.