Activist Lawyer

Episode 24 - Megan Burns explains Cryptocurrency

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.

Episode 23 - In Conversation with Maurece Hutchinson

In this week’s episode, Sarah is joined by Maurece Hutchinson, Managing Director of JMK 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!
 
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Episode 22 - The one with the baby!

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. 

Episode 21 - In conversation with Karen Berkeley

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. 

Episode 20 - Part 2: Investigations into Deaths & Mother and Baby Homes with Phil Scraton

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

Episode 20 - Part 1: The Hillsborough Trial with Phil Scraton

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.

Episode 19 - In conversation with Aoife Clements

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!

Episode 18 - Stephen Kirwan

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. 

Episode 17 - Larry Donnelly– Law & Politics in the USA!

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!

Episode 16 - In conversation with Colin Harvey - Human Rights Law Professor

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.