A "Distinguished Speaker Series" was established in 2006. The 2009 discussion was on "The Law's Response to Gangland Crime in Ireland". Panellists included James Hamilton, Carol Coulter, Senator Ivana Bacik, and criminal law solicitors Michael Finucane and Petter Mullan. More recently topics of discussion have included "Is the Seanad Worth Saving?", "The Fusion of the Legal Professions" and "The Future of the Irish Corporate Tax Regime". Notable participants in the series include Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Lord Hoffman, and Professor Cass Sunstein. In 2018 the series welcomed David Bruck and Monica Feria-Tinta. The TCLR also hosts an annual "Authors' Night", where speakers such as law professors and editors of prominent law journals discuss legal writing strategies and provide advice to students who are considering entering submissions for the publication.
Awards
A number of awards are available for those who enter submissions to the TCLR.
In November 2009 "The Inaugural Gernot Biehler Memorial Competition" was launched. This is a casenote competition in honour of Gernot Biehler, lecturer in International Law and Conflicts of Law and Fellow of Trinity College Dublin, who died in September 2009. This competition is open to all first and second year law students in any university. The prize for the best casenote is €250.
The "Reddy Charlton Prize" is awarded to the best article published in the review each year.
The "Norton Rose Fulbright Internship Prize" is awarded to the best article on a topic of commercial law.
The "FLAC Award" is awarded by Trinity FLAC to the best article on a topic of human rights or social justice.
The "Conseil d'État Prize" is awarded to the best French article each year. This comes in the form of a summer internship at the Conseil d'État.
The "German Language Prize" is awarded to the best German article and this also comes in the form of an internship with a leading law firm in Germany.
Editorial board
The editorial board of the Trinity College Law Review consists of undergraduate and postgraduate law students of Trinity College Dublin. Selection to the board is merit-based and highly competitive. Responsible for the selection and editing of the articles published in the review, the board also works to promote legal writing in Trinity College through holding workshops and guest lectures throughout the year. The current editor-in-chief is Felix Robinson.
