Role of the Committee

The role of the Criminal Law Committee is to contribute to the Law Society’s vision to be the trusted voice of a respected solicitors’ profession in the criminal law sphere by:

• Representing the interests of criminal law practitioners with various state bodies
• Monitoring developments in criminal law practice and responding to issues facing criminal law practitioners as they arise
• Making submissions on law reform in relation to criminal justice and participating in oireachtas committee hearings
• Publishing Law Society guidance for solicitors providing criminal defence legal services including Garda station legal services
• Developing education programmes in conjunction with Law Society Professional Training

The Criminal Law Committee is comprised of defence, prosecution and state solicitors as follows.

Members & Secretary

Chair: John O’Doherty

Vice-Chair: Fergus Mullen

Members

• Yvonne Bambury

• Amanda Connolly

• Aoife Corridan

• Carina Davidson

• Jonathan Dunphy

• Alan Gannon

• Helena Kiely

• Shane McCarthy

• Margaret McEvilly

• Joan O’Brien

• Michael O’Connor

• Emer O’Sullivan

• Robert Purcell

• Richard Young

• Aidan Leahy

• Kate Harnett

Secretary: Patricia Harvey

Contact Us

If you have any queries or suggestions for the Committee, please email clc@lawsociety.ie and it will be considered at the next Committee meeting.