About the event

This online summit on 5 May 2022 is aimed at lawyers and all professionals working with clients who have suffered trauma. The aim is to empower professionals to develop key skills in this sensitive area, promoting awareness of the symptoms of trauma and equipping participants to work effectively with vulnerable clients.

Key skills to manage any impact and resonances of this work on practitioners themselves will also be outlined. The overall objective of the summit is to foster trauma-informed practitioners.

Summit agenda

Experts in the field will present on the topic followed by small group sessions (with various themes) as well as a panel discussion. Breakout sessions will be facilitated by Law School Psychological Services counsellors and a panel discussion / Q&A session will be chaired by Aisling Byrne, Course Manager at the Law Society Law School.

Speakers will include:

• Michelle Ní Longáin, Partner, ByrneWallace, President of the Law Society of Ireland
• Geoffrey Shannon SC, Deputy Director of Education, Law Society of Ireland
• Antoinette Moriarty, Law School Psychological Services Manager & Course Manager, Law Society of Ireland
• Professor Gordon Harold, Professor of the Psychology of Education and Mental Health, University of Cambridge, UK; Visiting Full Professor, School of Medicine, University College Dublin
• Melissa Rutherford, Director, Rutherford Sheridan Solicitors, Glasgow, UK
• Nandipha Jola, Poet, Playwright, Curator, Creative Writing Facilitator, TEDx Speaker, Writer

Make a booking

If you have any questions, or concerns about attending an online event, please do not hesitate to get in touch. A member of the Professional Training team will be glad to help.

• Book your place

For assistance, contact us on:

• Email: lspt@lawsociety.ie
• Tel: 00 353 (0)1 881 5727