Activist Lawyer

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Episodes: 132

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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.

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Episode Date
Ep 131: The Fight for Palestinian Prisoners – with Sahar Francis
May 21, 2026
Ep 130: Rainbow Afghanistan – defending the rights and dignity of the LGBTQI+ community
May 07, 2026
Ep 129: Writing is Resistance – with Dr Yousef Aljamal
Apr 20, 2026
Ep 128: Beyond the Courtroom: Law, Language and Liberation with Ifé Thompson
Apr 15, 2026
Ep 127: Replay – Episode with Jude Copeland (ep 48)
Mar 26, 2026
Ep 126: Challenging the System: Jack Murphy on Article 2 inquiries, Housing and Prisoner Rights
Mar 12, 2026
Ep 125: Corporate Criminal Liability in Conflict Settings – with Roi Bachmutsky, Amnesty International.
Feb 26, 2026
Ep 124: Activist Lawyer Book Club information
Feb 19, 2026
Ep 123: Rap Lyrics and Racial Injustice in the Criminal Justice System: Keir Monteith KC on 'Art Not Evidence'
Feb 05, 2026
Ep 122: Lawyering for Liberation – talking about movement lawyers with Ameca Reali and Marbré Stahly-Butts
Jan 22, 2026
Ep 121: Seeking Justice: Diarmuid Brecknell on Fighting for Victims of Historical Abuse and the Troubles
Jan 02, 2026
Ep 120: The Role of Law in Conflict: with international lawyer Eitan Diamond
Dec 11, 2025
Ep 119: Through the Gates of Hell: Joshua Colangelo-Bryan on the Fight for Justice at Guantanamo Bay
Nov 27, 2025
Ep 118: Activist Lawyer Book Club information
Nov 20, 2025
Ep 117: Pride and Prejudices:  Keio Yoshida on Queer Lives and the Law
Nov 06, 2025
Ep 116: Shifting the Paradigm: Lawyer Courtney Teasley on Proactive Advocacy and Empowering Marginalised Communities
Oct 23, 2025
Ep 115: Bridging Law and Investigative Journalism - with Roman Shortall
Oct 08, 2025
Ep 114: Rights on the Front Line - a conversation with Brian Dooley
Sep 25, 2025
Ep 113: Working in Immigration Law – Interview with Solicitor, Miglena Ilieva
Sep 11, 2025
Ep 112: Seeking Justice – Redress for Survivors of Mother and Baby Homes with Aine Rice
Jul 31, 2025
Ep 111: Activist Lawyer Book Club info
Jul 17, 2025
Ep 110: ‘Righting Wrongs’ with world leading human rights advocate – Kenneth Roth
Jul 03, 2025
Ep 109: Lawyers who Care – with Lucy Barnes
Jun 19, 2025
Ep 108: Mental Health and Well Being in the Legal Profession - A Personal Reflection
Jun 05, 2025
Ep 107: For Those Who Know the Words, But Have No Voice – with Dr S Chelvan
May 23, 2025
Ep 106: May: Activist Lawyer Book Club Info
May 13, 2025
Ep 105: Ending Gender Apartheid: Irish students call for action!
Apr 24, 2025
Ep 104: Holding Perpetrators of War Crimes Accountable: Lawyers taking Action
Apr 04, 2025
Ep 103: Breaking the Chains: Challenging Modern Slavery in Global Supply Chains with Nusrat Uddin
Mar 13, 2025
Ep 102: Activist Lawyer Book Club info!
Feb 28, 2025
Ep 101: Taking Global Legal Action – Dr. Gearóid Ó Cuinn on the Pioneering Work of GLAN
Feb 13, 2025
Ep 100: Celebrating 100 episodes of the Activist Lawyer Podcast!
Jan 30, 2025
Ep 99: Domestic Violence – a reflection on the justice system in NI, featuring solicitor Anne Marie Featherstone
Jan 16, 2025
Ep 98: Michael Madden from Madden Finucane Solicitors in Belfast
Dec 19, 2024
Ep 97: Katie de Kauwe - Friends of the Earth
Dec 05, 2024
Ep 96: Becoming an Activist Lawyer – Activism and the Law
Nov 21, 2024
Ep 95: Monitoring Human Rights in Palestine  – Student Megan Sethuraman shares her experience
Nov 07, 2024
Ep 94: Immigration: Insights from Dr. Sue Conlan
Oct 24, 2024
Ep 93: Unbinding the Binary in Law - with Oscar Davies
Oct 10, 2024
Ep 92: United Against Gender Apartheid – join the campaign!
Sep 26, 2024
Ep 91: Becoming an Activist Lawyer: Top Tips From Our Podcast Guests
Sep 19, 2024
Episode 90: Daniel Machover
Aug 29, 2024
Episode 89: Franck Magennis
Aug 15, 2024
Episode 88: Miranda Cleland
Aug 01, 2024
Episode 87: Wendy Joseph KC
Jul 19, 2024
Episode 86: Marc Willers KC
Jul 04, 2024
Episode 85: Martin McDonagh
Jun 28, 2024
Episode 84: Activist Lawyer Update
Jun 20, 2024
Episode 83: Úna Boyd
Jun 06, 2024
Episode 82: Harriet Wistrich
May 23, 2024
Episode 81: Ciaran Moynagh
May 16, 2024
Episode 80: Enda McGarrity
May 02, 2024
Episode 79: Do Right and Fear No One: Interview with Leslie Thomas KC
Apr 11, 2024
Episode 78: Khaled Quzmar
Mar 21, 2024
Episode 77: Liam Herrick
Mar 14, 2024
Episode 76: IWD24: Dr Maebh Harding and Professor Aoife O’Donoghue
Mar 08, 2024
Episode 75: Professor Shane Darcy, Nadeen Yousef and Ramez Hayek
Feb 29, 2024
Episode 74: Maryam
Feb 22, 2024
Episode 73: Cristina Stamatescu
Feb 08, 2024
Episode 72: Dr Munir Nuseibah
Jan 25, 2024
Episode 71: Soraida Hussein
Jan 16, 2024
Episode 70: Tamara Tamimi
Dec 21, 2023
Episode 69: Professor Donncha O’Connell
Dec 14, 2023
Episode 68: Gary Daly
Dec 01, 2023
Episode 67: Danielle Ayres
Nov 09, 2023
Episode 66: Honza Cervenka
Oct 26, 2023
Episode 65: Ciarán Mulholland
Oct 12, 2023
Episode 64: Richard Port MBE
Sep 22, 2023
Episode 63: Siobhán Conlon
Aug 31, 2023
Episode 62: Aonghus Kelly
Aug 17, 2023
Episode 61: Gavin Booth
Aug 03, 2023
Episode 60: Christopher Stanley
Jul 04, 2023
Episode 59: Maria McCloskey and Hilary Perry
Jun 27, 2023
Episode 58: Welcome back
Jun 21, 2023
Episode 57: Mary Lawlor
Apr 13, 2023
Episode 56: India Fahy
Mar 30, 2023
Episode 55: Darren Lalor
Mar 17, 2023
Episode 54: Edel Finn
Mar 02, 2023
Episode 53: Kevin Winters
Feb 17, 2023
Episode 52: Aoife Kelly Desmond
Feb 09, 2023
Episode 51: Jonathan McKeown
Dec 15, 2022
Episode 50: Kevin Hanratty
Dec 14, 2022
Episode 49: Owen Beattie
Nov 03, 2022
Episode 48: Jude Copeland
Oct 20, 2022
Episode 47: Qays Sediqi
Oct 13, 2022
Episode 46: Dr Jo Wilding
Sep 22, 2022
Episode 45: Saoirse Brady
Sep 08, 2022
Episode 44: David Renton
Aug 25, 2022
Episode 43: Welcome back!
Aug 10, 2022
Episode 42: Yassin Brunger
Jun 23, 2022
Epiosde 41: Beyond Skin
May 25, 2022
Episode 40: Michael Clements
May 19, 2022
Episode 39: Rachel Killean
May 05, 2022
Episode 38: Emma McIlveen
Apr 21, 2022
Episode 37: Eoghan O’Sullivan
Apr 07, 2022
Episode 36: Colin Yeo
Mar 24, 2022
Episode 35: Stop Street Harassment NI
Mar 10, 2022
Episode 34: Activist Lawyer is back with Season 3!
Mar 03, 2022
Episode 33: Louise Crowley
Dec 23, 2021
Episode 32: Justice Shireen Avis Fisher
Dec 16, 2021
Episode 31: Mary Kitson
Dec 03, 2021
Episode 30: Rachel Woods
Nov 18, 2021
Episode 29: Declan Owens
Nov 04, 2021
Episode 28: Aonghus Kelly
Oct 21, 2021
Episode 27: Maria McCloskey
Oct 13, 2021
Episode 26: Pádraig Ó Muirigh
Oct 07, 2021
Episode 25 - The PILS Project
Sep 16, 2021
Episode 24 - Megan Burns explains Cryptocurrency
Sep 02, 2021
Episode 23 - In Conversation with Maurece Hutchinson
Aug 19, 2021
Episode 22 - The one with the baby!
Aug 06, 2021
Episode 21 - In conversation with Karen Berkeley
Jul 15, 2021
Episode 20 - Part 2: Investigations into Deaths & Mother and Baby Homes with Phil Scraton
Jul 01, 2021
Episode 20 - Part 1: The Hillsborough Trial with Phil Scraton
Jul 01, 2021
Episode 19 - In conversation with Aoife Clements
Jul 01, 2021
Episode 18 - Stephen Kirwan
Jul 01, 2021
Episode 17 - Larry Donnelly– Law & Politics in the USA!
May 11, 2021
Episode 16 - In conversation with Colin Harvey - Human Rights Law Professor
May 05, 2021
Episode 15 - Politics & Petrol Bombs
Apr 14, 2021
Episode 14 - In conversation with Grainne Teggart
Mar 24, 2021
Episode 13 - Women in the media with Aoife Moore
Mar 18, 2021
Episode 12 - In conversation with Lindsay Robinson
Mar 16, 2021
Episode 11 - In conversation with Rev Karen Sethuraman
Mar 10, 2021
Episode 10 - In conversation with Emma De Souza campaigner & activist
Mar 03, 2021
Episode 9 - In conversation with Ciarán Kerr Johnston
Feb 24, 2021
Episode 8 - Irish Citizenship - all you need to know
Feb 01, 2021
Episode 7 - In Conversation with Ciaran O'Hare
Jan 26, 2021
Episode 6 - The year that trumps it all
Jan 18, 2021
Episode 5 - Darragh Mackin Human Rights Lawyer
Dec 23, 2020
Episode 4 - Reflections on the 50th Anniversary of the Equal Pay Act – Rosemary Connolly, Solicitor
Dec 15, 2020
Episode 3 - Abortion Rights In Northern Ireland: A Legal Analysis
Dec 08, 2020
Episode 2 - In Conversation With Sinead Marmion
Dec 02, 2020
Episode 1 - Insults and Inspiration
Nov 24, 2020