Medico-Legal Society of Ireland

PROGRAMME FOR THE 64th SESSION 2019 - 2020

Founded in 1956

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^{Thursday, 26th September 2019 @ 7pm}

^{Programme Launch and Presentation followed by a Reception}

^{Kildare Street and University Club}

^{‘Confusion, Capacity, Coercion: The Limits of Human Rights in Mental Health and Capacity’}

^{Professor Brendan Kelly, Professor of Psychiatry TCD and Author}

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^{Thursday, 24th October 2019 @ 6pm}

^{Mountjoy Prison, Irish Prison Service, North Circular Road, Dublin 7.}

^{‘Prison Life: Past and Present’}

^{Mr. Edward Mullins, Governor, Mountjoy Prison,}

^{'The Transformative Role of Education in Prison'}

^{Dr. Anne Costelloe, Head Teacher, CDETB Educational Service to the Prisons.}

^{NB : 6pm start to include tour of Prison & Museum.}

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^{Wednesday, 27th November 2019 @ 7pm}

^{The Honorable Society of King’s Inns}  

^{‘Murder Triangle – My New Neighbourhood’} 

^{Professor Anthony Cunningham, Medical Director and} 

^{Acting Director of Clinical Governance, Galway Clinic}

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^{December 2019 - No meeting}

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^{Thursday, 16th January 2020 @ 7pm}

^{Kildare Street and University Club}

^{‘Mental Health (Criminal Law) Review Board – A Personal Reflection and Panel Discussion’}

^{Mr. Justice Iarfhlaith O’Neill, Chairperson, Mental Health (Criminal Law) Review Board}

^{Board Members: Ms. Nora McGarry- Psychotherapist; Dr. Katherine Brown and Dr. Elizabeth Walsh-Consultant Psychiatrists}

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^{Saturday, 15thFebruary 2020}

^{Medico-Legal Society Academic Day 2020} 

^{The Honorable Society of King’s Inns} 

^{(Programme to follow)}

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^{CANCELLED - COVID -19 SOCIAL DISTANCING MEASURES}

^{Thursday, 19thMarch 2020 @ 7pm}

Kildare Street and University Club

^{‘From Carpet Bombing to Sniper Fire:Genomics to Precision Cancer Care in Children and Adolescents’}

^{Prof.Owen Patrick Smith CBE,} 

^{Professor of Paediatric and Adolescent Medicine UCD; Academic Lead, Children’s Health Ireland (CHI);}

^{Consultant Paediatric Haematologist, CHI at Crumlin; National Clinical Lead for Children, Adolescent & Young Adult Cancers, NCCP}

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^{Saturday, 23rd May 2020} 

^{Annual Maytime Gala Dinner(Black-tie)}

^{Kildare Street and University Club}

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^{Thursday, 18th June 2020} 

  ^{Annual General Meeting of the Society & CPD Lecture}

^{The Honorable Society of King’s Inns} 

^{‘Wardship–A Medico-Legal Perspective’}

^{Ms. Olive Doyle, Partner, Byrne Wallace Solicitors}

^{Lecture@ 6.30pm followed by AGM and Reception}