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Dr. Catherine Donnelly

Associate Professor (Law)
HOUSE 39, COLLEGE

 Catherine.Donnelly@tcd.ie

 3531896 8550


Biography

Catherine Donnelly undertook her LL.B. in Trinity College Dublin and is a former scholar of the College. She then completed a B.C.L. in Oxford, at Magdalen College, followed by an LL.M. and Fellowship in Harvard. She practised as a litigation attorney at Davis Polk & Wardwell in New York from 1999-2001 and was admitted to both the New York State and Federal Bars (Eastern and Southern Districts). During this time, she also taught an asylum law workshop at Columbia Law School and worked on pro bono projects for the Yale Law Clinic and Human Rights Watch. From 2001-2004, she completed a D.Phil. in Oxford, again at Magdalen College, during part of which time she held a college lectureship shared between Corpus Christi College and St John's College, Oxford. The title of her doctoral thesis is 'Delegation of Governmental Power to Private Parties: A Comparative Perspective'. She was called to the Bar of England and Wales in 2003 (Gray's Inn) and from 2004-2005, she undertook pupillage at Blackstone Chambers, where she is currently a member. She was called to the Bar of Ireland in 2007. She joined the Law Faculty of the University of Oxford in 2005 as a University Lecturer and Fellow in Law at Wadham College, teaching Administrative, Constitutional and European Community Law. She joined the Law School in January 2007. She has published and presented conference papers in the areas of human rights law, European Union law, administrative law, election law, constitutional law, comparative law, procurement law and public-private partnerships. She was elected to Fellowship of the College in 2011.

Research Tags

  Administrative Law   Constitutional Law   Governance, Human Rights, European Union Law

Representations

Details Date
Member, Blackstone Chambers
Member, Incorporated Council of Law Reporting for Ireland
National Expert, The development of pan-European general principles of good administration, Project conducted by Deutsche Universität für Verwaltungswissenschaften Speyer, funded by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft 2016
Lecturer, Public Procurement Regulation in the EU and in its Global Context, MA and Post-Graduate Diploma, King's College, London
Chair, Committee of the Irish Society for European Law
Member, Editorial Board of the Irish Journal for European Law
Legal Advisor, Northern Ireland Bill of Rights Forum 09/07-03/08
Committee Member, Oxford Amnesty Lectures
Member, Dornburg Study Group

Memberships

Membership of Professional Institutions, Associations, Societies

Details Date From Date To
Irish Society for European Law 2007 present
Society of Legal Scholars
Irish Association of Law Teachers
Irish Centre for European Law
Catherine Donnelly, Ivan Hare, Joanna Bell, De Smith's Judicial Review, 9th, Thomson Reuters, 2023, 1 - 900pp, Book, IN_PRESS
Public Procurement in, editor(s)Chris McCrudden , The Law and Practice of the Ireland-Northern Ireland Protocol, Cambridge University Press, 2022, pp269 , [Chris McCrudden], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED  URL
Catherine Donnelly, Ivan Hare and Joanna Belle, De Smith's Judicial Review, 8th, London, Sweet and Maxwell, 2021, 1 - 1168pp, Book, PUBLISHED
Preliminary Rulings and EU Legal Integration: Evolution and Continuity in, editor(s)Paul Craig and Grainne de Burca , Evolution of EU Law, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2021, [Catherine Donnelly and Tom de la Mare], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED
Catherine Donnelly and Ivan Hare, De Smith's Principles of Judicial Review, 2nd edn, London, Sweet and Maxwell, 2020, 1-1350pp, Book, PUBLISHED
Lord Woolf, Jeffrey Jowell, Catherine Donnelly, Ivan Hare, De Smith's Judicial Review, 8th, London, Sweet and Maxwell, 2018, 1-1168pp, Book, PUBLISHED
Participation and Expertise: Judicial Attitudes in Comparative Perspective in, editor(s)Susan Rose-Ackerman and Peter Lindseth , Comparative Administrative Law, Massachuetts, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2017, pp370 - 388, [Catherine Donnelly], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED
Lord Woolf, Jeffrey Jowell, Andrew Le Sueur, Catherine Donnelly, Ivan Hare, De Smith's Judicial Review 3rd Cumulative Supplement, 7th , London, Thomson, 2016, 1 - 235pp, Book, PUBLISHED
Catherine Donnelly, Participation and Expertise: Judicial Attitudes in Comparative Perspective, Comparative Public Law, Yale Law School, 29 April , 2016, Yale Law School, Invited Talk, PUBLISHED
Lord Woolf, Jeffrey Jowell, Andrew le Sueur, Catherine Donnelly, Ivan Hare, De Smith's Judicial Review, Second Supplement to the Seventh Edition, 7th , London, Thomson Roundhall, 2015, Book, PUBLISHED
  

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Catherine Donnelly, "Transparency in Procurement Litigation: Importance, Anomalies and Developments", Developments in Public Procurement Law, Dublin, 8 October 2020, 2020, Oral Presentation, PUBLISHED
Catherine Donnelly, SCCs and EU-UK Data Transfers Post Brexit, Cross-Border Data Transfers, European Circuit, 2020, Oral Presentation, PUBLISHED
Catherine Donnelly, Common Law and EU Law: A Transient Blip or Enduring Exchange, Society of Legal Scholars Annual Conference, Dublin, 7 September 2017, 2017, Conference Paper, PRESENTED
Catherine Donnelly, Transparency in Procurement: Where are the Limits?, Public Procurement Law Conference, 3 June , 2016, Irish Centre for European Law, Invited Talk, PUBLISHED
Catherine Donnelly, The Cross-Over between Procurement and Competition Law, Public Procurement Law Conference, 12 June , 2015, Invited Talk, ACCEPTED
Catherine Donnelly, The Reach of Public Procurement Law: Current Issues, 30 April, 2015, Irish Society for European Law, Invited Talk, PUBLISHED
Catherine Donnelly, The New Procurement Directives and Procurement Litigation, 14 May, 2014, CMG Professional Training, Invited Talk, PUBLISHED
Catherine Donnelly, Implementation of the ECHR in Ireland: Reviewing the 2003 Act, Fundamental Rights Protection in the European Union, 10 May, 2013, Irish Centre for European Law, Invited Talk, ACCEPTED
Catherine Donnelly, The Unfulfilled Promise of Zambrano, Understanding EU Citizens' Rights, 24 October, 2013, Invited Talk, PUBLISHED
Brian Kennelly and Catherine Donnelly, Interim Relief, Damages and Expert Evidence in Public Procurement, Blackstone Chambers Procurement Law Seminar, London, 3 July, 2013, Invited Talk, PUBLISHED

  

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Awards and Honours

Award Date
Fellow, Trinity College Dublin 2011
Arts and Humanities Research Council Award 2001-2004
Harvard Law School Fellowship 1998-1999
Magdalen College Award for Excellent Performance in B.C.L. Examinations 1998
Arts and Humanities Research Council Award 1997-1998
Scholar of Trinity College 1995
External Examiner, University of Oxford, University College Dublin

Research Interests

Description Of Research Interests

European Union Law; Administrative Law; Constitutional Law; Comparative Law; Human Rights; Governance; Public Procurement Law