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Dr. Liz Heffernan

Associate Professor (Law)
5 COLLEGE GREEN

 Liz.Heffernan@tcd.ie

 3531896 1625


Biography

Liz Heffernan, LL.B. (Dublin), LL.M. (Dalhousie), LL.M. & J.S.D. (Chicago), M.Ed. (Dublin), Barrister-at-Law, Attorney-at-Law. Liz Heffernan graduated from Trinity College Dublin with a Bachelor of Laws ( LL.B.) degree and was subsequently awarded a Master of Laws (LL.M.) degree by Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, and a Master of Laws (LL.M.) degree and a Doctor in Jurisprudence (J.S.D.) degree by the University of Chicago. She was awarded a Master in Education (M.Ed.) degree by Trinity College Dublin in 2018. Dr. Heffernan previously worked as a legal researcher at the Law Reform Commission, Dublin, a legal officer at the United Nations Food & Agriculture Organisation, Rome, and a law clerk at the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois and the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, Chicago. Dr. Heffernan taught at the Law School Trinity College Dublin from 1990 to 1994, at Washington & Lee University School of Law, Lexington, Virginia from 1995-1996 and 1999-2000, and at the Law School, University College Dublin from 2001-2007.
The European Court System and Its Role in Shaping European Criminal Law in, editor(s)Kai Ambos and Peter Rackow , The Cambridge Companion to European Criminal Law, Cambridge, UK, Cambridge University Press, 2023, pp30 - 58, [Liz Heffernan], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED
Liz Heffernan, The Duty to Seek Out and Preserve Evidence: DPP v SQ, Irish Criminal Law Journal , 33, (3), 2023, p58 - 63, Journal Article, PUBLISHED
Liz Heffernan, Criminal Law and Justice in the European Union, First, Dublin, Clarus Press, 2022, 1 - 182pp, Book, PUBLISHED
Victim Participation in the Criminal Trial Process under the EU Victims' Rights Directive in, editor(s)Liz Heffernan , Criminal Law and Justice in the European Union, Dublin, Clarus Press, 2022, pp167 - 182, [Liz Heffernan], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED
The Evolution of EU Law and Policy in Criminal Justice in, editor(s)Liz Heffernan , Criminal Law and Justice in the European Union, Dublin, Clarus Press, 2022, pp1 - 15, [Liz Heffernan], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED
Liz Heffernan, Surveillance, Statutory Compliance and the Admissibility of Evidence: DPP v Hannaway, Irish Supreme Court Review, 4, 2022, p101 - 118, Journal Article, PUBLISHED
Undisclosed Evidence in Court Proceedings in Ireland in, editor(s)Benjamin Vogel , Secret Evidence in Criminal Proceedings, Berlin, Dunker & Humblot, 2021, pp218 - 247, [Liz Heffernan and Eoin O'Connor], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED
Vulnerability in the Irish Criminal Trial Process: The Situation of Giving Evidence in, editor(s)James Gallen and Tanya Ní Mhuirithile , Law, Responsibility and Vulnerability: State Accountability and Responsiveness, Abingdon-on-Thames, Routledge, 2021, pp51 - 63, [Liz Heffernan], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED
Threats to Security and Risks to Rights: 'Belief Evidence' under the Offences Against the State Act in, editor(s)Mark Coen , The Offences Against the State Act 1939 at 80: A Model Counter-Terrorism Act?, Oxford, UK, Hart Publishing, 2021, pp95 - 110, [Liz Heffernan and Eoin O'Connor], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED
Dublin University Law Journal, 43, 1, (2021), 1 - 158p, Liz Heffernan, [Guest Editor], Journal, PUBLISHED
  

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Liz Heffernan, Expert Evidence in Civil Proceedings: The Independence of the Witness and the Reliability of their Evidence, Irish Law Times, 41, (14), 2023, p193 - 197, Journal Article, PUBLISHED
Liz Heffernan, EU Criminal Law, EU Criminal Law: Cooperation and Mutual Trust post-Brexit, Trinity College Dublin, 9 December 2022, edited by Liz Heffernan , 2022, Conference Paper, PUBLISHED
Liz Heffernan, Legislating for Vulnerable Witnesses, The Criminal Evidence Act 1992, Law School, Trinity College Dublin, 3 September 2021, edited by Liz Heffernan , 2021, Conference Paper, PUBLISHED
Liz Heffernan, The Irish Common Law Trial and European Legal Culture, Common Law and Prisoner Transfer in a Post-Brexit Europe, Northumbria University, Newcastle, UK, 12 November 2020, 2020, Conference Paper, PUBLISHED
Liz Heffernan, Recent Adjustments to the Adversarial Law of Evidence, ICJA Conference Report, Sexual Offences: The Challenge of Balancing Rights in the Criminal Justice System, Dublin Castle, Dublin, 4 June 2019, 2019, Conference Paper, PUBLISHED
Liz Heffernan, Improperly Obtained Evidence in Anglo-American and Continental Law, Review of Improperly Obtained Evidence in Anglo-American and Continental Law, by Dimitrios Giannoupopoulos , Dublin University Law Journal, 42, (1), 2019, p223-225 , Review, PUBLISHED
Liz Heffernan, Legal Education:Threshold Concepts and Access to Justice, Irish Association of Law Teachers, Athlone, 23-25 November 2018, 2018, Conference Paper, PUBLISHED
Liz Heffernan, Book Review: David Burrows, Children's Views and Evidence, Review of Children's Views and Evidence, by David Burrows , Irish Jurist, 18, (1), 2018, p156-157 , Review, PUBLISHED
Liz Heffernan, Victim Participation in Common Law Trials: An Irish Perspective, Anglo-American Criminal Law and Justice Lecture Series, University of Gottingen, Germany, 25 April 2017, 2017, Institute for Criminal Law and Justice, Invited Talk, PUBLISHED
Liz Heffernan, Confrontation in the Courtroom, Doctoral Seminar Series, University of Gottingen, Germany, 25 April 2017, 2017, Institute for Criminal Law and Justice, Invited Talk, PUBLISHED

  

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Awards and Honours

Award Date
Shortlisted for Trinity Teaching Excellence Award 2021
Finalist for Law Book of the Year at Irish Law Awards 2021
Universal Design in Teaching and Learning Badge (National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education) 2021