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Dr. David Fennelly

Assistant Professor (Law)
HOUSE 39, COLLEGE
      
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Dr. David Fennelly

Assistant Professor (Law)
HOUSE 39, COLLEGE

 David.Fennelly@tcd.ie

 3531896 1109


I am a legal scholar and practitioner with an interest in the law in its European and international context and in the interaction between the study of law and legal practice. In the Law School, I currently teach Public International Law and Foundations of Law II (focused on international and EU law) on the LLB programme. I also co-teach an LLM course on Data Protection: Law, Policy and Practice and an LLM course on Human Rights Law. Previously, I was responsible for the Clinical Legal Education programme which works in partnership with a wide range of leading legal practice settings across the public, private and not-for-profit sectors. My research interests are primarily in the field of public law in its European and international dimensions, with particular interest in human rights, equality, data protection and foreign affairs. I am also interested in more general issues relating to the legal system (particularly access to justice), the legal profession and legal education. In addition to my academic work, I am a practising barrister in the Law Library, Dublin. Drawing on my academic expertise, I have a special interest in EU and international law, particularly in the fields of human rights, equality and data protection, and regularly appear in proceedings before the Irish superior courts and the Court of Justice of the European Union. I am also a member of the Council of the Free Legal Advice Centres, a human rights NGO which promotes access to justice for all. Earlier in my career, I worked as a law clerk to members of the International Court of Justice in The Hague and as a judicial fellow in the High Court in Dublin. I also worked at the International Law Commission, the European Commission Legal Service and the Permanent Mission of Ireland to the United Nations, New York.
  Data Protection Law   Equality law   EU Law   International Law   Legal Education   Legal Profession, The
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Member, Government Data Forum 2015 - present
National Expert - Free Movement, FreSsco (European Commission Network of Experts on Free Movement and Social Security Coordination) 2014 to prsent
Co-Editor, Dublin University Law Journal 2016
Editorial Board, Irish Journal of European Law
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Member and former Secretary, Irish Fulbright Alumni Association 2008
Member, Irish Centre for European Law
Member, European Network for Clinical Legal Education 2014
Citizenship and Racial Discrimination: Nationality Exceptions in International and EU Equality Law in, editor(s)Jesse, M.,Kostakopoulou D., and Morano-Foadi, S , ELGAR CONCISE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF LAW AND CITIZENSHIP, 2025, [Fennelly, D. and Murphy, C.], Book Chapter, IN_PRESS
The Impact of Article 47 in the Irish Legal System in, editor(s)Bonelli, M., Eliantonio, M and Gentile G , Article 47 of the EU Charter and Effective Judicial Protection, Volume 2 - the National Courts' Perspective, 2023, Bloomsbury Professional , 2023, [Fennelly, D., Gilmore G. and Murphy C.], Book Chapter, IN_PRESS
The Protocol in Irish Law in, editor(s)McCrudden, C. , The Law and Practice of the Ireland-Northern Ireland Protocol, Cambridge University Press, 2022, [Fennelly, D.], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED
Fennelly, D. and Murphy, C., Racial Discrimination and Nationality and Migration Exceptions: Reconciling CERD and the Race Equality Directive , Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights, 39, (4), 2021, p308 - 328, Notes: [https://doi.org/10.1177/09240519211055648], Journal Article, PUBLISHED
Fennelly, D (with Barry E, Lord, S. and Byrne A.), The Public Sector Duty in the Irish Justice System , Dublin, 2021, Report, SUBMITTED
Data Retention in Ireland in, editor(s)Zubik, Podkowik and Rybski , European Constitutional Courts towards Data Retention Laws , Germany, Springer International , 2020, pp137 - 154, [Fennelly, D.], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED
Murphy C and Fennelly D, Racial Discrimination and Citizenship and Migration Exceptions: Reconciling EU and International Human Rights Law, VU Amsterdam, 19-20 November 2020, 2020, Conference Paper, PRESENTED
Rachael Walsh and Sarah Hamill (chapter authors) Deirdre Ahern and Suryapratim Roy (report editors), Policy Responses to Covid-19 In Ireland: Supporting Individuals, Communities, Businesses, and the Economy, COVID-19 Legal Observatory, Trinity College Dublin, December, 2020, p1 - 108, Notes: [Contributes to national public debate on COVID-19 and policy-making by the State.], Report, PUBLISHED  TARA - Full Text  URL
Fennelly D, Equality Litigation and its Challenges: the Case of Ireland, Equality Law in Europe: A New Generation Conference, European University Institute, Florence, 11 October 2019, 2019, Conference Paper, PUBLISHED
Fennelly, D., The Public Sector Duty: the Irish Context and Potential Implications, Conference on the legal implications of the public sector duty in Irish law, Dublin, 19 October 2018, edited by FLAC , 2018, Conference Paper, PRESENTED
  

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Fennelly, D., Claims for Non-Material Damage - Data Protection, PL&B Ireland Conference, Dublin, 6 February 2025, 2025, Conference Paper, PRESENTED
Fennelly, D., Compensation for Breach of Data Protection Law: Recent Developments, Irish Centre for European Law - Data Protection and Privacy Conference, Royal Irish Academy, 18 June 2024, 2024, Conference Paper, PRESENTED
Fennelly, D. and Synnott, E., Statutory Interpretation: Recent Lessons from the Supreme Court, Office of the Attorney General, 11 July 2024, 2024, Conference Paper, PRESENTED
Fennelly, D., The ECHR and the Charter in the Practice of EU Law, Council of Europe HELP, Law Society of Ireland,, 2024, Conference Paper, PUBLISHED
Fennelly, D., The significance of the European Convention on Human Rights in the Irish legal order: Thirty Years On, Irish Journal for European Law, 26, 2024, p145 - 161, Journal Article, PUBLISHED
Fennelly D., Data Protection before the CJEU in 2022, Review of the CJEU in 2022, Irish Centre for European Law, 10 February 2023, 2023, Conference Paper, PRESENTED
Fennelly, D., Non-Discrimination under Article 14 ECHR, Human Rights in Practice - 20th Anniversary of the ECHR Act 2003, Irish Centre for European Law, 1 December 2023, 2023, Conference Paper, PUBLISHED
Fennelly, D., Racial discrimination and nationality/migration exceptions: the case of the Race Equality Directive, Current Reflections on EU Anti-Discrimination Law - Academy of European Law, UCD, 23 June 2023, 2023, Conference Paper, PUBLISHED
David Fennelly and Liz Heffernan, EU Criminal Law: The Evolving Role of the Court of Justice, Irish Association of Law Teachers Annual Conference 2023, DCU, Dublin, 10-11 November 2023, 2023, Oral Presentation, PRESENTED
Data Protection in the Field of Criminal Justice in, editor(s)Heffernan, L. , Criminal Law and Justice in the European Union, Dublin, Clarus Press, 2022, [Fennelly, D.], Book Chapter, IN_PRESS

  


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Visiting Scholar, Trinity Trust Travel Grantee, Lauterpacht Research Centre for International Law, University of Cambridge, 2008 2008
TCD Broad Curriculum Studentship 2007-8
NYU Global Public Interest Fellowship 2005-6
NYU International Law and Human Rights Fellow 2005
NYU Merit Scholar 2004-5
Fulbright Scholar 2004-5
Non-Foundation Scholar 2002-3
Government of Ireland Easter Week Commemoration Patrick Pearse Scholar 2000
Law Research Fund Grant 2014
European Network of Clinical Legal Education/Open Society Initiative Grant 2014
National Institute for Teaching Ethics & Professionalism Fellowship 2014
International Law; European Union Law; Constitutional Law Clinical Legal Education; Legal Profession; Law Reform