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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.

Research Tags

Data Protection Law Equality law EU Law International Law Legal Education Legal Profession, The

Representations

Details	Date
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
Editorial Board, Irish Journal of European Law
Co-Editor, Dublin University Law Journal	2016

Languages

Language	Skill Reading	Skill Writing	Skill Speaking
English	Fluent	Fluent	Fluent
French	Fluent	Fluent	Fluent

Memberships

Membership of Professional Institutions, Associations, Societies

Details	Date From	Date To
Member, Irish Centre for European Law
Member and former Secretary, Irish Fulbright Alumni Association	2008
Member, European Network for Clinical Legal Education	2014

Publications and other Research Outputs

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

Fennelly, D., Data Retention: the Life, Death and Afterlife of a Directive , ERA Forum, 2018, p1 - 20, Journal Article, PUBLISHED

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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

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

Fennelly, D., Courage of its Convictions? Mutual Trust in the Area of Criminal Justice in an Era of Rule of Law Backsliding, What role for EU rights in the global legal order? CMLR on Tour, Dublin, 11 November 2022, 2022, Conference Paper, PRESENTED

Fennelly D, Mutual Trust in the Area of Criminal Justice, Seminar on EU Criminal Law: Cooperation and Mutual Trust Post-Brexit, TCD, 9 December 2022, 2022, Conference Paper, PRESENTED

Fennelly, The Status of the Brexit Agreements in Irish Law, Irish Centre for European Law / Queen's University Belfast Seminar Series on the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement and EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement, 23 March 2021, 2021, Conference Paper, PRESENTED

Fennelly, D., Protecting Personal Data in the Field of Criminal Justice: Recent Developments, Academy of European Law Annual Conference on Criminal Justice, Dublin Castle, 11 November 2021, 2021, Conference Paper, PRESENTED

Fennelly, D., The Evolution of EU Criminal Law post-Brexit: Implications for Ireland, Director of Public Prosecutions - Annual Prosecutors' Conference, Convention Centre Dublin, 16 October 2021, 2021, Conference Paper, PUBLISHED

Fennelly, D. , Contact Tracing Applications: the Irish Experience, Data Protection and COVID-19 Pandemic, Dublin, 2021, p39 - 58, Notes: [https://www.tcd.ie/law/2020.21/Data-Protection-and-COVID19%20Report.pdf], Report, PUBLISHED

Fennelly D, Protecting Personal Data in the Field of Criminal Justice, Academy of European Law Annual Conference on Criminal Justice, Trier, 12 November 2020, 2020, Conference Paper, PUBLISHED

Fennelly D, The German Federal Constitutional Court's Ruling in the BVerfG Judgment of 5 May 2020, Trinity College Law School, Trinity Centre for Constitutional Governance (TriCON) and Irish Centre for European Law Covid 19 and EU Law Seminar Series, Webinar, 18 June 2020, 2020, Conference Paper, PUBLISHED

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Awards and Honours

Award	Date
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

Research Interests

Description Of Research Interests

International Law; European Union Law; Constitutional Law Clinical Legal Education; Legal Profession; Law Reform

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