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Kilkenny Law Festival

Name: Kilkenny Law Festival
Start: 2026-09-25
End: 2026-09-27
Location: Kilkenny

The Kilkenny Law Festival is an event held in Kilkenny city, Ireland, from Friday, September 25 to Sunday, September 27. It features 25 events across nine venues, exploring themes of justice, power, and law through public sessions and discussions.

Date: Sep 25-27, 2026
Location: Kilkenny
Status: Upcoming

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Event summary

Highlights

Explores justice, power, and law through public discussions in plain English.
Features 25 events across nine venues in Kilkenny city.
Includes prominent speakers like former Supreme Court judge Marie Baker and Lord Falconer.
Addresses topics such as the gig economy, defamation laws, and legal disputes.

The second Kilkenny Law Festival is scheduled to take place in Kilkenny city, Ireland, from Friday, September 25 to Sunday, September 27. The festival offers a program of 25 events hosted across nine different venues within the city.

The festival is not a legal conference or trade fair; instead, it is designed as an accessible event focusing on justice, power, and their impact on ordinary people, with all discussions presented in plain English. The lineup of speakers includes notable figures such as former Supreme Court judge Marie Baker, Sir Nicholas Mostyn, and Lord Falconer of the Law and Disorder podcast. London commercial barrister Gerard Clarke will address billion-euro disputes, and ITN's head of legal John Battle will discuss stories that lawyers have "killed." Sessions will also delve into topics such as the gig economy, burnout and the billable hour, Ireland's defamation laws, and the use of junk science in the witness box. The festival's program is curated by Naoise Nunn, known as a co-founder and former co-director of Kilkenomics.

Practical details

Location described by the source: nine venues in the city; www.lawsociety.ie
Area for browsing nearby events: Kilkenny

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