About Us
About us
The Irish Association of Law Teachers was established in 1979 with the objective of advancing legal education, legal research and the work and interests of law teachers on the island of Ireland.
The Association is managed by a Council. In the last number of years, the main task of the Council has been to run an Annual Conference, though in the past the Council has been involved in activities such as the publication of an Index to Irish Superior Court Written Judgments 1976-1982 and an Index to cases decided in the Supreme Court, Court of Criminal Appeal and High Court, in which unreported judgments were available for circulation, 1966-1975.
Ordinary Membership is open to all teachers and researchers of law on the island of Ireland, though Associate Membership is also available to individuals based outside Ireland. The Association has representatives at all third level institutions in the country and maintains links between teachers and academics between these institutions. Message from President Welcome to the website of the Irish Association of Law Teachers.
The IALT is a distinctive organisation in Ireland in a number of respects. First, since its inception in 1979, it has been an all-island organisation bringing together legal academics and teachers of law from both of our jurisdictions. Second, it is committed to furthering excellence in legal education and research through conferences, research projects and acting as a collective voice for law teachers. The law teacher of today is very different from that of 1979. It has always been difficult to balance the dual pressures of producing outstanding works of scholarship and being an engaging, informative and inspiring teacher. Today these pressures are all the more present with budget cuts and increased administrative workloads. If you are a law teacher or are actively engaged in legal research, consider becoming a member of the IALT through the membership section on this website. If you have any thoughts on activities that you think the IALT should be engaging in, please let us know in the suggestion box. We hope to see you at a forthcoming IALT event