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NI Legal Quarterly
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Leading peer-reviewed journal providing an international forum for articles, commentaries and notes in all areas of law and from all methodologies.

https://nilq.qub.ac.uk/index.php/nilq
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Check out our summer issue!

Fully open access here doi.org/10.53386/nil....

Individual contributions ⬇️.
Our final advance open access piece published this week is also freely available to read here doi.org/10.53386/nil....

In this piece, Robert Craig, University of Bristol offers his thoughts on Aileen Kavanagh’s ‘The Collaborative Constitution’.
September 26, 2025 at 10:20 AM
A new advance access piece by Peter Coe, University of Birmingham, and Helen Fenwick, Durham University, is published freely available to view here doi.org/10.53386/nil....
September 26, 2025 at 10:17 AM
A new advance access piece by Sarah E Hamill, Trinity College Dublin is now available freely to view here doi.org/10.53386/nil....
September 26, 2025 at 10:16 AM
In the fourteenth contribution to our Reflections on Writing series, Michael Dougan @livunislsj.bsky.social describes his highly structured approach to writing, starting with an intuition, and moving on via shorthand notes and bullet points to create order out of chaos.

doi.org/10.53386/nil...
September 26, 2025 at 9:58 AM
September 19, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Check out our summer issue!

Fully open access here doi.org/10.53386/nil....

Individual contributions ⬇️.
August 15, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Our summer issue is now published and freely available on an open access basis!

Here are the contributions!

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August 15, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Since it’s Friday, it may be wise to go easy on writing!

You may find it particularly useful to read Barbara Prainsack’s reflections on writing, and heed the advice: don’t write on Fridays!

Article: doi.org/10.53386/nil...

Wider series: doi.org/10.53386/nil...
July 18, 2025 at 8:57 AM
We are delighted to participate in @slsauk.bsky.social’s journals initiative!

See slsa.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?....
June 24, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Today is Empathy Day!

@librariesni.bsky.social had a great initiative today, which prompts us to ask:

Which law book has helped grow your empathy the most?

We’d ❤️ to read your responses ⬇️.
June 12, 2025 at 9:14 PM
If you haven’t had a chance yet, you might want to take a look at our recent special issue ⬇️.

It’s entirely free to view and download!

Happy reading!
Our latest special issue is very special indeed!

It is a collection of papers carefully edited by Thérèse Callus in honour of Chris Newdick @unirdg-law.bsky.social’s contributions to the academy.

All available open access ⬇️!
June 12, 2025 at 6:22 PM
We are delighted to publish the 9th article in our Reflections on Writing series.

Thanks so much to @sylviademars.me for her efforts at such a very busy time of year!

Full open access article: doi.org/10.53386/nil...

Series: doi.org/10.53386/nil...
June 12, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Reposted by NI Legal Quarterly
@markflear.bsky.social very kindly invited me to explore what my writerly 'voice' is and is for for the wonderful Reflections on Writing series in the @nilegalq.bsky.social.

(My $0.02: be yourself, even if that bucks disciplinary conventions; you'll be surprised at what doors you can open.)
Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly
This is the ninth contribution to NILQ's Reflections on Writing series.
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June 11, 2025 at 6:29 PM
@slsauk.bsky.social has kindly shared news of our latest special issue in their newsletter.

Very many thanks!

slsa.ac.uk/index.php/ne...
May 9, 2025 at 1:07 PM
We are now on LinkedIn!

Please do follow us if you can www.linkedin.com/in/northern-...
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May 8, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Our latest special issue is very special indeed!

It is a collection of papers carefully edited by Thérèse Callus in honour of Chris Newdick @unirdg-law.bsky.social’s contributions to the academy.

All available open access ⬇️!
May 8, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Reposted by NI Legal Quarterly
Wonderful to see Chris Newdick honoured in the latest edition of the @nilegalq.bsky.social with contributions from my colleagues John Coggan and Keith Syrett.
We are delighted to publish our latest issue - an open access very special issue in honour of Chris Newdick @unirdg-law.bsky.social!

Thanks to everyone who made this issue possible!

Reposts to follow, but for now, here are the individual pieces.
May 8, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Reposted by NI Legal Quarterly
Check out this special issue of the @nilegalq.bsky.social in honour of Professor Emeritus Chris Newdick, edited by @prof-tc.bsky.social and with contributions by Professor Chris Devenney, Dr Rachel Horton and Dr Basak Bak. (Links to individual pieces in the thread.)
We are delighted to publish our latest issue - an open access very special issue in honour of Chris Newdick @unirdg-law.bsky.social!

Thanks to everyone who made this issue possible!

Reposts to follow, but for now, here are the individual pieces.
May 7, 2025 at 9:46 AM
We are delighted to publish our latest issue - an open access very special issue in honour of Chris Newdick @unirdg-law.bsky.social!

Thanks to everyone who made this issue possible!

Reposts to follow, but for now, here are the individual pieces.
May 6, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Scholars @slsauk.bsky.social 2025 @livunislsj.bsky.social may find our Reflections on Writing series particularly useful.

Ideas from leading scholars on the craft, getting unstuck, building a writing routine, co-writing and much more nilq.qub.ac.uk/index.php/ni....
April 16, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Are you looking for a place to publish your paper from @slsauk.bsky.social 2025?

We are a generalist law journal and publish around 1/3 of our content open access.

See here for more nilq.qub.ac.uk/index.php/ni...!
April 16, 2025 at 6:48 PM
We are delighted to be one of the sponsors @slsauk.bsky.social 2025 @livunislsj.bsky.social!

Wishing all attendees a wonderful conference and visit to Liverpool!
April 16, 2025 at 4:05 PM
We published the first advance access article of 2025 recently.

The piece is available open access!

doi.org/10.53386/nil...
April 11, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Following St Patrick’s Day ☘️ , our new series of posts celebrate the work of authors with a link to the island of Ireland.👇

@cianoconcubhair.bsky.social, ‘Journalistic privilege in Ireland’ (2023) 74(2) NILQ 237

nilq.qub.ac.uk/index.php/ni...

#journalist #journalism #freedomofexpression
March 20, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Our Blog allows you to get a short summary of the key messages in articles published in the journal.

The blogs also link to the source articles for a more in-depth read.

Here is our most recent blog post. ⬇️

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March 20, 2025 at 2:54 PM