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Prof Gráinne McKeever
@mckeevergrainne.bsky.social
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Law Professor at Ulster Uni, Belfast. Co-Editor of Journal of Social Security Law. Former Vice-Chair of Social Security Advisory Committee. Writing a book on 'Legal participation for litigants in person: protecting the right to a fair trial.'
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Kicking off our disability benefits roundtable discussion with our N.Ireland colleagues @jrf-uk.bsky.social, hearing from @iainkporter.bsky.social, @pollardtom.bsky.social & Edel Harris, on the impact of Green Paper proposals. Looking forward to discussions this afternoon with stakeholders.
Image of Tom Pollard from New Economics Foundation giving a presentation at the disability benefits roundtable at Ulster University Image of Iain Porter from Joseph Rowntree Foundation giving a presentation at the disability benefits roundtable at Ulster University Image of Edel Harris OBE, independent reviewer of the Adult Disability Payment in Scotland, giving a presentation at the disability benefits roundtable at Ulster University
April 28, 2025 at 10:09 AM
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Such powerful testimonies and critical insights into #Hillsborough at @slsauk.bsky.social annual conference considering the legacy of the families hard fight for justice
April 16, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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Congratulations @itswelshliam.bsky.social! It's been an absolute pleasure to work with you during your PhD and so delighted that you are the new Doctor in @ulsterunischlaw.bsky.social 🙌🍾🥳
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April 2, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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Thanks to the LawSociety Norther Ireland for hosting the launch of our joint Charter for Effective Participation & Communication for Litigants in Person and Solicitors. We hope it will be of use in civil, family and employment disputes involving litigants in person: www.ulster.ac.uk/familycourti...
Photo of solicitor Simon Chambers, Law Society NI President Colin Mitchell, and Professor Grainne McKeever, Ulster University, with Colin Mitchell holding a copy of the Charter of Effective Participation and Communication between Solicitors and Litigants in Person in Northern Ireland. Photo of Professor Gráinne McKeever speaking at a podium with 'Law Society of Northern Ireland' on the front of the podium and two banners behind, one for the Social Justice Institute at Ulster Uni and one for the Law Society Northern Ireland
March 19, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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Excited to announce that our Nuffield Foundation funded research on legal participation for #LitigantsInPerson is being launched at a free public conference on Wed 13 Dec.
In-person tickets available (but limited) eventbrite.co.uk/e/conference-p…
Online tickets at eventbrite.co.uk/e/online-confe 
Snakes and ladders board game with a person at the staring point looking frustrated towards the scales of justice at the finishing point.
October 31, 2023 at 4:34 PM