Assoc ProfessorLiam Thornton
(he/him/his)
Associate Professor
School of Law
Orcid identifier0000-0002-4971-4579 (opens in a new tab)
- Associate ProfessorSchool of Law
- 01 716 4129
- University College Dublin, School of Law, Sutherland School of Law Belfield Dublin 4
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
- PERSONAL AWARD, PRIZE, HONOUR1 Mar 2022
- PERSONAL AWARD, PRIZE, HONOUR1 Oct 2019 - 30 Nov 2019
- PERSONAL AWARD, PRIZE, HONOURVisiting Scholar, Centre for Refugee Studies1 Sep 2019 - 7 Oct 2019
- COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIPAccess Course Working Group (2017-2018)1 May 2017 - 28 Feb 2018
- PERSONAL AWARD, PRIZE, HONOURVisiting Research Scholar, El Instituto de Derechos Humanos Pedro Arrupe, Universidad de Deusto, Bilbao (June 2016-October 2016)1 Jun 2016 - 31 Oct 2016
- COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIPChildren's Rights Alliance, Member of Assessment Panel for Report Card (2016, 2017)1 Jan 2016 - 31 Dec 2017
- COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIPUCD Widening Participation Committee (2016-2017)1 Jan 2016 - 31 Aug 2017
- COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIPUndergraduate Sub-Committee, UCD School of Law (2015- 2016 )1 Sep 2015 - 31 Aug 2016
- OFFICE HELDA & L Goodbody/ Irish Refugee Council, Irish Asylum Law Award (2015 & 2016)1 Feb 2015 - 31 May 2016
- PERSONAL AWARD, PRIZE, HONOURVisiting Lecturer (Occasional) European Master's in Human Rights and Democratization 2015-20161 Jan 2015
- COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIPExpert Committee: Our Voices, Our Rights- Civil Society Report to the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (2014-2015), Public Interest Law Alliance1 Jun 2014 - 1 Jul 2015
- CONSULTING / ADVISORYCross Party Direct Provision Group (Seanad Eireann)10 Nov 2013
- COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIPChildren's Rights Alliance, Advisory Board on Child Law Audit (2013-2015)1 Oct 2013 - 30 May 2015
- COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIPInternship Academic Steering Committee (2013-2014)1 Apr 2013 - 1 Nov 2014
- COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIPFLAC Thomas Addis Emmet Assessment Panel (FLAC) (2013-2017)1 Feb 2013 - 28 Feb 2017
- COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIPSub-Committee Clinical Legal Education (School of Law) (2012-2015)1 Sep 2012 - 1 Jan 2015
- COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIPTeaching and Learning Committee (School of Law) (2012-2015; 2017-2020)1 Sep 2012 - 31 Aug 2020
- PERSONAL AWARD, PRIZE, HONOUR1 Jan 2012
- COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIPFree Legal Advice Centres (2009-2014)8 Mar 2009 - 1 Sep 2014
- PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONSociety of Legal Scholars1 May 2007
- PERSONAL AWARD, PRIZE, HONOUR1 Jan 2006
- PERSONAL AWARD, PRIZE, HONOURUCC College Scholar1 Jan 2005
- CONSULTING / ADVISORYLaw Centre (Northern Ireland)