Biography

Laura is an Associate Professor in the School of Law, University of Limerick.
She is a first class honours graduate of UCC (BCL (Law and French) 2007, LLM (by Research) 2008, PhD 2012, PGCTHLE 2013).
Her Research Masters examined the topic of disciplining judges and her PhD, for which she was awarded an IRC Scholarship, considered the drafting of the 1922 Irish Free State Constitution.
Laura undertook a Post Doctoral Fellowship in UCC and held lectureships in UCC and DCU before joining the School of Law at UL. Her research interests lie in the areas of Constitutional Law, Legal History and Judicial Politics. She has authored a number of books, including Drafting the Irish Free State Constitution (MUP 2016) and Constitutional Law in Ireland (Kluwer 2020) and she has published her research in high-ranking national and international journals.
She is a frequent contributor to the media on legal and constitutional issues and has advised the Oireachtas on law reform on a number of occasions. Her work has been cited several times in the Dáil and the Seanad, by the Irish superior Courts and UK parliamentary briefings, among others.
She is editor-in-chief of the Irish Judicial Studies Journal.

Research Interests

Constitutional Law, Legal History, Administrative Law, Judicial Politics

Professional Activities

Award

  • 2021 - Teaching Hero Award
  • 2020 - IRC funding (shared)
  • 2019 - RFCL Funding
  • 2014 - Book Completion Grant
  • 2013 - Arthur Cox Foundation Grant
  • 2009 - Faculty of Law Scholarship
  • 2009 - IRCHSS Government of Ireland Scholar
  • 2007 - College Scholar
  • 2005 - College Scholar

Association

  • member, American Society of Legal History
  • member, Irish Legal History Society
  • Member, Irish Society of Comparative Law
  • Founder, Constitution Project

Peer Reviewed Journals

Books

2017

Constitutional Law: Ireland

Laura Cahillane, Seán Ó Conaill (2017) Constitutional Law: Ireland. Europe : Kluwer International Publishing

Book Chapters

2023

Impeachment under the Irish Constitution

Laura Cahillane and Tom Hickey (2023) Impeachment under the Irish Constitution. UK : Routledge Impeachment in a Global Context: History, Politics and Comparative Practice

Edited Books

Other Journals

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Conference Publications

Conference Contributions

Published Reports

2019

The application of the Irish Constitution and EU General Data Protection Regulation to the Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill 2016 and the Government's ‘Options for Consideration' 

Dr. Conor O'Mahony, Dr. Fred Logue, Dr. Maeve O'Rourke, Dr. James Gallen, Dr. Eoin Daly, Mairéad Enright, Dr. Sinéad Ring, Rossa McMahon and Dr. Laura Cahillane (2019) The application of the Irish Constitution and EU General Data Protection Regulation to the Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill 2016 and the Government's ‘Options for Consideration' . Dublin : Adoption Rights Alliance

Editorials

Book Reviews

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Other Publications