Legal Researchers

The Office Of The Attorney General, The Law Reform Commission

Office Of The Attorney General, Government Buildings, Upper Merrion Street, Dublin D02 R583, The Law Reform Commission, Styne House, Upper Hatch Street, Dublin 2, D02 DY27

Office of the Attorney General. The Role. The role of the Legal Researcher is to deliver legal research and know-how support to Advisory Counsel (who provide legal advice and litigation services) and Parliamentary Counsel (who provide drafting services for Bills and Statutory Instruments). Legal Researchers are assigned to Advisory/Parliamentary Counsel Groups within the office depending on where there is a vacancy. This requires legal researchers to have an excellent knowledge of Irish law as they can be assigned to a legal group dealing with banking and financial matters as easily as one dealing with asylum & immigration law, or criminal matters.  Legal Researchers attend the weekly group meetings of their assigned legal group and undertake research for them in the first instance but all researchers may be called upon to provide research to any legal group if required. Law Reform Commission. The Role. Law Reform Research. Under the supervision of the Director of Research, Deputy Director of Research and the Commission the Legal Researcher will carry out research and assist in preparing Consultation Papers and/or a Report or Reports for publication.  The Legal Researcher will be credited as a researcher (and as principal researcher if this is the case) on the project when a Consultation Paper or Report is published. Current projects include: • A Regulatory Framework for Adult Safeguarding. • Reform of Non-Court Adjudicative Bodies and Appeals to Courts. • Compulsory Acquisition of Land. • Compensating Victims of Crime. • Liability of Unincorporated Associations. • Review and Consolidation of the Law on Sexual Offences. The work of the Commission and its Legal Researchers involves extensive consultation with relevant people and bodies, including the public generally, Members of the Oireachtas, Government Departments, the legal profession and other relevant professions, industry, State bodies and NGOs. Comparative research on the laws of other jurisdictions is an essential part of the research process. The Commission maintains extensive library resources for this purpose, including online resources such as HeinOnline, LexisNexis and Westlaw. Researchers attend meetings of the Commission to discuss their work, including draft papers, and to receive direction. For full job description and details on how to apply: https://www.attorneygeneral.ie/ https://www.lawreform.ie/ Closing date: 24th of November 2021 Please note that this advertisement is being hosted by the Public Appointments Service on publicjobs.ie. The Public Appointments Service has no involvement in, or responsibility for, the recruitment and selection process or the terms and conditions which relate to this post.

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