Internationalisation

from NUI Galway School of Law Newsletter 2022

Student Activities

The School would like to welcome AnnMarie Gilchrist as the new Student Advisor for the School of Law in the University of Galway.

Her primary role is to support students who may be at academic risk. She offers a confidential, non-judgmental service to students, and as a member of the Student Services team, she is independent from the School.

AnnMarie offers advice on time management, structuring study plans, financial assistance, exam preparation, and general welfare. She also support students who are feeling overwhelmed or experiencing personal difficultly which impacts their academic success. She can offer advice and information on various supports which are available to students of NUI Galway including information on processes such as applying for extensions or approved leave.

Students should also note that AnnMarie can act as a liaison between the School and the student in cases where the student is not confident in approaching their lecturer or School staff member.

AnnMarie can be contacted at annmarie.gilchrist@ universityofgalway.ie or by phone/ text to 086-0832076.

AnnMarie Gilchrist

Dr Anna Arstein-Kerslake & Prof Eilionóir Flynn

UN Women commissioned the Centre for Disability Law and Policy and the Irish Centre for Human Rights to conduct a project on access to justice for women with intellectual and psychosocial disabilities in Asia and the Pacific in July 2022. The project team is led by Prof Eilionóir Flynn and Dr Anna Arstein-Kerslake, with April Parker and Emily Williams as research assistants. The research will include a legal needs survey of women with intellectual and psychosocial disabilities in Nepal, Indonesia, the Philippines, and Fiji. The aim is that the project leads on to a larger law reform effort to realise the right to legal capacity and access to justice of disabled women in Asia and the Pacific. The United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, also known as UN Women, is a United Nations entity working for gender equality and the empowerment of women.