2nd Lismullin Legal Gathering | Nov 2025

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Saturday, 8th November 2025 | 10am – 4.30pm

This seminar aims to bring together legal professionals, academics and those with a keen interest in the legal issues. The day will present an unparalleled opportunity to engage in high-level dialogue and networking with experts from both jurisdictions.

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Following the success of the inaugural gathering last year on “Human Dignity and the Law”, the 2nd Lismullin Legal Gathering will take place on 8th November 2025 at Lismullin Conference Centre. This year’s theme is:

Law and Diplomacy: Bridging a Fractured World.”

The gathering promises to offer a day of dialogue, exchange, and reflection on the intersection of law and diplomacy in the midst of today’s complex global challenges. This year’s theme reflects the urgent challenges facing the international community. In an era marked by conflict, fragmentation and geopolitical instability, the relationship between law and diplomacy is once again under intense scrutiny. 

Speakers confirmed include:

  • Luis Franceschi, Assistant Secretary General of the Commonwealth (Keynote Speaker).
  • John Larkin KC, former Attorney General of Northern Ireland and King’s Counsel.
  • Dr Catherine Kavanagh, Associate Professor in Philosophy at Mary Immaculate College.
  • Dr Fearghas Ó Béara, Head of Office, European Parliament Liaison Office in Ireland.

Each speaker will deliver a 20-minute presentation, followed by Q&A and open discussion. The programme is designed to foster challenging and thought-provoking debate.

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This conference will count for 4.5 hours of professional development.

The Lismullin Legal Gathering draws inspiration from the principles of dialogue and mutual respect and all-island exchange enshrined in the Good Friday Agreement and from the vision of the late Archbishop Noël Treanor, former Apostolic Nuncio to the European Union, who stressed the need for new “synergies” to confront Europe’s challenges.

Supported by legal and academic institutions and professional bodies across Ireland, North and South, the Lismullin Gathering aims to become a key forum for discourse on the pressing legal, ethical and geopolitical issues facing our society and is open to legal professionals, students, academics and all those with an interest in law, diplomacy and global affairs.

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The Standard Rate for this seminar is €120.

We provdie discouted rate for Newly Qualified/Junior Professional -€80 and Students - €40.

All rates include lunch.

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Lismullin Educational Foundation (N.I.) Ltd

Registered In Northern Ireland Charity Number: 104989

Company Number: NI40588

Lismullin Institute and Lismullin Educational Foundation N.I. are registered charities.

Lismullin Institute is a business name of Fiuntas Centres CLG
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November 8, 2025
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