Commemorating 100 Years of Women at the Bar - Chair's Conference 2021 Day 3

Chaired by Maura McNally SC, day three of the 2021 Chair's Conference commemorates the centenary of the first female members of The Bar of Ireland, with a panel discussion of leading female legal figures: The Rt. Hon. the Baroness Hale of Richmond DBE, Former President of the UK Supreme Court Ms. Justice Mary Finlay Geoghegan, Former Judge of the Irish Supreme Court The Honourable Rosalie Abella, Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada Panel discussion moderated by Órla O'Donnell, RTÉ Legal Affairs Correspondent. The Bar of Ireland's Chair’s Conference is an opportunity for practitioners, academics, policy makers and the wider public to converge on the most defining issue impacting on legal systems and democratic institutions – the rule of law, the protection of human rights against emerging political and societal forces.