Our final advance open access piece published this week is also freely available to read here doi.org/10.53386/nil.... In this piece, Robert Craig, University of Bristol offers his thoughts on Aileen Kavanagh’s ‘The Collaborative Constitution’.

A new advance access piece by Peter Coe, University of Birmingham, and Helen Fenwick, Durham University, is published freely available to view here doi.org/10.53386/nil....

A new advance access piece by Sarah E Hamill, Trinity College Dublin is now available freely to view here doi.org/10.53386/nil....

In the fourteenth contribution to our Reflections on Writing series, Michael Dougan @livunislsj.bsky.social describes his highly structured approach to writing, starting with an intuition, and moving on via shorthand notes and bullet points to create order out of chaos. doi.org/10.53386/nil...

Check out our summer issue! Fully open access here doi.org/10.53386/nil.... Individual contributions ⬇️.

Our summer issue is now published and freely available on an open access basis! Here are the contributions! ⬇️⬇️⬇️

Since it’s Friday, it may be wise to go easy on writing! You may find it particularly useful to read Barbara Prainsack’s reflections on writing, and heed the advice: don’t write on Fridays! Article: doi.org/10.53386/nil... Wider series: doi.org/10.53386/nil...

We are delighted to participate in @slsauk.bsky.social’s journals initiative! See slsa.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?....

Today is Empathy Day! @librariesni.bsky.social had a great initiative today, which prompts us to ask: Which law book has helped grow your empathy the most? We’d ❤️ to read your responses ⬇️.

If you haven’t had a chance yet, you might want to take a look at our recent special issue ⬇️. It’s entirely free to view and download! Happy reading!

We are delighted to publish the 9th article in our Reflections on Writing series. Thanks so much to @sylviademars.me for her efforts at such a very busy time of year! Full open access article: doi.org/10.53386/nil... Series: doi.org/10.53386/nil...

@markflear.bsky.social very kindly invited me to explore what my writerly 'voice' is and is for for the wonderful Reflections on Writing series in the @nilegalq.bsky.social. (My $0.02: be yourself, even if that bucks disciplinary conventions; you'll be surprised at what doors you can open.)

@slsauk.bsky.social has kindly shared news of our latest special issue in their newsletter. Very many thanks! slsa.ac.uk/index.php/ne...

We are now on LinkedIn! Please do follow us if you can www.linkedin.com/in/northern-...

Our latest special issue is very special indeed! It is a collection of papers carefully edited by Thérèse Callus in honour of Chris Newdick @unirdg-law.bsky.social’s contributions to the academy. All available open access ⬇️!

Wonderful to see Chris Newdick honoured in the latest edition of the @nilegalq.bsky.social with contributions from my colleagues John Coggan and Keith Syrett.

Check out this special issue of the @nilegalq.bsky.social in honour of Professor Emeritus Chris Newdick, edited by @prof-tc.bsky.social and with contributions by Professor Chris Devenney, Dr Rachel Horton and Dr Basak Bak. (Links to individual pieces in the thread.)

We are delighted to publish our latest issue - an open access very special issue in honour of Chris Newdick @unirdg-law.bsky.social! Thanks to everyone who made this issue possible! Reposts to follow, but for now, here are the individual pieces.

Scholars @slsauk.bsky.social 2025 @livunislsj.bsky.social may find our Reflections on Writing series particularly useful. Ideas from leading scholars on the craft, getting unstuck, building a writing routine, co-writing and much more nilq.qub.ac.uk/index.php/ni....

Are you looking for a place to publish your paper from @slsauk.bsky.social 2025? We are a generalist law journal and publish around 1/3 of our content open access. See here for more nilq.qub.ac.uk/index.php/ni...!

We are delighted to be one of the sponsors @slsauk.bsky.social 2025 @livunislsj.bsky.social! Wishing all attendees a wonderful conference and visit to Liverpool!

We published the first advance access article of 2025 recently. The piece is available open access! doi.org/10.53386/nil...

Following St Patrick’s Day ☘️ , our new series of posts celebrate the work of authors with a link to the island of Ireland.👇 @cianoconcubhair.bsky.social, ‘Journalistic privilege in Ireland’ (2023) 74(2) NILQ 237 nilq.qub.ac.uk/index.php/ni... #journalist #journalism #freedomofexpression

Our Blog allows you to get a short summary of the key messages in articles published in the journal. The blogs also link to the source articles for a more in-depth read. Here is our most recent blog post. ⬇️ nilq.qub.ac.uk/index.php/ni...

…. and as of today, we are delighted to add to the series some reflections on why writers get stuck by Professor Graeme Laurie, University of Edinburgh! doi.org/10.53386/nil... Keep checking back for further pieces in this exciting dialogue!

The series now includes contributions by Professor Shaun D Pattinson, Durham University nilq.qub.ac.uk/index.php/ni... and Professor Barbara Prainsack, University of Vienna nilq.qub.ac.uk/index.php/ni... Ctd….

Duncan Sheehan @lawatleeds.bsky.social describes the academic’s job as a ‘writing job’. Founded on intellectual curiosity and the desire to understand, it’s a process that requires patience and good time management. And the ability to say ‘No’! 👇 doi.org/10.53386/nil...

We recently launched our new series, Reflections on Writing, with a piece by Professor Mariana Valverde, University of Toronto. nilq.qub.ac.uk/index.php/ni... Ctd….

The @NILQ established a series in which academics reflect on academic writing. Delighted to be the sixth such reflection published, joining those of @Mariana Valverde and @Barbara Prainsack (and some others). Thank you to everyone who has co-written with me, or is currently co-writing with me!

Fantastic to see this special issue of the Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly on the Windsor Framework out. Co-edited by myself, Mary Dobbs and Karen Lynch Shally. Lots on Article 2 (its history, how it relates to the EU Charter, environment, and health), Common Travel Area, Governance, etc.

We recently launched our new series, Reflections on Writing, with a piece by Professor Mariana Valverde, University of Toronto. nilq.qub.ac.uk/index.php/ni... Ctd….