To follow up on yesterday’s announcement about Cambridge University Press & Assessment publishing this journal from 2027…. Authors may wish to note that everything published under this new partnership will be gold open access.

New article, by @anuragdeb.bsky.social, @lewisgrahamlaw.bsky.social and me on "Religious education and indoctrination in Northern Ireland and beyond after JR87", now out in the @nilegalq.bsky.social. Considers the UKSC judgment and what is needed to respond to it: nilq.qub.ac.uk/index.php/ni...

Fantastic news from NILQ - a very important generalist law journal and an invaluable resource in particular for folk concerned with territorial governance across Britain and Ireland. Well done @markflear.bsky.social and team who have steered the journal to new heights.

We are delighted to announce that from 2027 the journal will be published by Cambridge University Press & Assessment. The journal will continue to sit within Queen's University Belfast - School of Law, where it will remain an independent generalist law journal.

Our latest issue is a special issue guest edited by Katie A Johnston, University of Liverpool. Thanks very much to the guest editor and contributors for making possible this bumper issue. Introduction (freely available) doi.org/10.53386/nil... Full issue (subscribers) doi.org/10.53386/nil...

Our latest issue is a special issue guest edited by Katie A Johnston, University of Liverpool. Thanks very much to the guest editor and contributors for making possible this bumper issue. Introduction (freely available) doi.org/10.53386/nil... Full issue (subscribers) doi.org/10.53386/nil...

Thanks to @robertcraig3.bsky.social for this in-depth review of The Collaborative Constitution @cambup-law.cambridge.org in the @nilegalq.bsky.social. Great discussion about inter-institutional interaction and constitutional conventions.

Interesting thread by @drdeanknight.bsky.social reflecting on how parliamentarians should respond to a declaration of incompatibility/inconsistency in UK or NZ law - a question which @robertcraig3.bsky.social tackles in this review of The Collaborative Constitution in @nilegalq.bsky.social

New article out in the @nilegalq.bsky.social in a significant special issue edited by @livunislsj.bsky.social's Katie Johnston. A wake up call for both the NI Bill of Rights debate and to public lawyers across the UK to watch out for developments under Scotland's UNCRC Act: doi.org/10.53386/nil...

We are delighted to share the fifteenth contribution to Reflections on Writing! Alison Liebling, University of Cambridge, explores the joy she finds in the process as well as ‘negative' feelings as sources of creativity. Article doi.org/10.53386/nil... Whole series doi.org/10.53386/nil...

We are delighted to inaugurate our new Reflections on Teaching series with a very special first contribution! All contributions to the series will be freely available via our website. Inaugural article doi.org/10.53386/nil... Reflections on Teaching webpage nilq.qub.ac.uk/index.php/ni...

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….