Reid Professor of Criminal Law, Criminology and Penology explained

The Reid Professor of Criminal Law, Criminology and Penology is a professorship at Trinity College Dublin.

Name and history

The chair is named after Richard Tuohill Reid (1823–83), an Irish lawyer and academic who was Perry Professor in Jurisprudence at Elphinstone College, a constituent college of the University of Bombay (now the University of Mumbai). Reid bequeathed £25,000 in trust to Irish education.^[1]

The chair was established initially in 1888 as Reid Professor of Penal Legislation, Constitutional and Criminal Law, and the Law of Evidence. This was amended to its current name by the High Court on 3 March 1975.

Status

While nominally a chair, appointments are made on the lecturer (assistant professor) scale. The current holder is designated an adjunct assistant professor.^[2]

Holders

Reid Professor of Penal Legislation, Constitutional and Criminal Law, and the Law of Evidence

• Frances Moran (1925–1930)^[3]
• Mary Robinson (1969–1975)^[4]

Reid Professor of Criminal Law, Criminology and Penology

• Mary McAleese (appointed in 1975, reappointed in 1981)^[5]
• Mark James Findlay (1979-1981)^{[6] [7]}
• John Larkin (1989–1992)^[8]
• Ivana Bacik (1996, current holder)^[9]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Reid, Richard Tuohill . Dictionary of Irish Biography . Royal Irish Academy . 25 May 2024.
2. Web site: Professor Ivana Catherine Bacik . Trinity College Dublin . 24 May 2024.
3. Web site: A Timeline of the History of Women in Trinity . Women Alumni-Women's Centenary . Trinity College Dublin . 23 January 2019.
4. News: Europe | Mary Robinson: Human rights champion . . 18 March 2002 . 28 August 2010 . Mark . Snelling . 7 October 2003 . https://web.archive.org/web/20031007201602/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/1680695.stm . live .
5. News: Katherine. Donnelly. Top scholar Emma proves she's a chip off the old block. 12 May 2009. 21 December 2009. Irish Independent. 15 May 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20090515131829/http://www.independent.ie/national-news/top-scholar-emma--proves-shes-a-chip-off-the-old-block-1735787.html. live.
6. Book: 43 . Dublin University Calendar 1979-1980 . 1979 . Hodges Figgis and Co. LTD . Dublin.
7. Web site: Findlay . Mark J. . CURRICULUM VITAE Mark James Findlay . Yong Pung How School of Law . 26 May 2024.
8. News: Moriarty . Gerry . Larkin profile: regularly in spotlight and never far from controversy . Irish Times.
9. Web site: Professor Ivana Catherine Bacik . Trinity College Dublin . 24 May 2024.