PhD Title

'The individual in EU data protection law'

Research interests

Data protection law, IT law, EU law

About me

I hold a Bachelors in Business and Law from University College Dublin, a Bachelor of Civil Law from the University of Oxford, and a LLM from the University of California, Berkeley. I am also a qualified solicitor in the Republic of Ireland, where I formerly practised at a large commercial law firm for a number of years, specialising in technology law. My doctoral research focuses on the role of the individual in EU data protection law, and the assumptions about the capabilities and status of the individual in that context. 

Prizes/awards/scholarships/funding

UCD Entrance Scholarship and Entrance Exhibition Award - 2007

Dean's List, UCD Quinn School of Business - 2010

Oxford Faculty of Law Prize: First place in European Intellectual Property Law - 2012

Fulbright studentship - 2017

John F. Kennedy (Ireland) Fund scholarship - 2017

Dean's List, Berkeley School of Law - 2018

LSE PhD Studentship - 2018 - present

Positions held (academic or non-academic)

Part-time teacher - LL210 Information Technology and the Law