Irish Society for European Law

ISEL was founded in 1973 as an association of practising and academic lawyers dedicated to promoting the study and practice of European law in Ireland. It does this through the organisation of public lectures and workshops on issues of current interest in European law, the organisation of regular sessions of its competition law and procurement law fora and the publication of the Irish Journal of European law. Membership of ISEL is open to all those with an interest in European law. ISEL is the Irish affiliate of the Fédération Internationale pour le Droit Européen (FIDE).

Upcoming Events

ISEL's Competition Law Forum will host a session entitled "Recent competition law developments in the sports sector in the EU" on Tuesday 30 April 2013 at 6.30pm. The speakers will be Krzysztof Kuik (European Commission, DG Competition), Ian Lynam (Charles Russell, London) and Ben Keane (Keane Legal, Brussels). The session will be chaired by Gary Rice (Beauchamps). The venue will be confirmed shortly. See the attached flyer for further details. To reserve a place please contact iselcompetition@gmail.com.

Professor Richard Whish (Kings College London) and Declan Walsh (UCC) will give their annual review of important competition law cases in the EU and Ireland on Tuesday 14 May 2013 at 6.30pm. The venue will be advised closer to the event. The event will be chaired by the Hon. Mr. Justice John Cooke. See the attached flyer for further details. To reserve a place please contact iselcompetition@gmail.com.

ISEL together with the Environmental Protection Agency and UCD School of Law will host an all-day conference entitled "Designing Effective Environmental Regulation: From Crisis to Transformation" on Wednesday 29 May 2013 in Newman House, St. Stephen's Green. For further details and to reserve a place see www.ucd.ie/law/envirconf or contact Sinéad Hennessy, UCD School of Law (sinead.hennessy@ucd.ie; +353 (0)1 716 8763).

The biannual joint conference hosted by ISEL and the UK Association for European Law (UKAEL) will be held on Friday 21 June 2013 in Middle Temple in London and will feature sessions on competition law, public procurement law and the proposed Common European Sales Law. Further details will be provided shortly. The reservation of places will be managed by UKAEL (www.ukael.org).

Finally, ISEL is delighted to announce that the winner of the Competition Law Forum Essay Prize 2012 is Mr. Patrick O'Sullivan for his essay entitled “Services of a General Economic Interest; from Article 106(2) TFEU to Altmark and future developments”. For further details please see the attached notice.

Membership Application/Renewal

We are now accepting membership applications/renewals for 2012/2013. We have maintained membership rates at the same level as last year and continue to offer special reductions for younger and student members. The 2012/2013 rates are:

Individual Membership: €135.
Corporate Membership (which permits an unlimited number of members from your organisation): €500.

The following reduced rates apply:

barristers less than three years qualified and trainee solicitors: €50.
Students and unwaged: €30.

Benefits of membership include:

Advance notice of all ISEL events.
Attendance at events without charge (there is a €10/€20 charge for non-members for lectures/sessions of the Competition Law Forum and the Procurement Law Forum, payable on arrival).
Reduced rates for ISEL conference events, including the biennial Conference with the United Kingdom Association for European Law (UKAEL), next being held in London in summer 2013.
Reduced rates for the Congresses of the Fédération Internationale de Droit Européen (F.I.D.E.), next being held in Copenhagen in May/June 2014.

For further details please see the attached membership application form or contact iselsecretary@gmail.com