Maura Butler BA (Legal Science), LL. B, MSc IT in Education is a non-practicing solicitor with 35 years post qualification experience in a combination of practice, academic and professional training roles, as a criminal trial lawyer, lecturer, author, editor, legal practitioner trainer, Board member and conference speaker,
She has proactively volunteered that commitment and associated skills in civil society environments, to facilitate the dissemination of best practice in criminal justice and to champion parity democracy for women in all aspects of their lives. Those organisations include The Association for Criminal Justice Research and Development (ACJRD) www.acjrd.ie, The Irish Women Lawyer Association (IWLA) www.iwla.ie, The National Women’s Council www.nwci.ie, The European Women’s Lobby www.womenlobby.org and The European Women Lawyers Association www.ewla.org.
Maura became a member of the Advisory Group of the Familicide and Domestic Homicide Review Study in late 1999. The Study Lead, Norah Gibbons, passed away in 2000, when Maura became her successor. The Study on Familicide & Domestic and Family Violence Death Reviews was submitted in July 2022 and was published by the Department of Justice in May 2023.
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