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Barbara Prainsack @bprainsack.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
How bad is it to let AI write for you? Very bad, many argue. I think it’s more complicated. /1
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The most interesting thing in tech: Stanley Druckenmiller wrote an op-ed in the WSJ and admitted he used AI. Is this OK? No, I don't think so. Here's why. | Nicholas Thompson | 57 comments
The most interesting thing in tech: Stanley Druckenmiller wrote an op-ed in the WSJ and admitted he used AI. Is this OK? No, I don't think so. Here's why. | 57 comments on LinkedIn
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Colin Murray @colinmurray.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Now out in the @nilegalq.bsky.social's Reflections on Writing Series, my thoughts on how the REF impacts on (legal) research. I conclude that the current REF has been excruciatingly difficult to navigate and that, even having said that, losing the REF might be worse: nilq.qub.ac.uk/index.php/ni...
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Stuart Elden @stuartelden.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly has a "Reflections on Writing" Series - all pieces are open access nilq.qub.ac.uk/index.php/ni... @nilegalq.bsky.social
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The Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly is a legal research journal published quarterly by the School of Law at Queen's University Belfast.
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NI Legal Quarterly @nilegalq.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
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In the 24th article in our Reflections on Writing series (and the ninth in volume 77), David Archard, Queen's University Belfast offers his thoughts on the pros and cons of writing alone or with… ...
In the 24th article in our Reflections on Writing series (and the ninth in volume 77), David Archard, Queen's University Belfast offers his thoughts on the pros and cons of writing alone or with other...
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NI Legal Quarterly @nilegalq.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
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From our Summer Issue - out now! ‘Murder most Foul: the Belfast judge’s daughter and the Scottish RAF engineer – the trial and tale of Iain Hay Gordon and the curious coincidence of two Lords Chief…...
From our Summer Issue - out now! ‘Murder most Foul: the Belfast judge’s daughter and the Scottish RAF engineer – the trial and tale of Iain Hay Gordon and the curious coincidence of two Lords Chief ...
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NI Legal Quarterly @nilegalq.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
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From our Summer Issue - out now! ‘Reflections on an ethic of care and the nature of the carriage relationship in the Titanic ticket cases and beyond’ By Hannah Stones, University of… | Northern Ire...
From our Summer Issue - out now! ‘Reflections on an ethic of care and the nature of the carriage relationship in the Titanic ticket cases and beyond’ By Hannah Stones, University of Southampton Ar...
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NI Legal Quarterly @nilegalq.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
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From our Summer Issue - out now! ‘Should the extended joint enterprise principle be retained? A critical evaluation of the divergent approaches between England and Wales and Hong Kong’ By Aaron H… ...
From our Summer Issue - out now! ‘Should the extended joint enterprise principle be retained? A critical evaluation of the divergent approaches between England and Wales and Hong Kong’ By Aaron H L...
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NI Legal Quarterly @nilegalq.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
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From our Summer Issue - out now! ‘Expert evidence in criminal law: rethinking reliability in England and Wales after the Lucy Letby case’ By Amel Alghrani and Sarah Bennett Article… | Northern Ire...
From our Summer Issue - out now! ‘Expert evidence in criminal law: rethinking reliability in England and Wales after the Lucy Letby case’ By Amel Alghrani and Sarah Bennett Article https://lnkd.in...
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NI Legal Quarterly @nilegalq.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
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In the 21st article in our Reflections on Writing series (and the sixth in volume 77), Colin Murray, Newcastle University, tackles the thorny subject of the REF, summarising the 'rules of the game...
In the 21st article in our Reflections on Writing series (and the sixth in volume 77), Colin Murray, Newcastle University, tackles the thorny subject of the REF, summarising the 'rules of the game', d...
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NI Legal Quarterly @nilegalq.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
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In the 22nd article in our Reflections on Writing series (and the seventh in volume 77), Barbara Prainsack, University of Vienna, examines two kinds of 'bot loops' and analyses how the use of ...
In the 22nd article in our Reflections on Writing series (and the seventh in volume 77), Barbara Prainsack, University of Vienna, examines two kinds of 'bot loops' and analyses how the use of AI as an...
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NI Legal Quarterly @nilegalq.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
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In the 23rd article in our Reflections on Writing series (and the seventh in volume 77), Kunal Parker, University of Miami School of Law, goes back to basics by asking: 'why reflect upon how we… |...
In the 23rd article in our Reflections on Writing series (and the seventh in volume 77), Kunal Parker, University of Miami School of Law, goes back to basics by asking: 'why reflect upon how we write?...
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NI Legal Quarterly @nilegalq.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
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Our Summer Issue is out! Individual contributions are freely available to read and download. Happy perusing! https://lnkd.in/egT_fJZc | Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly
Our Summer Issue is out! Individual contributions are freely available to read and download. Happy perusing! https://lnkd.in/egT_fJZc
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NI Legal Quarterly @nilegalq.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
We’ve revised the ‘about’ section on our website so it makes clear submissions are open (as seen here via mobile). There is a direct link to our recent interactive CfP in ‘about’! We hope to receive your submissions and special issue proposals in the near future! nilq.qub.ac.uk/index.php/nilq
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NI Legal Quarterly @nilegalq.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Call for papers! See here for a clickable version www.cambridge.org/core/service...
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NI Legal Quarterly @nilegalq.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Call for papers! See here for a clickable version www.cambridge.org/core/service...
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NI Legal Quarterly @nilegalq.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
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.
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Colin Murray @colinmurray.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
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...
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Daniel Wincott @danielwincott.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
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.
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NI Legal Quarterly @nilegalq.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
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.
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NI Legal Quarterly @nilegalq.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
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NI Legal Quarterly @nilegalq.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
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...
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NI Legal Quarterly @nilegalq.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
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...
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Aileen Kavanagh @aileenkavanagh.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
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.
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Aileen Kavanagh @aileenkavanagh.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
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
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Colin Murray @colinmurray.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
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...
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NI Legal Quarterly @nilegalq.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
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...
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NI Legal Quarterly @nilegalq.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
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...
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NI Legal Quarterly @nilegalq.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
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’.
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NI Legal Quarterly @nilegalq.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
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....
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NI Legal Quarterly @nilegalq.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
A new advance access piece by Sarah E Hamill, Trinity College Dublin is now available freely to view here doi.org/10.53386/nil....
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NI Legal Quarterly @nilegalq.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
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...
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NI Legal Quarterly @nilegalq.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
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NI Legal Quarterly @nilegalq.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
Check out our summer issue! Fully open access here doi.org/10.53386/nil.... Individual contributions ⬇️.
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NI Legal Quarterly @nilegalq.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
Our summer issue is now published and freely available on an open access basis! Here are the contributions! ⬇️⬇️⬇️
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NI Legal Quarterly @nilegalq.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
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...
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NI Legal Quarterly @nilegalq.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
We are delighted to participate in @slsauk.bsky.social’s journals initiative! See slsa.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?....
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NI Legal Quarterly @nilegalq.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
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 ⬇️.
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NI Legal Quarterly @nilegalq.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
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!
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NI Legal Quarterly @nilegalq.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
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...
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Sylvia de Mars @sylviademars.me · 11/06/2025
@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.)
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This is the ninth contribution to NILQ's Reflections on Writing series.
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NI Legal Quarterly @nilegalq.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
@slsauk.bsky.social has kindly shared news of our latest special issue in their newsletter. Very many thanks! slsa.ac.uk/index.php/ne...
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NI Legal Quarterly @nilegalq.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
We are now on LinkedIn! Please do follow us if you can www.linkedin.com/in/northern-...
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NI Legal Quarterly @nilegalq.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
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 ⬇️!
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Paula Giliker @pgiliker.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
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.
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Reading Law School @unirdg-law.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
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.)
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NI Legal Quarterly @nilegalq.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
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.
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NI Legal Quarterly @nilegalq.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
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....
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NI Legal Quarterly @nilegalq.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
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...!
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The Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly is a legal research journal published quarterly by the School of Law at Queen's University Belfast.
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NI Legal Quarterly @nilegalq.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
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!
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NI Legal Quarterly @nilegalq.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
We published the first advance access article of 2025 recently. The piece is available open access! doi.org/10.53386/nil...
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