I am an academic lawyer and legal research consultant, and I currently teach
Constitutional, Administrative and Human Rights Law at BPP University, London. I am also a member of the Legal Services Review Committee (Ireland). My research interests include Lawyers’ Regulation, EU Law, Criminology, Human Rights, University Rankings and AI. My other academic interests include decision-making theory, applications of probability, number theory, mathematical logic and the philosophy of science. I have published widely, both in academic journals and the general media. My research, including my work on the Regulation of the Legal Profession, has had a demonstrable impact on policy in several jurisdictions. In my
capacity as a legal researcher, I have assisted the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD).
Knowledge Transfer
In February 2019, I presented to the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Fair Business Banking on the role of the ECB and European Commission on the regulation of banking in Ireland. This included a discussion of the impact of regulatory changes upon MSMEs.
In July 2018, I organised a seminar entitled ‘International Perspectives on the
Regulation of Legal Services’ at the City Law School, Gray’s Inn, City, University of London (https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ international-perspectives-on-the-regulation-of-legal-services-tickets-48027857615). This seminar brought together numerous stakeholders in the legal profession to discuss current challenges facing the regulation of lawyers and legal services globally. As a legal researcher, I have assisted the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD). In that capacity, I attended the following: 20th Session of the CRPD Committee, Geneva, 27 – 31 August 2018, 11th Session of the Conference of States Parties to the CRPD, New York, 12 – 14 June 2018, the 18th Session of the CRPD Committee, Geneva, 14 August – 1 September 2017 and the 9th Session of the Conference of States Parties to the CRPD, New York, 14 – 16 June 2016.
In March 2017, I chaired a panel discussion on ‘The EU and the Rule of Law’ at The UAE and EU Conference on ‘The Rule of Law and Arbitration’ at Middlesex
University Dubai (https:// eprnews.com/middlesex-university-dubai-to-host-the-eu-and-uae-conference-96412/). In October 2016, my research on the impact of methodological variations on global university rankings was cited at the Committee Stage of the Higher Education and Research Bill (https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2016-10-11/debates/6499f957-9daf-4fbe-b732-3368af565dbc/HigherEducationAndResearchBill(NinthSitting)).
In July 2016, I organised the Mauritius and EU Law Forum, an international EU Law conference on the theme of Good Governance and the Rule of Law. The Forum attracted significant funding from the Jean Monnet Fund of the EU Commission, and it brought together leading international stakeholders from the judiciary, politics, legal practice and the academy (http://www.middlesex.mu/__data/assets/pdf_file/
0015/231270/EU-MU-Conference-Brochure-Speakers-Profiles.pdf ).
In October 2015, my research on behalf of the International Association of Law Schools (IALS) on the Evaluation and Ranking of Law Schools and the Evaluation of Legal Scholarship helped to shape Global Legal Education in the 21 st Century. This sought to identify the knowledge, skills and values which ought to inform legal studies’ curricula, in accordance with the ‘Singapore Declaration on Global Standards and Outcomes of a Legal Education, 2013’. In October 2015, I presented my research findings on this subject at the Global Annual (IALS) Conference in Spain.
In September 2015, my submission to the Northern Ireland Assembly on the merits of proposed legislative changes for the handling of legal complaints led to the recent amendment of the Assembly’s draft legislation, in accordance with my recommendations (See ‘Public Output’ below for further details).
In February 2014, my doctoral research on the regulation of the legal profession informed the debate in Ireland on the subject, having been cited by the Minister for Justice during the course of a Parliamentary debate on legislative changes in the sector (http://oireachtasdebates.oireachtas.ie/debates%20authoring/
DebatesWebPack.nsf/committeetakes/JUS2014021200007).
Publications
Pyaneandee C (2018) (Hosier M, ed) ‘International Disability Law: A Practical
Approach to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with
Disabilities’(Routledge 26 June 2018). Details available at:
https://www.routledge.com/International-Disability-Law-A-Practical-Approach-to-the-United-Nations/Pyaneandee/p/book/9781138593473
Hosier M (2017) ‘Lawyers of the Celtic Phoenix’ Chapter, in Boon A (ed) (2017)
‘International Perspectives on the Regulation of Lawyers and Legal Services’
(Hart, December 2017). Details: https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/international-perspectives-
on-the-regulation-of-lawyers-and-legal-services-9781509936946/
Hosier M and Hoolash B (2017) ‘The Effect of Methodological Variations on
University Rankings and Associated Decision-Making Policy’ Studies in Higher
Education (September 2017). Details:
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03075079.2017.1356282
Hosier M (2015) ‘Submission to the Committee for Finance and Personnel of the Northern Ireland Assembly on the Legal Complaints and Regulation Bill 2013’. Available at: http://www.niassembly.gov.uk/globalassets/documents/finance/legislation/legal-complaints-and-regulation-bill/dr-maeve-hosier
Hosier M (2015) ‘The Legal Profession in Troikaland: Before and After the Irish
Bailout’ International Journal of the Legal Profession 22 (2) 193 – 211. Abstract
available at: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09695958.2015.1047839
Hosier M (2014) ‘The Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Changes and Challenges for the Legal Profession’ Irish Business Law Review 1 (2)
Hosier M (2014) ‘The Regulation of the Legal Profession in Ireland’ (Quid Pro
Books, 2014) ISBN 978-1-61027-257-5 (pbk), ISBN 978-1-61027-259-9 (ebk).
Details available at: http://quidprolaw.com/?p=5396
Hosier M (2104) ‘Challenges to Legal Education: Globalization and the Development of Standards’. Report of Proceedings of the International Association of Law Schools 2014 European Regional Law Deans’ Forum. (Sutherland School of Law, University College Dublin 10 – 11 April 2014)
Hosier M (2014) ‘New Legal Bill will bring much needed change at King’s Inns’ The Irish Times 12 May. Available at: http://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/new-legal-bill-will-bring-much-needed-change-at-king-s-inns-1.1789886
Hosier M and Smith M (2014) ‘Regulation of Solicitors: Past, Present and Future’. Village (June/July 2014) 20 – 25
Hosier M (2014) ‘Collaboration and the Tale of the Tiger: The Trust-based
Conveyancing System has cost the Uncompensated Public Tens of Millions’ Village (June/July 2014) 26 – 27
Hosier M (2014) ‘A Thoroughly Unpleasant Afternoon at Citywest: Law Society
Members’ Relationship with its Insolvent Insurance Fund may have posed Conflicts of Interest’ Village (June/July 2014) 28 – 30
Public Outreach
Hosier M (2019). ‘The Regulation of Banking in Ireland: Protecting Micro, Small
and Medium-Sized Enterprises’. A Presentation to the All-Party Parliamentary
Group on Fair Business Banking. Portcullis House, Westminster, London, 27
February 2019.
Hosier M (2018) ‘The Regulation of the Legal Profession in Ireland’ Seminar,
‘International Perspectives on the Regulation of Legal Services’ City Law School, Gray’s Inn, City, University of London, 26 July 2018.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/international-perspectives-on-the-regulation-of-legal-services- tickets-48027857615
Hosier M (2017) ‘The British Indian Ocean Territory: A Human Rights Free Zone?’ Law and Society Association. Annual Conference, 2017, New Mexico City, Mexico, 22 June 2017.Hosier M (2017) ‘Brexit and the Overseas Territories’ Mauritius and EU Law Forum: Brexit Breakfast. Tamarin, Mauritius, 17 June 2017.
Hosier M (2016) ‘EU Adventures in the Indian Ocean’. Mauritius and EU Law
Forum, Port Louis, Mauritius, 19 July 2016.
Hosier M (2015) ‘Methodologies for the Ranking of Law Schools and the Evaluation of Legal Scholarship’ The International Association of Law Schools (Global Law Deans’ Forum, 25 – 27 October, Madrid, Spain). http://www.ialsnet.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Maeve-Hosier.pdf
Hosier M (2015) ‘Socrates v PowerPoint [2015] SLSA 1: A Reflection upon Ancient and Modern Techniques for Law Teaching in the 21 st Century’. Socio-Legal Studies Association Annual Conference, Warwick, England, 2 April 2015.
Hosier M (2014) ‘The Potential Effect of the Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011 upon Law Teaching in Ireland’ Research in Education Conference: Leadership, Innovation and Change, Middlesex University Mauritius Branch Campus, 29 November 2014.
Hosier M (2014) ‘The Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011’ W G Hart Legal
Workshop, Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, London, June 2014.
Hosier M (2013) ‘The Legal Profession in Troikaland: Before and After the Irish
Bailout’. The Annual Conference of the Law and Society Association, Boston, May 2013.
Hosier M (2012) ‘Changes in the Regulation of the Legal Profession in Bailed-Out Ireland: For Better or Worse?’ The Annual Conference of the Socio-Legal Studies Association, Leicester, April 2012.
Maeve Hosier 