Professor Stephen Tierney Appointed Honorary King's Counsel
Professor Stephen Tierney, global distinguished professor of law at the Notre Dame London Law Programme, has been appointed Honorary King's Counsel by His Majesty The King on the nomination of the Lord Justice General and the recommendation of First Minister John Swinney. There are five recipients of this great honor, and this is the first time that it has been conferred in Scotland.
Honorary King’s Counsel is an honorary award unique to the legal profession. The award recognizes individuals who have made a major contribution to the law of Scotland or the legal profession and how it is advanced, outside of practicing as an advocate or solicitor advocate.
Before making nominations to the First Minister, the Lord Justice General consulted other judges, the Lord Advocate, the Dean of the Faculty of Advocates, and the President of the Law Society of Scotland.
Tierney serves as legal adviser to the House of Lords Constitution Committee and was a commissioner of the Judicial Appointments Board for Scotland 2015-24. He previously served as Constitutional Adviser to the Scottish Parliament Independence Referendum Bill Committee from 2013 to 2014.
In Notre Dame’s London Law Programme, Tierney teaches comparative federalism and recently took his class to Edinburgh, where they visited the Scottish Parliament and had a tour of famous legal landmarks.
He is also a professor of constitutional theory at the University of Edinburgh Law School.
Tierney teaches and researches on UK and comparative constitutional law and constitutional theory and has published three monographs with Oxford University Press, the most recent, The Federal Contract, in 2022.
Originally published by law.nd.edu on September 20, 2024.
atLatest Research
- ‘A special challenge’: German studies scholar wins National Humanities Center fellowship for research on medieval womenFor CJ Jones, the joy of research is not the answers but the journey. And the next step on that journey is a fellowship with the National Humanities Center. …
- Notre Dame Lead Innovation Team partners with local WIC program to identify, prevent lead poisoning in childrenB.A.B.E. store “shoppers” now have something new to help their families: free lead screening kits offered by the University of Notre Dame’s Lead Innovation Team.
- Notre Dame Welcomes Ninth Cohort of Warrior-Scholars for Transformative Academic JourneyNOTRE DAME, IN – The University of Notre Dame recently concluded its ninth successful Warrior-Scholar Project (WSP) boot camp, hosting 34 dedicated Warrior-Scholars from June 21st to 28th. This intensive, week-long academic residency provided transitioning service members and veterans…
- Entrepreneurship and Empowerment in South Africa study abroad program celebrates 25 yearsThis year, the Entrepreneurship and Empowerment in South Africa (EESA) program marked its 25th year of operation. EESA is a six-week summer study abroad program that enables students to help historically…
- Vatican honors Martin and Carmel Naughton with papal awardCarmel…
- Brain tumor growth patterns may help inform patient care managementAssistant Professor Meenal Datta (University of Notre Dame/Wes Evard) A team of researchers from the University of Notre Dame, Harvard Medical School/Massachusetts General Hospital, and Boston University has developed a technique for measuring a brain tumor’s mechanical force and a new model to estimate how much brain tissue a patient has lost.