Professor Paul McCutcheon

Professor Paul McCutcheon is a graduate of University College, Dublin. He was awarded a Tutorial Scholarship by UCD for 1980-1981. He was a Fellow of the Salzburg Seminar in American Studies in 1985. He held a Visiting Fellowship at the Australian National University in 1996 and has been a visiting lecturer in institutions in the UK, France, Romania, the United States, Canada and Australia. 

He was a consultant to the Law Reform Commission on its project on the defence of provocation. He has also acted as consultant to the Inspector of Prisons and Places of Detention. In January 2003 he was appointed a member of the Expert Group to Advise the Minister for Justice on the Codification of the Criminal Law.

Professor Paul McCutcheon is the Vice President Academic & Registrar of the University of Limerick.  He is a member of Executive Committee and is also a member of the University Governing Authority.

The Vice President Academic & Registrar is supported by the Associate Registrar and the Associate Vice President Academic.

Teaching Interests 
Legal systems; criminal law; sports law; jurisprudence.

Research Interests 
Criminal law; criminal justice; sports law; jurisprudence; legal history.