Jude Copeland
Solicitor, Legal Tech & eDiscovery Specialist
LLB in Law with Government
Jude Copeland, a specialist Legal Technology and eDiscovery lawyer at Cleaver Fulton Rankin Solicitor, has been appointed as Chair of the Law Society of Northern Ireland’s Cybersecurity, Data Protection and Emerging Technologies Sub-Group. Jude also joins the Law Tech Working Group and continues his role on the Future of the Profession Committee.
A graduate of Ulster University with an LLB in Law & Government, Jude brings a wealth of legal and technological expertise to his leadership roles. The Sub-Group, under his guidance, will support the solicitor profession in navigating cybersecurity and data protection challenges, particularly those linked to emerging technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI). Jude will lead efforts to assess how AI and similar innovations are reshaping legal practice, promote robust cybersecurity standards, and formulate strategic recommendations to strengthen digital resilience across the profession.
Commenting on his new role Jude said “It is a privilege to guide such an important initiative at a time of rapid digital transformation, emphasising the need for responsible, secure adoption of AI while maintaining excellence in client care and professional ethics.”
Becca Hume
CEO Inclutech Ltd
BA Hons Fine and Applied Arts
MFA Multidisciplinary Design
Advanced Diploma in Social Enterprise
PG Certificate in Executive Leadership
Becca Hume is a business leader in the tech for good space and most recently, in partnership with Ulster University, has secured significant funding to boost the growth and impact of Inclutech; an exciting tech innovation to improve the accessibility of emergency services and public safety.
Speaking on the announcement Becca said "As Founder and CEO of Inclutech Ltd, I'm proud to continue working closely with Ulster University, whose support has been instrumental in our journey. We recently secured £400k in equity funding, led by Ulster University, which will help us commercialise and scale our accessible 999 technology, broadening our impact across emergency response and public safety.
I’m currently taking part in the university’s Connect2Success Female Entrepreneur Programme, supporting scale-up innovators.
Most meaningfully, we’re partnered with Ulster University on the HYAR (Healthy Young Adult Relationships) project, developing an early intervention program and technology to protect young people from domestic abuse — an area deeply aligned with Inclutech’s mission to create safer, more inclusive futures."
Dr Darragh Morgan
Violinist
PhD by Published Work, School of Arts and Humanities
Earlier this month Irish violinist, Darragh Morgan, released his latest works "For Violin and Electronics Vol ll'. Described by BBC Radio 3's Record Review as one of the most adventurous violinists around, Darragh's new album is a compilation of an exceptional roster of musicians including Professor of Music and Associate Dean Frank Lyons MBE.
Darragh writes, "Frank Lyons and I met way back in 1998. He had written one of the first ever pieces I played for violin and electronics called Blitzed! which subtly and creatively combined cells of musical material within room for improvisation, using computer software to react to my live violin material in real time. A number of years later through discussing our mutual admiration for Jimi Hendrix the idea of a work encompassing material recorded from my violin, manipulated through software, led to the premiere of Dazed by the Haze at Electric Spring in Huddersfield and soon after a studio recording. I am over the moon to include music by my former PhD supervisor as the closing track on this new album alongside:
- British-Iranian composer and turntablist, Shiva Feshareki
- Pioneering sound artist, Robin Rimbaud aka Scanner
- Nigerian ambient violist, Ibukun Sunday, and
- The late, great composer and electronic musician, Mira Calix, to whom the album is dedicated.
Throughout his career, Darragh has recorded 75+ albums of chamber music, many of which have received Diapason d’Or and Gramophone Awards. He is violinist in the renowned Fidelio Trio and a former member of The Smith Quartet. Darragh plays an 1848 violin by Giuseppe Rocca and has a PhD in Music from Ulster University.
