Conference programme for "Legal participation for litigants in person" ONLINE

10.00am - 10.30am

Welcome and registration

10:30am - 12.45pm

• Presentations and panel discussions on human-centred design to develop empathy and supports for litigants in person followed by a Q & A panel
• Human-Centred Design as a research method (speaker: Prof Gráinne McKeever, Ulster University)
• Participant reflections on human-centred design (speakers: members of the Design Group for the Family Court Info website for Northern Ireland)
• How human-centred design has informed legal reform in Ireland (speaker: Emer Darcy, Courts Service Ireland)
• The Northern Ireland Courts and Tribunals modernisation programme (speaker: TBC)

12.45pm -1.30pm

LUNCH

1.30pm - 4pm

Presentations and panel discussions will follow on defining the descriptors of legal participation:

• Q methods for legal research (speakers: Prof Gráinne McKeever, Dr John McCord, Dr Lucy Royal-Dawson)
• Panel reflections on findings and recommendations (speakers TBC include members of the judiciary, Law Society, Bar Council, Department of Justice, litigant in person and Court Service Ireland)
• Q & A panel
• Final reflections on the litigant in person research in Northern Ireland, 2016-2023, and next steps for research and policy