Newton, MA--Professor Scott Fitzgibbon was recently invited to become a member of the Irish Jurisprudence Society (IJS). According to its website, the Society was founded in July 2007. Its purpose is to “promote the study of jurisprudence and improve the standard of jurisprudential writing in Ireland.”

IJS runs workshops for work-in-progress jurisprudential papers; seven series have been completed and an eighth series is underway for Spring 2011. Professor FitzGibbon delivered his paper, entitled ¨Natural Law and Thieving Spartan Boys,” at Trinity College, Dublin, in February.

Numerous papers presented to the IJS at workshops and other events have been published in peer-reviewed journals such as the Oxford Journal of Legal Studies and elsewhere.

The Society also has an Annual Public Lecture series.

Membership of the IJS is free and open to all interested academics (in law and other disciplines), lawyers, researchers and graduate students.