Louise Crowley is a solicitor and a first class honours graduate of University College Cork (BCL 1996; LLM 1997), (MA Teaching and Learning in Higher Education 2020), Cardiff University (PhD 2010) and is a Professor in Family Law at the School of Law, UCC. Her publications include Family Law (Roundhall 2nd edition 2023, 1st edition 2013), which received the 2023/2024 DSBA Irish Law Book of the year award, Family Law (Thomson Roundhall 2008); the contribution of chapters to Transforming Gender Equality and Inclusion Within Higher Education in Ireland (2025 Palgrave); Promoting Labour Market Participation of Parents with Young Children Across the EU (2024 Kings); Law and Gender in Modern Ireland (2019 Hart Publishing); The International Survey of Family Law (Intersentia, 2015/2016/2017/2018); Northern/Irish Feminist Judgments (Oxford: Hart Publishing, 2017); Marital Agreements and Private Autonomy in Comparative Perspective (Hart 2012); 30 Years of Legal Scholarship (Roundhall 2011); Family Law (Oxford University Press 2008), and the Family Law Practitioner (Round Hall 2000). She has published articles on regulatory approaches to marital breakdown, asset distribution and marital agreements in a range of Irish and international journals, including the Child and Family Law Quarterly, International Family Law, the Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law, and the Irish Journal of Family Law. Additionally, Louise has published her research on the development and impact of the UCC Family Law Clinic in the Journal of Clinical Legal Education (2020). Louise was a member of the 2007 National Expert Group on pre-nuptial agreements appointed by the then Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform. In 2010 she was jointly awarded the UCC Presidents Award for Excellence in Teaching for her contribution to the annual School of Law eLaw Summer Institute and was again a recipient of the UCC Presidents Award for Excellence in Tea

Family Law and the recognition and regulation of multiple family formations; and the breakdown of those relationships, particularly marital breakdown. Domestic Violence and the adequacy of regulatory responses; the capacity for perpetrator programmes to play an effective role in protecting the victims of domestic violence. Addressing sexual harrassment and violence through evidence based training - enabling and empowering an all of society response through safe and effective interventions. Louise supervises PhD and LLM research and welcomes enquiries from individualls seeking research supervision in her areas of expertise.

Family Law, Family Relationships, Asset/Financial distribution on breakdown, State Regulation of the Family, Domestic Violence, Bystander Intervention.