Josephine Mcloughlin is the Director of Legal Capacity Training. Her knowledge of the Assisted
Decision Making (Capacity) Act stems from the completion of an LLM in International and
Comparative Disability Law and Policy at NUI Galway which provided an opportunity to specialize in
the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities with a focus on the topic of legal
capacity. Upon completion of the LLM she was awarded 1st class honours and the Centre of Disability
Law and Policy Gold Medal for Excellence. Thereafter she completed a six - day course in Supported
Decision Making, a certificate in Decision Making Support from the Law Society of Ireland and a two –
day course in Complex Capacity Assessment at the Mental Health Justice Project Kings College
London. Josephine has been providing training on the Act to health and social care professionals since 2015. Josephine is also a health and social care professional for 20 years.
