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EDUCATION - STEPHEN CARRUTHERS OM'73
Profession and current position
I am currently an academic, lecturing at the Technological University of Dublin in a brand new campus on the site of a former psychiatric hospital in Grangegorman.
How did Monkton get you ready for the world of work?
Monkton helped me get to the academic standard necessary to be awarded an exhibition to Trinity College Cambridge which was a very helpful calling card in getting my first job as a lawyer in Paris. I also learnt to be self-sufficient which has been a big advantage in adapting to new ways of working.
What is your biggest professional achievement?
Being awarded a PhD from the University of Ulster at the age of 50!
What has been your most challenging professional moment?
Working with lawyers from Enron Corporation – see the book and documentary ’The smartest Guys in the Room’ for an idea of how ruthless they could be.
What inspires and motivates you at work?
Passing on my knowledge of the law to a new generation of lawyers and publishing my ideas.
What is one piece of advice you would like to share with pupils or OMs about getting into your profession?
Learn a foreign language!