Barrister, PhD and LLB graduate of Trinity College Dublin, Professor Gavin Barrett is a Professor of Law in University College Dublin and sometime Jean Monnet Professor of European Constitutional and Economic Law.

Professor Barrett specializes in European law, with a particular interest in the employment law and constitutional law, in addition to employment law. He is a member of the Irish Centre for European Law, a Council member of the Institute of International and European Affairs and member of the Economic Governance Group, the Eurocrisis Group and the Ireland in Europe Group and a Fellow of the Dublin European Institute.