Law Degrees

Law Degrees

Law (BCL)

The Law (BCL) programme is a four-year degree, offering a rich curriculum of core and optional legal subjects.  Students can focus their studies on the law to maximise their understanding of the legal process and  tailor this degree to particular areas of law that interest them. Throughout the programme there is an emphasis on acquiring the fundamental practical skills required of lawyers – legal research, writing, oral presentation and advocacy. 

Law (BCL) and Human Rights

The Law and Human Rights programme is a four-year degree, offering a unique degree offering in Ireland that gives students the opportunity to combine the study of a full undergraduate law programme with the study of human rights. Students will supplement their legal knowledge with a detailed grounding in the theory and practice of human rights. Students will have access to world leading researchers, writers and lecturers in human rights at the Irish Centre for Human Rights. 

Law and Business

The Law and Business programme is a four-year degree where students will study law modules as well as the principal commercial disciplines (accountancy, economics, management and digital business & analytics) or a language. Graduates will understand not only the legal process but also the fundamentals of business. This will prepare graduates to work as lawyers in a corporate environment.The programme is run in cooperation with the School of Business & Economics, and it has an average intake of around 50 students.

Law (BCL), Criminology and Criminal Justice 

The Law, Criminology and Criminal Justice programme is a four-year degree, offering a unique law degree programme for students with an interest in crime and criminology. Students have the opportunity to combine the study of a full undergraduate law degree with specially developed modules in criminology, criminal justice and human rights. Students will have access to world-class academics that specialise in the fields of criminal law, criminal justice, criminology and international criminal law, and from the expertise of academics in the School of Psychology.

BA (Law)

The BA (Law) programme gives students the opportunity to study law in a broader humanities context. In first year, students take Law as one of their three subjects along with two other subjects from a large range of disciplines on offer in the College of Arts. The average class size in First year is 200. In Second Arts, there is a limit of 130 on the number of students admitted to Law. Places are allocated on academic merit, based on the results in the First Arts examination in Law. Graduates of this programme will be admitted directly to the final year of the LLB programme to round out their legal studies.

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Transferability to the United States

The requirements to practice law in the United States vary from State to State. State Bar authorities may alter their eligibility requirements at any time. We recommend that incoming American students contact the Bar authorities in the State in which they wish to practice and monitor closely the eligibility requirements set for that State.