News & Events Tutoring Positions at University of Galway School of Law

Every year, the School of Law offers tutorials to our Undergraduate and LL.B. students in a range of law subjects. Applications are invited for tutoring positions in the following subjects:

• Administrative Law
• Company Law
• Contract Law
• Constitutional Law
• Criminal Law
• Equity
• European Union Law
• Evidence
• Family & Child Law
• Land Law
• Mooting
• Understanding the Law* 

* This is a first-year module that combines the Irish Legal System and Legal Methods and Research modules.  It is skills-based, with a strong emphasis on legal writing.  It is taught for the first four weeks of Semester I. Applications from students who have already taken this module, or who have been CÉIM leaders, will be particularly welcome.   

All modules, with the exception of Understanding the Law and Mooting, are taught in both Semester I and 2. Understanding the Law is taught in Semester I only and Mooting is taught in Semester 2 only. 

• The academic calendar for 2024-25 is:
  • Semester 1 Monday 9^th September – Friday 29^th November, 2024  (Tutorials start on week 5 for 8 weeks)
  • Semester 2 Monday 14^th January – Friday 4^th April, 2025

• First years:
  • Semester 1 TBC
  • Semester 2 TBC

Applicants must hold a 2.1 undergraduate or postgraduate degree in law or a related discipline.

If you are interested in tutoring in the academic year 2024/25, please submit a short (1 page max) cover letter and one page CV to Tara Elwood, School of Law, University of Galway (tara.elwood@universityofgalway.ie) by Monday 24^th June 2024, indicating your preferred subject area(s). Please also provide contact details for one referee.  The School of Law anticipates that interviews will be held virtually from Monday 1^st July 2024.