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Every year, the School of Law offers tutorials to our undergraduate and LL.B. students in a range of law subjects. Tutoring positions are hourly-paid temporary teaching assistant roles, consisting primarily of small group teaching. Please note that all tutorials must be delivered in person and on campus.

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 skills based first-year module, 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 1 and Mooting is taught in Semester 2.

Applicants must hold a 2.1 undergraduate or postgraduate degree in law or a related discipline. While some experience of undergraduate or postgraduate study of the modules would be helpful, it is not required.

If you are interested in tutoring in the academic year 2025/26, 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 30^th June 2025, 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 7^th July, 2025.