News & Events Tutoring Positions in the School of Law

Every year, the Law School 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 *

* Understanding the Law 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 1 and 2. Understanding the Law and Mooting are taught in Semester 1 only.

The academic calendar for 2023-24 is:

• Semester 1 Monday 4th September – Friday 24th November, 2023 (Tutorials start on week 5 for 8 weeks)
• Semester 2 Monday 8th January – Friday 28th March, 2024
• First years: Semester 1 TBC
• Semester 2 TBC

If you are interested in tutoring in the academic year 2023/24, 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 Friday 30th June 2023, 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 Wednesday 5th July 2023.