School of Law Scholarships & Prizes

University Scholars and Awards

Údarás na hOllscoile will confer the title University Scholar on students who obtain the minimum requirement at the relevant examination as specified in the University Scholar Scheme. The title University Scholar may be held with other Scholarships or Grants awarded by the University or by an external body.

Scholar awardees will receive a Scroll and letter and will also be contacted via email with further details.

Our awards recognise the academic achievement across the spectrum of students at University of Galway.  The purpose of the awards is to encourage each student to develop his/her academic potential to the fullest, by setting a realistic threshold of excellence and rewarding every student who attains that level. A great deal of thanks and appreciation is due to our sponsors as without their support and commitment over the years, many of the awards would not be possible.

Awardees will be contacted with further details.

Law Prizes

THE THOMSON REUTERS – ROUND HALL PRIZE

The Prize consists of Round Hall books currently to the value of €200. The Prize is awarded annually to the student who achieves first place at the First Arts Examination in Law provided the student passes clearly the First Arts Examination in its entirety.

THE OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS LAW PRIZE

The value of the prize is £150 sterling worth of Oxford University Press Books.  The prize is awarded annually to the student who achieves first place at the first year Bachelor of Civil Law Examination, provided the candidate passes on the first attempt and achieves at least a Second Class Honours, Grade 1 standard.   

THE VAL O'CONNOR MEMORIAL PRIZE IN EQUITY

This Prize was originally made possible by a generous donation from the family of the late Mr. T.V. O'Connor to the University in 1989. The Prize is awarded annually to the candidate who achieves the highest mark in the subject 'Equity' from among the total number of candidates presenting in Equity at the Summer Examination session in any one of the following examinations: Second and Final BCL, Second and Final LLB full-time mode, provided the candidate passes overall in the examination in question, and that the School of Law is satisfied that a satisfactory standard has been reached. The prize is valued at €200.

LK SHIELDS

This Prize was originally made possible in 2016/17 in honour of Hugh Garvey. The Prize is awarded annually to the candidate who achieves the highest mark in the subject 'Industrial and Intellectual Property Law' from among the total number of candidates presenting in Industrial and Intellectual Property Law at the Summer Examination session in any one of the following examinations: Second and Final BCL, Final Law and Business, Second and Final LLB full-time mode, Final, provided the candidate passes overall in the examination in question, and that the School of Law is satisfied that a satisfactory standard has been reached. The prize is valued at €750.

TERENCE O’MALLEY DLA PIPER BURSARY

The prize consists of an annual bursary of €1,500. The Terence O’Malley DLA Piper bursary will be awarded to the student achieving the highest grade in the School of Law's Law and Innovation module.

GILBA AWARD,   GERMAN-IRISH LAWYERS & BUSINESS ASSOCIATION

The College of Business, Public Policy and Law is pleased to announce the granting of a student award by the German Irish Lawyers & Business Association to the students who achieve the highest marks in Second Year Legal German and Second Year German on the BComm programme. The successful student will receive a prize to the value of €250 each, plus a certificate in recognition of the student’s achievement and free annual membership of the German-Irish Lawyers and Business Association.

CORRIGAN & CORRIGAN SOLICITORS TORT STUDENT MERIT AWARD

Corrigan & Corrigan Solicitors LLP is delighted to introduce a new Tort Prize for undergraduate students of University of Galway School of Law.

Corrigan & Corrigan is a third generation firm of solicitors founded in 1906. Widely regarded as one of the leading insurance litigation firms in the country, we offer a niche, specialist insurance, advisory and defence litigation service to the insurance industry, private clients and the public sector.

Corrigan & Corrigan believe firmly in the importance of education and lifelong learning, and we are proud to sponsor a new Tort Prize worth €500 for the first year student who achieves the highest mark in the Tort module.

For more details please contact Ursula Connolly at Ursula.connolly@universityofgalway.ie

Conditions:

1. Students must be registered first-year undergraduate students of Tort Law (LW262 or LW3109) at University of Galway.

2. To be eligible for consideration students:

• must have passed the Tort Law module and
• must have passed first year overall and
• the School of Law must be satisfied that an appropriate standard has been reached.

3. The prize will be awarded to the student with the highest result in Tort Law. The result is calculated using the result in the written examination and any continuous assessments.

4. Where more than one student has the same highest result the prize will be evenly shared between those students.