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BACHELOR OF LAWS (LLB)

Qualification: BACHELOR OF LAWS
Award Type and NFQ Level: UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE (8)
Course code: LLBL
CAO/PAC code: MH501
Points: 440
QQI: click here for details
Closing date: 01 February 2018

	Details
	The LLB is a great opportunity to specialise in law over a four year degree programme. Throughout the programme, you will gain skills which are essential for a career in law but which are also transferable to other areas, so you will have excellent employment prospects in both legal and non-legal careers. Upon graduation you will be in a position to immediately enter professional training, either by sitting the Law Society FE1 examinations for entry to the solicitors’ profession or the King’s Inns Barrister-at-Law Degree entrance examination for entry to the barristers’ profession. Choose this degree if you are interested in: Specialising in a single major law programme over four years, taking a diverse range of core and optional law modules; Excellent employment prospects in both law and non-law careers; Availing of the opportunity to take a one-year placement in a law firm (subject to availability); Acquiring a thorough grounding in the fundamental areas of legal study; foundational legal principles; legal systems; and the role of Irish, European, and international law; Developing your facilities for argument and reasoning, clear thinking, and for the analysis of complicated ideas; Taking applied modules in legal writing, advocacy, dispute resolution and moot court – distinct components of the LLB programme.

Details

The LLB is a great opportunity to specialise in law over a four year degree programme. Throughout the programme, you will gain skills which are essential for a career in law but which are also transferable to other areas, so you will have excellent employment prospects in both legal and non-legal careers. Upon graduation you will be in a position to immediately enter professional training, either by sitting the Law Society FE1 examinations for entry to the solicitors’ profession or the King’s Inns Barrister-at-Law Degree entrance examination for entry to the barristers’ profession.

Choose this degree if you are interested in:

Specialising in a single major law programme over four years, taking a diverse range of core and optional law modules;
Excellent employment prospects in both law and non-law careers;
Availing of the opportunity to take a one-year placement in a law firm (subject to availability);
Acquiring a thorough grounding in the fundamental areas of legal study; foundational legal principles; legal systems; and the role of Irish, European, and international law;
Developing your facilities for argument and reasoning, clear thinking, and for the analysis of complicated ideas;
Taking applied modules in legal writing, advocacy, dispute resolution and moot court – distinct components of the LLB programme.

Entry requirements

	Required	Ordinary level grade	Higher level grade
Irish		O6	H7
English		O6	H7
Language		-	-
Math		-	-
Science		-	-

This course requires 4 additional subjects

Mature students - Information:

A mature student is 23 years or older by 1st January in the year of entry to the University. For part-time degrees the mature age is 21. Admission is based on your application and/or interview. Written assessment.

Apply to the CAO by February 1st 2018. Late applications from mature students may be accepted after this date - consult the Undergraduate Studies website for updates. Application may not be made to the CAO after May 1st 2018.

Mature students must complete the CAO section for mature applicants fully, indicating clearly past or current studies, and outlining educational goals and objectives. Applicants are assessed on the basis of the information provided on their CAO application form. All questions should be answered in full.

Mature student applicants who have a disability

If you have a disability or specific learning difficulty (e.g. dyslexia), and require examination support for the written tests, please submit supporting documentation by 1 March 2018 to the Access Office. Unfortunately we are unable to consider applications for alternative examination accommodation after this deadline.

For further information on the supporting documentation required, as well as examination and other supports visit the Access Office website.

Mature students - Closing dates for application:
01 February 2018

	Additional information
	Leaving Certificate applicants are required to present (as a minimum): 2H5 & 4O6/H7, O6/H7 in Irish, English. New Maynooth Education Click here for details about 1st year optional Critical Skills courses and 2nd year optional Electives and degree pathways. HEAR and DARE DARE: The Disability Access Route to Education is a third level alternative admissions scheme for school-leavers whose disabilities have had a negative impact on their second level education. HEAR: The Higher Education Access Route is a third level admissions scheme for school leavers from socioeconomically disadvantaged backgrounds. Contact the Access Office for more information about these access routes.

Additional information

	How to apply
	The application process depends on the type of applicant you are. Click here for all information about how to apply. Categories of applicant: School-leavers (Leaving Certificate students) Mature students (23 years or older by 1st January in the year of entry to the University/part-time degrees the mature age is 21) EU/EFTA/UK students International students (outside the EU) QQI (Further Education) students Transferring students Deferring students

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Maynooth University Department of Law

New House, Maynooth University, Maynooth, Co. Kildare, Ireland.

T: +353 1 474 7218

E: louise.kennefick@mu.ie

W: www.maynoothuniversity.ie/law

@MaynoothLaw

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	Career and postgraduate options
	Career options: As a graduate of the LLB programme you will be in a position to immediately enter professional training, either by sitting the Law Society of Ireland’s FE1 examinations for entry to the solicitors’ profession or the Honorable Society of King’s Inns’ Barrister-at-Law Degree entrance examination for entry to the barristers’ profession. Studying law also opens up a whole range of career options outside of being a lawyer. The skills you will gain from our law degrees are highly transferable to other areas of work and you will be in an excellent position to pursue a law or non-law career. Students with a law degree have gained employment in areas as diverse as: business and finance, management consulting, journalism, policy development, the Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) sector, and national and international public administration (such as at the EU or UN). Postgraduate study options at Maynooth University Department of Law have a strong international focus to reflect the increasingly global nature of law and legal practice. Options currently include: LL.M. (Global Legal Studies) LL.M. (International Justice) LL.M. (International Business Law) MA (Comparative Criminology & Criminal Justice) M.Litt./PhD in Law (research) Postgraduate options: Postgraduate study options at Maynooth University Department of Law have a strong international focus to reflect the increasingly global nature of law and legal practice. Options currently include: LL.M. (Global Legal Studies) LL.M. (International Justice) LL.M. (International Business Law) MA (Comparative Criminology & Criminal Justice) M.Litt./PhD in Law (research) Visit the Graduate Studies website for more information about postgraduate options. For further information on Postgraduate options please go to the Graduate Studies site

Career and postgraduate options

Career options:

As a graduate of the LLB programme you will be in a position to immediately enter professional training, either by sitting the Law Society of Ireland’s FE1 examinations for entry to the solicitors’ profession or the Honorable Society of King’s Inns’ Barrister-at-Law Degree entrance examination for entry to the barristers’ profession.

Studying law also opens up a whole range of career options outside of being a lawyer. The skills you will gain from our law degrees are highly transferable to other areas of work and you will be in an excellent position to pursue a law or non-law career. Students with a law degree have gained employment in areas as diverse as: business and finance, management consulting, journalism, policy development, the Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) sector, and national and international public administration (such as at the EU or UN). Postgraduate study options at Maynooth University Department of Law have a strong international focus to reflect the increasingly global nature of law and legal practice. Options currently include:

LL.M. (Global Legal Studies)
LL.M. (International Justice)
LL.M. (International Business Law)
MA (Comparative Criminology & Criminal Justice)
M.Litt./PhD in Law (research)

Postgraduate options:

Postgraduate study options at Maynooth University Department of Law have a strong international focus to reflect the increasingly global nature of law and legal practice. Options currently include:

LL.M. (Global Legal Studies)
LL.M. (International Justice)
LL.M. (International Business Law)
MA (Comparative Criminology & Criminal Justice)
M.Litt./PhD in Law (research)

Visit the Graduate Studies website for more information about postgraduate options.

For further information on Postgraduate options please go to the Graduate Studies site

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