Courses :: Course - BCL (LAW AND BUSINESS) (LWB), MH502, LWB

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	Degree Overview The BCL is a three-year degree in law combined with one other subject, in this case Business - accredited by the Honorable Society of King's Inns. While the BCL covers all the core modules of law, students take less law than on the LLB (MH501), giving students more time to develop expertise in business. The main advantage is that it allows the study of law along with learning in business. This combination is ideal for those who may wish to run their own practice, to work in a setting where law is applied, to work in a business itself, or to practice commercial law. Business is the way by which every product and service you use in daily life is developed, promoted and delivered on the global stage. This degree provides students with insights into the core functions of Business and how they interact to create value for and capture value from clients and customers. Law and Business students at Maynooth are offered unparalleled flexibility and choice. Students have the option of taking a four year degree with a work placement or study year abroad (subject to availability), thus combining what they learn in university with insights into industry (legal or commercial) or another culture. The defining feature of this degree is the skill-set which it provides students; future employability is enhanced by developing the student�s faculties for argument and reasoning, for clear thinking, for the analysis of complicated ideas and for understanding the commercial context in which the law operates. Students who successfully complete 1st year also have the option of transferring into the 2nd year of the LLB degree (MH501) or the 2nd year of the BBS Business and Management degree (MH404).

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Degree Overview

The BCL is a three-year degree in law combined with one other subject, in this case Business - accredited by the Honorable Society of King's Inns. While the BCL covers all the core modules of law, students take less law than on the LLB (MH501), giving students more time to develop expertise in business. The main advantage is that it allows the study of law along with learning in business. This combination is ideal for those who may wish to run their own practice, to work in a setting where law is applied, to work in a business itself, or to practice commercial law.
Business is the way by which every product and service you use in daily life is developed, promoted and delivered on the global stage. This degree provides students with insights into the core functions of Business and how they interact to create value for and capture value from clients and customers.
Law and Business students at Maynooth are offered unparalleled flexibility and choice. Students have the option of taking a four year degree with a work placement or study year abroad (subject to availability), thus combining what they learn in university with insights into industry (legal or commercial) or another culture.
The defining feature of this degree is the skill-set which it provides students; future employability is enhanced by developing the student�s faculties for argument and reasoning, for clear thinking, for the analysis of complicated ideas and for understanding the commercial context in which the law operates.
Students who successfully complete 1st year also have the option of transferring into the 2nd year of the LLB degree (MH501) or the 2nd year of the BBS Business and Management degree (MH404).

	Additional information
	Leaving Certificate Applicants Required to present (as a minimum): 2H5 & 4O6/H7, O6/H7 in Irish, English. O4/H7 Mathematics also required if taking the BCL Law and Business stream within MH502. MH502 Round 1 Points 2025: see above Transfer option available into this degree from the Bachelor of Arts Degree MH101 - subject to meeting requirements. 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. The Maynooth Education Click here for details about optional Critical Skills courses, Electives and degree pathways.

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	Career and postgraduate options
	Career options: After Graduation This degree combines the best elements of the University's degrees in Business and in Law to ensure students graduate with the maximum range of career options, both in Law and in Business. Graduates of the BCL will be eligible to take the Law Society's FE-1 entrance examinations (necessary to access training as a solicitor) and the entrance examinations for the King's Inns' Barrister-at-law degree programme (necessary to access training as a barrister). Business graduates are consistently among the most employable in the Irish education system. This degree opens up a whole range of career options in the commercial world such as in general management, service, IT and management organisations, consulting, journalism, policy development, the NGO sector, and national and international public administration. Both the School of Business and the School of Law and Criminology offer a range of postgraduate programmes for BCL (Law and Business) graduates. Visit the School website for more information about postgraduate options. Postgraduate options: After Graduation This degree combines the best elements of the University's degrees in Business and in Law to ensure students graduate with the maximum range of career options, both in Law and in Business. Graduates of the BCL will be eligible to take the Law Society's FE-1 entrance examinations (necessary to access training as a solicitor) and the entrance examinations for the King's Inns' Barrister-at-law degree programme (necessary to access training as a barrister). Business graduates are consistently among the most employable in the Irish education system. This degree opens up a whole range of career options in the commercial world such as in general management, service, IT and management organisations, consulting, journalism, policy development, the NGO sector, and national and international public administration. Both the School of Business and the School of Law and Criminology offer a range of postgraduate programmes for BCL (Law and Business) graduates. Visit the School 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:

After Graduation

This degree combines the best elements of the University's degrees in Business and in Law to ensure students graduate with the maximum range of career options, both in Law and in Business.
Graduates of the BCL will be eligible to take the Law Society's FE-1 entrance examinations (necessary to access training as a solicitor) and the entrance examinations for the King's Inns' Barrister-at-law degree programme (necessary to access training as a barrister).
Business graduates are consistently among the most employable in the Irish education system. This degree opens up a whole range of career options in the commercial world such as in general management, service, IT and management organisations, consulting, journalism, policy development, the NGO sector, and national and international public administration.
Both the School of Business and the School of Law and Criminology offer a range of postgraduate programmes for BCL (Law and Business) graduates.

Visit the School website for more information about postgraduate options.

Postgraduate options:

After Graduation

This degree combines the best elements of the University's degrees in Business and in Law to ensure students graduate with the maximum range of career options, both in Law and in Business.
Graduates of the BCL will be eligible to take the Law Society's FE-1 entrance examinations (necessary to access training as a solicitor) and the entrance examinations for the King's Inns' Barrister-at-law degree programme (necessary to access training as a barrister).
Business graduates are consistently among the most employable in the Irish education system. This degree opens up a whole range of career options in the commercial world such as in general management, service, IT and management organisations, consulting, journalism, policy development, the NGO sector, and national and international public administration.
Both the School of Business and the School of Law and Criminology offer a range of postgraduate programmes for BCL (Law and Business) graduates.

Visit the School website for more information about postgraduate options.

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

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