Course Content
Year 1 (60 credits)
Compulsory Core Modules (50 credits)
- Human Rights: Theories, Concepts and Selected Issues (10 credits)
- Understanding the Law (10 credits)
- Constitutional Law (10 credits)
- Contract Law (10 credits)
- Tort Law (10 credits)
Optional Modules (10 credits)
- Family Law (10 credits)
- Critical Thinking for Lawyers (10 credits)
- Language: Legal French/ Legal German/ Teanga an Dlí (Legal Irish) (10 credits)
Year 2 (60 credits)
Compulsory Core Modules (50 credits)
- Criminal Law I & II (10 credits)
- European Union Law I & II (10 credits)
- European Human Rights Law - Systems & Themes I & II (10 credits)
- International Protection of Human Rights I & II (10 credits)
- Mooting (5 credits)
- Guided Research Essay (5 credits)
Optional Modules (10 credits)
- Labour Law I (5 credits)
- Labour Law II (5 credits)
- Industrial and Intellectual Property Law (5 credits)
- Environmental Law I (5 credits)
- Environmental Law II (5 credits)
- Language: Legal French/ Legal German/ Teanga an Dlí (Legal Irish) (10 credits)
Year 3 (60 credits)
- Customise your experience by choosing either professional work placement or study abroad.
Year 4 (60 credits)
Compulsory Core Modules (35 credits)
- Company Law (10 credits)
- Equity Law (10 credits)
- Land Law (10 credits)
- Module to be confirmed (5 credits)
- Optional Specialist Streams (25 credits)
Students will have the opportunity to shape their degree by choosing a specialist stream. Students may choose one of the following specialist streams including the ‘General’ stream which allows students to choose modules from multiple streams. Certain specialist streams have prerequisite modules which must be passed before choosing the stream in the final year.
The Legal Professions
- Administrative Law I (5 credits)
- Jurisprudence I (5 credits)
- Evidence I & II (10 credits)
- Choose a module from another stream (5 credits)
Human Rights, Crime and Equality
- Criminology (5 credits)
- Family Law (10 credits)
- Labour Law I (5 credits)
- Labour Law II (5 credits)
- Housing Law & Policy (5 credits)
- Comparative Disability Law (5 credits)
- Public International Law (10 credits)
- Applied Legal Theory (5 credits)
Business and Commercial Law
- Banking Law (5 credits)
- Alternative Dispute Resolution (5 credits)
- Labour Law I (5 credits)
- Labour Law II (5 credits)
- Commercial Law (5 credits)
- International Trade Law (5 credits)
- Law and Economics (5 credits)
- Industrial and Intellectual Property Law (5 credits)
- Comparative Competition Law (5 credits)
- Law and Innovation (5 credits)
Public Law, Risk and Regulation
- Environmental Law I (5 credits)
- Environmental Law II (5 credits)
- Criminology (5 credits)
- Housing Law & Policy (5 credits)
- Information Technology Law (5 credits)
- Industrial and Intellectual Property Law (5 credits)
- Admin Law II (5 credits)
- Law and Innovation (5 credits)
International, Comparative and Transnational Law
- Comparative Disability Law (5 credits)
- Public International Law (10 credits)
- Comparative Competition Law (5 credits)
- International Trade Law (5 credits)
- Applied Legal Theory (5 credits)
Language
Students who choose a language must also choose 15 credits worth of modules on other streams to meet credit requirements.
- Legal German / Legal French/ Teanga an Dlí (Legal Irish) (10 credits)
