This programme is for students who wish to study the law of Ireland and acquire a profound understanding of how law works in theory and practice, both in Ireland and elsewhere. The programme enables students to proceed to professional training as lawyers in Ireland and elsewhere but also provides knowledge, skills and experience applicable in a wide variety of careers.



We aim for students to be active, autonomous learner, who are conscious of the social, cultural and political dimension of the law, as well as having the academic basis for a successful career in law and more widely applicable knowledge and skills.



We strive for a learning environment that encourages students to work individually or as part of a team, so that they can develop their own and others' leadership, teamwork and communication skills. Small-group teaching, online collaboration and practice-based learning are key elements of this.



To these ends the programme uses teaching, learning and assessment approaches such as tutorials, seminars, supervised academic writing, work placements and simulations of professional practice.

• apply the specific skills associated with law introduced through the Small Group Programme in years 1 and 2 to various modules in Years 3 and 4 including the Research Project and the Clinical Law modules
• apply their knowledge and understanding in a manner that indicates a professional approach to their specific work or vocation in the field of law.
• demonstrate specialised, detailed knowledge and understanding of the legal systems of Ireland and of the European Union.
• gather and interpret the relevant data from a variety of sources, both legal and factual, to inform judgments on problems within the major branches of law.
• have developed those learning skills that are necessary for them to continue to undertake further study with a high degree of autonomy.
• identify, in the field of legal scholarship, the relevant sources of law and commentary upon and analysis of it and to frame their own original legal arguments.
• make their own judgments, including the capacity to reflect on relevant political, social economic, historical, or ethical issues associated with law.
• realise those learning skills that are necessary for them to continue to undertake further study with a high degree of autonomy.
• to communicate information, ideas, problems and solutions, considering the importance of legal arguments in public policy debates, in an accessible and intelligible manner to both specialist and non-specialist audiences.