Bcl (law And Criminology) (lwc) in National University of Ireland, Maynooth, Ireland

Bcl (law And Criminology) (lwc) in National University of Ireland, Maynooth

Description

• Law is taken jointly with Criminology for the three years of the programme.
• Students acquire a thorough grounding in the fundamental areas of legal study: including foundational legal principles; legal systems; and the role of Irish, European, and international law.
• By studying Criminology, students examine the causes of crime and society’s reaction to it.

Why choose this degree?

• No other university in Ireland offers the option of studying law with criminology as part of an accredited law degree.
• Unique interdisciplinary programme with perspectives from sociology, psychology and economics, as well as law.
• Be taught by leading international experts in the field with research interests in prisons, the death penalty, human trafficking, counter-terrorism and mental health.
• The BCL is a three-year degree in law combined with one other subject. While the BCL covers all the core modules of law, you cover less law than on the LLB (MH501), giving you more time to develop expertise in another subject. The main advantage is that it allows you to combine the study of law with study of another discipline.

Course Structure

Law is taken jointly with Criminology for the 3 years of the programme

1st year

• You will take 30 credits of Law, 15 credits of Criminology, and 1 Arts subject (or Critical Skills)
• Students who successfully complete the 1st year of the programme have the option of transferring into the 2nd year of the LLB programme

2nd and Final year

• Continue with 30 credits of Law and 30 credits of Criminology in 2nd and Final year
• You may apply to complete a work placement year, or to study abroad, after 2nd year, and graduate after 4 years. Students who opt to spend a year studying abroad are awarded a BCL (International) degree

Course Duration: 3 years (Bachelor of Civil Law) or 4 years (BCL International)

Career Options

• As a graduate of this 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.
• This programme allows students with an interest in law to broaden their career prospects into the criminal justice world, opening up potential careers in the Gardaí, security services, data analytics, probation, the prison service, Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) sector and research institutes.
• The Department of Law also offers a range of postgraduate study options in related fields such as a MA (Comparative Criminology and Criminal Justice) and LL.M. (International Justice).