School of Law
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DONNCHA O’CONNELL
School of Law, NUI Galway
Law programmes at NUI Galway
UNDERGRADUATE
POSTGRADUATE
• BCL (Bachelor of Civil Law)
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LL.B. (Bachelor of Laws)
• B. Corp. Law (Bachelor of
Corporate Law)
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LL.M. in Public Law
•
LL.M. in Law, Technology & Governance
• BA (Legal Studies)
•
LL.M. in International Criminal Justice
• BA (Public & Social Policy)
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LL.M. in Econ., Soc. & Cultural Rights
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LL.M. in Human Rights
•
LL.M. in Peace Operations, Humanitarian
Law and Conflict
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LL.M. in International Disability Law
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Research degrees (Masters and Ph.D.)
• Law in the B.Comm.
School of Law, NUI Galway
Professional careers after NUI Galway
Law Society (Solicitors)
King’s Inns (Barristers)
• Graduates must pass an
entrance examination in eight
subjects
• Law graduates must pass an
entrance examination in five
subjects
• Be Apprenticed
• Pass another five in their Law
degree
• Attend & Pass Law Society
courses.
• Be Entered on the Roll of
Solicitors
• Take the King’s Inns BL
degree
• Be Called to the Irish Bar
School of Law, NUI Galway
World Class Lecturers and Students
Just some of the Headlines the School of Law recently made
Trevor Glavey (B. Corporate Law)
Top Law Student on island of Ireland
Debaters talk up a storm for top title
2011 European Universities Debating
Championships co hosted by NUI Galway LawSoc
Just some of our high-achieving graduates
Máire Whelan, SC
First woman Attorney General in Ireland
Judge Mathilda Twomey, LL.M
Appointed Justice of the Court of Appeal in the
Seychelles, the country’s first female Judge
Judge Mary Faherty
Currently a judge of the Circuit Court Member of the Mahon
Tribunal of Inquiry. Appointed to the United Nations Appeals
Tribunal
Clinical Legal Education
• Students undertake a placement in a work environment for a
day per week for the duration of one semester.
• This provides students with great experience and a chance to
see how law can be an effective tool for advancing the public
interest.
• Examples of placements are with Galway Refugee Support
Group, Barnardos and the Irish Council for Civil Liberties.
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