School of Law
Scoil an Dlí
PROFESSOR DONNCHA O’CONNELL
HEAD OF SCHOOL
Some staff of the School…
Law programmes at NUI Galway
UNDERGRADUATE
POSTGRADUATE
 BCL (Bachelor of Civil Law)
 B. Corp. Law (Bachelor of
Corporate Law)
 BA (Legal Studies)
 BA (Public & Social Policy)
 Law in the B.Comm.
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LL.B. (Bachelor of Laws)
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LL.M. in Public Law
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LL.M. in International Criminal Justice
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LL.M. in Econ., Soc. & Cultural Rights
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LL.M. in Human Rights
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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.)
Professional careers after NUI
Galway
Law Society (Solicitors)
 Graduates must pass an
entrance examination in eight
subjects
 Be Apprenticed
 Attend & Pass Law Society
courses.
 Be Entered on the Roll of
Solicitors
King’s Inns (Barristers)
• Law graduates must pass an
entrance examination in five
subjects
• Pass another five in their
Law degree
• Take the King’s Inns BL
degree
• Be Called to the Irish Bar
Some of our high-achieving graduates
Máire Whelan, SC
First woman Attorney General in Ireland
Judge Mathilda Twomey
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. Elected President of United Nations Appeals
Tribunal
Clinical Legal Education
 Mooting, negotiation skills etc.
 Placements: 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.
Questions?