The placement experience reveals the relationship between law in theory and law in practice. It will develop your professional, organisational and interpersonal workplace skills, forming an integral part of your legal education and leading to a more rounded and comprehensive learning experience.

The BCL (Clinical) reflects UCC?s commitment to innovative skills-based education.

Course Practicalities

Years 1, 2 and 4: The principal method of teaching is lectures. For some subjects, these are supplemented by tutorials in which you are organised into smaller groups for discussion of the subject matter covered in lectures.

Each module has two lecture hours per week, while tutorials consist of one hour on a weekly or fortnightly basis. Recommended reading, tutorial preparation and further study take place outside these hours.

Year 3: Two 12-week work placements on a full-time basis, during which you also complete academic project work based on your experiences and learning in the workplace.