Why choose this?BCL (Law and Arts) degree at?Maynooth University?
- Flexibility and choice: BCL students who successfully complete the first year of the programme have the option of transferring into the second year of the LLB programme (MH501).
- Students may apply to complete a work placement year in a law firm (subject to availability) or a year studying abroad at one of our international partner institutions.
- Accredited law degree by the Honorable Society of King?s Inns.
- Choose from a broad range of Bachelor of Arts subjects to best match your interests.
Career Options
- Students interested in a law career 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 such as journalism; policy development; business and finance; management consulting; the Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) sector; and national and international public administration (such as at the EU or UN).
