Why choose this Laws degree at?Maynooth University?
- 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.
- Innovative programme with strong emphasis on the development of verbal and written advocacy skills through applied modules such as legal writing, negotiation, and dispute resolution.
- Get involved in our numerous student societies: the student Law Society, European Law Students? Association, or Student FLAC (Free Legal Advice Centre) Society.
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).
- The Department of Law offers a wide range of postgraduate study options from Criminology to International Business Law.
