Overview

NFQ Level 8, Major Award

Law (Pathways) offers programmes leading to the award of the following Honours Bachelor of Civil Law (BCL (Hons)) degrees:

• BCL (Hons)
• BCL (Hons) (Clinical)
• BCL (Hons) (International)

First Year - BCL (Law (Pathways))

First Year consists of core modules to the value of 50 credits and elective modules to the value of 10 credits. In order to be admitted to the First University Examination in Law, a student must have satisfactorily attended prescribed modules to the value of 60 credits.

Progression

At the end of First Year, Law (Pathways) students can choose between three pathways:

• to graduate in three years with a BCL (Hons), a comprehensive law degree that ensures a critical understanding of the fundamentals of the law, together with exposure to interesting elective areas of legal study.
• to move to the BCL (Hons) (Clinical), a four-year programme, which incorporates a unique opportunity to work within the legal system and facilitates students' development of professional, organisational and interpersonal workplace skills. Transfer to the BCL (Hons) (Clinical) is dependent on students achieving at least Second Class Honours Grade Two in their First Year Examinations and is subject to a competitive process which will include an interview.
• to switch to the BCL (Hons) (International), an exciting and dynamic four-year degree where students have the opportunity to study at a law school outside of Ireland. Places on the BCL (Hons) (International) are automatically available to students achieving at least Second Class Honours Grade Two in their First Year Examinations; otherwise it is subject to interview and the availability of places.

Workload Guideline

Where a programme contains elective modules it is recommended that students do not take any more than 40 credits in any semester. Students are therefore advised to choose their modules so that the workload is evenly spread throughout the year.

Programme Requirements

For information about modules, module choice, options and credit weightings, please go to Programme Requirements. 

Programme Requirements

Module List

Code	Title	Credits
Year 1
Students take 60 credits as follows – all listed core modules (50 credits) and 10 credits of elective modules:
Core Modules
LW1104	Foundations of the Legal System	5
LW1112	Constitutional and Institutional Law of the European Union 1	5
or LW1114	Droit institutionnel de l’Union européenne
LW1153	Criminal Law	10
LW1154	Law of Contract	10
LW1156	Legal Research and Writing	10
Select one of the following: 2		10
LW1161 plus LW1162	Constitutional Law: Fundamental Rights plus Constitutional Law: Institutions of Government 2
LW1163 plus LW1164	Dlí Bunreachtúil: Bunchearta plus Dlí Bunreachtúil: Institiúidí an Rialtais 2
Elective Modules
Students take modules to the value of 10 credits from the following:		10
AC1103 plus AC1104	Financial Accounting Fundamentals plus Accounting for Partnerships and Companies 3
CH1001	Chinese Language (Mandarin) I
FR0105	Introduction to French : Complete Beginners 4
FR1005	French for Near Beginners 5
FR1105	Threshold French
FR1107	French for Reading Purposes I
GA1002	Ceart na Gaeilge idir Scríobh agus Labhairt
GE0003 plus GE0004	German Language (Beginner Level A1) Part 1 plus German Language (Beginner Level A1) Part 2 6
GE0005 plus GE0008	German Language (CEFR-Level A2.1) plus German Language (CEFR-Level A2.2) 7
HS0028	Spanish Language (Beginner Level)
HS0128	Spanish Language (Improver [01] Level)
HS1009	Spanish Language (Post Leaving Certificate)
IT1102	Non-Beginners' Written and Spoken Italian
IT1109	Introduction to Written and Spoken Italian
LW1106 plus LW1107	Law of Torts I plus Law of Torts II 8
Year 2
Select one of the following pathways:
BCL (Hons)
BCL (Hons) (Clinical)
BCL (Hons) (International)

¹

LW1112 and LW1114 comprise the same module in English (LW1112) and in French (LW1114). Students may register for either LW1112 or LW1114 but not both.

²

LW1161 and LW1163 comprise the same module in English (LW1161) and as Gaeilge (LW1163). Students may register for either LW1161 or LW1163 but not both. LW1162 and LW1164 comprise the same module in English (LW1162) and as Gaeilge (LW1164). Students may register for either LW1162 or LW1164 but not both.

³

AC1103 and AC1104 must be taken together.

⁴

FR0105 may only be taken by complete beginners.

⁵

FR1005 may not be taken by a student who has studied French to Leaving Certificate level.

⁶

GE0003 and GE0004 must be taken together.

⁷

GE0005 and GE0008 must be taken together.

⁸

LW1106 and LW1107 must be taken together. LW1106 and LW1107 must be taken in Second Year if not selected as elective modules in First Year.

Examinations

Full details and regulations governing Examinations for each programme will be contained in the Marks and Standards Book and for each module in the Book of Modules.