Bachelor of Civil Law (BCL)

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Studying Civil Law

Course overview

The Bachelor of Civil Law programme is the traditional law degree, offering a rich curriculum of core and optional legal subjects. All students are encouraged and assisted in acquiring skills in legal analysis, legal research and in written and oral communication. The programme seeks to impart a solid grounding in law and the academic foundation necessary to prepare for entry to the legal professions. All core law courses are covered as well as a number of complementary optional courses. It is also possible to study a European language - either French, German or Italian.

If you have a keen interest in all aspects of the law and you wish to take all the required subjects to study for the legal professions in a single degree, then the BCL is for you. The BCL allows you to focus on law subjects alone, if you so wish. You can then proceed to take the entrance examinations to become a solicitor or a barrister.

Key facts

Entry requirements

Minimum HC3 in two subjects and passes in four other subjects at H or O level in the Leaving Certificate including: Irish, English, another language and any three other subjects recognised for entry purposes.

Duration: 3 years

Next start date: September 2013

Entry points(2012): range 405 - 590

A Level Grades (2012): AAA (A-Level) or equivalent combination

Average intake: 50

Course outline

Year 1

  • Constitutional Law
  • Contract Law
  • Law of Torts
  • Irish Legal System
  • Intensive Legal Methods and Research
  • Legal Procedure
  • French/German/Italian or Family Law

Year 2

  • Administrative Law
  • Company Law
  • Criminal Law
  • European Union Law
  • Plus a number of options including:
    • Health Law
    • Human Rights
    • Housing Law
    • Media Law
    • Entertainment Law
    • Criminal Justice
    • Intellectual Property
    • Law of the Sea
    • Information Technology Law

Year 3

  • Equity
  • Land Law
  • Plus a number of options including:
    • Disability Law
    • Competition Law
    • Criminology
    • Environmental Law
    • Immigration Law
    • English Land Law
    • Family Law
    • Jurisprudence
    • Evidence

Further education

The Bachelor of Civil Law programme provides an opportunity in final year for a limited number of students to participate in a clinical placement. This involves placement in a suitable work situation for eight to ten hours per week over ten weeks.

Further study can lead to the LLM or PhD degrees. The PhD is undertaken by research and the taught LLM programmes on offer include LLMs in Public Law; Law, Technology and Governance; International Human Rights Law; Peace Operations; International Criminal Law; and Disability Law.

Find out more

The School of Law
T +353 91 492 752
E law@nuigalway.ie
www.nuigalway.ie/law

CAO code

GY251

Fees for this course

EU (Total): €6,817
 - Tuition: €4,343
 - Student contribution: €2,250
 - Student levy: €224
Non-EU (Total): €12,750

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Past Students

Kate Ní Chonfhaola

BCL

"The course offers a broad range of subjects, many of which are optional, and so there is an opportunity to tailor your degree to match your career objectives. The course also caters for those who are unsure of their desired career and offers them the chance to dabble in the various aspects of law. I heard the differing views that my classmates had towards the law and in time, began to notice that my own set of values had formed unknown to me! That is a testament to the style of lecturing in this University, which encourages individual thinking."