Law and Arts Maynooth University

Overview

This Law and Arts programme from Maynooth University is a three-year degree in law combined with one other subject. While the BCL covers all the core modules of law, you cover less law than on the LLB, giving you more time to develop expertise in another subject. The main advantage is that it allows you to combine the study of law with the study of another discipline.

Key Features

• Law is taken jointly with one Arts subject for the final two years of the programme. Students can choose from a wide range of Arts subjects including languages and other areas within the humanities and social sciences.

• BCL students who successfully complete the first year of the programme have the option of transferring into the second year of the LLB programme.

• Students may apply to complete a work placement year in a law firm (subject to availability) or a year studying abroad at one of Maynooth University's international partner institutions (subject to availability).

Career Options

• Graduates of the BCL will be eligible to take the Law Society's FE-1 entrance examinations (necessary to access training as a solicitor) and the entrance examinations for the King's Inns' Barrister-at-law degree programme (necessary to access training as a barrister).

• Studying law also opens up a whole range of career options in addition to being a lawyer such as careers in: 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 School of Law and Criminology offers a wide range of postgraduate study options.

Accreditation

Accredited by the Honorable Society of King's Inns.