Law and Accounting Maynooth University

Overview

This Law and Accounting programme from Maynooth University is jointly accredited by both the legal and accounting professions. Students can avail of exemptions (upon graduation) from CAP 1 examinations from the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland, and equivalent examination papers from the ACCA and CIMA professional accounting bodies. This law degree is accredited by the Honourable Society of King's Inns.

Why choose this  Law and Accounting programme from Maynooth University?

• For the three years of this programme, students take Law and Accounting in equal measure, making this degree particularly attractive for those considering a career in either of these fields.

• Students acquire key financial and accounting skills alongside a thorough grounding in core law subjects.

• Become a highly sought-after law and accounting graduate with the technical and transferable skills needed to succeed in your chosen career. Enhance your employability by developing your faculties for argument, reasoning and for the analysis of complicated ideas.

Career Options

• Embark on the route to becoming a professional in accounting or law, both of which offer a rewarding career with international mobility and high earning potential.

• The numeracy skills, coupled with an ability to think critically and analytically, which are developed on this programme, are invaluable assets in a wide range of careers. Graduates have successful and rewarding careers in accounting, banking and the financial services sector generally, as well as financial research and teaching.

• Graduates of the BCL programme, wishing to pursue a career in accounting, will be in a position to enter professional training and avail of exemptions from the professional accounting bodies. The BA Accounting and Finance, BBS Business and Accounting and BCL Law and Accounting have full CAP 1 exemptions.

• 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).

• Many of the students continue to further postgraduate study in a very wide range of Law, Business, Accounting and Finance subjects at Maynooth University.