Laws Maynooth University

Overview

This Laws degree from Maynooth University  is a four-year degree almost exclusively in law, allowing you to study law in depth and detail.

Why choose this degree?

• Acquire a thorough grounding in the fundamental areas of legal study and a broad range of specialist modules like Law and Biotechnology, Tax Law, and Media Law.

• Enhance employability by developing your faculties for argument, reasoning and for the analysis of complicated ideas.

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

• Student societies such as the Law Society, European Law Students' Association or Student FLAC (Free Legal Advice Centre) Society are all valuable additions to the students' university experience.

Career Options

Studying law also opens up a whole range of career options outside of 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 with the EU or UN).

The School of Law and Criminology offers a wide range of postgraduate study options from Criminology to International Business Law.