Laws (Hons) Dublin Business School

Overview

The design of the Bachelor of Laws (Hons) programme not only ensures that graduates are eligible to proceed to training with the professional bodies, but also, through the embedding of a central skills pillar, ensures that graduates will be placed in an optimal position to enter the employment arena in the many other legal and associated fields that exist within the current marketplace. 

The Bachelor of Laws (Hons) at Dublin Business School is designed to facilitate progression to the Law Society of Ireland (Solicitors), and approved by the Honorable Society of King's Inns for the purpose of eligibility to sit the entrance exams for the Barrister-at-Law degree programme. 

Aims and Objectives

The Bachelor of Laws (Hons) programme aims to provide learners with a rigorous legal education. The programme aims to create in learners a critical understanding of foundational legal concepts and principles, and an ability to make connections between them and appreciate the relationship between the various areas of law. It also aims to enhance the practical skills of the learners, such as analysis, research, communication, interpersonal and organisation skills. The content, depth and breadth of the modules on the programme ensure that learners develop their understanding across the breadth of the core legal areas, along with some more specialised ones, as well as allowing learners to explore certain areas in more detail to allow for full expression of their analytical and reasoning abilities.

The programme also aims to prepare learners for progression to professional legal qualifications in Ireland by requiring students to develop a fundamental understanding of the core Irish legal subjects to facilitate progression to the Law Society of Ireland (Solicitors) or the Honorable Society of King’s Inns (Barristers) Examinations. 

The programme objectives are to allow learners to:

• Acquire a solid grounding in legal principles and the fundamental features of the Irish legal system.

• Gain a fundamental understanding of the core Irish legal subjects.

• Progress to the professional stage of training in Ireland with the Law Society of Ireland or the Honorable Society of King’s Inns, if desired.

• Develop a range of transferable skills including the powers of inquiry, critical analysis and logical thinking, initiative, independent learning and commitment to scholarship.

• Develop a fundamental understanding of the role of law within society.