Arts - Joint Honours (Law) Dublin City University

Overview

The Arts - Joint Honours (Law) programme of the Dublin City University will allow you to study all 8 of the core modules examined in the entrance exams to the Law Society as a trainee solicitor. These are constitutional law, contract law, criminal law, property law, equity and trusts, European Union law, tort law, and company law.

Careers

While many law graduates enter the legal profession, many more choose alternative careers – in business, media, education, advocacy and the NGO sector, international organisations, and the civil service. A law degree aims fundamentally to develop critical thinking and analytical skills – hence the adaptability of law graduates across and within these and other domains. The Bachelor of Arts: Joint Honours (Law) programme allows the student to combine legal study with another discipline, thereby keeping more career options open at the completion of the degree programme. (For those interested in becoming a barrister, please see our BCL degree which is accredited by the King's Inns.

Career Areas: 

• Advertising

• Education

• European Affairs

• Historian

• Journalist

• Law

• Policy evaluation

• Print and online media

• Public Relations

• Research publishing

• Event Management

• Arts administration

• Government services and local administration

• Communications

• Publishing

• Management consultancy

• Politics

• Heritage and tourism

• Skills are valued in particular in the export sector

• Multinational corporations and international organisations

• Work in international NGOs and European institutions