School of Law, NUI Galway

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DONNCHA O’CONNELL

School of Law, NUI Galway

Law programmes at NUI Galway

UNDERGRADUATE

• BCL (Bachelor of Civil Law)

• B. Corp. Law (Bachelor of Corporate Law)

• BA (Legal Studies)

• BA (Public & Social Policy)

• Law in the B.Comm.

POSTGRADUATE• LL.B. (Bachelor of Laws)

• LL.M. in Public Law

• LL.M. in Law, Technology & Governance

• LL.M. in International Criminal Justice

• LL.M. in Econ., Soc. & Cultural Rights

• LL.M. in Human Rights

• LL.M. in Peace Operations, Humanitarian Law and Conflict

• LL.M. in International Disability Law

• Research degrees (Masters and Ph.D.)

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Professional careers after NUI Galway

Law Society (Solicitors)

• Graduates must pass an entrance examination in eight subjects

• Be Apprenticed

• Attend & Pass Law Society courses.

• Be Entered on the Roll of Solicitors

King’s Inns (Barristers)

• Law graduates must pass an entrance examination in five subjects

• Pass another five in their Law degree

• Take the King’s Inns BL degree

• Be Called to the Irish Bar

World Class Lecturers and Students

Just some of the Headlines the School of Law recently made

Trevor Glavey (B. Corporate Law)Top Law Student on island of Ireland

Lecturer Donncha O’Connell nominated to

Council of Europe’s Committee for Prevention of Torture

Is the Irish judicial system an outdated legacy in desperate need of radical reform?

Lecturer Tom O’Malley answers on TV3’s Tonight with Vincent Browne

Debaters talk up a storm for top title2011 European Universities Debating

Championships co hosted by NUI Galway LawSoc

Just some of our high-achieving graduates

Judge Mary Faherty Currently a judge of the Circuit Court Member of the Mahon Tribunal of Inquiry. Appointed to the United Nations Appeals Tribunal

Judge Mathilda Twomey, LL.MAppointed Justice of the Court of Appeal in the Seychelles, the country’s first female Judge

Máire Whelan, SCFirst woman Attorney General in Ireland

• Students undertake a placement in a work environment for a day per week for the duration of one semester.

• This provides students with great experience and a chance to see how law can be an effective tool for advancing the public interest.

• Examples of placements are with Galway Refugee Support Group, Barnardos and the Irish Council for Civil Liberties.

Clinical Legal Education

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