Course Summary
This course has been designed to allow students the opportunity to choose from a wide range of subjects. You will study alongside Masters (LLM) Students and may consider continuing to study the LLM, subject to meeting LLM entry requirements.
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Career Sectors
This course prepares you for working in the Career Sectors below. Follow the links to get a fuller understanding of the sectors you are preparing for.
Entry Requirements
Practising barristers or solicitors
Barristers or solicitors actively engaged in legally connected employment,
Graduates holding an approved university degree or law-based interdisciplinary university degree,
Persons with other academic and/or professional qualifications and/or such experiences as would satisfy the School that they are able to participate on this course.
Applicants should take careful note of the following:
Official references must be submitted as proof of work experience by all applicants or Official Transcripts can be submitted as proof of examination results, where relevant. Students of UCD applying for the Diploma do not need to supply Transcripts but should submit relevant professional references.
The personal statement is an important component of the application. It should contain information demonstrating your capability to undertake the course successfully. Thus, you should detail your relevant professional and practical experience.
Applicants must nominate two academic referees unless the applicant has been in employment for more than two years, in which case one of the named referees must be an employer. Applicants are required to submit the name, position held, postal address, email address and contact number for the two academic referees.
Application Details
How to apply?
The following entry routes are available:
Prof Dip Law Jan PT (B408)
Duration 1 Years
Attend Part Time
Deadline Closed
Prof Dip Law PT (B389)
Duration 1 Years
Attend Part Time
Deadline Rolling*
* Courses will remain open until such time as all places have been filled, therefore early application is advised
Next Intake: 2024/2025 September.
Fees
EU fee per year - € 4700
nonEU fee per year - € 7540
***Fees are subject to change
The Student
Career Interests
This course is typically suited for people with the following Career Interests. If these interests do not describe you, this course may prepare you for work you may not find satisfying.
Investigative
The Investigative person will usually find a particular area of science to be of interest. They are inclined toward intellectual and analytical activities and enjoy observation and theory. They may prefer thought to action, and enjoy the challenge of solving problems with sophiscticated technology. These types prefer mentally stimulating environments and often pay close attention to developments in their chosen field.
Career Progression
The Programme is for Professionals. You will be expected to have either a legal qualification or a qualification or experience in an area of relevance to the subjects you wish to study, Applications are accepted from
-Practising barristers or solicitors
-Barristers or solicitors actively engaged in legally connected employment,
-Graduates holding an approved university degree or law-based interdisciplinary university degree,
-Persons with other academic and/or professional qualifications and/or such experiences as would satisfy the School that they are able to participate on this course.
We have an excellent Careers Development Centre here at UCD, designed to help you with information regarding future employment or studies. UCD hold a number of graduate events throughout the year including a dedicated law fair at which at which many of the big Law firms will be in attendance. The School of Law has a dedicated careers advisor on it’s Academic staff, Dr. Oonagh Breen, and a staff member from the careers office will be in attendance at the School of law on a number of occasions throughout the academic year. To see the full range of services offered by the careers office go to http://www.ucd.ie/careers/