Law General LLM

This degree can be taken on a full time or a part time basis. Full time students complete the programme over a period of 12 months by taking four modules in both the autumn and spring semesters, before completing a dissertation during the summer semester.  Part- time students complete the programme over a 24 month period by taking two modules in both the autumn and spring semesters of each year, before completing a dissertation in the summer semester of the second year. The module selection for each semester will be by agreement with the Course Director.

The topic for a student’s dissertation is determined during the spring semester, supervised by a faculty member, and submitted at the end of the summer semester.

Autumn Semester     
 

• LA6001 Advanced Legal Research Skills

Three Electives From*
 

• LA6031 Law of International Trade Organisations
• LA6021 Law of International Business Associations
• LA5153 Comparative International Protection of Human Rights Law
• LA6011 International Business Transactions
• LA6111 Criminal Justice Processes and Sentencing
• LA6121 Law of the European Convention of Human Rights
• LA6051 Penology and Victimology
• LM6162 Regulatory Crime
• LA6061 Contemporary Challenges in Medical Law and Ethics

Spring Semester    
 

• LA6002 Dissertation Methodology

Three Electives From*
 

• LA6022 Counter Terrorism Law and International Business
• LA6032 Global Competition Law
• LA6042 International Labour Law
• LA6062 Comparative & European Criminal Justice
• LA6102 Law of Credit and Security
• LA6112 International Protection of Intellectual Property Rights
• LA6132 International Criminal Law
• LA6142 Policing and Human Rights
• LA4052 Criminology
• LA6082 International Perspectives on Property Law
• LA 6072 International Tort Law and Business 
• LA6172 Advanced Family Law: Standpoint and Rights-Based Perspectives

Summer Semester
 

• Dissertation

A second class honours in an undergraduate law degree or in another primary degree in which the legal component accounts for at least 50% of the whole programme (Level 8 - National Qualifications Authority of Ireland) will be required for enrolment on this Masters programme. In exceptional circumstances an applicant who cannot satisfy the undergraduate requirement may be accepted on the basis of relevant professional experience
 

• If your qualifications have been obtained in a country where English is an official language this will suffice

• If this is not available, the following additional documents must be provided:
  • English translation of your qualification(s)/transcripts
  
  AND
  
  • English language competency certificate

Tuition Fees

These are based on Residency, Citizenship.

Review the three groups of criteria to determine your fee status as follows
 

1. Residency
    
   • You must have been living in an EU/EEA member state or Switzerland for at least 3 of the 5 years before starting your course
      
2. Citizenship
    
   • You must be a citizen of an EU/EEA member state or Switzerland or have official refugee status