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Did you know?
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Trinity College’s School of Law is ranked 1st in Ireland
and 51st in the World in the 2011 QS World University
rankings of law schools.
Course content
In the Freshman (first two) years you will study a variety of legal
modules, see below. In each semester, you will have two Irish law
modules, with three hours of lectures in each per week. These
lectures are complemented by compulsory law seminars (4 per
module) and modules in legal skills in the Junior Freshman (first)
year and mooting (mock trials) in the Senior Freshman (second)
year. Law and language students also study the constitutional and
civil law of their chosen jurisdiction. Students also take integrated
modules on language and civilisation, covering aspects of
sociology, legal systems and politics.
Junior Freshman modules
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The Irish legal system (including Legal skills)
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Contract law
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Constitutional law 1
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Criminal law
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French or German language
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French civilisation and legal methods or German area
studies
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French constitutional law or German legal system
Junior Freshman Law and French students study French
constitutional law and French legal methods through French
as well as French language and civilisation. These two
integrated modules comprise of lectures, tutorials, and listening
comprehension work. They cover language, French society and
the French legal system.
Junior Freshman Law and German students study, alongside
German language and textual analysis, the political institutions
and aspects of society and economy in the German speaking
countries. The course involves an introduction to German
constitutional law and the German legal system, German legal
history and legal philosophy.
Senior Freshman modules
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Law of tort
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Land law
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Private law remedies (including Mooting programme)
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Equity
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French or German language
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French civilisation or German cultural history
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French or German civil law
Senior Freshman Law and French students study French civil
law (including property, contract and tort) through French. In
their integrated French language and civilisation modules,
they focus on French politics and the integration of the themes
studied in the first two years.
Senior Freshman Law and German students take modules in
German language, including legal translation and an introduction to
the specialist language used in legal texts; German cultural history;
German civil law and jurisprudence and German criminal law.
The Sophister years
The Junior Sophister (third) year is spent studying legal or
related subjects in a French or German university. The results
obtained studying abroad constitute a substantial part of your
final degree grades.
In the Senior Sophister (fourth) year, you select 40 ECTS
(credits) worth of modules from approximately thirty options. See
page 89 for details of possible modules. Students who wish to
continue their studies with the professional bodies may also take
Freshman modules in place of a Sophister module if required
by the particular professional body. In addition, you will engage
in language and oral work and project/report writing. Students
may choose from a number of options to take the place of a
law module, including a Broad Curriculum module (see page
14), a research dissertation or a module offered by the relevant
language department.
Senior Sophister Law and French students study French
translation, Report writing and Oral French in addition to their
law modules. Law and German students take advanced oral and
written language modules, including Translation and rhetoric,
attend a seminar on German Law, as well as taking their law
modules.
Assessment
A combination of assignments and aural, oral and written
examinations is used. There is a strong element of continuous
assessment in language and French or German law subjects.
Career opportunities
The increasing Europeanisation of legal practice means that
graduates of the law and a language degree programme have
much to contribute to the legal and other professions in Ireland,
as well as enjoying career opportunities in Europe. In addition
to careers in the legal profession, Law and French, and Law
and German graduates also find employment in business,
journalism, accountancy, banking, insurance, politics, foreign
affairs and diplomacy and public services.
Also, see “Law degrees and professional qualifications” on
page 89.
Further information
Tel: +353 1 896 1125 / 1278
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