Joint Honours Law
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Trinity College Dublin's School of Law offer Joint Honours Law with either
Overview of Programmes
The Joint Honours programme in Law provides students with a rigorous foundation in legal studies while allowing them to explore a complementary discipline, Business, History, Political Science, French, or German. This interdisciplinary degree is ideal for students with broad academic interests who wish to understand how law interacts with different spheres of society, governance, and culture.
Through the study of Law, students gain a critical understanding of legal principles, institutions, and frameworks. At the same time, the second subject offers a deeper contextual lens, be it the political systems that shape legal reform, the historical roots of legal traditions, the commercial environments regulated by law, or the linguistic and cultural fluency needed in an increasingly globalised legal landscape.
The programme is carefully structured to accommodate students intending to pursue a professional legal qualification. While Joint Honours students take fewer law modules than those on single honours law programmes, they still have access to the core subjects required for entry to the legal professional bodies in Ireland.
This degree is particularly well-suited to independent, intellectually curious students who are keen to explore the intersection of legal thinking with another academic discipline. It also offers the flexibility to tailor your studies to evolving interests, while opening pathways to a wide range of careers, both within and beyond the legal profession.
Pathways Available
Students who wish to pursue the award of LL.B. (see below) and enter into the legal profession afterwards, are advised to follow the Law Major, or Single Honours Law from the Senior Fresh year onwards. These Pathways are referred to as “Professional Pathways”.
The following Pathways are available:
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SF Pathway |
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Award with this Pathway |
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Professional Pathway
Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) |
Law Major, S2 Minor |
40 credits of Law Constitutional Law I, Land Law, Criminal Law, Equity
20 credits of S2 |
LL.B. (Bus/ His / Pol/ Franc/ Germ)[1] |
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Single Honours Law |
40 credits of Law Constitutional Law I, Land Law, Criminal Law, Equity 20 credits of TE |
LL.B. |
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Bachelor of Arts (BA) |
S2 Major, Law Minor |
20 credits of Law Constitutional Law I, Criminal Law, 40 credits of S2 |
BA (S2 Major / Law Minor)[2] |
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Joint Honours |
20 credits of Law, 20 credits of S2, 20 credits of TE |
BA |
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Single Honours S2 |
Follow the SH programme in other discipline |
BA (S2) |
You will be asked to confirm your choice of Pathway at the end of your Senior Fresh year. This will determine the degree you are awarded. In order to graduate with an award of LL.B. (either Single Honours or Law Major), students will be obliged to take 40 ects of Law in their Senior Fresh year and to continue on in a Law Major or Single Honors pathway from the JS year onwards.
Pathways for Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) Awards and Associated Credits
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Pathways - LLB students |
SS Credits available |
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1. Law Major, S2 Minor: Option A |
20 ects Law, Capstone Law 20 ects S2 |
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2. Law Major, S2 Minor: Option B |
40 ects Law, Capstone Law (No S2) |
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3. Single Honors Law |
40 ects Law, Capstone Law (No S2) |
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4. Single Honors with S2 |
40 ects Law, Capstone Law (No S2) |
BA Credits
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Pathways - LLB students |
SS Credits available |
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1. S2 Major, Law Minor: Option A |
20 ects S2, Capstone S2 20 ects Law |
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2. S2 Major, Law Minor: Option B |
40 ects S2, Capstone S2 No Law |
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3. Joint Honours |
20 ects Law 20 ects S2 Capstone Law or S2 |
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4. Single Honours S2 |
40 ects S2, Capstone S2 No Law |
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5. Single Honours S2 with Law |
40 ects S2, Capstone S2 No Law |
Course Structure
What Law modules will I study on the Joint Honors Programme in Law?
In the first and second years, you will study a variety of foundational and professional law modules, taken alongside students reading for our single honors law programme. You will take less law modules than a single Honors student will take. The modules available to you will be be determined by the Pathway and award (see above) you wish to pursue from your SF year onwards. Your third and fourth years will be spent taking advanced modules in Law and/or your other subject. If you are taking French or German, you must spend your penultimate year in a university in France or Germany. Please see the individual combination entries listed above/below for more details.
Please also refer to our FAQ page for detailed explanation of ects and workloads.
