Visiting Students - Available Modules - School of Law

Visiting Students - Available Modules

Some modules/groups information are currently under review for 2026/27 and currently being updated. Some details might be inaccurate or subject to change. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Visiting Law students Modules Non-Law visiting students Modules

Visiting Law students Modules

Michaelmas Term (first semester)

Where modules are put into groups, students can only choose 1 module from a group.

CODE	Module NAME	ECTS
LAU12501	Constitutional law I	10
LAU11531	Torts	10
LAU10522	Jurisprudence	5
LAU22511	Land Law	10
LAU22101	Private Law Remedies *	5
LAU34001	Administrative Law	10
Students can only choose 1 module from:
LAU34011	Evidence*	10
LAU34081	Public International Law	10
LAU34052	Information Technology (IT) Law	5
Students can only choose 1 module from:
LAU34061	European Human Rights	10
LAU33041	Commercial Law	10
LAU34041	Criminology	10
Students can only choose 1 module from:
LAU44031	Food Law	10
LAU44041	Legal Philosophy	5
Students can only choose 1 module from:
LAU44071	Intellectual Property Law	10
LAU44271	Industrial Property Law	5
LAU44151	Medical Law and Ethics	10
LAU44251	Medical Law and Ethics (A)	5

*Module restricted to visiting students from US, Hong Kong, Australia and New Zealand partner universities, where students have a Common Law background.

Hilary Term (second semester)

Where modules are put into groups, students can only choose 1 module from a group.

CODE	Module NAME	ECTS
LAU11542	Contract Law	10
LAU12552	Criminal Law	10
LAU11571	Legislation and Regulation	5
LAU22522	Equity	10
Students can only choose 1 module from:
LAU34031	EU Constitutional Law	5
LAU34033	EU Substantive Law	5
LAU34032	EU Law (Students who have studied this or similar in their home universities may not take this module)	10
LAU34062	International Trade Law	5
Students can only choose 1 module from:
LAU34022	Company Law*	10
LAU33242	Family and Child Law	10
LAU33342	Family and Child Law (A)	5
LAU34151	Public Interest Law	10
LAU34252	Public Interest Law (A)	5
Students can only choose 1 module from:
LAU34110	Employment Law (A)	5
LAU34111	Employment Law	10
LAU34130	Environmental Law (A)	5
LAU34131	Environmental Law	10
Students can only choose 1 module from:
LAU44112	Conflicts of Law	10
LAU44062	Media Law	10
Students can only choose 1 module from:
LAU44122	AI and the Law	5
LAU44102	Advanced EU Law	10
LAU44132	Financial Services Law	10
LAU44142	International Human Rights	10

*Student must have ideally studied Company Law in their home university prior to taking Company Law in TCD.

Visiting Non-Law Available Modules

Michaelmas Term (first semester)

Where modules are put into groups, students can only choose 1 module.

Non-law visiting students coming from a different department can only choose 10 ECTS from the Law School over the full academic year.

CODE	Module NAME	ECTS
LAU12401	Introduction to Law A	5
LAU12501	Constitutional law I	10
LAU34042	Criminology*	10
LAU34052	Information Technology (IT) Law*	5
Students can only choose 1 module from:
LAU44041	Legal Philosophy *	5
LAU44031	Food Law	10
Students can only choose 1 module from:
LAU44071	Intellectual Property Law**	10
LAU44271	Industrial Property Law**	5
LAU44151	Medical Law and Ethics*	10
LAU44251	Medical Law and Ethics (A) *	5

*Access is reviewed on a case-by-case basis. Please email law.exchange@tcd.ie if you wish to take this module and please outline your academic background with a copy of your transcript.

**Only suitable for students with an academic background in innovation policy (Business), media and creative industries and STEM.

HILARY Term (second Semester)

Where modules are put into groups, students can only choose 1 module.

Non-law visiting students coming from a different department can only choose 10 ECTS from the Law School over the full academic year.

CODE	Module NAME	ECTS
LAU12402	Introduction to Law B	5
LAU11571	Legislation and Regulation	5
Students can only choose 1 module from:
LAU34031	EU Constitutional Law	5
LAU34033	EU Substantive Law	5
LAU34032	EU Law	10
LAU34062	International Trade Law	5
Students can only choose 1 module from:
LAU34151	Public Interest Law	10
LAU34252	Public Interest Law A	5
LAU34141	Family and Child Law*	10
LAU34140	Family and Child Law A *	5
Students can only choose 1 module from:
LAU34130	Environmental Law A*	5
LAU34131	Environmental Law*	10

*Access is reviewed on a case-by-case basis. Please email law.exchange@tc.die if you wish to take this module and please outline your academic background.