Study Abroad

Partner Universities

The Law School has over 35 Partner Universities. For a list of the universities available to each law degree programme with the language of instruction and number of places available, please follow this link:

Law School Study Abroad Options 2024/25

Eligibility and Requirements

2024/25

• Law School Exchange Programme Rules 2024/25

2023/24

• Law School Exchange Programme Rules (2023/24)

2022/23

• Law School Exchange Programme Rules (2022/23)
• Law School Grade Conversions (2022/23)

The Law School allocates places using a competitive selection process. It is primarily based on the results of Junior Freshman examinations. Applicant students are ranked in order of their JF results and offered the highest of their preference that is available to them. Language skills are also taken into consideration if required. Studying abroad is demanding and requires high levels of academic ability and dedication in order to adapt, succeed and reap the rewards. The allocation of places is strictly subject to the student attaining at least a II.II grade in their forthcoming Senior Freshman examinations. However, North American and Asian universities require students to obtain a II.1 in their JF and SF exams.

Students should understand that they will need to work hard while abroad. Our partner universities have very high standards, and the results which students attain abroad, will, after conversion into Trinity grades by the Law School’s Court of Examiners, count for a significant proportion of each exchange student’s degree.

For students who entered Trinity from 2019/20 onwards, the Junior Sophister year will make up 30% of the final degree grade.

For students who entered Trinity before 2019/20, the Junior Sophister year will make up 50% of the final degree grade.

For these reasons, the year abroad must be taken seriously. However, experience has shown that the Trinity Law students who go abroad tend to be very able and motivated and acquit themselves very well, as well as enjoying all the other benefits of the experience.

Law and Language Students

Law and Language students are required to take part in the exchange programme in their Junior Sophister year. Students must study 30 ECTS in Law modules. The law modules can be taught through English or French/German. Students must also study 30 ECTS to meet the French or Germanic Studies requirement. This will involve taking a mandatory language course. The remaining ECTS can be law modules or modules from another department, as long as they are taught through the language of the host university.

For Law and Language students who entered Trinity from 2019/20 onwards, the Junior Sophister year abroad counts 30% towards the final degree grade.

For Law and Language students who entered Trinity before 2019/20, the Junior Sophister year abroad counts 35% towards the final degree grade.

2024/25

• Law and Language Requirements 2024/25

2023/24

• Law and Language Requirements 2023/24

2022/23

• Law and Language Year Abroad Requirements 2022/23
• Law School Grade Conversions (2022/23)

How to Apply

For Singles Honors Law and Joints Honors Law with Business/Political Science/History:

The deadline to apply is 5pm Friday 17 November 2023.

Please carefully read the Law School Exchange Programme Rules 2024/245. If you agree to abide by the rules, you can complete the online application form here.

As you must complete the online application form in one sitting, we recommend that you fill out a practice word document form in advance.

For Law and Language students:

The deadline to apply is Friday 17 November 2023.

Please carefully read the Law and Language Year Abroad Requirements 2024/25 and fill out the online application form related to your course below.

Joint Honors Law with French application form.

Joint Honors Law with German application form.

Contact

If you have any queries, your first point of contact is Celine Walsh at law.exchange@tcd.ie. If you have an academic-related query, please contact the relevant Exchange Coordinators below: