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Have you ever wanted to live abroad, discover a new culture, improve your language skills and study in depth the laws of a different legal system? If so, then the Erasmus/exchange programme might be exactly what you are looking for.

The Law School offers an extensive exchange programme with over 35 prestigious Law Schools across Europe, North America, Australia and the Far East. Law students are permitted to study abroad in their Junior Sophister year. Students can study abroad for the full year or for one semester. Students continue to pay Trinity fees, in so far as these are required, but pay no fees to the host university. An Erasmus mobility is grant provided for students studying in a European university. There is financial support for students attending universities outside the EU through the Global Mobility bursary. More information can be found here.

Single Honours Law students have two options:

  1. Apply for European Erasmus and Non-European exchanges of the Law School (see Partner Universities.), or
  2. Apply for College-wide International exchange via the Global Mobility Office to Australian National University (Canberra), the University of Queensland, University of New South Wales, University of Stellenbosch , City University of Hong Kong, and Singapore Management University. More details can be found here

Joint Honours Law with Language students:

  • Law and French and German students are only eligible to study in France or Germany. For the list of Universities available please refer to the Partner Universities.

    • Joint Honours Law with Business, Political Science or History students:

  • Students following the Law Major pathway for their degree must choose in their third year the Law Major, Business/Political Science/History Minor, Option B pathway. Trinity Joint Honours Law students can apply to the Law School / Partner Disciplines or the College-wide International Exchange programmes to study abroad. Full details on universities available to TJH students on the Law School and College-wide Exchange Programme are available on the Law School Student Exchange Programme 2026/27.

    • Partner Universities


    The Law School has over 35 Partner Universities. Please note that not all partner universities are available for every programme. Availability may vary depending on the specific course of study and exchange agreements in place. Students should refer to the Law School Student Exchange Programme 2026/27 for details on eligible destinations.

    Here you can find more information on all our partner universities:

    EUROPE

    Belgium

    Denmark

    Finland

    France

    Germany

    Hungary

    Italy

    Lithuania

    Norway

    Spain

    Sweden

    Switzerland

    The Netherlands

    NON-EU

    Australia

    United States of America

    Canada

    China

    Eligibility and Requirements


    2026/27

    2025/26

    2024/25

    The Law School allocates places using a competitive selection process. It is primarily based on the results of Junior Fresh 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.2 grade in their forthcoming Senior Fresh examinations. However, However, North American universities, University of Zurich and Hong Kong University 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 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.

    The Junior Sophister year abroad counts 30% towards the final degree grade.

    2026/27

    2025/26

    How to Apply


    Single Honours Law Students:

    Deadline: Friday 14 November 2025.

    Please carefully read rules and requirements of the Law School Exchange Programme 2026/27. To apply for a place in the Law School Exchange Programme, you must complete the Global Mobility online application form. If you wish to also apply for a place on the College-wide International Exchange Programme, you must submit another application form.


    Joint Honours Law with Business/Political Science/History:

    Deadline: Friday 14 November 2025.

    Please carefully read rules and requirements of the Law School Exchange Programme 2026/27. Students are also reminded to review the documentation available on the Trinity Joint Honours website before applying. To apply for a place in the Law School Exchange Programme, you must complete the Global Mobility online application form. If you wish to also apply for a place on the College-wide International Exchange Programme, you must submit another application form. You can also apply for a place in your partner discipline Exchange Programme, but you must make sure that you can study both Law and your second discipline in their exchange university. .

    For Law and Language students:

    Deadline: Friday 14 November 2025.

    Please carefully read Law and Language Year Abroad Requirements 2026/27. To apply for the Law School Erasmus Programme, you must complete the Global Mobility online 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:

    Administrative Queries within the School

    Academic Queries
    Celine Walsh - International Officer
    Phone: 00353-1-896-1278
    Email: law.exchange@tcd.ie
    Office Hours:
    Tuesday and Wednesday: 11am to 1pm, and 2pm - 4pm, and Friday 11am - 1pm

    remotely on Zoom


    Room 0.1B: Law School Main Office
    		 Dr. Roisin Costello - Director of Global Relations / Erasmus Exchange Coordinator for Outgoing TCD Students
    Email: roisin.acostello@tcd.ie

    College-Wide-International Exchange Programme

    Contact
    To make an appointment with one of the Global Mobility Team members to have a one-to-one advice session, the appointment booking link is found here.


    		Email: global.mobility@tcd.ie