- Location: Maynooth University, North Campus, Maynooth, Co. Kildare, Ireland - Ireland
- Duration: 2 Years
Course details
The Master of Legal Science – Professional is a two-year degree programme open to graduates from all disciplines who wish to acquire advanced credentials in law for the purposes of pursuing professional practice or in aid of other career goals. It is an exempting law degree for Ireland and is accredited by the Honorable Society of King's Inns.
During the course of the programme, students will engage on an intense intellectual study of the legal relationships that pervade our society, affecting individuals, families, corporations and the State. They will acquire a thorough grounding in the fundamental areas of legal study, across Irish law, European law, and international law.
Entry Requirements
Graduates from cognate disciplines must have a minimum 2.2 grade, honours (level 8) degree. Admission decisions are at the discretion of the Admissions Committee. Applicants must have a recognised primary degree which is considered equivalent to Irish university primary degree level.
Minimum English language requirements:
- IELTS: 6.5 minimum overall score
- TOEFL (Paper based test): 585
- TOEFL (Internet based test): 95
- PTE (Pearson): 62
Module
Year 1
- LEGAL SKILLS
- INTRODUCTION TO LEGAL SYSTEMS
- ADMINISTRATIVE LAW
- CONTRACT LAW
- LAW OF TORTS
- CRIMINAL LAW
- EVIDENCE
- CONTRACT LAW II
- LAW OF TORTS II
- COMPANY LAW
Year 2
- EU LAW
- LAND LAW
- JURISPRUDENCE
- EU LAW II
- LAND LAW II
- EQUITY AND TRUSTS
- CONSTITUTIONAL LAW
- CONSTITUTIONAL LAW II
- COMPANY LAW
- EQUITY AND TRUSTS II
- JURISPRUDENCE II
Course Location
About Maynooth University
This means that students at Maynooth benefit from an international outlook, and those of you who wish to study abroad for a semester or an academic year during yTheir degree have a network of connections to tap in to. During the cTheirse of their academic degree students from Maynooth have studied subjects such as Law at Boston College, Mandarin Chinese at Beijing Foreign Studies University and Music in the University of Vienna.
Maynooth has many shared research projects with universities around the world.
- In the Dept of Psychology, Prof Dermot Barnes-Holmes is working with academics in Columbia University in New York to predict the success of cocaine abuse treatment.
- Mathematician Dr. Ken Duffy is working with immunologists from the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research in MelbTheirne, Australia to analyse cell behaviTheir in a study that could have significant implications for Their understanding and treatment of diseases like Coeliac disease, diabetes and rheumatoid arthritis.
- Historian Dr Tom O Connor is working with colleagues from the University of Alcala and the Irish Colleges in Spain, discovering the hidden stories of Irish people who got caught up in the Spanish Inquisition.
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