Diploma in Common Law

The Diploma in Common Law  is a one-year, full-time course open to students, studying at the Faculty of Law UCC, who would like an introduction to law and to the Irish legal system within the European legal context. During the year, Diploma students experience the wide variety of legal subjects on offer at UCC's dynamic Faculty of Law, and gain a taste of what the study and practice of law has to offer.

Those pursuing the Diploma select modules totalling 60 UCC credits. 

Core Modules

LW1151 Introduction to the Legal System        (10 credits)
or, in cases of a timetable clash, you may take LW1100 Introduction to Business Law (10 credits)

LW1156 Legal Research and Writing               (10 credits)

And modules to the value of 40 credits to be chose from the following: 

Elective Modules

LW1102 Law of Torts                                      (10 credits)

LW1152 Constitutional Law                             (10 credits)

LW1153 Criminal Law                                     (10 credits)

LW1154 Law of Contract                                (10 credits)

LW1155 Public International Law                     (10 credits)

LW2101 Law of the European Union                (10 credits)

LW2200 Commercial Law                               (10 credits)
or LW2254 Commercial Law                           (10 credits)

LW2252 Law of Property                                (10 credits)

LW2253 Law of Evidence                                (10 credits)

LW2256 Family Law                                       (10 credits)

LW2258 Welfare Law                                     (10 credits)

LW2260 Human Rights Law                            (10 credits)

LW2261 Information Technology Law              (10 credits)

LW2263 Law of Public Administration              (5 credits)

LW2264 Administrative Law: Groundds of Judicial Review  (5 credits)

LW3316 Financial Services: Law and Regulation (5 credits)

LW3317 Banking Law                                       (5 credits)

LW3352 Equity                                                  (10 credits)

LW3354 Company Law                                     (10 credits)

LW3355 Employment and Labour Law               (10 credits)

LW3357 English Land Law                                 (5 credits)

LW3358 Landlord and Tenant Law                     (5 credits)

LW3364 Environmental Law                               (10 credits)

LW3366 Advanced Legal Reasoning                   (5 credits)

LW3367 Jurisprudence                                        (5 credits)

LW3368 Revenue Law I                                      (5 credits)

LW3369 Revenue Law II                                     (5 credits)

LW3402 Medical Law                                         (10 credits)

Elective modules may vary from year to year.

Entry is by application to the International Education Office at UCC. No previous knowledge of Irish law is required.

For further information contact the International Education Office

Email: cmurphy@reg.ucc.ie

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