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Masters in Criminal Justice [LLM (Criminal Justice)]

College of Business and Law
PAC Course Code: CKL15 FT and CKL34 PT
Qualification: LLM
Duration: 1 year full-time or 2 years part-time
EU Fees: €6,835 for the academic year 2012-2013
Non-EU Fees: €16,930 for 2011/2012. Fees for 2012/2013 will be set in March 2012.
Closing Date - EU Applicants: Fri, 22 June 12
Closing Date - Non-EU Applicants: Fri, 01 June 12

Overview of Criminal Justice [LLM (Criminal Justice)] (LLM)

The LLM in Criminal Justice is a specialist and ground-breaking LLM offered by the Law Faculty UCC. It is unique because of a core clinical component, which offers students the opportunity to pursue a theoretical inquiry into criminal justice while experiencing the reality of the criminal justice system in practice.

Taught LLM Scholarships:
Up to two fees scholarships will be awarded on a competitive basis across all the LLM Programmes on offer.

What will I be Studying?

Students taking the LLM (Criminal Justice) programme must take a total of 90 credits consisting of a research thesis valued at 30 credits, the Criminal Justice (Clinical programme) valued at 20 credits and 40 credits of taught modules. Full details on the LLM (Criminal Justice) programme and the modules content are available on the Law Faculty website at: http://www.ucc.ie/en/lawsite/study/postgrad/TaughtProgrammes/llmcriminal/

UCC Law Faculty has developed a well-established network of relationships with various criminal justice agencies. A Clinical Co-ordinator in the Faculty of Law organises a series of placements in partnership with these criminal justice agencies. These placements enable students to explore the perspectives of the Gardaí (police), victim organisations, probation service, prisons and the courts (judiciary, prosecutors and defence).

This partnership between academia and the broader community offers an unrivalled opportunity for research into criminal justice theory and the divergence between policy and the reality of the implementation of criminal law on the ground. Graduates of this programme are in a unique position to work within criminal law and contribute to future policymaking, research and reform, in the area of criminal justice.

Entry Requirements

The LLM (Criminal Justice) has a compulsory clinical component at its core, which is undertaken in partnership with the Faculty's placement partners and involves significant interaction with the criminal justice system and its stakeholders. In this regard, the Law Faculty must be satisfied of the candidate's commitment to and suitability for the programme. Candidates should pay particular attention to satisfying these criteria when completing their application. Candidates must also

(a) Hold a BCL (Hons) Degree from the National University of Ireland with at least Second Class Honours Grade 1(2:1) or a Second Class Honours LLB Degree from University College Cork.

(b) Have such other relevant third level educational qualifications and/or professional experience as, in the opinion of the Faculty of law, qualifies the candidate to undertake the LLM (Criminal Justice).

Applications from overseas candidates are welcome and their qualifications will be considered on a case-by-case basis under (b) above. Non-EU applicants should contact the International Education Office by email at international postgrad@ucc.ie for application details.

The programme can be taken over 12 months full-time or 24 months part-time.

English Language Requirements:

IELTS 6.5 or TOEFL equivalent

Part-Time Taught Postgraduate Programmes

Please note that non-EU applicants are not eligible to study part-time programmes

Application Procedure

Application for this programme is on-line at www.pac.ie/ucc. For full details of the application procedure click How to apply.

Please note that you will be asked to fill in a supplementary form as part of the application process for this programme. A copy of this form is available here SupplementaryFormCKL34 (89kB) Supplementary Form CKL15 (88kB)

All required documentation must be sent in hard copy to The Postgraduate Applications Centre, 1, Courthouse Square, Galway.

From 2012, the Law Faculty will use a system of offer rounds to facilitate decision-making and early notification to applicants. Candidates are encouraged to apply as early as possible. Candidates who do not have their final degree marks available may be made a conditional (provisional) offer. The offer round closing dates for taught programmes are as follows:

1st Round Closing Date: 1st May 2012
2nd Round Closing Date: 22 June 2012

3rd Round Closing Date: 24 August 2012

Please note that applicants should apply in the first round if they wish to be considered for Studentships.

New applications will continue to be reviewed at each round if there are still programme places available.

Find out More

Number of Places: 25

Veronica Calnan,
Faculty of Law,
University College,
Cork.
Tel: 021 4903995

E-mail: v.calnan@ucc.ie

Web: http://www.ucc.ie/en/lawsite/study/postgrad/TaughtProgrammes/llmcriminal/

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