University College Cork Bachelor of Laws Overview

The LLB degree at University College Cork in Ireland is a postgraduate law degree offering for students who are graduates from a non-law discipline.

UCC’s LLB is a two-year postgraduate law degree which offers you sufficient core and optional law modules to undertake, should you wish, professional legal training at the end of the degree. It is designed to ensure that graduates will have a strong legal training at the end of their two years study (full time) along with suitable critical understanding of core legal issues. Beyond preparing you for legal professional qualifications, the LLB is also suitable for students who wish to pursue a career in a variety of areas such as business, journalism, the civil service/government and human rights.

For non-law graduates entering the program, University College Cork’s (UCC) LLB offers an opportunity to convert to a career in law. As a result the two year LLB places an emphasis on developing not just legal knowledge but also your skills base. You will be required to take 60 credits in each academic year, which will include a combination of compulsory and elective modules and a skills module.

While UCC recognize your primary responsibility is to provide legal knowledge, they also aim to ensure that you develop advocacy skills, experience team work and gain expertise in legal research, as well as gaining a range of transferable skills.

As a non-law graduate, if you choose to study for the LLB at University College Cork you will take core modules which are the foundation topics required for the professional exams – FE1s and Kings Inn exams. These include

• Criminal Law
• Constitutional Law
• Contract Law
• EU Law

In addition you will also have options which would allow you to study subjects such as

• Human Rights Law
• Employment Law
• Environmental Law
• Corporate and Financial Services Law
• Commercial Law

Course Practicalities

University College Cork’s LLB involves a combination of lecture hours, tutorials/guided study, and reading hours in the library. Lectures generally take place between Monday to Friday 9a.m. to 6 p.m.   The course offers flexibility in delivery where available, and LLB Students may have the option of attending some of the modules on offer for the Evening Law Degree which take place from 5 – 9 .m. Monday to Thursday.

Skills and Careers Information

This is a challenging and highly rewarding postgraduate degree course which allows graduates from both law or other disciplines to develop strong legal knowledge and skills in a one or two year period. The majority of students continue from the LLB degree into the legal profession or to more specialized study on one of our LLM programs and at doctoral level. Our LLB graduates enter a wide variety of careers including the legal profession, academia, banking, public service, the regulatory sector, management and journalism.

Distinguished University and Law School

• UCC is a distinguished University with a law school since 1845
• UCC has won the Sunday Times University of the Year for the fourth time in 2016
• UCC is Ireland’s only 5-Star University

University College Cork Law School in Ireland

The School of Law at the University College Cork is a well-established, modern academic unit and is recognized as one of the University’s centres of excellence in research and teaching.

Professional Recognition in Canada

Graduates of University of Cork’s Bachelor of Laws (LLB) are eligible to apply for licensing in Canada, however, it is critical students understand the requirements needed to complete this process before licensing will be granted. KOM understand the process and requirements needed to enter the legal profession in Canada.

Contact KOM Consultants for more information

All students applying directly through KOM Consultants will be supported with the latest information on the accreditation process.