3 years / Level 8 / Full-time / Work Placement
This new law degree provides an excellent opportunity to gain a law degree together with specialist knowledge in corporate law. The emphasis on corporate law will cater for learners who are interested in law in the particular context of the corporate world providing preparation for a range of careers in finance, insurance and trade in addition to professional legal practice.
Successful graduates will have the choice to pursue careers in the legal profession or the ever-expanding range of employment opportunities in the financial services sector with a particular focus on regulation and compliance. These opportunities will arise in large law firms, public and private in-house legal teams and private practice.
This accredited degree covers all of the essential core law modules together with specialist corporate law modules such as business ethics and social responsibility, privacy and data protection law, banking, insurance and financial services law and other contemporary issues in commercial law.
Graduates with expertise in these corporate law areas are in demand as individuals, businesses and companies are under pressure to ensure compliance with demanding and changing regulations.
Certain semesters of this course are taken in common with other courses.
This degree is a qualifying law degree which is:
Follow up programmes elsewhere include:
Minimum Entry Requirements
Points 319 (2024)
The course will be available to applicants who meet the following criteria: Leaving Certificate Examination Entry Requirements 6 different subjects @ O6/H7 or better to include: • 2 subjects at H5 or better • English/Irish O6/H7 or better Maths not required. Or QQI (FET)/CAS A relevant QQI FET/FETAC Level 5 award Or Have equivalent international qualifications to those outlined above. Or Mature applicants may apply for this programme i.e. applicants who are 23 years of age or over on the 1st of January of the year of applications. Mature applicants do not need to hold a Leaving Certificate qualification.
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Department Administration: +353 (0)74 918 6207 / +353 (0)74 918 6209
Head of Department Dr Brónagh Heverin Email: bronagh.heverin@atu.ie Telephone: +353 (0)74 9186204
School and Department Faculty of Business Department of Law, Public Service and Education
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