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BCL Law and Criminology

The Law and Criminology programme from Maynooth University is a three-year degree in law combined with one other subject. While the BCL covers all the core modules of law, you cover less law than on the LLB (MH501), giving you more time to develop expertise in another subject.

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Duration

3 or 4 years

Starting Date

September

Tuition Fee

€14,000 per year

Location

Maynooth, Ireland

The programme

The main advantage is that it allows you to combine the study of law with study of another discipline.

Students acquire a thorough grounding in the fundamental areas of legal study: including foundational legal principles; legal systems; and the role of Irish, European, and international law.

By studying Criminology, students examine the causes of crime and society’s reaction to criminality..

Unique interdisciplinary programme with perspectives from sociology, psychology and economics, as well as law.

Leading international experts with research interests in prisons, the death penalty, human trafficking, counter-terrorism and mental health teach on this programme.

Career Options

Graduates of this Law and Criminology programme from Maynooth University will be in a position to take exams for entrance to the Honorable Society of King’s Inns in order to begin training as a barrister and are eligible to progress to take the Law Society of Ireland’s FE1 examinations to begin training as a solicitor.
This programme allows students with an interest in law to broaden their career prospects into the criminal justice world, opening up potential careers in the Gardaí, security services, data analytics, probation, the prison service, the Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) sector and research institutes.
The School of Law and Criminology also offers a range of postgraduate study options in related fields such as an MA (Comparative Criminology and Criminal Justice) and LL.M. (International Justice).

Courses Included

You will take 30 credits of Law, 15 credits of Criminology, and 1 Arts subject (or Critical Skills)
Students who successfully complete the 1st year of the programme have the option of transferring into the 2nd year of the LLB programme