Law(International)

Mario007

Hey, i just put international law as my first choice in ucc. I know its a new course and all, but just wanna know if anyone here can give me any information on law in general, or if anyone has some more information on the international law as a whole. Thanks dudes

Fuascailt

Its not new course, but its the firxst time its been availible through the CAO, before you had to do an interview in second year and transfer over. You'll be doing the same subjects as straight law, but spending the year abroad in third year. Law is great- nice hours and nice people. If you've any more specific questions, ask away.

Dub6Kevin

As Fuascailt says, the course has been run for years but this route to it is new.

The Law department at UCC is fantastic and the breadth and quality of the courses will ensure you have a great legal grounding.

I didn't do the international course myself but I can put you in touch with a couple of people who did if you like. Just PM me.

Mario007

oh right, i didn't know it was like that, thanks:D

do you do like eu law as well as the irish law, cos thats the area i kinda want to be working after college, so would you know?

oh and how are the languages taught? Is it from the scrap or do you continue on from leaving cert stuff?

davidbob

Law governing relations of nations with one another. It arises principally from international agreements or from customs that nations adopt. In a broader sense, international law includes both public law and private law. The public law regulates political relations between nations. The private law is the comity nations grant to each other's laws in enforcing rights arising under foreign law.

Fuascailt

?? Don't know what thats about. As far as I know, the languages are mixed in with arts, and you can do beginners spanish and italian I think. You can do EU law as a module, but its mostly Irish law. Maybe you should considor Law and french if you want to work in the EU institutions or something like that

soccfc

Just to clarify the BCL (International) is essentially the same as the 'straight' BCL however the 3rd year is spent at a University overseas. It does not necessarily focus on international law itself. The options for overseas study include the United States, the Netherlands, Czech Republic and Norway (all lectures in English), these Universities do, however, tend to offer excellent modules in International law.

International Law subjects are module choices that are available to students as part of their degree studies. Hence any BCL student could choose to take particular modules subject to having enough free credits.

With regard to the Law and Language Degrees at UCC all three are recognised as official languages of the EU (French, German, Irish) and hence very useful if you wished to work with European institutions in the future. Law graduates with fluent Irish in particular are in demand in Europe. All Law and Language courses have a certain leaving cert minimum entry requirement (C1 in leaving cert higher level) and as a result presuppose a certain level of understanding.

Mario007

oh ok, thanks guys...that information was actually very helpful:D