2010 Students Wanting To Do Law...?

Mary007 · 11-10-2009 8:25pm #1

How many of you are hoping to do Law next September and where are ye applying to?

unknown13 · 11-10-2009 8:55pm

I will be applying for Law BCL in UCD and that will be my 1st choice but I will have another few law courses down aswell.

Danc124 · 11-10-2009 8:59pm

NUIM,DCU

gera · 11-10-2009 9:15pm

Trinity if I actually manage to open a book this year. So spoilt having a photographic memory , too lazy because of it though ha

FridaysWell · 11-10-2009 9:56pm

Law, Business and Law, Law and Economics, Trinity or UCD.

Maybe DBS

Bigdeadlydave · 12-10-2009 6:10pm

This is a complicated thing. If you want to be a barrister there are only about 15 law course worth doing, as these are accredited by kings inns. I had intended to do Economics politics and law in DCU but thats not an accredited course, so I am hoping to do Law and Society in DCU instead.

Calum196 · 12-10-2009 10:33pm

Law is probably the vaguest branch of third level study... make sure you know what you are getting yourself into.

Sophsxxx · 13-10-2009 4:36pm

UL, Cork, UCD/DCU (can't remember which) NUIM.

Danc124 · 13-10-2009 5:07pm

Bigdeadlydave wrote: »

This is a complicated thing. If you want to be a barrister there are only about 15 law course worth doing, as these are accredited by kings inns. I had intended to do Economics politics and law in DCU but thats not an accredited course, so I am hoping to do Law and Society in DCU instead.

I was looking at Eco,law and politics in DCU aswell.Are you sure its not accredited? My Career Guidance cllr. said it was.(Then again shes an idiot)
Damn I was really hoping to do that course.

Mary007 · 13-10-2009 5:10pm

Danc124 wrote: »

I was looking at Eco,law and politics in DCU aswell.Are you sure its not accredited? My Career Guidance cllr. said it was.(Then again shes an idiot)
Damn I was really hoping to do that course.

It's in its first year this year, think they're hoping that it will get acredited. It probably will but its not currently

ps3man · 14-10-2009 8:22pm

As far as i belive ECL in dcu is just basicly an understanding of how the three diffrent titles work together in our society so according to my guidance councillor who realy knows his stuff it probably wont be sufficent for kings inn

Bigdeadlydave · 15-10-2009 5:53pm

Economics Politics and Law(415 points) in DCU is NOT accredited by kings inns. Ignore people who say it is. I was under the impression for ages that it was, but I got a chance to talk to Dr Olivia Smith of DCU who told me that the only DCU course accredited by Kings Inns was Law and society(460 points) I further confirmed this by asking at the higher options in RDS and the barrister in attendance there.
Here is a link to a list of Kings Inns approved law courses: http://www.kingsinns.ie/website/prospective_students/degree/schedule.htm
I think its a little out of date but it is mostly accurate.

JohnnyBlack · 25-03-2010 11:04am

If you do EPL (economics, politics and law) at DCU though it doesn't mean that you can never be a barrister. It's just a different route. Once you have your EPL degree you could go on and take the Diploma at Kings Inns (runs part-time over two years) and then after that do the Degree of Barrister-at-Law at Kings Inns.

If you do the BCL in DCU then you skip the Diploma bit and can go straight onto the Barrister-at-Law course (once you pass the 5 entrance exams that everyone has to do).

You should choose the degree that you think you will like and enjoy and do well in. Future options still exist after your undergrad.

Behind you Joey · 25-03-2010 6:24pm

Law with French Law in UCD!

Professional Griefer · 25-03-2010 11:13pm

UCC, UL, NUIG:rolleyes:

Stryderman · 26-03-2010 5:13pm

I'm hoping to do Law & Accounting in UL. At the moment though I'm more interested in the accounting side of things but you never know!!:D

MavisDavis · 26-03-2010 6:22pm

UCD, please.

gemxpink · 27-03-2010 5:42pm

Most of my CAO courses are Law courses to be honest. Trinity is my aim but I'd love to go to UCD too.

Behind you Joey · 29-03-2010 10:57am

green909 wrote: »

For example: ask questions like are there Christmas exams if not it will be very difficult to sit an exam in a subject you haven't done in 5 months (trust me im trying to do it now)

Where are you studying law at the moment?

green909 · 29-03-2010 1:19pm

better not say which one defamation and all that . .

Behind you Joey · 29-03-2010 7:11pm

Could you pm me it then?

unknown13 · 29-03-2010 9:20pm

Behind you Joey wrote: »

Could you pm me it then?

and me

gingerbread · 10-05-2010 7:47pm

is law in social and political policy in NUIG worth doing?

qz · 10-05-2010 7:49pm

This thread is me 3 years ago. I'm currently in the library in Trinity studying for my environmental law exam tomorrow. Great craic

Best of luck to all in the Leaving, hope to see some of you's here in September!

unknown13 · 10-05-2010 7:54pm

gingerbread wrote: »

is law in social and political policy in NUIG worth doing?

Depends what do you want to do after college?

XxMCRxBabyxX · 10-05-2010 7:59pm

gemxpink wrote: »

Most of my CAO courses are Law courses to be honest. Trinity is my aim but I'd love to go to UCD too.

Would advise all of ye to put down NUIM arts as a back up so you can do law that way if worst comes to worst and you don't get the points. I had all Law courses down as well until it dawned on me that I might need the back up!

Happened to me, turned out I needed it, was extremely devastated that i didn't get the points and if it wasn't for NUIM i would have had to repeat!
Doing the law this year and loving it and look pretty set to get my 60s so I can get into Law and Arts BCL next year! Which is a recognised degree!

Always have a back up! You don't want to be stuck with nothing!

it's also handy if it turns out that you don't like law or aren't as good at it as you thought you would be!

unknown13 · 10-05-2010 8:00pm

XxMCRxBabyxX wrote: »

Would advise all of ye to put down NUIM arts as a back up so you can do law that way if worst comes to worst and you don't get the points. I had all Law courses down as well until it dawned on me that I might need the back up!

Happened to me, turned out I needed it, was extremely devastated that i didn't get the points and if it wasn't for NUIM i would have had to repeat!
Doing the law this year and loving it and look pretty set to get my 60s so I can get into Law and Arts BCL next year! Which is a recognised degree!

Always have a back up! You don't want to be stuck with nothing!

What is Law like through Arts in NUIM. I have it down but would like a bit more info.

XxMCRxBabyxX · 10-05-2010 8:05pm

unknown13 wrote: »

What is Law like through Arts in NUIM. I have it down but would like a bit more info.

It's the exact same as doing Law and Arts (BCL) in first year except that you need 60% in all your exams to get into second year! Which isn't as easy as it may sound!

The modules all first year law students arts or not are Constitutional Law 1 and Contract Law 1 in Semester One and Constitutional Law 2, Administrative Law and Contract law 2 in second semester of which I'm currently studying for the exams next week!

There's loads of extra curricular law stuff too like the Law Society, the Moot Court and most importantly the Golden Thread which is the Law newsletter which we will want plenty of submissions for! You would never guess that i was PR officer for them would you?!

Anything else you would like to know?!

unknown13 · 10-05-2010 8:09pm

That 60% is in semester 1 and semester 2 exams or is it just semester 2 exams.

XxMCRxBabyxX · 10-05-2010 8:10pm

unknown13 wrote: »

That 60% is in semester 1 and semester 2 exams or is it just semester 2 exams.

An average of 60 over all 5 exams in semesters one and two.

ldxo15wus6fpgm · 10-05-2010 9:57pm

SOOO want to study it, but not sure I'll get the points, haven't exactly been breaking my balls all year :rolleyes:

Have it down for TCD, UCD, UCC, DCU, UL, Galway, Maynooth. Not in that order.
Don't really care where I go once I get to do law I'm happy. But Dublin/Cork would be best!

fauxshow · 15-05-2010 11:01pm

I'm going for Law and Political Science number one at the moment. It's only in its second year, last year it came in at 555 and there's only 20 places, but demand for law has dropped this year... what d'you all reckon? Will it stay the same because it's so exclusive or will it drop?

unknown13 · 15-05-2010 11:07pm

fauxshow wrote: »

I'm going for Law and Political Science number one at the moment. It's only in its second year, last year it came in at 555 and there's only 20 places, but demand for law has dropped this year... what d'you all reckon? Will it stay the same because it's so exclusive or will it drop?

Won't drop that many if it does. The fact that in its first year it went for 555 means that it is going to stay in that very high points category. If does drop it may go to 535 but i can't see it dropping considerably

ldxo15wus6fpgm · 16-05-2010 12:01am

unknown13 wrote: »

Won't drop that many if it does. The fact that in its first year it went for 555 means that it is going to stay in that very high points category. If does drop it may go to 535 but i can't see it dropping considerably

Also you have to remember that others will have seen that demand for law has dropped, and may decide to put it down during the change of mind window, thereby increasing the demand again, possibly even past what it was last year. I wouldn't go by stats from that early in the day if I were you.

green909 · 16-05-2010 7:28am

Can't really see it dropping that much. You have to remember that amongst the leaving cert students there are also mature students, international students and people transferring from different courses going for the same 20 spaces.

arryanna · 16-05-2010 11:59am

I'm hoping/praying for Law in UCD. I love the college and have a great interest in the subject. Fingers crossed

Best of luck to everyone also, perhaps with a great deal of luck and maybe a miracle intervention we'll all get where we want

Ashashi · 16-05-2010 2:18pm

Danc124 wrote: »

I was looking at Eco,law and politics in DCU aswell.Are you sure its not accredited? My Career Guidance cllr. said it was.(Then again shes an idiot)
Damn I was really hoping to do that course.

Sadly, it isn't. The Law and Society course is though.

I have Law in Trinity down as my first, and Law and Society in DCU down as second, with Maynooth 3rd.

I have Law, Politics and Economics in DCU as my fourth, as if worse comes to worst, I am still studying Law, just have to do extra exams in King's Inn.

citizenerased1 · 17-05-2010 10:46am

gera wrote: »

Trinity if I actually manage to open a book this year. So spoilt having a photographic memory , too lazy because of it though ha

same boat as gera with the memory thing....but because of it im the laziest feeker going!

i'll add my name to this law thang too!

Ucd, UL, DCU, NUIM and NUIG :P

no trinners wasn't a fan i was up there for a music assesment test and found the place damp and old and not nice...:cool:

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