legal science at nuig

jay dubya

hi, just noticed this course and wonderin does anyone who has done this can offer info on what its like and can shed some light on nuigs law department an some of its other courses ie, bcl, corporate law, human rights etc. thanks

Lockstep

Legal Science is grand. I did it on a whim in 1st year and really liked it so decided to keep it on.

First Year is tough though, you do COntract Law and Legal Systems (how the Irish legal system works, different types of courts, etc) It's made hard to try and weed out those who are chancers. Go to all the lectures and you'll be fine. Nutcases/Nutshell books will see you very far. Only a certain number can go onto do 2nd year but with a bit of work you'll be grand.

Second year is Constitutional Law, Tort Law and two optional modules out of 4 (Health law and policy/law of the sea/International Human Rights Law/EUropean HUman Rights Law) There's also one additional course, I can't remember the name but it's about how to research and cite your cases.

Final year I'm about to start, but it's EU LAw, criminal law and if I remember rightly, company law.

There's also the option for a year abroad as part of Erasmus. The two main ones for legal science are Leuven in Belgium and Leiden in the Netherlands. I went to Leuven and it was great fun.


Any specific questions, I'd be happy to answer them.

jay dubya

thanks, also how many other other subjects do u do as well as this, and how many do u carry to your final year? thanks for replying

Lockstep

For arts, you do 4 subjects in 1st year and then carry 2 into 2nd and 3rd.
For example, I did legal science, sociology/political studies,archaeology and history. I kept on history and legal science into 2nd year.

jay dubya

what type of degree do you finish with, is it the llb, and also do you have any information on the ba connect with human rights? thanks

Lockstep

You do legal science through Arts so you end up with a Bachelor of Arts at the end of it.
However, because you've done so much law coursework over your B.A, you'll be able to complete the LLB in one year as opposed to 3 or 4.
So you do 3 years of the BA and then one additional year of the LLB (costs around €6k) and you end up with two Bachelor degrees.

B.A Connect; I know nothing about. Sorry.

jay dubya

thanks for the info, by the way, whats the exam format like, is it mostly exam based or is it more continually assesed, and what are the hours like. thanks:D

mangled

would only do legal if I was really intrested in it. loads of study required as there is so much covered.first year you have 6hours per week.only no exam in legal science at xmas but there is an assignment due. Summer there is an exam plus an assignment. In the smaller classes you have durin the week you will be expected to have work done for them aswell.you need to be able to refere to specific cases in history during the exam and you will prob have talked about 500 different cases during the year if not more! best of luck if you do it cos its really difficult if you're trying to bluff the year

Chev Chelios

I'm doing Legal science meself on my Arts Degree, really liked it, did constitutional and health law and policy really enjoyed it actaully!