Law

Ashashi

Law has dropped from 440 to 410! that is some drop. must not be very popular this year. I think it dropped in Cork too but went up in Trinity and UCD.

a bit shocked!

Legally challenged

Hi Ashashi, I just read this article before I stumbled upon your post. You might find it interesting.

The link is: http://irishlawforum.blogspot.ie/search/label/law%20students
And the Article's here:

Irish Law School Rankings 2012 - By Entering Student Credentials
Since we are in rankings season, below is a ranking of law schools in Ireland based on the entering credentials of the 2012 class. This is obviously only one measure of how good a law school is, but I think it is an important measure because student quality (to the extent that CAO points are a measure of quality) has a direct bearing on the educational experience. It might also have some predictive value for the quality of lawyers a law school produces, their ability to get jobs upon graduation, and ultimately success in the profession.

The table below lists the ranking for the main law degrees offered by all the law schools in Ireland:


Ranking
Law School

CAO Points






1
Trinity College Dublin
525
2
University College Dublin 495
3
NUI Maynooth
475
=
University College Cork 475
5
Dublin City University
410
6
NUI Galway

405
=
Limerick

405
8
Dublin Institute of Technology 350
9
IT Carlow

305
=
Griffith College
305
11
Waterford IT

295
12
Dublin Business School
230


It is my sense that while there would be movement between the top 4 if other factors like research, employment prospects, average income, peer reputation, etc., are included, there seems to be an emerging divide between these schools and the others. It remains to be seen if this two tier system survives the serious challenges facing Irish higher education.

The table below ranks the law and business programs offered by all the law schools in Ireland:


Ranking
Law School
CAO Points
1
Trinity College Dublin
565
2
University College Dublin
495
3
NUI Maynooth
460
4
Dublin Institute of Technology 400
5
IT Carlow
315
6
Athlone Institute of Technology 270
7
Griffith College
250
8
Dublin Business School
235

I have not provided a ranking for the smaller "law and X" programs offered by some law schools because the trend seems to be against such fragmented degrees.
Posted by Sandeep Gopalan at 5:47 PM
Labels: academia, law students, legal education, rankings

Ashashi

I don't understand his comment relating to a growing divide? DCU and UL have excellent degree programmes and Professor Gopalan's comments seem a bit biased the fact his institution are ranked 4th.

I always thought NUIM would avoid the stigma attached with Trinners and UCD, but it looks like they may end up along side them, shame really