At Maynooth University's Department of Law, we actually have three LLM Master of Law programmes,
three Postgraduate Diploma in Law programmes and then a Higher Diploma in Legal Studies programme
and we also have a Dual degree, a dual LLM programme which we run in conjunction with the
Catholic University of Lyon and we separately then have an MA in Criminology but there's a
separate video for that. So in terms of the LLM and Postgraduate Diploma programmes,
these themselves are divided into three streams. So we have International Business Law and that has
modules focused very much on Banking, Finance, Regulatory Law. We also have International
Justice, which provides students with a critical insight into the international legal system and
really how it operates to promote and secure justice. And then finally we have the Global
Legal Studies programme which gives students the flexibility to really create their own programme
and to choose the modules that they are interested in. So from each of these programmes then,
they provide students, whether legal or non-legal backgrounds, with an understanding of specialised
subject areas. And each programme then also gives students the skills to really rigorously analyse
and assess information as well as really important transferable skills like time management,
teamwork, attention to detail. So these are all really important attributes of a graduate whether
you go on to work in a legal career or a non-legal career. So studying Law at a postgraduate level
then gives you a solid springboard to succeed in a range of professions and also an opportunity
to really develop a deeper understanding of something that you find fascinating.
So with respect to Maynooth specifically then you're also going to be taught by experts in
the area so you really get to delve deeply into areas of Law that you find really interesting.
We would really encourage applications from anybody who's interested in this area. So we
have all of our programmes are open to Law graduates, so if you have a Law degree you can
apply. The minimum requirement is a 2-2 and then there are various English language requirements.
We also now are opening up most of our programmes to non-law graduates so if you have a degree from
a cognate subject, so things like if you have a degree from a finance subject or Sociology or
Social Justice or Social Studies, those graduates can all apply to the Postgraduate programmes in
the Department of Law. We also have a recognition of Prior Experience route, so if you maybe don't
have an Undergraduate degree but you've worked in an area for many years, you think you can
bring something to the programme, you really think a Postgraduate degree would help you,
again we would encourage you to apply because those students really
bring a level of depth and understanding to the programme that really makes it really interesting.
So as I said we really would encourage applications from a range of graduates
or people in employment, particularly people who are interested in maybe delving a little
bit deeper into subjects that they've always found interesting but maybe they've not had a chance to
focus on specifically in their degree or in their work and you know anybody who's maybe currently
in work and thinking 'oh I'd like to do a Law degree but I'm not sure about going back into
study' we would encourage you to apply. Just speak to us, we have a lot of mature students,
a lot of students who've had experience before and they really benefit a lot from
you know just from coming to the programme and it adds to their career going forward.
Our graduates go on to work in a huge variety of employment. There's not a specific
sort of route that people go that everybody follows that route. So our students go on for
say for International Business Law, they go on to work in private practice Law,
they go on to work in Accountancy bodies, they go on to work in other private sector employers.
International Justice students, they very much go on to work in employers that focus
on social and economic justice. So they go on to work in NGOs or international organisations
and then our Global Legal Studies programme because they can kind of create their own
degree and choose the subjects that they find most interesting, they go on to work in a huge variety
of institutions, so international criminal tribunals, NGOs, European organisations,
really anything. The thing is is that a Law degree gives you the skills that are valuable
whatever career you go on to it, you need to sort of benefit most from a Postgraduate degree in Law,
it's really to step back and think 'what skills am I gaining from this and how can I apply them
to different areas of my life and to different career paths'. And we also have quite a few of our
graduates go on to further doctoral studies both in Maynooth and in other Universities. So really,
whatever you are interested in that you can go on and think about that once you've done your degree.