Trinity College Dublin - Laws

Course Overview/Contact:

The LLM seeks to promote critical analysis of, and reflection on, different aspects of national, European and international law.

This programme is delivered over one academic year. Students are examined in six modules and complete a research dissertation of up to 25,000 words on an approved theme to be submitted by 29th June 2018.   The modules offered might typically include the following:  

Advanced Lawyering Techniques, African Human Rights Law, Chinese Legal System in Comparative Perspective, Comparative Constitutional Law and Theory, Comparative Elements of Unfair Competition and Trademark Law, Comparative Product Liability: Common Law, EU and US Perspectives, Contemporary Issues in International Law, Copyright and Innovation, Copyright in the EU Digital Single Market: Law, Policy and Business Practices,Corporate Governance in the EU, Digital Technologies, Privacy and Security of Information, Energy Law and Policy in the EU; Essential  and Emerging Technologies - International and European Law, EU Aviation Law, EU Banking and Securities Law, EU Competition Law, EU Consumer Law, EU Employment Law, EU Financial Services Law, EU Trademark and Design Law, Freedom of Expression and Intellectual Property Law ,Globalisation and the Law, Human Rights in the European Union, International and European Copyright Law and Policy, International Aviation Law, International Business Tax Law, International Criminal Evidence, International Criminal Law, International Dispute Resolution, International Economic Law, International Human Rights Law, International Humanitarian Law, International Trade Law, Islamic Law, Judicial Review and Human Rights: Theory and Practice, Law and Bioethics, Law and Risk, Patent Law in the Globalized World, Principles of Commercial Arbitration, Theoretical and Comparative Criminal Law,
Transitional Justice

The Law School reserves the right to vary the above list and, in particular, the right to withdraw and add modules.  Note  that modules are offered in one semester only and timetabling considerations may also restrict choice.  Further information on the precise modules available in a given year is available on the LLM website. 

Course Options:

1 year full-time

Course Url

http://www.tcd.ie/Law/postgraduate/taught-programmes/

Course Director

Professor Blanaid Clarke 

Course Email

law.postgraduate@tcd.ie

Next Intake

September 2017

Closing Date

31 May 2017

Programme Outcomes:

Having successfully completed this programme, students should be able to:

• Identify, evaluate and synthesise jurisprudential theories and concepts at a level appropriate to masters graduates;
• Use appropriate legal theories, doctrines and concepts to identify, formulate, analyse and solve legal problems within national and international contexts;
• Critically analyse the interplay between law and social change in a variety of different contexts;
• Conduct effective and targeted research in case law, legislation and academic legal commentary at both national and international levels at a level appropriate to masters graduates;
• Demonstrate the capacity to conduct effective research and to present the fruits of that research in a coherent and compelling manner.
• Discuss and debate different perspectives on legal problems, theories and doctrines;
• Communicate effectively in oral and written modes in professional and academic settings and work effectively in multi-disciplinary settings;
• Demonstrate flexibility, adaptability and independence in order to engage productively with a changing social, cultural and technological environment;
• Have the capacity to engage in life-long learning, including vocational training for the legal profession.

Entry Requirements:

Applications are therefore invited from well-qualified graduates who hold a very good Honors Bachelor degree in law or in a law-based interdisciplinary programme. Applications will also be considered from exceptional graduates in related disciplines in the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences who can convincingly demonstrate that their studies have fully prepared them for the LLM.

Assuming that this basic pre-requisite is in place, thereafter admission to the various LLM programmes is at the absolute discretion of the School of Law, which will decide on questions of admission having regard to a wide range of academic criteria, including the quality of the individual application and the objectives of ensuring a diverse LLM class of the highest possible academic calibre. Admission requirements may vary from programme to programme and from year to year.