Demand for Business and Law Courses Rises & Medicine and Health Courses Falls
CAO data has revealed that there has been a rise in demand to study business and law while there has been a drop in demand for medicine and health courses.…
Law
Thinking about studying law or want to work within the legal system? In this section we look at different careers in law.
Firstly we look at the differences between being a barrister or a solicitor. We also look at other careers in law, including working as a legal secretary, a law clerk or a court clerk.
What Skills Do I Need to Study Law?
What Skills Do I Need to Study Law? Are you thinking about studying law? Courses in law always appear near the top of the CAO points table and for most…
Micro credential: Mediation at Maynooth University School of Law and Criminology
The Micro credential: Mediation at Maynooth University School of Law and Criminology facilitates participants in developing the knowledge and skills that underpin the mediation of conflicts and disputes. The course…
WIT – Try Law 2022
Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT) invites Transition Year (TY), 5th, 6th and mature students who are considering studying law at college to attend WIT - Try Law 2022
Intellectual Property and Information Technology Law Courses
What is Intellectual Property and Information Technology Law? Intellectual property (IP) refers to creations of the mind, such as inventions; literary and artistic works; designs; and symbols, names and images used…
International and Comparative Law Courses
What is International and Comparative Law? International Law is the term used to describe the legal system governing the relationships between countries and other participants in international relations, such as…
International and European Business Law Courses
What is International and European Business Law? International business law is the practice of law in the global business community. It includes a focus on economics and the law, international commercial transactions,…
Law and Finance Courses
What is Law and Finance? Finance law focuses on the contractual relationship between lenders and borrowers. In all financial transactions, the main aim is to negotiate and manage this relationship…
Social Work Courses
What is Social Work? Social work is a profession concerned with helping individuals, families, groups and communities to enhance their individual and collective well-being. Social work promotes social change, development, cohesion and…
Child Protection & Welfare Courses
What is Child Protection & Welfare? Child protection is part of the safeguarding process. It focuses on protecting individual children identified as suffering or likely to suffer significant harm. This includes…
Family Law Courses
What is Family Law? Family law is a practice area concerned with legal issues involving family relationships, such as adoption, divorce, and child custody. Attorneys practicing family law typically handle divorce,…
Law with Social Justice
Are you interested in different world issues and the relationship of those issues to law? Are you confident, an excellent communicator, a critical thinker and a problem solver? If so,…
Common Law Courses
What is Common Law? Common law is defined as a body of legal rules that have been made by judges as they issue rulings on cases, as opposed to rules…
Crime Scene Investigation Courses
What is Crime Scene Investigation? Crime scene investigation is a science known as forensics. Crime Scene Investigation is the use of the physical evidence found at the scene of a…
Criminology & Criminal Justice Courses
What are Criminology & Criminal Justice? While criminology is the study of crime and criminal justice describes the societal response to crime. Criminal justice refers to the system by which…
Human Rights Courses
What are Human Rights? Human rights are the basic rights and freedoms that belong to every person in the world, from birth until death. These basic rights are based on…
Forensic Science Courses
What is Forensic Science? Forensic Science is the application of scientific principles for crime scenes. Forensic science technicians or crime scene investigators collect evidence at the scene of a crime…
Tax Law
What is Tax Law? Tax Law, or Revenue Law is a subsection of legal study that focuses on the rules and procedures that governments use to assess and collect taxes.…
Criminology
What is Criminology? Criminology is the study of crime as well as the impact that crime has on society. Students interested in careers in criminology will study sociology, forensic pathology,…
Business & Law
What is Business & Law? A course in business and law combines the two disciplines, providing students interested in careers in business & law with analytical and advocacy skills as…
