Law - Professional - Conversion Course - Grangegorman

Course Title: Master of Arts in Law (Professional)

What is... Law (Professional)?

The Master of Arts in Law Professional is a post-graduate law degree primarily intended for graduates whose undergraduate degree is not in law. All subjects examined by the Law Society Final Examination Part 1 are offered and the MA (Professional) is an approved degree for the purposes of admission to the BL Degree at King's Inns.



The Master of Arts in Law (Professional) is a comprehensive, yet flexible, post-graduate law degree designed to fast-track graduates to a successful career in the legal professions and other careers requiring comprehensive legal knowledge and analytic skills.



The programme provides students with a thorough, comprehensive understanding of Irish law, the institutional framework of the Irish legal system and the context for Ireland’s position in the global legal system. It equips students with high-level reasoning and analytical skills enabling them to solve legal problems in a range of social, commercial and regulatory contexts, and to critically evaluate legal rules and processes.



The Master of Arts in Law (Professional) offers small-class sizes to facilitate interactive learning and provides students with access to a team of expert law lecturers, many of whom have extensive experience of legal practice.



The programme is designed to afford students maximum flexibility in tailoring a law degree to meet their own educational and professional needs. Students take Legal Skills and eleven additional modules chosen from a full range of legal topic ranging from core legal topics to those at the cutting edge of law and legal systems.



Schedule

When taken part-time, students will have class contact time of approximately 6.5 hours per week with a total time commitment of 20 hours per week. Whilst some modules are offered in the evening, part-time student’s take the bulk of their classes with full-time students. Therefore although a part-time option is available, this is not an evening course and attendance during the day should be expected.



This programme is also available on a full-time basis.

All students take a Legal Skills module in their first year of registration. This module emphasises practical skills such as research, writing and advocacy. Students also participate in moot courts, prepare and deliver presentations and work together in completing group projects.



Students take five additional modules in first year and six modules in second year. There are no required modules beyond Legal Skills and for 2024/25 the modules offered are:

• Company Law

• Constitutional Law

• Contract Law

• Criminal Law

• Equity

• European Union Law

• Property Law

• Law of Torts

• Refugee and Asylum Law

• Evidence

• Jurisprudence

• Administrative Law

• European Human Rights Law

• Criminology

• Media and Intellectual Property Law

• Family Law

• Law & Society Research Clinic

Minimum Entry Requirements?

Admission to the Master of Arts in Law (Professional) requires at least a second class honours level 8 primary degree (2.2 or higher).



If English is not your first language you will need to provide evidence of your English language proficiency as detailed on our website. Applicants for this course should have a minimum IELTS (Academic Version) English Proficiency of 7.5 overall (or equivalent) with nothing less than 7.5 in each component.



Due to competition for places, satisfying the minimum entry requirements is not a guarantee of a place.



Students who obtained the DIT Post-Graduate Diploma in Law in 2014 or later may apply for entry into year two of the course. However, these students should note that the Master of Arts in Law (Professional) is accredited by King's Inns only for those who commence year one in 2017/8 or later.

Applications will open in February 2025.



Non-EU Students

Non-EU students, not resident in Ireland, are not eligible to apply for part time programs that are delivered on-campus. Applications for part time courses that require on-campus attendance will not be processed and the application fee will not be refunded.

4 years, Part Time

Method of Delivery: On-Campus



Classes are held, in the main, between 9am and 6pm Monday-Friday with some modules offered in the evening. Timetables allow students to attend classes covering all 8 FE1 subjects from Monday-Wednesday. A sample timetable is available from law@tudublin.ie. It is possible to earn the degree by attending on campus one day per week over the course of four years.

Commencement Date: September 2025

What are my career opportunities?

Graduates of the Master of Arts in Law (Professional) are highly sought after by the “Big Six” law firms as well as other law firms throughout Ireland. Graduates have also gone on to pursue successful careers at the Bar, the Courts Service and other justice agencies.



The programme also has a consistent track record of producing graduates who are well-placed to succeed in competitions for public service employment and to obtain positions in highly regulated industries such as pharmaceuticals, Information Technology, Banking and Finance, Insurance and Energy. It is also suitable for professionals looking to upskill in law.