Joint Honors

Trinity College Dublin's School of Law offer Joint Honors Law with either

Business (TR580)
History (TR581)
Political Science (TR582)
French (TR018)
German (TR019)

Overview of Programmes
Pathways Available
What Degree will I get?
Course Structure

Overview of Programmes

The Joint Honors programme in Law offers students a firm grounding in the complementary disciplines of Law with another subject. Trinity College Dublin’s School of Law offers Joint Honors Law with either Business, History, Political Science, or a language - French or German.

A joint Honors law degree will give you a critical understanding of the fundamentals of law and the legal framework in which your second subject operates under.
This programme offers the opportunity to focus on overlapping interests between both disciplines.
Students taking the Joint Honors programme will study less Law, but the programme is structured to ensure access to modules required for entry into the legal professional bodies in Ireland for those looking to pursue a Bachelor in Laws degree.

Pathways Available

Students who wish to pursue the award of LL.B. (see below) and enter into the legal profession afterwards, are advised to follow the Law Major, or Single Honors Law from the Senior Freshman year onwards. These Pathways are referred to as “Professional Pathways”.

The following Pathways are available:

You will be asked to confirm your choice of Pathway at the end of your Senior Freshman year. This will determine the degree you are awarded. In order to graduate with an award of LL.B. (either Single Honors or Law Major), students will be obliged to take 40 ects of Law in their Senior Freshman year and to continue on in a Law Major or Single Honors pathway from the JS year onwards.

TE - Trinity Elective
OM - Open Modules
Maj - Major
Min - Min
SH - Single Honors

What Degree will I get?

Students on the Joint Honors degree in Law will exit with a Bachelor of Laws - LL.B. or Bachelor of Arts - BA award. The award will depend on the focus of studies and the Pathway chosen from your Senior Freshman year onwards (see above).

Students considering a career in the legal profession must follow a Professional Pathway viz. or namely Law Major or Single Honors route from their Senior Freshman year onwards. These Pathways will offer the award of Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.).

Course Structure

What Law modules will I study on the Joint Honors Programme in Law?

In the first and second years, you will study a variety of foundational and professional law modules, taken alongside students reading for our single honors law programme. You will take less law modules than a single Honors student will take. The modules available to you will be be determined by the Pathway and award (see above) you wish to pursue from your SF year onwards. Your third and fourth years will be spent taking advanced modules in Law and/or your other subject. If you are taking French or German, you must spend your penultimate year in a university in France or Germany. Please see the individual combination entries listed above/below for more details.

Please also refer to our FAQ page for detailed explanation of ects and workloads.

Semester	Module	Single Honors	Joint Honors (incl French / German)
Michaelmas Term	Constitutional Law I	JF	SF
Michaelmas Term	Foundations of Law I	JF	JF
Michaelmas Term	Jurisprudence	JF	N/A
Michaelmas Term	Torts	JF	JF
Hilary Term	Contract Law	JF	JF
Hilary Term	Criminal Law	JF	SF
Hilary Term	Foundations of Law I	JF	JF
Hilary Term	Legislation and Regulation	JF	N/A
Michaelmas Term	Constitutional Law II	SF	N/A
Michaelmas Term	Land Law	SF	SF Law Major Only
Hilary Term	Equity	SF	SF Law Major Only
Hilary Term	Private Law Remedies	SF	N/A
Hilary Term	Mooting	SF	N/A

JF – Junior Freshman (1st Year)

SF – Senior Freshman (2nd Year)

N/A – not available

Sophister Years:

Michaelmas Term

The following modules are available in either, or both Junior Sophister and Senior Sophister Hilary Term.

Availability is dependent on Pathway. Please review the grid below when considering module selection.

		LL.B AWARDS			BA AWARDS
		SH - 50 JS / 40 SS + Capstone	Law Major - OPTON A 30 JS, 40 SS + Capstone	Law Major - OPTION B 40 JS / 20 SS + Capstone	JH - 30 JS / 20 SS + Optional Capstone	Law Min - Option A 20 JS Law 20 SS Law
Michaelmas Term: You may only choose 1 module from each group. Administrative Law is compulsory for LL.B. Award
Group
I	Administrative Law	JS / SS C*	JS C	JS / SS C*	JS O	JS O
	Media Law	SS O	N/A	SS O	N/A	N/A


II	Evidence	JS O/SS O	JS O	SS O	JS O	JS O
	Public International Law	JS O/SS O	JS O	JS O/SS O	JS O	JS O
	Information Technology Law (5)	JS O/SS O	JS O	JS O/SS O	JS O	JS O



III	English and Land Law	JS O/SS O	JS O	JS O/SS O	N/A	N/A
	European Human Rights	JS O/SS O	JS O	JS O/SS O	JS O	JS O
	Environmental Law A (5)	JS O/SS O	JS O	JS O/SS O	JS O	JS O
	Environmental Law	JS O/SSO	JS O	JS O/SS O	SS O	SS O
	Critical Perspectives on Law (5)	JS O/SS O	JS O	JS O/SS O	N/A	N/A
	Clinical Legal Education	SS O	N/A	JS O/SS O	N/A	N/A
VII	Food Law	SS O	SS O	SS O	SS O	SS O
	Collective Labour Law	SS O	SS O	SS O	SS O	SS O
	Legal Philosophy (5)	N/A	SS O	SS O	N/A	N/A
	EU Competition Law**	SS O	SS O	SS O	SS O	SS O
VII	Industrial Property Law (5)	SS O	SS O	SS O	N/A	N/A
	Industrial Property Law	SS O	SS O	SS O	N/A	N/A
	Medical Law and Ethics (5)	SS O	SS O	SS O	N/A	N/A
	Medical Law and Ethics	SS O	SS O	SS O	SS O	SS O

Hilary Term

The following modules are available in either, or both Junior Sophister and Senior Sophister Hilary Term.

Availability is dependent on Pathway. Please review the grid below when considering module selection.

		LL.B AWARDS			BA AWARDS
		SH - 50 JS / 40 SS + Capstone	Law Major - OPTON A 30 JS, 40 SS + Capstone	Law Major - OPTION B 40 JS / 20 SS + Capstone	JH - 30 JS / 20 SS + Optional Capstone	Law Min - Option A 20 JS Law 20 SS Law
Hilary Term: You may only choose 1 module from each group. EU Law is compulsory for LL.B. Award
Group	EU Law	JS C /SS C*	JS C	JS / SS C*	JS O	JS O
IV	EU Constitutional Law (5) ***	SS O	SS O	SS O	N/A	N/A
IV	EU Substantive Law (5) ****	SS O	SS O	SS O	N/A	N/A
V	Company Law	JS O/SS O	JS O	JS O / SS O	JS O	JS O
	Public Interest Law A (5)	JS O/SS O	JS O	JS O / SS O	JS O	JS O
	Public Interest Law	JS O/SS O	JS O	JS O / SS O	JS O	JS O
	Corporate Governance (5)	SS O	N/A	SS O	N/A	N/A
	Refugee and Immigration Law (5/10)	SS O	N/A	SS O	N/A	N/A
VI	Commercial Law	JS O / SS O	JS O	JS O / SS O	JS O	JS O
	Employment Law A (5)	JS O / SS O	JS O	JS O / SS O	JS O	JS O
	Employment Law	JS O / SS O	JS O	JS O / SS O	JS O	JS O
	Family and Child Law A (5)	JS O / SS O	JS O	JS O / SS O	JS O	JS O
	Family and Child Law	JS O /SS O	JS O	JS O / SS O	JS O	JS O
IX	Current Issues in Con Law (5)	SS O	SS O	SS O	N/A	N/A
	Conflicts of Law	SS O	SS O	SS O	N/A	N/A
	Equality Law	SS O	SS O	SS O	SS O	SS O
	Financial Services Law	SS O	SS O	SS O	SS O	SS O
X	Insolvency Law (5)	SS O	SS O	SS O	SS O	SS O
	Housing Law in Rights and Context (5)	SS O	N/A	SS O	N/A	N/A
	International Human Rights Law	SS O	SS O	SS O	SS O	SS O

O - Optional
C - Compulsory
* Only available in SS Year if abroad in JS Year
** EU is pre-requisite
*** Only available if abroad in JS semester/year and you have NOT completed full EU credits. You may not take this if you have completed EU Law in your JS year.
**** Only available if abroad in JS semester/year and you have NOT completed full EU credits. You may not take this if you have completed EU Law in your JS year.

The above modules are indicative. With the exception of Professional modules, the School reserves the right to withdraw, modify or add further modules in any particular year.

For detailed Law module information, please visit the modules page: here

Joint Honors Programme Office

For more information on Pathways, please refer to our Pathways Tracing document for Law and the general information available on the Joint Honors Programme Office website.

Study Abroad

Law with French or German

The third year is a compulsory year spent studying legal and language-related modules in one of France or Germany's top-ranking universities.

Joint Honors Law with Business, History, or Political Science

In the third year you may choose to apply to spend one semester or the entire year abroad on either the Erasmus programme or with a partner university with which we have an exchange programme. These exchanges are hugely popular and are academically and culturally rewarding.

Students on the professional pathway that opt to or are obliged to spend their JS year abroad should ensure they select either Law Major with 30 ECTS of Law in the Junior Sophister year, or Single Honors, if they are to ensure they have access to all the modules needed to cover all professional legal body requirements.

Further information on the year abroad programme, and a list of partner universities, can be found: here

Careers

Students considering a career in the legal profession are advised to follow one of the LL.B. (Bachelor of Laws) routes above. Please refer to the general Careers and Graduate Page and the individual Subject entries below.