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Study Abroad

Trinity College Law School

Have you ever wanted to live abroad, discover a new culture, improve your language skills and study in depth the laws of a different legal system? If so then the Erasmus/exchange programme might be exactly what you are looking for.

The School offers an extensive exchange programme with over 35 prestigious Law Schools across Europe, North America, Australia and the Far East. Law students are permitted to study abroad in their Junior Sophister year. All students can now study abroad for the full year or for one semester. Students continue to pay Trinity fees, in so far as these are required, but pay no fees to the host university. An Erasmus mobility is grant provided for students studying in a European university. There is financial support for students attending universities outside the EU through the Global Mobility bursaries. More information can be found here.

Single Honours Law students have two options:

  1. Apply for European Erasmus and Non-European exchanges of the Law School (see Partner Universities.), or
  2. Apply for International exchange via the Academic Registry to Australian National University (Canberra), the University of Queensland, University of New South Wales, University of Stellenbosch , City University of Hong Kong, and Singapore Management University.

Joint Honours Law with Language students:

  • Law and French and German students are only eligible to study in France or Germany. For the list of Universities available please refer to the Partner Universities.

    • Joint Honours Law with Business, Political Science or History students:

  • The study abroad options depend on the pathway students pursue. Students following the Law Major pathway for their degree must choose in their third year Law Major, Business/Political Science/History Minor, Option B. Trinity Joint Honours Law students can apply to the Law School / Partner Disciplines or the College exchange programmes to study abroad. Information is available to current TCD students on the Undergraduate Information module in Blackboard - please visit the Study Abroad Information 2025/26 section

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    • Partner Universities


    The Law School has over 35 Partner Universities. Information is available to current TCD students on the Undergraduate Information module in Blackboard - please visit the Study Abroad Information 2025/26 section

    EUROPE

    Belgium

    Denmark

    Finland

    France

    Germany

    Hungary

    Italy

    Lithuania

    Spain

    Sweden

    Switzerland

    The Netherlands

    NON-EU

    Australia

    United States of America

    Canada

    China

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    Eligibility and Requirements


    2025/26

    • Information is available to current TCD students on the Undergraduate Information module in Blackboard - please visit the Study Abroad Information 2025/26 section

    2024/25

    2023/24

    The Law School allocates places using a competitive selection process. It is primarily based on the results of Junior Fresh examinations. Applicant students are ranked in order of their JF results and offered the highest of their preference that is available to them. Language skills are also taken into consideration if required. Studying abroad is demanding and requires high levels of academic ability and dedication in order to adapt, succeed and reap the rewards. The allocation of places is strictly subject to the student attaining at least a II.2 grade in their forthcoming Senior Fresh examinations. However, North American and Asian universities require students to obtain a II.1 in their JF and SF exams.

    Students should understand that they will need to work hard while abroad. Our partner universities have very high standards, and the results which students attain abroad, will, after conversion into Trinity grades by the Law School’s Court of Examiners, count for a significant proportion of each exchange student’s degree.

    For students who entered Trinity from 2019/20 onwards, the Junior Sophister year will make up 30% of the final degree grade.

    For these reasons, the year abroad must be taken seriously. However, experience has shown that the Trinity Law students who go abroad tend to be very able and motivated and acquit themselves very well, as well as enjoying all the other benefits of the experience.

    Law and Language Students


    Law and Language students are required to take part in the exchange programme in their Junior Sophister year. Students must study 30 ECTS in Law modules. The law modules can be taught through English or French/German. Students must also study 30 ECTS to meet the French or Germanic Studies requirement. This will involve taking a mandatory language course. The remaining ECTS can be law modules or modules from another department, as long as they are taught through the language of the host university.

    The Junior Sophister year abroad counts 30% towards the final degree grade.

    2025/26

    • Information is available to current TCD students on the Undergraduate Information module in Blackboard - please visit the Study Abroad Information 2025/26 section

    2024/25

    2023/24

    How to Apply


    Single Honours Law Students:

    Deadline: Friday 15 November 2024.

    Please carefully read the the Year Abroad Requirements which will be shared with you in early October and posted online in due course.To apply for an exchange programme you must complete the Academic Registry online form.

    Joint Honours Law with Business/Political Science/History:

    Deadline: Friday 15 November 2024.

    Students are reminded to review the documentation available on the Trinity Joint Honours website before applying. School of Law information which will be shared with you in early October and posted online in due course. To apply for an exchange programme you must complete the Academic Registry online form.

    For Law and Language students:

    Deadline: Friday 15 November 2024.

    Please carefully read the the Year Abroad Requirements which will be shared with you in early October and posted online in due course.To apply for an exchange programme you must complete the Academic Registry online form.

    Contact


    If you have any queries, your first point of contact is Celine Walsh at law.exchange@tcd.ie. If you have an academic-related query, please contact the relevant Exchange Coordinators below:

    Administrative Queries within the School

    Academic Queries
    Celine Walsh - International and Visiting Student Executive Officer
    Phone: 00353-1-896-1278
    Email: law.exchange@tcd.ie Office Hours:
    Tuesday and Wednesday: 11am to 1pm, and 2pm - 4pm, and Friday 11am - 1pm

    remotely on Zoom


    Room 0.1B: Law School Main Office
    		 Dr. Rachael Walsh - Erasmus / Exchange Coordinator for Outgoing Exchange Students
    Email: rachael.walsh@tcd.ie

    Dr. Roisin Costello - Erasmus / Exchange Co-ordinator for Incoming Visiting Students
    Phone: 00353-1-896-TBC
    Email: roisin.acostello@tcd.ie

    Exchange Options at College Level

    Contact
    To make an appointment with one of the Global Mobility Team members to have a one-to-one advice session, the appointment booking link is found here.


    		Email: global.mobility@tcd.ie