(a) Transfers at the end of First Year
At the end of First Year, transfers are possible from any of the following programmes:
BCL (Hons)
BCL (Hons) (International)
BCL (Hons) (Clinical)
BCL (Hons) (Law and French)
BCL (Hons) (Law and Irish)
to any of the following programmes:
BCL (Hons)
BCL (Hons) (International)
BCL (Hons) (Clinical)
BCL (Hons) (Law and French)*
* Note that the additional rules stated below in relation to transfers into this programme mean that it is not possible to transfer from BCL (Law and Irish) into this programme.
A transfer is possible only if the Head of the School of Law has determined that there is a place available in Second Year of the programme into which the student wishes to transfer. If a place or places become available, interested students will be invited to make an application to the School of Law Office (closing date: July 31st 2015 at 5pm) and, in filling the available place or places, priority will be given to applicants based on their First Year results in the other Law programme.
In order to be eligible to transfer the student must have successfully completed the First University Examination and must have taken appropriate modules in the First Year to meet any prerequisites (subject to the specific rules in relation to transfers into BCL (Law and French) outlined below). The School of Law may impose conditions upon a transfer.
In the case of a transfer from another BCL programme into BCL (Law and French), applicants must have taken 10 credits of French modules in their First Year - FR1105 Threshold French (5 credits) and FR1107 French for Reading Purposes I (5 credits) or equivalent modules. They must also have obtained at least a C1 in Honours French in the Leaving Certificate (or equivalent). Students transferring into BCL (Law and French) will be required to take 10 additional credits in BCL (Law and French) 2, making a total of 70 credits, in order to make up for BCL (Law and French) modules not taken in First Year. These additional modules, to be taken on a non-degree basis, are LW1101 Legal Writing and Analysis (5 credits) and FR1801 Law, Language, Literature (5 credits). In addition, in place of LW2209 Constitutional and Institutional Law of the European Union (5 credits), which applicants will already have taken as part of First Year of their other BCL programme, applicants will be required to take one further 5 credit module from the current list of BCL (Law and French) Second Year electives which for these students will count towards the total of 60 credits on which Pass and Progression and Honours for BCL (Law and French) 2 are based.
In respect of transfers into BCL (Hons), which has a larger quota than the other programmes and does not involve the complication of a clinical placement/year abroad, a student may make a transfer application to the School of Law Office (on the form which is available from that office) in the course of the academic year. The School of Law may, at its discretion, decide to approve such a transfer application (conditional on the student successfully passing the First Year of the other Law programme and having taken appropriate modules in the First Year to meet any prerequisites) without waiting for the July 31st deadline mentioned above.(b) Transfers at the end of Second Year
At the end of Second Year, transfers are possible from any of the following programmes:
BCL (Hons)
BCL (Hons) (International)
BCL (Hons) (Clinical)
to any of the following programmes:
BCL (Hons)
BCL (Hons) (International)
BCL (Hons) (Clinical)
A transfer is possible only if the Head of the School of Law has determined that there is a place available in the Third Year of the programme into which the student wishes to transfer. If a place or places become available, interested students will be invited to make an application to the School of Law Office (with an appropriate deadline being specified in the call for applications) and, in filling the available place or places, priority will be given to applicants based on their First Year results in the other Law programme. In order to be eligible to transfer, the student must have taken appropriate modules in First Year and Second Year to meet the requirements of the programme and the transfer, if approved, will be subject to the student passing the Second Year of the other Law programme.
Note: students with queries related to this policy should contact the School of Law Office.