The BCL (Hons) (Clinical) Degree is a four-year degree, the Third Year of which is spent on placement, either nationally or internationally, with an appropriate legal body or organisation.

WORKLOAD GUIDELINE
Where a programme contains elective modules it is recommended that students do not take any more than 40 credits in any semester. Students are therefore advised to choose their modules so that the workload is evenly spread throughout the year.

NEW MODULE CODES
A number of the existing 10-credit modules have been split into one or two 5-credit modules (please see table below). If you have registered for and passed any of the old ‘parent’ modules, you are precluded from registering for either of the associated 5-credit modules.

First Year consists of core modules to the value of 50 credits and elective modules to the value of 10 credits. In order to be admitted to the First University Examination in BCL (Hons) (Clinical), a student must have satisfactorily attended prescribed modules to the value of 60 credits as follows:

Core Modules
LW1104 Foundations of the Legal System (5 credits)
LW1112 Constitutional and Institutional Law of the European Union (5 credits)
LW1153 Criminal Law (10 credits)
LW1154 Law of Contract (10 credits)
LW1156 Legal Research and Writing (10 credits)
¹LW1161 Constitutional Law: Fundamental Rights (5 credits) and
¹LW1162 Constitutional Law: Institutions of Government (5 credits) OR
¹LW1163 Dlí Bunreachtúil: Bunchearta (5 credits)
¹LW1164 Dlí Bunreachtúil: Institiúidí an Rialtais (5 credits)

and a module or modules to the value of 10 credits to be chosen from the following:
Elective Modules
²LW1106 Law of Torts I (5 credits) and
²LW1107 Law of Torts II (5 credits)
³AC1103 Financial Accounting Fundamentals (5 credits) and
³AC1104 Accounting for Partnerships and Companies (5 credits)
CH1001 Chinese Language (Mandarin) I (10 credits)
⁴FR1105 Threshold French (5 credits) and
⁴FR1107 French for Reading Purposes I (5 credits)
GA1002 Ceart na Gaeilge idir Scríobh agus Labhairt (10 credits)
⁵GE0005 German Language (Intermediate Level B1 Part 1) (5 credits) and
⁵GE0008 German Language (Intermediate Level B1 Part 2) (5 credits)
HS0028 Spanish Language (Beginner [00] Level) (10 credits)
HS1009 Spanish Language (Post Leaving Certificate) (10 credits)
IT1102 Non-Beginners' Written and Spoken Italian (10 credits)
⁶IT1109 Introduction to Written and Spoken Italian (10 credits)

Note:

1. Students may take EITHER LW1161 and LW1162 (10 credits total) OR LW1163 and LW1164 (10 credits total) OR LW1161 and LW1164 (10 credits total) OR LW1163 and LW1162 (10 credits) BUT NOT ANY OTHER COMBINATION.
2. LW1106 and LW1107 must be taken together.
3. AC1103 and AC1104 must be taken together.
4. FR1105 and FR1107 must be taken together.
5. GE0005 and GE0008 must be taken together.
6. Students wishing to take Introduction to Written and Spoken Italian (IT1109) are recommended to have a minimum of Grade HC3 in another modern continental language, or Irish, or Latin, or Greek in the Leaving Certificate Examination (or equivalent).

Module Semester Information may be found here. Module Descriptions may be found here.

Examinations
Full details of regulations governing Examinations for each programme will be contained in the Marks and Standards 2016 Book, and for each module in the Book of Modules, 2015/2016.

Three Year Rule
Students must pass the First University Examination in BCL (Hons) (Clinical) within three academic years from the date of first registration for First Year. Failure to comply with this rule would mean that the student would be ineligible to proceed further with his/her studies. Exceptions to this rule may be granted by the School of Law, only for very serious reasons.

Second Year consists of core modules to the value of 35 credits (or 25 credits if LW1106 Law of Torts I and LW1107 Law of Torts II have been selected in First BCL (Hons) (Clinical)) and elective modules to the value of 25 credits (or 35 credits if LW1106 Law of Torts I and LW1107 Law of Torts II have been selected in First BCL (Hons) (Clinical)). In order to be admitted to the Second University Examination in BCL (Hons) (Clinical) a student must have: (a) passed the First University Examination in BCL (Hons) (Clinical); and (b) subsequently satisfactorily attended prescribed modules to the value of 60 credits as follows:

Core Modules
LW1106 Law of Torts I (5 credits) (unless LW1102 has been selected in First BCL (Hons) (Clinical))
LW1107 Law of Torts II (5 credits) (unless LW1102 has been selected in First BCL (Hons) (Clinical))
LW2001 Clinical Legal Skills (5 credits)
LW2005 Legal Skills (Clinical) (5 credits)
LW2204 Economic Law of the European Union (5 credits)
LW2249 Law of Property I (5 credits)
LW2250 Law of Property II (5 credits)

and modules to the value of 25 credits (or 35 credits if LW1106 Law of Torts I and LW1107 Law of Torts II have been selected in First BCL (Hons) (Clinical)) to be chosen from the following:

Elective Modules
LW2006 The Law of Evidence I (5 credits)
LW2007 The Law of Evidence II (5 credits)
LW2207 International Human Rights Law (5 credits)
LW2208 Law of the European Convention on Human Rights (5 credits)
¹LW2210 Law in a Globalised World (5 credits)
LW2211 Principles of Public International Law (5 credits)
LW2212 Public International Law: Application and Selected Issues (5 credits)
¹LW2254 Commercial Law (10 credits)
LW2261 Information Technology Law (10 credits)
LW2263 Law of Public Administration (5 credits)
LW2264 Administrative Law: Grounds of Judicial Review (5 credits)
LW2267 Welfare Law: Social Inclusion and the Law (5 credits)
LW2268 Welfare Law: Poverty and the Law (5 credits)
LW2275 Family Law: Child Law (5 credits)
LW2276 Family Law: Family Relationships (5 credits)
*LW3301 Employment Law: Contracts, Rights and Termination (5 credits)
*LW3302 Employment Law: Employee Protection, Equality and Industrial Relations (5 credits)
*LW3345 Company Law: Fundamental Concepts and Doctrines (5 credits)
*LW3346 Company Law: Finance, Management and Insolvency (5 credits)
*LW3347 Contemporary Issues in Corporate Law (5 credits)
LW3368 Principles of Revenue Law (5 credits)
LW3371 Sources and Foundations of Environmental Law (5 credits)
LW3372 Environmental Law: Contemporary Issues in Governance, Regulation and Enforcement (5 credits)
*LW3404 Medical Law and Ethics (5 credits)
*LW3405 Medical Law: Regulation of Healthcare (5 credits)

(Other options may be available in a particular session).
*Note: Students are required to take such elective modules as are appropriate to the area of law in which they intend to pursue their clinical placement and elective modules must be chosen in consultation with the Clinical Education Co-ordinator. Those modules in the above list which are marked with an asterisk are normally available only to Fourth BCL (Hons) (Clinical) students and may only be selected with the agreement of the Clinical Education Co-ordinator, as a preparation for the third year placement.

or modules to the value of 15 credits (or 25 credits) from the foregoing and modules to the value of 10 credits to be chosen from:

Elective Modules
CH2107 Chinese Language (Mandarin) Level 2 (10 credits)
²FR2105 Towards Vantage French (5 credits) and
²FR2107 French for Reading Purposes II (5 credits)
GA2001 Úsáid agus Cruinneas na Gaeilge I (10 credits)
GE2101 Integrated Language Course (10 credits)
HS0128 Spanish Language (Improver [01] Level) (10 credits)
IT2101 Intermediate Italian Language (10 credits)
³MG2003 Consumer Behaviour (5 credits) and
³MG3019 Business Ethics (5 credits)

Note:

1. LW2210 Law in a Globalised World (5 credits) and LW2254 Commercial Law (10 credits) are available in Second Year only.
2. FR2105 and FR2107 must be taken together. These modules are available only to students who have already taken ten credits of French in First Year.
3. MG2003 and MG3019 must be taken together.

Module Semester Information may be found here. Module Descriptions may be found here.

Examinations
Full details of regulations governing Examinations for each programme will be contained in the Marks and Standards 2016 Book, and for each module in the Book of Modules, 2015/2016.

Three Year Rule
Students must pass the Second University Examination in BCL (Hons) (Clinical) within three academic years from the date of first registration for Second Year. Failure to comply with this rule would mean that the student would be ineligible to proceed further with his/her studies. Exceptions to this rule may be granted by the School of Law, only for very serious reasons.

Students in this programme must complete two approved clinical work placements, either nationally or abroad, with an appropriate legal body or organisation. Each placement is of 12 weeks duration and the student must complete these two placements on a full-time basis for one academic year between the completion of the Second University Examination in BCL (Hons) (Clinical) and the commencement of the final year of the BCL (Hons) (Clinical) Degree. Registration for the Final Year BCL (Hons) (Clinical) programme at UCC must directly follow the year spent on placement. Students must take prescribed modules to the value of 60 credits as follows:

LW3500 Placement I (15 credits)
LW3501 Placement II (15 credits)
LW3502 Placement Research Project 1 (10 credits)
LW3503 Placement Research Project 2 (10 credits)
LW3504 Placement Presentation 1 (5 credits)
LW3505 Placement Presentation 2 (5 credits)

Module Semester Information may be found here. Module Descriptions may be found here.

Examinations
Full details of regulations governing Examinations for each programme will be contained in the Marks and Standards 2016 Book, and for each module in the Book of Modules, 2015/2016.

Three Year Rule
Students must pass the Third University Examination in BCL (Hons) (Clinical) within three academic years from the date of first registration for Third Year. Failure to comply with this rule would mean that the student would be ineligible to proceed further with his/her studies. Exceptions to this rule may be granted by the School of Law only for very serious reasons.

Fourth Year consists of core modules to the value of 25 credits and elective modules to the value of 35 credits. In order to be admitted to the BCL (Hons) (Clinical) Degree Examination, a student must have: (a) passed the Third University Examination in BCL (Hons) (Clinical), and (b) subsequently satisfactorily attended prescribed modules to the value of 60 credits as follows:

Core Modules
LW3303 Law of Equity: Doctrines and Remedies (5 credits)
LW3305 Law of Equity: Trusts (5 credits)
LW3360 Moot Court (10 credits)
LW3367 Jurisprudence (5 credits)

and modules to the value of 35 credits to be chosen from the following (other than those previously selected):

Elective Modules
LW2006 The Law of Evidence I (5 credits)
LW2007 The Law of Evidence II (5 credits)
LW2207 International Human Rights Law (5 credits)
LW2208 Law of the European Convention on Human Rights (5 credits)
LW2211 Principles of Public International Law (5 credits)
LW2212 Public International Law: Application and Selected Issues (5 credits)
LW2261 Information Technology Law (10 credits)
LW2263 Law of Public Administration (5 credits)
LW2264 Administrative Law: Grounds of Judicial Review (5 credits)
LW2267 Welfare Law: Social Inclusion and the Law (5 credits)
LW2268 Welfare Law: Poverty and the Law (5 credits)
LW2275 Family Law: Child Law (5 credits)
LW2276 Family Law: Family Relationships (5 credits)
LW3301 Employment Law: Contracts, Rights and Termination (5 credits)
LW3302 Employment Law: Employee Protection, Equality and Industrial Relations (5 credits)
LW3316 Financial Services: Law and Regulation (5 credits)
LW3317 Banking Law (5 credits)
LW3345 Company Law: Fundamental Concepts and Doctrines (5 credits)
LW3346 Company Law: Finance, Management and Insolvency (5 credits)
LW3347 Contemporary Issues in Corporate Law (5 credits)
LW3357 English Land Law (5 credits)
LW3366 Advanced Legal Reasoning (5 credits)
LW3368 Principles of Revenue Law (5 credits)
LW3369 Income Tax Law (5 credits)
LW3370 Sports Law (5 credits)
LW3371 Sources and Foundations of Environmental Law (5 credits)
LW3372 Environmental Law: Contemporary Issues in Governance, Regulation and Enforcement (5 credits)
LW3404 Medical Law and Ethics (5 credits)
LW3405 Medical Law: Regulation of Healthcare (5 credits)

or modules to the value of 25 credits from the foregoing and modules to the value of 10 credits to be chosen from the following:

Elective Modules
¹AC2204 Introduction to Management Accounting (5 credits) and
¹AC2205 Intermediate Management Accounting (5 credits)
²CH3020 Chinese Language (Mandarin) Level 2.5 (5 credits) plus
²CH2011 Chinese Politics and Society (5 credits)
³FR4101 Advanced Use of French (10 credits)
GA3001 Úsáid agus Cruinneas na Gaeilge (10 credits)
GE3101 Advanced Integrated Language Course (10 credits)
IT3101 Advanced Italian Language (10 credits)

Note:

1. AC2204 and AC2205 must be taken together.
2. CH3020 and CH2011 must be taken together.
3. FR4101 Advanced Use of French (10 credits) may only be taken with the permission of the Head of the Department of French.

Module Semester Information may be found here. Module Descriptions may be found here.

Examinations
Full details of regulations governing Examinations for each programme will be contained in the Marks and Standards 2016 Book, and for each module in the Book of Modules, 2015/2016.

Three Year Rule
Students must pass the BCL (Hons) (Clinical) Degree Examination within three academic years from the date of first registration for Fourth Year. Failure to comply with this rule would mean that the student would be ineligible to proceed further with his/her studies. Exceptions to this rule may be granted by the School of Law, only for very serious reasons.

Programme Learning Outcomes for BCL (Hons) (Clinical) (NFQ Level 8, Major Award)
On successful completion of this programme, students should be able to:

• Identify the primary and secondary sources of Irish law
• Apply core legal skills of legal research, writing and advocacy
• Understand and evaluate fundamental legal principles and concepts
• Critically analyse the political, economic, social and ethical contexts in which laws are formulated
• Identify and analyse the primary points at issue in decided case law
• Apply the professional, organisational and interpersonal skills acquired to work effectively both independently and in a team context
• Reflect on the relationship between academic law and law in practice through the lens of clinical experience.