The Diploma in Law and Legal English is a one-year, full-time course. It is available only to students from partner Chinese universities, with whom University College Cork signs a bilateral agreement under Statute 263 of the National University of Ireland, who spend one year studying in University College Cork. Having studied for two years at a partner Chinese university, students will study for one year at University College Cork, taking the Diploma programme to the value of 60 credits.

The Diploma in Law and Legal English consists of core modules to the value of 45 credits and elective modules to the value of 15 credits. In order to be admitted to the University Examination in Law and Legal English, a student must have satisfactorily attended prescribed modules to the value of 60 credits as follows:

Core Modules
LW1001 Legal Writing (5 credits)
LW1104 Foundations of the Legal System (5 credits)
LW1162 Constitutional Law: Institutions of Government (5 credits)
LC2000 English Studies for International Students of Law (10 credits)
LC2001 Legal English Studies for International Students (10 credits)
LC2002 Academic Writing Skills (10 credits)

and modules to the value of 15 credits to be chosen as follows:

Students must choose 15 credits from lists A and B below with a maximum of 5 of these credits being from List B. A student may not take any module from List B if they have chosen LW1153, or LW2254. Each student's module choices must be approved by the Programme Director.

List A - Students choose either 10 or 15 credits from this list
LW1107 Law of Torts II (5 credits) [LW1106 is a corequisite]
LW1153 Criminal Law (10 credits)
LW1154 Law of Contract (10 credits)
LW2007 The Law of Evidence II (5 credits) [LW2006 is a corequisite]
LW2102 Economic Law of the European Union (5 credits)
LW2208 Law of the European Convention on Human Rights (5 credits)
LW2216 Humanitarianism and the Law (5 credits)
LW2250 Law of Property II (5 credits)
LW2254 Commercial Law (10 credits)
LW2264 Administrative Law: Grounds of Judicial Review (5 credits)
LW2275 Family Law: Child Law (5 credits)
LW3313 Employment Law: Rights Protection, Equality, Specific Categories of Employees (5 credits)
LW3369 Income Tax Law (5 credits)
LW3404 Medical Law and Ethics (5 credits)
LW3405 Medical Law: Regulation of Healthcare (5 credits)

List B - Optional modules: a maximum of 5 credits may be chosen from this list.
LW1106 Law of Torts I (5 credits) [LW1107 is a corequisite]
LW1161 Constitutional Law: Fundamental Rights (5 credits)
LW2006 The Law of Evidence I (5 credits) [LW2007 is a corequisite]
LW2100 Constitutional and Institutional Law of the European Union (5 credits)
LW2207 International Human Rights Law (5 credits)
LW2211 Principles of Public International Law (5 credits)
LW2249 Law of Property I (5 credits)
LW2263 Law of Public Administration (5 credits)
LW2269 Privacy and Data Protection Law (5 credits)
LW2276 Family Law: Family Relationships (5 credits)
LW3312 Employment Law: Contracts, Termination, Collective Labour Law (5 credits)
LW3316 Financial Services: Law and Regulation (5 credits)
LW3368 Principles of Revenue Law (5 credits)
LW3370 Sports Law (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 2022/2023 Book and for each module in the Book of Modules, 2022/2023.

Admission to Higher Degrees
Students who obtain a minimum grade equivalent to Second Class Honours Grade I in their bachelor's degree from their Chinese home university and a minimum of Second Class Honours Grade I in the Diploma in Law and Legal English are eligible to apply for admission to higher degrees offered by the School of Law.

Programme Learning Outcomes for the Diploma in Law and Legal English (NFQ Level 7, Special Purpose Award)
On successful completion of this programme, students should be able to:

• Evaluate primary and secondary legal materials including legislation, international instruments, case-law and academic commentary;
• Demonstrate original, independent and critical thinking;
• Engage with academic discourse on legal themes;
• Apply their knowledge of legal principles to hypothetical fact scenarios;
• Demonstrate advanced reading skills with a range of legal texts in English;
• Produce samples of effective academic writing in English using appropriate sentence structure, linking devices, paragraphing and with appropriate vocabulary;
• Communicate effectively in English on familiar and unfamiliar topics and initiate and respond appropriately in oral discourse.