Law

Students applying for this course will benefit from the option to tailor the Diploma to their own specific needs in terms of the modules they will select and the time those particular modules are offered.

The Professional Diploma in Law offers students a choice of modules from our Masters in Law (LLM) programmes, and lectures will be shared with LLM students. In essence, students will ‘build’ their own unique Professional Diploma in Law, concentrating on the areas of law of most interest or relevance to them, i.e. Human Rights, IP & IT, Criminology & Criminal Justice, etc.

Stage 1 - Options

• International Commercial Arbitration LAW40060

• Environmental Law and Policy LAW40120

• Trade Mark Law LAW40280

• Advanced Issues in European Competition Law LAW40360

• Advanced Criminological Theory LAW40640

• Corporate Governance LAW40670

• Law of the ECHR LAW40780

• Law and Governance of the EU LAW41040

• Climate Change Law and Policy LAW41090

• Online Regulation LAW41150

• Data Protection and Privacy: National and International Perspectives LAW41270

• Asylum and Refugee: Law, Politics and Rights LAW41310

• International Tax Law LAW41450

• White Collar Crime LAW41500

• Patent Law LAW41610

• Data Protection Governance LAW41790

• Law of Armed Conflict LAW42020

Applications are accepted from :

Practising barristers or solicitors

Barristers or solicitors actively engaged in legally connected employment,

Graduates holding an approved university degree or law-based interdisciplinary university degree,

Persons with other academic and/or professional qualifications and/or such experiences as would satisfy the School that they are able to participate on this course.



Applicants should take careful note of the following:

Official references must be submitted as proof of work experience by all applicants or Official Transcripts can be submitted as proof of examination results, where relevant. Students of UCD applying for the Diploma do not need to supply Transcripts but should submit relevant professional references.



The personal statement is an important component of the application. It should contain information demonstrating your capability to undertake the course successfully. Thus, you should detail your relevant professional and practical experience.



Applicants must nominate two academic referees unless the applicant has been in employment for more than two years, in which case one of the named referees must be an employer. Applicants are required to submit the name, position held, postal address, email address and contact number for the two academic referees.

How to apply?

The following entry routes are available:

Prof Dip Law Jan PT (B408)

Duration 1 Years

Attend Part Time

Deadline Closed



Prof Dip Law PT (B389)

Duration 1 Years

Attend Part Time

Deadline Rolling*



* Courses will remain open until such time as all places have been filled, therefore early application is advised

1 year part-time

Next Intake: 2024/2025 September.

Careers & Employability

The Programme is for Professionals. You will be expected to have either a legal qualification or a qualification or experience in an area of relevance to the subjects you wish to study, Applications are accepted from



-Practising barristers or solicitors

-Barristers or solicitors actively engaged in legally connected employment,

-Graduates holding an approved university degree or law-based interdisciplinary university degree,

-Persons with other academic and/or professional qualifications and/or such experiences as would satisfy the School that they are able to participate on this course.



We have an excellent Careers Development Centre here at UCD, designed to help you with information regarding future employment or studies. UCD hold a number of graduate events throughout the year including a dedicated law fair at which at which many of the big Law firms will be in attendance. The School of Law has a dedicated careers advisor on it’s Academic staff, Dr. Oonagh Breen, and a staff member from the careers office will be in attendance at the School of law on a number of occasions throughout the academic year. To see the full range of services offered by the careers office go to http://www.ucd.ie/careers/