Law and Business (1BLB1)

Graduates will understand not only the legal process but also the fundamentals of business. This will prepare graduates to work as lawyers in a corporate environment.

Subjects in this course are:-

Year 1- Compulsory Core Modules (50 credits)

• Introduction to Financial Accounting (5 credits)
• Introduction to Management Accounting (5 credits)
• Understanding the Law (10 credits)
• Constitutional Law (10 credits)
• Contract Law (10 credits)
• Tort Law (10 credits)
• Optional Modules (10 credits)
• Digital Business:-
• • Information Management for Business (5 credits)
  • Business Information Systems (5 credits)
• Economics:-
  • Principles of Microeconomics (5 credits)
  • Principles of Macroeconomics (5 credits)
• Language:-
  • Spanish, Legal German, Legal French or Teanga an Dlí (Legal Irish) (10 credits)

Year 2- Compulsory Core Modules (35 credits)

• Criminal Law I & II (10 credits)
• European Union Law I & II (10 credits)
• Company Law I & II (10 credits)
• Mooting (5 credits)
• Optional Modules (25 credits)
• Accounting:-
• • Management Accounting I (5 credits)
  • Business Finance I (5 credits)
  • International Financial Reporting I (5 credits)
•  Economics:-
• • Applied Microeconomics for Business (5 credits)
  • Macroeconomics and the Business Environment (5 credits)
  • Principles of Microeconomics (5 credits)
  • Principles of Macroeconomics (5 credits)
  • Digital Business

Year 3- placement

Year 4- Compulsory Modules (35 credits)

• Equity Law (10 credits)
• Land Law (10 credits)
• Commercial Law (5 credits)
• Legal Business & Ethics (5 credits)
• Guided Research Essay (5 credits)
• Optional Specialist Streams (25 credits)

Students will have the opportunity to shape their degree by choosing a specialist stream. Students may choose one of the following specialist streams including the ‘General’ stream which allows students to choose modules from multiple streams. Certain specialist streams have prerequisite modules which must be passed before choosing the stream in the final year.

• Business Information Systems (5 credits)
• Information Management for Business (5 credits)
• Cybersecurity (5 credits)
• Management:-
• • Employment Relations (5 credits)
  • Management (5 credits)
• Language:-
• • Spanish, Legal French, Legal German or Teanga an Dlí (Legal Irish) (10 credits each)