The programme is for students who wish to add to a profound understanding of Irish law along with a sustained course of study in Economics. The programme enables students to proceed to professional training as lawyers in Ireland and elsewhere. Through combining Law with Economics, it also provides an even broader range of career-relevant knoweldge, skills and experience. 

We aim for students to be active, motivated, autonomous learners who understand the social, cultural and political dimensions of law  with the additional perspectives gained through their study of Economics. Gradautes will obtain the academic basis for a successful career in law as well as more widely applicable knowledge and skills. 

We strive for a learning environment that encourages students to work individually or as part of a team, so they can develop their own and others' leadership, teamwork and communication skills. Small group teaching, online collaboration and practice-based learning are key elements of this. There is an option to spend a semester at one of the School's partner universities. 

To these ends the programme uses teaching, learning and assessment approaches such as tutorials, seminars, supervised academic writing, work placement and simulations of professional practice.

1 - demonstrate specialised, detailed knowledge and understanding of the legal systems of Ireland and of the European Union.
2 - demonstrate specialised, detailed knowledge and understanding of Economics.
3 - apply their knowledge and understanding in a manner that indicates a professional approach to their specific work or vocation in the field of law and/or Economics.
4 - gather and interpret the relevant data from a variety of sources, both legal and factual, to inform judgments on problems within the major branches of law and/or economics.
5 - make their own judgments, including the capacity to reflect on relevant political, social, economic, historical, or ethical issues associated with law and/or economics.
6 - communicate information, ideas, problems and solutions, considering the importance of legal and/or economics arguments in public policy debates, in an accessible and intelligible manner to both specialist and non-specialist audiences.
7 - realise those learning skills that are necessary for them to continue to undertake further study with a high degree of autonomy.
8 - identify, in the field of legal scholarship, the relevant sources of law and commentary upon and analysis of it and to frame their own original legal arguments.
9 - identify, in the field of economics scholarship, the relevant sources of information and commentary upon and analysis of it and to frame their own original arguments. S

This new four-year interdisciplinary law degree places the study of law in the context of economics and enables students to explore their relationship.

The programme aims to provide you with:

- Knowledge of the principles and rules of law

- Understanding of the principles, concepts and methods of economics

- Insight into how law influences economic behaviour and how economic factors affect legal norms and institutions

You will learn the fundamental legal concepts and principles, develop an ability to analyse law and engage in legal reasoning, gain a critical understanding of how economic factors shape and develop law and acquire research skills in the fields of law and economics.

STAGE 1
In Stage 1 students will complete modules in the foundations of Economics, as well as basic elements of any law degree, such as Contract, Tort and Constitutional Law.

STAGE 2
Stage 2 will include more core law modules, such as Land Law, Criminal Law and EU Law and modules offered by the UCD School of Economics.

STAGE 3 & 4
In the final two stages students will study optional and elective modules in both Law and Economics. Students may opt to undertake a research project in lieu of one of the taught modules in the final stage.

You may apply to study abroad for either a semester or a year through the Erasmus programme or on a non-EU exchange. UCD has over 200 Erasmus partners in Europe and an increasing number of non-EU exchange agreements with universities in the USA, Canada, Australia, Japan and elsewhere.

Please visit the Erasmus section by clicking on the International Office link at the top of this page.

BCL (Law with Economics) graduates have an attractive skill-set which is of undisputed relevance to commercial legal practices and to businesses in Ireland and abroad. Recent graduates have found employment with leading law firms and businesses.

Graduates are also eligible to pursue further study in the fields of:

Commercial Law

Intellectual Property

Economics

Law and Finance

Insolvency Law

UCD Law Programme Office,
Roebuck Castle,
Belfield,
Dublin 4
Tel: +353 1 716 8342/8754
Email:law@ucd.ie
Web:www.ucd.ie/blprogrammes

Module ID	Module Title	Trimester	Credits
Stage 1 Core Modules Economics
ECON10760	Macroeconomics for Business	Autumn	5
MATH10030	Mathematics for Business	Autumn	5
Stage 1 Core Modules Economics
Stage 1 Core Modules Law with Economics
LAW10050	Constitutional Law: Institutional Framework of the Constitution of Ireland	Autumn	5
LAW10190	Negligence and Related Matters	Autumn	5
LAW10340	Contract: Formation	Autumn	5
LAW10420	Legal and Professional Skills	Autumn	5
ECON10720	Microeconomics for Business	Spring	5
LAW10060	Constitutional Law: Fundamental Rights under the Constitution of Ireland	Spring	5
LAW10200	Nominate Torts	Spring	5
LAW10350	Contract: Vitiating Factors and Remedies	Spring	5
LAW10360	General Introduction to the Irish Legal System	Spring	5
Stage 1 Core Modules Law with Economics
Stage 1 Options - Law with Economics B)MIN0OF: LAW10260 may be chosen as an elective
LAW10260	Criminal Procedure	Spring	5
Stage 1 Options - Law with Economics B)MIN0OF: LAW10260 may be chosen as an elective
Stage 2 Core Modules Economics
ECON20200	Int Microeconomics (ECON&FIN)	Autumn	5
ECON20040	Statistics for Economists	Autumn and Spring (separate)	5
Stage 2 Core Modules Economics
Stage 2 Core Modules Law with Economics
LAW20330	EU Constitutional Law	Autumn	5
LAW20370	Property Law I	Autumn	5
LAW20390	Criminal Liability	Autumn	5
LAW20340	EU Economic Law	Spring	5
LAW20380	Property Law II	Spring	5
LAW20400	Criminal Offences and Defences	Spring	5
Stage 2 Core Modules Law with Economics
Stage 2 Options - Economics A)2OF: Select 2 Option Modules. Only choose ECON20020 if you have studied ECON10760.
ECON20060	Irish Economy	Autumn	5
ECON20080	Economic Policy Analysis	Autumn	5
ECON20190	Introduction to Financial Economics	Autumn	5
MATH20330	Optimisation for Economics	Autumn	5
DEV20130	Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals	Spring	5
ECON20020	Intermediate Macroeconomics	Spring	5
ECON20100	Game Theory	Spring	5
ECON20120	The Economics of the European Union: Institutions, Policies and Crises	Spring	5
ECON20130	Economic History: From the Middle Ages to the Second World War	Spring	5
ECON20160	Economics of the Environment	Spring	5
ECON20230	Economics, Organisation and Management	Spring	5
Stage 2 Options - Economics A)2OF: Select 2 Option Modules. Only choose ECON20020 if you have studied ECON10760.
Stage 2 Options - Law with Economics A)MIN0OF: You should choose both LAW20090 and LAW20170 instead of Electives to be Compliant for the Irish Legal Professional Bodies
LAW20090	Company Law I	Autumn	5
LAW20170	Company Law II	Spring	5
Stage 2 Options - Law with Economics A)MIN0OF: You should choose both LAW20090 and LAW20170 instead of Electives to be Compliant for the Irish Legal Professional Bodies
Stage 3 Core Modules Economics
ECON30130	Econometrics: Applying Statistics to Economic Data	Autumn and Spring (separate)	5
ECON20020	Intermediate Macroeconomics	Spring	5
Stage 3 Core Modules Economics
Stage 3 Options - Economics A)MIN1OF: Students are required to select a minimum of TWO option modules, ONE of which must be selected from the following list of level 3 modules. The remaining option may be level 2 or level 3. Please note that if you have already taken ECON20090 Labour Economics in previous years, then you cannot register for ECON30360
ECON30100	The Economics of Health and Health Policy	Autumn	5
ECON30150	International Money and Banking	Autumn	5
ECON30180	Industrial Economics: Economics of Business Strategy	Autumn	5
ECON30270	Behavioural Economics and Public Policy	Autumn	5
ECON30290	Advanced Microeconomics	Autumn	5
ECON30360	Labour Economics	Autumn	5
ECON30400	Political Economy	Autumn	5
ECON30410	Development Economics	Autumn	5
ECON30520	R for Economists	Autumn	5
ECON30530	Advanced Econometrics: Microeconometrics	Autumn	5
FIN30200	Econometrics of Financial Markets	Autumn	5
ECON30120	Advanced Macroeconomics	Spring	5
ECON30160	International Trade Economics	Spring	5
ECON30170	Financial Economics: Asset Pricing	Spring	5
ECON30190	Public Economics: Government Spending, Taxation and Public Choice	Spring	5
ECON30260	The Economics of the Transport Sector	Spring	5
ECON30390	Experimental Economics: Lab Experiments	Spring	5
ECON30430	Economics of International Fin	Spring	5
ECON30500	Field Experiments Social Sci	Spring	5
ECON30540	Advd Econometrics: Time Series	Spring	5
ECON30550	Philosophy of Economics	Spring	5
Stage 3 Options - Economics A)MIN1OF: Students are required to select a minimum of TWO option modules, ONE of which must be selected from the following list of level 3 modules. The remaining option may be level 2 or level 3. Please note that if you have already taken ECON20090 Labour Economics in previous years, then you cannot register for ECON30360
Stage 3 Options - Economics B)MIN0OF: Students may select up to one of the following level 2 modules to fulfill their stage 3 option requirement.
ECON20060	Irish Economy	Autumn	5
ECON20080	Economic Policy Analysis	Autumn	5
ECON20190	Introduction to Financial Economics	Autumn	5
MATH20330	Optimisation for Economics	Autumn	5
DEV20130	Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals	Spring	5
ECON20100	Game Theory	Spring	5
ECON20120	The Economics of the European Union: Institutions, Policies and Crises	Spring	5
ECON20130	Economic History: From the Middle Ages to the Second World War	Spring	5
ECON20160	Economics of the Environment	Spring	5
ECON20180	Intermediate Microeconomics II	Spring	5
ECON20230	Economics, Organisation and Management	Spring	5
Stage 3 Options - Economics B)MIN0OF: Students may select up to one of the following level 2 modules to fulfill their stage 3 option requirement.
Stage 3 Options - Law with Economics A)MIN5OF: Choose six of the following, or five if you select LAW37580, 10-credit Research module.
LAW37580	Research Module 10 cr	2 Trimester duration (Aut-Spr)	10
LAW20090	Company Law I	Autumn	5
LAW30010	Banking Law	Autumn	5
LAW30060	Equity: History, Doctrines, Remedies	Autumn	5
LAW30070	Evidence - Foundations	Autumn	5
LAW30090	Revenue Law: Introduction to Revenue Law	Autumn	5
LAW30170	Employment Law: the Contract of Employment	Autumn	5
LAW30240	Administrative Law: Grounds of Review	Autumn	5
LAW30300	Criminology: Criminal Justice and Penology	Autumn	5
LAW30400	Matrimonial Law and Reliefs	Autumn	5
LAW30440	Environmental Law and Policy	Autumn	5
LAW30470	International Human Rights Law	Autumn	5
LAW30610	Commercial Law	Autumn	5
LAW30690	Advocacy and Mooting	Autumn	5
LAW30700	The Lawyer, Professional Ethics & Legal Practice	Autumn	5
LAW30730	Public International Law	Autumn	5
LAW30870	Patent Law and Trademarks	Autumn	5
LAW37520	International Family Law	Autumn	5
LAW37560	Social Inclusion Law	Autumn	5
LAW37620	Law and Hate	Autumn	5
LAW37700	Internet Law and Regulation	Autumn	5
LAW20170	Company Law II	Spring	5
LAW30160	Evidence - Practice and Principles	Spring	5
LAW30180	Jurisprudence	Spring	5
LAW30190	Media Law	Spring	5
LAW30230	Overview of Law Relating to Creation and Administration of Trusts	Spring	5
LAW30290	Administrative Law: Remedies for Unlawful Administrative Action	Spring	5
LAW30310	European Human Rights Law	Spring	5
LAW30330	Employment Law: Employment Rights	Spring	5
LAW30450	Family and Child Law	Spring	5
LAW30530	Criminological Theory	Spring	5
LAW30820	Private International Law	Spring	5
LAW37460	Planning Law	Spring	5
LAW37470	Advanced International Law - The Law of Int Organisations	Spring	5
LAW37490	Advanced International Law - The Law of the Sea	Spring	5
LAW37510	Sports Law	Spring	5
LAW37590	International Economic Law	Spring	5
LAW37600	Migration Law	Spring	5
LAW37610	Medical Law	Spring	5
LAW37630	Law in the Classroom	Spring	5
LAW37670	Copyright Law	Spring	5
LAW37680	BCL Internship	Spring	30
LAW37710	Applied Legal Skills	Spring	5
Stage 3 Options - Law with Economics A)MIN5OF: Choose six of the following, or five if you select LAW37580, 10-credit Research module.
Stage 4 Core Modules Law with Economics
LAW30640	Competition Law in Practice	Autumn	5
Stage 4 Core Modules Law with Economics
Stage 4 Options - Economics A)4OF: Select 4 modules (amounting to 20 credits) from the following list of Options. Please note that if you have already taken ECON20090 Labour Economics in previous years then you cannot register for ECON30360. Students who went on exchange and did not register for ECON20020 (core module) in stage 3, must choose this as an option.
ECON30100	The Economics of Health and Health Policy	Autumn	5
ECON30150	International Money and Banking	Autumn	5
ECON30180	Industrial Economics: Economics of Business Strategy	Autumn	5
ECON30270	Behavioural Economics and Public Policy	Autumn	5
ECON30290	Advanced Microeconomics	Autumn	5
ECON30360	Labour Economics	Autumn	5
ECON30400	Political Economy	Autumn	5
ECON30410	Development Economics	Autumn	5
ECON30520	R for Economists	Autumn	5
ECON30530	Advanced Econometrics: Microeconometrics	Autumn	5
FIN30200	Econometrics of Financial Markets	Autumn	5
MATH20330	Optimisation for Economics	Autumn	5
ECON20020	Intermediate Macroeconomics	Spring	5
ECON30120	Advanced Macroeconomics	Spring	5
ECON30160	International Trade Economics	Spring	5
ECON30170	Financial Economics: Asset Pricing	Spring	5
ECON30190	Public Economics: Government Spending, Taxation and Public Choice	Spring	5
ECON30260	The Economics of the Transport Sector	Spring	5
ECON30390	Experimental Economics: Lab Experiments	Spring	5
ECON30430	Economics of International Fin	Spring	5
ECON30500	Field Experiments Social Sci	Spring	5
ECON30540	Advd Econometrics: Time Series	Spring	5
ECON30550	Philosophy of Economics	Spring	5
Stage 4 Options - Economics A)4OF: Select 4 modules (amounting to 20 credits) from the following list of Options. Please note that if you have already taken ECON20090 Labour Economics in previous years then you cannot register for ECON30360. Students who went on exchange and did not register for ECON20020 (core module) in stage 3, must choose this as an option.
Stage 4 Options - Law with Economics A)MIN4OF: Choose five of the following, or four if you select LAW37580, 10-credit Research module.
LAW37580	Research Module 10 cr	2 Trimester duration (Aut-Spr)	10
LAW30010	Banking Law	Autumn	5
LAW30060	Equity: History, Doctrines, Remedies	Autumn	5
LAW30070	Evidence - Foundations	Autumn	5
LAW30090	Revenue Law: Introduction to Revenue Law	Autumn	5
LAW30170	Employment Law: the Contract of Employment	Autumn	5
LAW30240	Administrative Law: Grounds of Review	Autumn	5
LAW30300	Criminology: Criminal Justice and Penology	Autumn	5
LAW30400	Matrimonial Law and Reliefs	Autumn	5
LAW30440	Environmental Law and Policy	Autumn	5
LAW30470	International Human Rights Law	Autumn	5
LAW30610	Commercial Law	Autumn	5
LAW30690	Advocacy and Mooting	Autumn	5
LAW30700	The Lawyer, Professional Ethics & Legal Practice	Autumn	5
LAW30730	Public International Law	Autumn	5
LAW30870	Patent Law and Trademarks	Autumn	5
LAW37520	International Family Law	Autumn	5
LAW37560	Social Inclusion Law	Autumn	5
LAW37620	Law and Hate	Autumn	5
LAW37700	Internet Law and Regulation	Autumn	5
LAW30160	Evidence - Practice and Principles	Spring	5
LAW30180	Jurisprudence	Spring	5
LAW30190	Media Law	Spring	5
LAW30230	Overview of Law Relating to Creation and Administration of Trusts	Spring	5
LAW30290	Administrative Law: Remedies for Unlawful Administrative Action	Spring	5
LAW30310	European Human Rights Law	Spring	5
LAW30330	Employment Law: Employment Rights	Spring	5
LAW30450	Family and Child Law	Spring	5
LAW30530	Criminological Theory	Spring	5
LAW30550	Legal History: The History of Public Law	Spring	5
LAW30570	Contemporary Issues in Law and Politics	Spring	5
LAW30820	Private International Law	Spring	5
LAW37460	Planning Law	Spring	5
LAW37470	Advanced International Law - The Law of Int Organisations	Spring	5
LAW37490	Advanced International Law - The Law of the Sea	Spring	5
LAW37510	Sports Law	Spring	5
LAW37590	International Economic Law	Spring	5
LAW37600	Migration Law	Spring	5
LAW37610	Medical Law	Spring	5
LAW37630	Law in the Classroom	Spring	5
LAW37670	Copyright Law	Spring	5
LAW37710	Applied Legal Skills	Spring	5
Stage 4 Options - Law with Economics A)MIN4OF: Choose five of the following, or four if you select LAW37580, 10-credit Research module.

		Award		GPA
Programme	Module Weightings	Rule Description	Description
BHLAW004	Stage 3 - 50.00% Stage 2 - 50.00%	Standard Honours Award	First Class Honours	3.68	4.20
			Second Class Honours, Grade 1	3.08	3.67
			Second Class Honours, Grade 2	2.48	3.07
			Pass	2.00	2.47
BHLAW014	Stage 4 - 50.00% Stage 3 - 50.00%	Standard Honours Award	First Class Honours	3.68	4.20
			Second Class Honours, Grade 1	3.08	3.67
			Second Class Honours, Grade 2	2.48	3.07
			Pass	2.00	2.47