LAW37750

Learning Outcomes:

By taking this module, students should:

- gain practical expertise in Irish financial services law and regulation, including in developing areas such as FinTech, AML, AI, and financial sanctions;
- develop skills to navigate compliance, authorisation, and enforcement processes;
- get insight into handling complex client scenarios and balancing legal analysis with commercial factors, using real-world case studies and regulatory insights.

Indicative Module Content:

The course is designed to provide participants with a comprehensive understanding of the key principles, laws, and regulations that shape the financial services industry in Ireland, and how these are applied in practice.

Areas covered include:
- A review of the landscape of regulated financial services in Ireland;
- MiFID; the Irish investment services regime;
- Regulation of fintech in Ireland;
- Anti-money laundering in Irish financial services;
- EU financial sanctions;
- Law and regulation governing the use of technology and AI in financial services;
- The Individual Accountability Framework;
- The Central Bank of Ireland's approach to supervision and enforcement.

The United Nations identified seventeen Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as core to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and UCD contributes in general to SDG 4 Quality Education. Further SDGs explored within this module if relevant are listed below. A scale of 1 - 5 indicates the extent to which the SDG is covered.


 

Student Effort Hours:

Approaches to Teaching and Learning:

Lectures; critical writing; and reflective learning.

Students on this module are expected to have read and understood the UCD Academic Integrity Policy and the School Protocol on Academic Integrity. Students must ensure that they comply with all requirements laid down therein and avoid academic misconduct. Students are not permitted to use generative artificial intelligence, or other machine learning technology, in their learning and in completing assessments on this module. Students are expected to follow Oscola Ireland in citing sources in completing assessments.

Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.

Module Requisites and Incompatibles

Not applicable to this module.
 

Assessment Strategy

As part of UCD's student support, under the Additional Consideration policy, extensions may be available for the following assessments in the module: Assignment (including essay/poster), Portfolio, Reflective Assignment, Report(s), and Individual Project.

 

Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 

Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Group/class feedback, post-assessment

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Not yet recorded.

Timetabling information is displayed only for guidance purposes, relates to the current Academic Year only and is subject to change.