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This programme offers a genuinely inter-disciplinary approach to European studies for law students in order to analyse how our understanding of the nature of the European Union is shaped by our particular disciplinary perspectives. Students will be challenged to think outside the box of their discipline within the core modules and to develop their discursive skills in relation to their twin discipline. Members of staff in the Sutherland School of Law have engaged in major research in this area spanning the full range of European Law from the institutional structure of the EU to critiques of existing area of EU law such as competition law and environmental law.

• To understand and think critically about the intersections between law, politics and international relations that comes to the fore in the study of EU law;
• To apply their knowledge and understanding of EU law, political theory and international relations to real and hypothetical factual situations;
• To conduct independent research and write coherent, well-structured papers.

What modules can I take?

The LLM requires the completion of 90 ECTS. The dissertation is worth 30 ECTS and there is a dissertation seminar in semester 2 for 2 hours per week with the dissertation being completed in Semester 3.

The typical enrolment for a full-time student is 3 modules in Semester 1 and 2. Although all modules are available, students on this programme usually choose from the following modules.

For January start Full Time students the Dissertation seminars begin straight away and the dissertation will take place during the summer

Careers & Employability

This programme will enable you to qualify in the legal profession while specialising in European law and public affairs. It is also the ideal platform from which to pursue a career in the European public service, e.g. European Commission and European Courts of Justice.

Several UCD careers events are held throughout the year, including dedicated law careers fairs which are attended by top employers. For specific careers advice, the UCD Sutherland School of Law has a dedicated careers advisor on its academic faculty.

Programme Outcomes

• demonstrate a detailed awareness and knowledge of EU Law and Public Affairs including current debates in this area.
• use knowledge of substantive law to advise on legal issues presented by factual situations and to evaluate and critique arguments as to whether and how the law in this field is in need of reform.
• integrate source material from a variety of disciplinary areas to reach reasoned decisions about the relative status of competing claims to knowledge.
• unpack complex arguments in this area and to render intelligible to a non-specialist audience, key disciplinary insights.
• have the intellectual toolkit required to research and write a major dissertation.
• understand the national, European and international framework within which this area has developed