International Justice and Law Maynooth University

Overview

It provides insights into how the international legal order works, and how it seeks to protect vulnerable groups, including minorities, migrants, and people with disabilities. It critiques the applicable legal regimes, and illustrates how these systems operate in practice.

Teaching is delivered by means of small class lectures, in-class simulations, workshops, and master classes. In addition to the modules, The School works with leading academics and practitioners who provide seminars in various fields of law throughout the academic year.

Career Options

Students who undertake the  International Justice and Law program from Maynooth University  will have valuable critical analytical and research skills, as well as a deeper knowledge of current human rights and global justice issues. These will be beneficial for a wide variety of careers in legal practice, governance, or advocacy.  Students who undertook this programme have gone on to work for a range of different organisations, including government departments, advocacy organisations, leading law firms and national regulatory bodies. The School has strong links with several private and public sector organisations, including several leading Irish law firms. Through these relationships we offer students valuable opportunities for professional development and networking, both as part of the degree and outside of it.