Diploma Programme

The Diploma Team is pleased to announce its Spring 2010 Programme:

• Diploma in Employment Law
• Diploma in Commercial Litigation
• Certificate in Taxation Law
• Certificate in District Court Advocacy

How to Apply

• When you have chosen a course, you can book it online. To get started, view the list of diplomas
• Alternatively, you can book by post - just complete the Spring 2010 application form. Return the form with full payment (cheques/bank drafts only) to the Diploma Team, Law Society of Ireland, Blackhall Place, Dublin 7.

On receipt of the application form and payment by post or online, your place on the course will be confirmed. An email setting out full course details will issue prior to the commencement of the course.

If an invoice is required to discharge fees, please contact the Diploma Team before submitting your application, to ensure that payment will be received before the course commences.

Autumn 2010 Programme

The Law Society’s Diploma Team is pleased to announce the following diplomas commencing in Autumn 2010:

• Diploma in Corporate Law & Governance
• Diploma in Insolvency & Corporate Restructuring  

Download an Autumn 2010 application form here.

Information on the Full Autumn 2010 Programme will be available at the end of March.

Autumn 2009 Programme

For infomation on courses currently in session, click on the course title below:

• Diploma in Trust & Estate Planning (STEP)
• Diploma in Finance Law
• Diploma in Family Law
• Diploma in Insolvency & Corporate Restructuring
• Diploma in Civil Litigation
• Diploma in Intellectual Property & InformationTechnology Law
• Certificate in Human Rights
• Certificate in Litigation
• Diploma in Legal French
• Certificate in Legal German

LLM (Practitioner)

The Diploma Programme and the Faculty of Law at University College Cork (UCC) are offering a collaborative LLM (Practitioner) programme for solicitors and barristers.

To qualify for the Master’s level award, a student must earn 90 credits. This can be done by studying six individual modules (each worth ten Master’s level credits, one of which is a compulsory clinical practice/reflective learning module), and completing a thesis (30 Master’s level credits).  

If, however, you have successfully completed one or more of our diplomas, as a student embarking on the LLM programme you will receive credit for those awards. Each diploma will account as an individual module (that is, ten Master’s level credits), up to a maximum of two such diplomas (that is, 20 Master’s level credits).

For further information on the LLM, please contact us at diplomateam@lawsociety.ie or phone 01 672 4802.

You can also view further details of the course on the UCC website.

Discounts

• A 20% discount is available for 2010 for unemployed solicitors;
• A further 10% is available to unemployed solicitors who have attended 2 or more diplomas in the Law Society making the total discount available 25%;
• A 10% discount is available for current trainees;
• When a firm is paying for 3 or more employees, to attend the same diploma course, there is a 10% discount on each of those applications;
• When a firm is paying for 6 or more employees, to attend the same diploma course, there is a 12.5% discount on each of those applications;
• Where an applicant has attended 2 diplomas in the Law Society, the applicant is entitled to a 10% discount on their 3rd diploma course fee.

Note: In the case of multiple applications, all payments and applications must be submitted together in order to receive the discount.

Cancellation Policy

Cancellations will only be accepted if submitted in writing no later than two weeks prior to the commencement of the course. All refunds are subject to an administration charge of €80. Fees will not be refunded once the course has commenced. 

View further information and frequently asked questions.