Below are details on all the awards and how to apply for them.
PhD Funding Opportunities
Postgraduate Scholarship LLM International Commercial Law
Eversheds Sutherland Solicitors, an international corporate law firm, offers a very generous scholarship to the student registering for the LLM in International Commercial Law in September with the highest undergraduate Law degree award.
Prize giving: Autumn semester
Funded by: Eversheds, Solicitors
Further information on how to fund your postgraduate degree can be found here: https://www.ul.ie/gps/about/funding-your-postgraduate-degree#scholarships
The Limerick and Dublin based firm of HOMS has for many years now offered a very generous award to a UL Law student. This scholarship will be awarded to the Law student on the Access programme who is awarded the highest QCA at the end of the autumn exams for academic year 2019/2020 (and who is not in receipt of any other scholarship).
A prize of approximately €2,000 to €2,500 will be presented to that Access Law student.
Prize giving Spring semester or as decided by HOMS
Funded by HOMS endowment plan plus HOMS cash
Judge Catherine McGuinness Prize
An alumnus of the School of Law generously offered an annual prize of €300 to students enrolled on the Law Plus degree programme and honoured the former judge by naming the award after her.
The prize will be awarded to the student who achieves the highest marks based on the two clinical skills modules – Introduction to Lawyering I and II.
Prize giving: Autumn semester
Funded by: The School of Law has taken over the funding of this prize at €100 but hopes other alumni will finance it in the future.
A premier international firm with headquarters in Dublin, Matheson Solicitors provides a great opportunity for first year law students who can win a monetary amount. There are student prizes for the highest marks over two Contract Law modules; 1st and 2nd prizes are awarded.
Prize giving: Autumn semester
Funded by: Matheson Solicitors
Students are eligible to apply for the prizes on the basis of third year end of Autumn exam results in Law and Accounting, or end of second year exam results (Summer) in Law Plus.
The eligibility criteria are:
A shortlist will be compiled of students who achieve the required grade and the Law School Office will contact the eligible candidates in early January for Law and Accounting and in Autumn for Law Plus. The Selection panel will be made up of an Arthur Cox representative and the Head of School of Law, UL.
Prize giving: Autumn and Spring semesters
Funded by: Arthur Cox Solicitors
The student who completes modules LA4530 and LA4540 with the highest grades will win €500 from this business law firm.
Prize giving: Summer / Autumn
Funded by: Mason Hayes & Curran, Solicitors
The law student who completes first year with the highest academic grades will win an iPad (or similar tablet PC) – very useful and great fun!
The student (from Law Plus or Law and Acc) who finishes second year law with the top marks in Law subjects will win an amount of €500 from this firm.
Prize giving: Autumn semester
Funded by: A&L Goodbody
Bloomsbury publishing offer a prize of a credit with the publishing company to the student who achieves the highest grade in Labour Law.
Prize giving: Spring semester
Funded by: Bloomsbury Professional
Limerick based firm, Sweeney McGann, offered a prize to the first year LLB Evening students. The student who completes the first year of the LLB Evening programme with the highest grades will receive an O’Mahony’s bookshop token to the value of €250 on foot of the generosity of this firm.
Prize giving: Autumn semester
Funded by: Sweeney McGann, Solicitors
For information regarding all scholarships and awards please contact Sinead Eaton at sinead.eaton@ul.ie