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The School of Law, and it’s stakeholders, offer excellent opportunities and motivation to it’s Law students with the possibility of winning any of the prizes listed below. Winning any one of these prizes and scholarships will greatly enhance a student’s CV and we are all very grateful to the sponsors of these prizes.

Valid and available in respect of academic year 2024/2025 ;  

UNDERGRADUATE AWARDS

1. Holmes O’Malley Sexton LLP,

Holmes O’Malley Sexton LLP 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 2024/2025 (and who is not in receipt of any other scholarship).

 2. Judge Catherine McGuinness prize

A graduate of the School of Law generously offered an annual prize of €500 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.

3. Matheson, Solicitors

This premier international firm, with headquarters in Dublin, 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. 1^st and 2^nd prizes are awarded.

4. Arthur Cox Participation Prize

Students are eligible to apply where they have a QCA equivalent to a 2.1 Honours degree AND evidence of a significant contribution to UL life. The contribution should have some commercial, organisational or legacy element;

The Selection panel will be made up of an Arthur Cox representative and Head of School of Law, UL and one prize will be awarded

5. A & L Goodbody Solicitors Prizes

The law student who completes first year with the highest academic grades will win an iPad (or similar tablet PC).

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 from this firm.

6. Mason Hayes & Curran, Solicitors –  Company Law Prize

The student who completes modules the two company Law modules with the highest grades will win a monetary amount from this very prominent business Law firm.