NUIM Department of Law

The Department of Law accepts applications for the degree of Ph.D. at full-time and part-time level. Applications are considered throughout the year.

Entry Criteria:

Entry to the Ph.D. programme normally requires:

• A master's degree in law, but students with a 2.1 honours or better in law may also be considered in exceptional circumstances.

Applications will be considered from candidates wishing to undertake research that coincides with faculty members' research interests. In addition to developing their own research topic with their supervisor(s), students will be required to take 30 credits worth of modules over the duration of their programme of doctoral research.  15 of these credits will be generic/transferable modules offered by the Faculty of Social Sciences, and 15 credits will be in subject/specialist modules developed by the Department.

Interested candidates should:

a) Identify a potential supervisor (list below) and discuss their area of interest
b) Submit a research proposal to the supervisor.

Once the potential supervisor is satisfied with the proposal a formal application for entry may be made.

List of Potential Ph.D. Supervisors and research interests in the Department:

Dr. Sibo Banda

• LLB (Malawi), LLM (Warwick), PhD (UCC)
• Specialisms: Constitutional law, the use of fundamental rights in private law, legal pluralism in the Malawi legal system, competing conceptions of property in the age of fundamental rights in the SADC region.

Dr. Brian Flanagan

• BCL with French Law (UCD; Paris II), BCL (Oxon), MPhil (Oxon), Ph.D. (UCD)
• Specialisms: the nature of legal rules and legal reasoning, theories of meaning in jurisprudence, and the nature of common law appellate court reasoning.

Professor Sandeep Gopalan

• BA, LLB (NLSIU), BCL (OXON.), D.Phil. (OXON.)
• Specialism: Corporate Governance, Transnational Commercial Law, and International Law

Dr. Louise Kennefick

• Ph.D. (UCC)
• Specialism: Criminal Law

Dr. Neil Maddox

• BCL PhD (NUI)
• Specialisms: Property Law, Equity and Trusts, and Housing Law.

Mr. Seth Tillman

• B.A. (Chicago), J.D. (Harvard)
• Specialism: Constitutional Law

More details are available here: http://law.nuim.ie/

Career Opportunities

The skills acquired during the programme of doctoral study will prepare students for a wide range of careers including academia, private industry, and public service.

• To apply go to www.pac.ie