Legal education in Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland at the Learning in Law Annual Conference 2010.

Gillian McGaughey (Institute of Professional Legal Studies, Queen’s University Belfast) presented a paper on Perspectives on professional formation: apprenticeship, pupillage and the assessed year in employment at Learning in Law Annual Conference 2010 in January.

As part of our nations strategy UKCLE supports activities of a country specific nature:

• Events programme – we aim to organise regular events in Northern Ireland
• Nations Fund – support for initiatives in learning and teaching, including research and the development of resources from Northern Ireland

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Resources on legal education in Northern Ireland:

• Perspectives on professional formation: apprenticeship, pupillage and the assessed year in employment paper comparing the differing approaches to vocational training for lawyers and social workers (2010)
• Interdisciplinary training – case study on a shared learning experience in the courtroom between trainee social workers, GPs and barristers at Queen’s University Belfast (2009)
• Exploring the link between advocacy and actor training – paper on the potential of actor training techniques to help teach advocacy skills, with examples from Queen’s University Belfast (2006)
• Evaluation as a method of assessment – case study of peer assessment by interview at Queen’s University Belfast (2002)

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Law schools in Northern Ireland

Our Directory of legal education in the UK includes an overview of learning law in Northern Ireland. The following institutions offer law degrees and postgraduate courses in law:

• Queen’s University Belfast – School of Law | Institute of Professional Legal Studies
• University of Ulster – School of Law | Graduate School of Professional Legal Education

Academy Northern Ireland

Academy Northern Ireland, the Higher Education Academy’s arm in Northern Ireland, maintains a mailing list for alerts on events, funding opportunities and Academy work going on in Northern Ireland.

Useful links

• Department for Employment and Learning higher education webpages, including details of the seven Northern Ireland Centres for Excellence in Teaching and Learning
• Quality Assurance Agency in Northern Ireland
• General Council of the Bar of Northern Ireland
• Law Society of Northern Ireland

Last Modified: 16 June 2010