Law with Economics?

rc28

I have just finished the leaving cert and have around 10 days to finalise my CAO. I have always had an interest in doing law but in the past 2 years I have taken up economics and I have found it to be interesting and I'm good enough at it.
I was wondering if anyone has any experience of or as heard anything about this degree, it was only introduced last year. Would it open up doors towards commercial law? I am really unsure of whether to put trinity law first or this course- tcd would be far handier for me from a commuting point of view(assuming I get the points!) but if the ucd course would be better for my career in the long run then maybe the 2.5 hour commute each way would be worth it.

Would anyone recommend the general law courses in TCD or UCD over each other or are they pretty much the same?

Link;http://www.ucd.ie/law/undergrad_BCL_economics.htm

Économiste Monétaire

First, I hope all went well with economics today in your leaving cert

Link to the modules (classes) for the first two years of Law with economics. Core modules are required classes and options are for you to choose from to make up the remaining credits.

In regards to commercial law I don't see how economics would be very helpful in contributing to that area, economics is the study of people and how they allocate limited resources, for the most part. The commercial aspect seems to be more like business. Also, Economics does get a lot more mathematical than the leaving cert in later years, but, if you are capable of doing calculus and algebra then you should be fine.

Business and Law could be a choice for you. You take two modules of economics in first year and an intermediate module in second year. However, I would not recommend taking a business course if you require mental stimulation beyond that of a monkey .

It seems to me that you would prefer just law, there are commercial law modules available as far as I am aware such as banking law, company law, commercial contracts etc. Also, you should pick a course where you will be happy. Will you be happy travelling 2.5 hours a day? If I were you I would put Law in Trinity first on the CAO, because of the shorter travel time, Law with Econ second, and Law in UCD third.

Goodluck2me

Business and Law allows you expand your horizons quite a bit, and affords you the freedom to dive into a while array of careers once you are finished. My preconceptions of law were much different to what they occurred in practice and I am now very grateful of the business backup. The law degree part of it is certainly as challenging as the pure law course, but without some of the smaller modules.
The business subjects which may not be of any great interest to you could certainly be of use to you such as Financial accounting, strategy and Economics not to mention a few of the others. There are, of course, some pretty airey fairy ones too like O.B. and BIS but they can be avoided or chosen as you wish with the modularisation in 3rd/4th year.
It is also highly respected both here, and across the water as an expansive innovative course by future employers, which at the end of the day is what is important.

gerry87

Personally I couldn't recommend economics enough, i did pure economics and really loved it, but a lot of people don't like it at all.

It's really not the same as leaving cert economics, it gets quite mathematical as it progresses. While you don't need to be maths whizz or anything like that, i would say you would have to be comfortable with, or at least enjoy maths.

I'm just pointing this out as a lot of people seem to be suited to either reading/wordy subjects or mathsy subjects, so law economics mightn't suit everybody, though if you like both, Law with Economics would be a great choice.

UCD economics is very highly regarded, as is economics in general. Last year i posted in the economics forum on boards asking what sort of jobs i'd be looking at and got a lot of pretty negative responses. Then i started to look around myself and found that nearly all of the jobs in the finance industry specifically list economics as one of the degrees they look for. If this is a route you would be interested in, definately consider it.

Is there any particular reason you haven't mentioned B&L, as the other two posters mention there is a lot of choice in it so you can change your path as you go, its really one you should consider.

How long would your commute be to trinity? A 2.5 hour commute every morning sounds very nasty.

rc28

Firstly, thanks everyone for the advice. My commute to UCD is that long because I would have to get a Buseireann into the centre and then a Dublin Bus out to the campus and with traffic and the walk to Roebuck it would add up to between 2 and 2.5 hours. Trinity would be only around an hour though.
I was initially attracted to law with economics because I enjoy the subject and I'm never bored by it(the fact that it links in with current affairs also makes it interesting to me). However, I do realise that secondary school economics is, naturally, a lot different from third level so that's why I came on here. I haven't really looked into law with business because it strikes me as a little too general? (perhaps I'm being stupid though!). Yes, I'm capable at maths (did honours) but wouldn't say I love it. I have gotten some advice from relatives of mine (who are in the law profession) that commercial law is an expanding area and there are too many civil lawyers at the moment anyway. I thought that maybe having a little extra on the CV would be more attractive to an employer- what do you think?

"there are commercial law modules available as far as I am aware such as banking law, company law, commercial contracts etc."

I wasn't aware one could specialise within a law degree- thanks! I think I'll put Trinity first and then law with economics.

"I hope all went well with economics today in your leaving cert"
-It went well enough, cheers!

Économiste Monétaire

rc28 wrote: »

Firstly, thanks everyone for the advice. My commute to UCD is that long because I would have to get a Buseireann into the centre and then a Dublin Bus out to the campus and with traffic and the walk to Roebuck it would add up to between 2 and 2.5 hours. Trinity would be only around an hour though.
I was initially attracted to law with economics because I enjoy the subject and I'm never bored by it(the fact that it links in with current affairs also makes it interesting to me). However, I do realise that secondary school economics is, naturally, a lot different from third level so that's why I came on here. I haven't really looked into law with business because it strikes me as a little too general? (perhaps I'm being stupid though!). Yes, I'm capable at maths (did honours) but wouldn't say I love it. I have gotten some advice from relatives of mine (who are in the law profession) that commercial law is an expanding area and there are too many civil lawyers at the moment anyway. I thought that maybe having a little extra on the CV would be more attractive to an employer- what do you think?

"there are commercial law modules available as far as I am aware such as banking law, company law, commercial contracts etc."

I wasn't aware one could specialise within a law degree- thanks! I think I'll put Trinity first and then law with economics.

"I hope all went well with economics today in your leaving cert"
-It went well enough, cheers!

Link to law module choices. You can choose which classes you want with your options. In second year law for example, you have 20 credits for options, each module is usually 5 credits.

It looks like you've made your choice, all you need now is to wait until August