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Law and French

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  • 25-02-2014 10:06pm
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    Lauriangel
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    Hey guys,

    I've been thinking about college courses a lot recently and I initially had decided on studying law in Trinity.

    However, I am now thinking of doing law and french instead, as I heard there would be more job opportunities from doing this course (and I really like french too!) :)

    If anyone has studied this course, what do you think of it? Are there good job opportunities in Ireland and abroad?

    Thanks!
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    robman60
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    Hi,

    I'm in a similar position to you. I was strongly considering putting down this course but I reconsidered when I actually looked into the course details. Much of the course content is actually based on French Law and culture/history, not all language as you may have anticipated. You're probably aware of this already I just wanted to make it explicit!

    I'm leaning more towards Law and Business now so I'd also be glad to hear any current students' opinions.


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    Lauriangel wrote: »
    Hey guys,

    I've been thinking about college courses a lot recently and I initially had decided on studying law in Trinity.

    However, I am now thinking of doing law and french instead, as I heard there would be more job opportunities from doing this course (and I really like french too!) :)

    If anyone has studied this course, what do you think of it? Are there good job opportunities in Ireland and abroad?

    Thanks!

    Most of Europe has a very different legal system to that of Ireland and the rest of the ex-British colonies. So you would have to go back to basics if you wanted to qualify as a avocat or notaire in France after your degree.

    However, if you wanted a job in the EU or other international organisations then French would be a definite advantage (though I think EU posts require three languages).

    Within Ireland, I don't think that it has any advantages or disadvantages compares with the pure law degree.


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