A practical understanding of domestic and EU legislation is on offer among the King’s Inns range of advanced diploma courses this autumn.

“The goal of our advanced diploma courses is to help people to acquire a practical understanding of a specialist area of law that will assist them and their organisation in better achieving their goals,” says Dr Eimear Brown, Dean of the School of Law at King’s Inns.

Busy professional

“The typical learner is an ambitious, busy professional who needs to know more about an aspect of law relevant to the role they have currently – or to the role they want to obtain next, as they progress in their career.”

The law can be an intimidating field, difficult to navigate and in a continuous state of evolution, and this poses obstacles to busy professionals whose working life is affected by legal change, Dr Brown adds.

The School of Law at King’s Inns demystifies the law, running a range of courses covering key areas of Irish and European Law.

The courses are delivered in a way that makes the content accessible to those who have never studied law before.

“Some advanced diploma courses are of importance, regardless of the sector concerned,” said Dr Brown.

“Data-protection law and applied employment law are areas that affect almost every business.

“Almost all businesses use social media, and need to know about media and social-media law. Any State body or business involved in public procurement processes needs to know about public-procurement law,” she said.

Engineers

The planning-and-environmental law course typically attracts planners, engineers, architects and county council officials.

Medical law is attended by clinicians, hospital administrators, and in-house counsel while corporate, regulatory, and white-collar crime, is of particular interest to regulators, banking professionals, and law enforcement.

Electoral law and politics attracts elected representatives, journalists, and civil and public servants, while law and education is of interest to principals, teachers, and those working in the regulation of education.

Professionals seeking to develop new practical skills may be interested in qualifying as an accredited mediator.

Other skills-based courses include the advanced diplomas in quasi-judicial decision-making and in legislative drafting.

Those with a facility for the Irish language may be interested in lawyer-linguistics or in legal translation. 

King’s Inns also has over 15 professional development courses on offer for the coming year.

Accessible learning

King’s Inns understands that learners are fitting in their studies around professional lives. Most courses are designed to be delivered in a primarily online format, with only a small amount of in-person attendance at King’s Inns required.

Classes are timed to fit with most busy schedules, taking place either early in the morning or at weekends.

Many sessions are recorded for those unable to attend live online classes.

“We understand that our learners have significant demands on their time and we work to ensure that attending classes is feasible and enjoyable,” Dr Brown explains.

To find out more, go to: Advanced Diploma Law Courses - King's Inns (kingsinns.ie)