The Outreach Programme aims to break down the barriers that many students often face when thinking about pursuing a degree in law or a legal career. Our aim is to promote inclusion and to promote provision for access to law to people of all backgrounds! Many students see a law degree as an elitist or “out of touch” course to take and we hope to explore misconceptions people may have about entering a degree in this discipline.

Our mentors will meet with partner schools monthly to teach them about what a law degree entails, what to expect from university life and what forms of legal careers exist in Ireland. The programme will also give students the opportunity to delve into well known cases concerning areas such as tort law, constitutional law and more. Finally, students will have the chance to participate in a mock trial with their own class as well as a final mock trial in which schools will compete against each other in our grand finale, ‘Outreach Day.

We hope that students leave feeling confident in pursuing a law degree or legal career should they wish to do so. Students who may realise that law is not for them will still gain key learning experiences into the life of a third level student and the programme ultimately aims to encourage third level education in general!