Undergraduate scholarships and prizes
The School of Law, and it’s stakeholders, offer excellent opportunities to Law students to win any of the prizes listed below. Winning any one of these prizes and scholarships will greatly enhance a student’s CV and we are all very grateful to the sponsors of these prizes.
Valid and available in respect of academic year 2026/2027 ;
UNDERGRADUATE AWARDS
1. The Rachael O’Shaughnessy Scholarship supported by Holmes O’Malley Sexton LLP
Holmes O’Malley Sexton LLP has for many years now offered a very generous award to a UL Law student. This scholarship will be awarded to the Law student on the Access programme who achieves the highest QCA at the end of the autumn exams for academic year 2026/2027 (and who is not in receipt of any other scholarship).
2. Matheson, Solicitors
This premier international firm, with headquarters in Dublin, provides a great opportunity for first year law students who can win a monetary amount.
There are student prizes for the highest marks over two Contract Law modules. 1st and 2nd prizes are awarded.
3 Arthur Cox Participation Prize
Students are eligible to apply where they have a QCA equivalent to a 2.1 Honours degree AND evidence of a significant contribution to UL life. The contribution should have some commercial, organisational or legacy element;
The Selection panel will be made up of an Arthur Cox representative and Head of School of Law, UL and one prize will be awarded
4. A & L Goodbody Solicitors Prizes
The law student who completes first year of Law Plus, Law and Accounting or Civil and Common Law with the highest academic grades will win a place on the firm's Law Start scheme.
The student (from Law Plus or Law and Acc) who finishes second year law with the top marks in Law subjects will win an amount from this firm.
5. Mason Hayes & Curran, Solicitors – Company Law Prize
The student who completes the two company Law modules with the highest grades will win a monetary amount from this very prominent business Law firm.
6. Corrigan & Corrigan Tort law prize
It is for the best performing student in Tort Law and is very generously sponsored by Corrigan & Corrigan Solicitors,
7. Matheson LLP ; Law & Cybersecurity Prize
This international commercial firm offers a fantastic prize of €2,000 for best performance at end of Y1 of Law and Cybersecurity. As the first cohort of students undertaking this programme began in August 2026, this wonderful support will now be available to a student on this new programme.
"These awards and prizes descriptions are for indicative information only and any awards and amounts are at the discretion of their sponsors."
