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Support Services in Blackhall

Please email any queries/suggestions you may have to a member of the SDS team.

Student Development Advisors
Emma Cooper and Antoinette Moriarty are available for confidential 1 to 1 appointments. Issues covered include personal matters, adapted exam arrangements, disability issues, learning and studying techniques, financial pressures etc. You may email Emma or Antoinette at any time to make an appointment at studentadvisor@lawsociety.ie

Student Counsellor
Cathy Dowling is a Psychotherapist with over 10 years experience. Cathy will provide you with an empathic, non-judgemental and sometimes challenging environment in which you can open up and explore any issue that is giving rise to a concern or frustration in your life at the moment.

How to make an appointment: Contact Cathy on 087 7974026

SDS Administrator
Please email general queries to SDS Administrator Zoe Donnelly: z.donnelly@lawsociety.ie

Chaplains

2011 PPC1 Student Representatives

Welfare Rep: Ciarán Ahern.
Email: welfarerep11@propc.ie

Education Reps: Laura Mathews & Joe O’Neill.
Email: educationrep11@propc.ie

Social Reps: Muireann Hernon & Stephen Quinlivan.
Email: socialrep11@propc.ie

Other Supports for Students

Law Care

Mentor Programme

Disability Service and Learning Support

  • Adapted Study and Exam Arrangements

The deadline for applying for Adapted Exam Arrangements is 5.00 pm on Friday 24 February 2012.

Adapted Arrangements can include, for example:-

  • taking exams at a smaller venue
  • additional time
  • use of a laptop or scribe.
  • Please apply by completing the Temporary Adapted Arrangements Form or the Disability Registration Form (as appropriate) and returning this together with any relevant documentation to Antoinette Moriarty/ Emma Cooper in the Student Development Service. You may submit the completed form at the Law School Reception. All applications must be medically verified.

    • ESF Fund for Students with Disabilities

    Much of the study related-support for students with a disability is financed through the European Social Fund for Students with Disabilities. The National office on behalf of the Department of Education and Science allocates this funding. Please refer to the attached poster for details of the educational support available, and how to apply.

    If you have any further queries, please contact Antoinette or Emma by email at: studentadvisor@lawsociety.ie

    Financial Assistance

    • Bursary
    • Access
    • Emergency Fund

    Mature Students Group