Course Description
Advanced Diploma in Planning and Environmental Law
INTRODUCTION
This course provides participants with a comprehensive practical knowledge of Planning and Environmental Law, which will be relevant to professionals who are involved in advising on planning and strategic infrastructure applications, enforcement issues, development plans and strategic planning, waste management and climate resilience and adaptation.
PROGRAMME AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES
This Advanced Diploma provides participants with a comprehensive practical knowledge of Planning and Environmental Law.
On completion of the course, you will be better able to:
- Explain and apply relevant statutory, common law and other provisions;
- Use relevant legal terminology competently and correctly;
- Apply appropriate legal principles to a range of factual scenarios;
- Solve problems within this area of law;
- Communicate legal arguments based on relevant legal principles;
- Conduct legal research independently and in groups;
- Evaluate, criticise and defend legal arguments on matters of planning and environmental law.
WHO IS THE COURSE FOR?
The course is suitable for: planners; engineers; architects; construction managers; An Bord Pleanála inspectors; those working with NGOs; local authority professionals; consultants; barristers and solicitors in general practice who would like to diversify into the area of planning and environmental law; and anyone working in the planning and environmental area.
Having a diverse group of professionals studying this course together allows participants to learn from each other, especially during tutorials and Q&A sessions.
Application Deadline: Applications will be open in May/2024. The date is to be confirmed soon.
| Training Provider | King's Inns |
| Course Location | Dublin |
| Location Postcode | Dublin 1 |
| Course Type | Online Learning |
| Course Qualification | Postgraduate Diploma |
| Awarding Body | The Honorable Society of King's Inns |
| Awarding Body Details | Advanced Diploma in Planning and Environmental Law |
| Course Start Date | 25/10/2024 |
| Course End Date | 30/05/2025 |
| Course Duration | Approx. 22 weeks, one morning a week |
| Course Time | This course takes place in an online format only, live via Zoom, with recordings of lectures available after class is over. Interactive elements such as class discussions/tutorials will not be recorded and will be cast live only. The course takes place over approx. 22 weeks from October to May, with lectures on Thursdays from 8.30 am to 10 am. |
| Course Fee | 2,850.00 |
| Entry Requirements | There are no admission requirements for this course. A place on the highly sought–after course is not secured until the tuition fee is received in full. Once payment is received, you are automatically accepted on the course. |
| Carear Path | The course is suitable for: planners; engineers; architects; construction managers; An Bord Pleanála inspectors; those working with NGOs; local authority professionals; consultants; barristers and solicitors in general practice who would like to diversify into the area of planning and environmental law; and anyone working in the planning and environmental area. |
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