Case Study: Work-Integrated Learning for Law students: Optimising When & Where (WILLOW)

Kerr, Clodagh; Cubie, Dug; Mudzongo, Rumbidzai

Case Study: Work-Integrated Learning for Law students: Optimising When & Where (WILLOW)

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Date

2026-10-10

Authors

Kerr, Clodagh

Cubie, Dug

Mudzongo, Rumbidzai

Publisher

University College Cork

Abstract

The WILLOW project at University College Cork (UCC) is a strategic initiative to reimagine how work-integrated learning (WIL) can be embedded within postgraduate legal education, i.e. for students completing one of our Masters in Law (LLM) or graduate-entry LLB programmes. At a time when universities are being asked to demonstrate both academic excellence and meaningful employability outcomes, the WILLOW project aims to respond to a critical challenge: how can postgraduate law programmes create authentic, discipline-relevant opportunities for students to engage with the worlds of work, professional identity formation and civic practice, particularly where traditional placement models are limited or unevenly accessible and may be subject to regulatory controls.

Keywords

WILLOW project , Work-integrated learning , Postgraduate legal education , [Law] , [OVPLT]

Citation

Kerr, C, Cubie, D & Mudzongo, R 2026, Case Study: Work-Integrated Learning for Law students: Optimising When & Where (WILLOW). University College Cork.