Education

Our Dublin office partnership with P-TECH

P-TECH is an education model that offers students the opportunity to develop the skills and competencies required to enter and thrive in the workforce or continue further education. ALG has partnered with P-TECH Ireland since 2023. Our employees deliver skills-based workshops, mentoring and work placements to young people aged 14 -18 years in local DEIS schools in the Dublin’s North East Inner City.

ALG supports P-TECH through the following:

• annual funding to finance the operation of P-TECH in Ireland
• facilitating a five-week comprehensive work placement to transition year students
• delivering interactive work readiness workshops to Junior Cycle students
• supporting students’ professional and personal development through mentoring opportunities delivered by ALG employees

jumpAgrade

ALG partners with jumpAgrade, the online grinds platform, to support students at Marino College Second Level in Dublin 3. jumpAgrade provides online tutoring to second-level students regardless of location, ability or socio-economic background. Based on their specific needs, jumpAgrade matches students with a vetted tutor who will provide weekly online grinds and personalised feedback.

Junior Achievement

ALG is a long-term partner of Junior Achievement Ireland (JAI). Our employees volunteer to deliver educational programmes to both primary and secondary schools in the local community and beyond. Junior Achievement encourages young people to remain in education and teaches them the skills they need to succeed in the working world. We also provide annual funding and pro bono legal advice to JAI.

A&L Goodbody Northern Ireland LLP

Our Belfast office delivers literacy support to pupils of St. Patrick's National School through the Business in the Community Northern Ireland's (BITCNI) 'Time to Read' programme.

Step In Experience and Legal Friday's

ALG’s Step In Experience and Legal Friday’s are tailored work placement programmes for transition year students. These programmes provide a unique insight into what it’s like to work in ALG. Step In Experience typically takes place in September and April and Legal Fridays takes place in January. During these work placements students get the opportunity to:

• participate in classroom style presentations from employees across various disciplines in the firm
• work shadow ALG employees and learn about different career paths
• practice and develop presentation, interview and CV skills

These programmes welcome students from schools throughout Dublin and surrounding areas including some of our partner North East Inner City (NEIC) secondary schools:

• Warrenmount Presentation Secondary School, Dublin 8
• Marian College, Dublin 4
• Larkin Community College, Dublin 1
• Mount Carmel, Dublin 1
• Rosmini Community School, Dublin 9
• O'Connell Secondary School, Dublin 1
• Marino College, Dublin 3
• Killinarden Community School, Dublin 24

A&L Goodbody Northern Ireland LLP

• Work Inspiration: Each year our Belfast office delivers a day long work experience opportunity for students from local secondary schools. Throughout the day young people will hear directly from employees on different career paths, learn how a corporate law firm operates and get a tour of the office.
• Speakers for Schools: Partnering with this leading social mobility charity, our Belfast office hosts career inspiration talks with secondary school students throughout the year.
• Ulster University Insights Programme: Our Belfast office partners with Ulster University to offer work experience opportunities to year one and year two students.

Trinity Centre for People with Intellectual Disabilities

We are proud supporters of the Trinity Centre for People with Intellectual disabilities (TCPID). We support TCPID through funding and work experience opportunities for its second year graduates.

ALG supports a number of university access programmes. Access programmes provide underrepresented students in third level alternative pathways to college courses, a supportive educational environment and help with accessing funding.  

ALG partners with the following universities:

• Trinity Access Programme (TAP)
• Dublin City University Access to the Workplace
• Maynooth University Access Programme
• University of Limerick
• University College of Cork

In addition to financially supporting these programmes, we provide professional guidance, student scholarships, summer intern programme placements, mentoring and advice to law students.

Rodney Overend Educational Trust

The Rodney Overend Educational Trust was established by ALG to honour the memory of one of its lawyers, Rodney Overend, a graduate of Law in Trinity College Dublin in 1982. The Trust seeks to support promising young law students with their third-level education costs and a scholarship is awarded to an undergraduate student entering Law in Trinity. The first bursary was awarded in 2013.