Graduate Certificate in Law

Summary

This flexible certificate is a way for you to take undergraduate law courses if you have already completed an undergraduate law degree from a recognised university.

Programme overview

This certificate is an excellent choice for law graduates from both New Zealand and overseas who wish to further enhance their legal knowledge.

You can focus on an area of specialisation according to your own interests or professional requirements, while updating skills and continuing professional development (it meets the requirements of the New Zealand Law Society's Continuing Professional Development).
Programme structure

60 points

One semester full-time but may be completed part-time (over any duration)

Students must pass 60 points of law courses from LLB Parts II, III and IV. If a student wishes to enrol in an LLB Part II course, they must satisfy the Grade Point Average required for admission into LLB Part II.

With faculty approval, in lieu of courses from LLB Parts II, III, or IV, a student may substitute up to 30 points from courses listed in the Master of Laws programme. It may be required for the student to include Legal Research Methodology (LAW 788) with other courses from the Master of Laws programme.

With faculty approval, a student may enrol in a suitable 15-point course from Stage II or higher in a relevant programme offered elsewhere in the University.

Where could this programme take you?

A Graduate Certificate in Law is an excellent choice for LLB graduates from both New Zealand and overseas who wish to further enhance their legal knowledge. It enables law graduates to focus on a new area of specialisation, update skills, continue professional development and gain an academic qualification while fulfilling professional requirements required by the NZCLE.

Jobs related to this programme

• Academia – lecturing, research
• Government – policy work, resource management, parliamentary drafting
• Judiciary
• Law reform
• Mediation
• Private companies – in-house legal counsel, tax, property, management consultant, regulation, compliance, human resources
• Private practice – barrister, solicitor
• Public service – prosecution, defence

Further study options

• Postgraduate Certificate in Law
• Master of Laws
• Master of Legal Studies
• Doctor of Philosophy