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  • Based v2.3: Minor edits to render correctly on the LLBCovered with UG degrees, due to it being a separate UG law qualification

Entry requirements

  • Approximately 35 students per year are invited to join the Honours programme based on academic performance in the 200-level LAWS courses.

Supplementary information

  • "Although it shares many . . ." (GUS, p.89)

Tool tips

Thoughts and questions

  • Is it accurate to describe the selection for receiving an invitation to the Honours programme as an entry requirement (when not called this in the Calendar) or should I relegate it to Supplementary information?

 

Degree requirements

  • Total of 525 points required (typically 120 points/year), including:
    • At least 90 points from elective courses chosen from from any other first degree at this university.
  • Complete three core courses at 100 level (usually in the first year):
    • LAWS 121
    • LAWS 122
    • LAWS 123.
  • Complete five core courses at 200 level (usually in the second year):
    • LAWS 211
    • LAWS 212
    • LAWS 213
    • LAWS 214
    • LAWS 297.
  • Complete eleven core courses from LAWS at 300 level (usually in the third, fourth and fifth years):
  • LAWS 301
  • LAWS 312
  • Nine further courses from LAWS at 300 levelweb
  • v4: Removed unnecessary punctuation and 'complete's. Also ready for updating course outline links to 2017

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Duration

4-5 years of full-time study

Can also be studied part-time

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Points and courses

525 points (29 courses)

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Entry requirements

Achieve good grades in your 200-level LAWS courses

Be invited to join the Honours programme

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Degree requirements

Complete at least 525 points

Requirements for 100- and 200-level courses are the same as for the LLB

Complete LAWS 301 and LAWS 312

Complete nine further courses from LAWS 300-399, including:

  • LAWS 334 if you wish to apply for admission to the Bar.Complete three courses from LAWS at 400 level (usually in the fourth and fifth years)

Complete three courses from LAWS at 400 level:

  • LAWS 489
  • Two courses from LAWS 430-450

Complete

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one course from LAWS 500-529

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Supplementary information

  • Standard ones on UG degree requirements
  • "You should read the current law prospectus for . . ." (GUS, p.88).
  • Students are unable to apply directly for enrollment in the LLB(Hons). Rather, they must be invited to enroll, where invitations are based on academic performance in 200-level LAWS courses. 

Tool tips

  • Standard ones on UG degree requirements
  • Bar: One step in the process to practise as or to call yourself a New Zealand lawyer

Thoughts and questions

  • Listing all the 300-level courses in one requirement (5) clouds the year  3 and year 4 course allocation. Does this matter?

LLB Conjoint programme

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