- Duration
- Full-time: half year
- Part-time: Varies
- Next start date
- 2025 Semester Two – 21 July
- 2026 Semester One – 2 March
- Available locations
- City
- Points
- 60
- Programme type
- Undergraduate
Programme overview
This certificate is an excellent choice for law graduates from both New Zealand and overseas who wish to 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).
Becoming a barrister and solicitor
Overseas practitioners or graduates who wish to be admitted to practise as a barrister and solicitor in New Zealand will need to apply to the New Zealand Council of Legal Education to have their overseas legal qualifications assessed.
For more information please visit NZCLE.org.nz.
Programme structure
- 60 points are required.
- The programme is 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 will be required for the student to include Legal Research Methodology (LAW 700) 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.
Please ensure that you complete the Law 006 form below to select your courses for the Grad Cert in Law.
Course Selection form for COP, Grad Dip and Grad Cert programmes
Scholarships
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Postgraduate pathway
Download the Law postgraduate pathway (407KB, PDF)
Most students need to take one General Education course.
Students should also be aware of the University’s Academic English Language Requirement.
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
- Private practice – barrister, solicitor
- Public service – prosecution, defence
- Mediation
- Judiciary
- Law reform
- Private companies – in-house legal counsel, tax, property, management consultant, regulation, compliance, human resources
- Government – policy work, resource management, parliamentary drafting
- Academia – lecturing, research
Student career planning service
Once you become a student at the University, you can get help with planning and developing your career from Career Development and Employability Services.
Key Information for Students
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