坎特伯雷大学

The mission statement for UC's School of Law is 'the internationally recognised, professionally relevant, community focused Law School'.

Students gain a professional degree of outstanding quality in four years. In addition, Bachelor of Laws (LLB) students deal with real people with real problems as part of the innovative clinical studies programme at UC. Our students hone critical practical skills in the process of helping the community.

The Bachelor of Laws is made up of 480 points:

• 210 points of compulsory Law courses
• 195 points of optional Law courses
• 75 points of non-Law courses from other degrees.

Bachelor of Laws with Honours

If you achieve a satisfactory standard in your first two years of study for the Bachelor of Laws you may be invited to enter the honours programme. If you meet the criteria you can enrol in three additional Law courses in fourth year:

• LAWS410 Advanced Research Skills
• LAWS420 Honours Research Paper
• LAWS430 Honours Dissertation

Double degrees

Many Law students also study towards a second degree. The Bachelor of Criminal Justice degree is also a good fit as a double degree with the LLB.

Further study

If you want to establish a point of difference from other Law graduates, but do not want to complete a double degree, you could consider postgraduate study. Postgraduate options include:

• Master of Laws
• Master of Laws (International Law and Politics)
• Doctor of Philosophy

Career opportunities

With one of the largest Law internship courses of any New Zealand law school, this UC course and the clinical and community work experience available can really give your résumé the edge over other graduates.

Graduates can become a practice solicitor, in-house lawyer or a self-employed barrister. Recent UC graduates have also found roles as research council, judge's clerk, policy analyst and Maori development advisor.

Legal skills of research, writing, analysis and reasoning are highly prized in many professions such as politics, policy, public service, foreign affairs, journalism, publishing, immigration and business.