Course details

Summary

Broaden your legal knowledge and enhance your career with specialist study in postgraduate Law.

Take your passion for law to the next level with advanced study and research. Be at the centre of debate, analysis and dialogue about law and legal policy issues in New Zealand.

Full time or part time, your study will be relevant, accessible and intellectually rewarding research an area of law that interests you or tailor a course of study that suits your career goals.

Flexible study

Designed to be flexible, the Master of Laws offers courses that are taught in different formats. Some courses meet weekly, others are taught in a more compact format.

Block courses are taught in a concentrated manner over a one-to-two week period, and intensive courses are broken into chunks of eight to twelve hours. They are often taught over two-to-three consecutive evenings or in Friday afternoon and Saturday sessions, with a break of two-to-three weeks between sessions.

Research and supervision

No matter how you choose to study for your Master of Laws there will be an element of research required. Take advantage of exciting research opportunities at New Zealand's leading centre of academic legal research.

Master of Laws by research portfolio

This is a more flexible combination of coursework and research on an approved topic. You'll take the 10-point Advanced Legal Study LAWS 581 and the 90-point Research Portfolio LAWS 593.

The research portfolio consists of two courses that include two research papers of 12,000 words each on related topics. You'll also complete a 2,500-word linking paper to establish and justify your research, as well as a further 20 points from Master of Laws courses.

Entry criteria

To be accepted into this programme you need:

• An LLB or LLB(Hons) degree
• Acceptance by the director of postgraduate studies for the Faculty of Law as capable of proceeding with the proposed course of study

Other English Language requirements:

• IELTS: 7.0 minimum score overall, including writing 7.0 and no sub-score below 6.5
• TOEFL: 100 (IBT) with a minimum of 27 in writing
• EPP: final scores with writing ‘5’, reading ‘5’ and speaking ‘5’ and listening ‘4’