New Zealand Certificate in Professional Legal Skills

The Institute of Professional Legal Studies

Subject area

Legal Practice

Qualification

Check out Fees Free to see whether you are eligible for a year of fees-free study or two years industry training. Contact your provider to confirm your study options meet the criteria.

Entry requirements

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About the course

What can I expect out of this qualification?

The purpose of this qualification is to prepare law graduates with practical and professional legal skills to work as a barrister and solicitor in Aotearoa New Zealand.
This qualification will provide the law graduate with a range of professional legal skills that will equip the graduate to enter legal practice. The qualification will provide the legal sector with graduates who have the practical and professional skills required of an entry-level lawyer, as a practitioner and officer of the court.
Graduates of this qualification will need to meet the requirements for admission and practice in order to be able to practice law in accordance with the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006.