Bachelor of Laws (Honours)

Auckland University of Technology

Subject area

Law

Qualification

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Entry requirements

An applicant will be required to have completed Parts I and Part II for the Degree of Bachelor of Laws to a satisfactory standard before being permitted to enrol for this degree.

About the course

What can I expect out of this qualification?

LLB (Hons) graduates will have a comprehensive knowledge of the NZ legal framework and its underlying concepts and principles with a particular understanding of commercial law applications. Graduates will have developed, to a high level, skills in critical and ethical analysis, problem-solving, and written and oral communication. Graduates will have demonstrated capability in planning and carrying out high quality research and will have produced a substantial piece of well written, clearly reasoned legal writing which reflects critically on the research undertaken. As well as meeting the requirements for admission as barristers and solicitors in NZ, graduates will be prepared for employment opportunities in a wide variety of occupations in commercial, non-commercial and government organisations operating both in NZ and internationally and for postgraduate study.