A Graduate Diploma 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 specialization, update skills, continuing professional development, and gain an academic qualification while fulfilling professional requirements required by the NZCLE.

Jobs related to this program

• Academia – lecturing, research
• Government – policy work, resource management, parliamentary drafting
• Judiciary
• Law reform
• Mediation
• Private companies – in-house legal counsel, tax, property, management consultant, regulation, compliance, human resources
• Private practice – barrister, solicitor
• Public service – prosecution, defence

• During study, all students on a student visa can work up to 20 hours per week during semester and full time during vacations.
• After completing Level 7 Bachelor’s Degree or Higher Qualification, a student will get a three years open post-study work visa.
• After completing Level 8 Post Graduate courses of 1 year, students get 1 year PSW.

Program requirements

• You must have completed a Bachelor of Laws or an undergraduate law degree from a recognized university (or similar institution). Law graduates from both New Zealand and overseas are able to apply.
• There is no grade requirement for admission into the Graduate Diploma in Law.

Further program requirements
 
If you are an international student and are taking undergraduate law courses, whether compulsory or elective, on the recommendation of the Council of Legal Education, you may take those courses for the Graduate Diploma or Graduate Certificate (but please note that there are limits on enrolments in courses at LLB Part II level).

English language requirements

If you are an international applicant whose first language is not English you will need to provide evidence of your English proficiency.

You will require an IELTS Academic score of 7.0 with no bands less than 6.5.