Bachelor of Laws (Honours) LLB(Hons)

at University of Auckland

Programme structure

The LLB(Hons) is made up of 540 points and involves a student completing the LLB programme and an additional 20-point honours seminar course (usually as part of their Part III year) and a 40-point dissertation in the semester immediately following their Part IV year.

It will take a minimum of nine semesters to complete all of the requirements for the LLB(Hons) degree, unless a student is completing a conjoint degree. In that case it will take a minimum of 11 semesters. The number of semesters required can be reduced by one if the dissertation is completed through Summer School immediately following their Part IV year.

Please note: Entry requirements may change each year.

Indicative Honours programme entry timeline

• Deadline for Part III/IV Honours programme applications: Mid-December
• Honours Selection Committee meet to determine entry requirements: Mid-January
• Honours programme invitations sent to eligible students: By end of January
• Deadline for invited students to return their Honours Seminar Preference Form and apply for Programme Change on SSO: Early-mid-February
• Honours Selection Committee meet to allocate students to Seminar Courses: Early-mid-February
• Students receive email indicating what Seminar Course they have been allocated to: Mid-February
• Deadline for students to enrol into allocated Honours Seminar: 1-2 weeks prior to Semester One commencing 

Delayed application
If students do not get into Honours by invitation after the completion of their Part II courses but their overall performance improves in later years, they can apply for Honours via the Student Hubs in early December of any year after successful completion of Part II.

The application will be approved if the student’s Grade Point Average over all of their LLB courses is above the Honours entry standard and there are places available.

Programme requirements

 
There is no direct entry to the LLB(Hons) programme for students who have completed their prior study overseas. Entry is by invitation for existing high-achieving LLB Part II students.

International students wishing to study the LLB(Hons) should first successfully complete Parts I and II of the LLB programme to the required level at Auckland Law School.
 

2022 fees

Domestic students
NZ$5,299.20

International students
NZ$40,948

Fees are set in advance of each calendar year and will be updated on this website. Fees are inclusive of 15% GST, but do not include the Student Services Fee, course books, travel and health insurance, or living costs. Amounts shown are indicative only. In addition to the tuition fees, there is a Student Services Fee of $8.16 per point, estimated at $979.20 for full-time study (120 points). Fees will be confirmed upon completion of enrolment into courses.

*Please note: amounts shown are indicative and estimates only.

Where could this programme take you?

A Law degree will arm you with many transferable skills, including knowledge of the law and its implications, a sense of justice and public responsibility, analytical, research and communication skills, and an ability to work under pressure. A degree from the University of Auckland Law School is well-respected. In any given year, about half our graduates take up positions in New Zealand law firms, while the other half begin their careers in other professional organisations. These include accounting and consulting; business and industry; national and local government; teaching, research and journalism; and international, environmental and other non-governmental areas. Our graduates can be found practising law in New Zealand and worldwide – many of our former students work for leading law firms in London, New York, Sydney, Hong Kong, Singapore, and other major cities. Some of our top students go on to study our LLM, MTaxS and PhD degrees. Auckland Law School offers the most extensive postgraduate programme in the country. Our students regularly win scholarships and prizes to continue their studies overseas. Some of our recent graduates are now pursuing higher degrees at Oxford, Cambridge, Harvard, Yale, Columbia, and other top overseas universities.

Jobs related to this programme

• 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