Careers
What do I need?
To practice law in New Zealand you must have completed:
- A LLB, LLB (Hons) or Law conjoint degree,
- A professional Legal studies course offered by the Institute of Professional Legal Studies and
the College of Law New Zealand. - comply with all the requirements of the Law Practitioners Act 1982
You can then apply to be admitted as a Barrister and Solicitor of the High Court of New Zealand.
As well as private legal practice law graduates are employed as solicitors, policy analysts, advisers and researchers in:
- Government Departments and State Owned Enterprises
- Accountancy Firms
- Human Resource Management
- Insurance Sector
- Iwi Trust Boards and Iwi/Tribal Organisations
- Community Organisations
- Public Trust
- Private Consultancy
- Tax Consultancy
- Union/Employer Organisations
- Business Management - National and Multi-National Companies
- Law Commission
- Tertiary Institutions
- Parliament
- Environmental and Resource Management
- Real Estate
- Law Libraries
- Information Technology/Law Consultancy
- Publishing
