Completion Certificate Application Form (New Zealand Degree Holders Only) - New Zealand Council Of Legal Education Page 5

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SCHEDULE 1
INFORMATION REGARDING
ADMISSION TO
THE LEGAL PROFESSION IN NEW ZEALAND
H
N
Z
L
D
OLDERS OF
EW
EALAND
AW
EGREES
Eligibility
1.
In order to be eligible for admission as a barrister and solicitor of the High Court of New
Zealand you must satisfy the following educational requirements prescribed by the
Council of Legal Education (“the Council”):
You must qualify for award of an approved LLB degree, or LLB degree with
Honours, from a Law School University in New Zealand.
You must also have passed a course in Legal Ethics taught at one of the Law
School Universities in New Zealand.
You must complete the Professional Legal Studies Course.
2.
Under the Lawyers and Conveyancers (Lawyers: Admission) Rules 2008, in order to
show that the requirements noted in paragraph 1 above have been completed, for
admission purposes, you need to obtain a Certificate of Completion (“Certificate”) from
the Council.
Evidential Requirements
3.
Before the Certificate can be issued you must provide the Council with the following
documents:
NB: If the university where you obtained your degree has now moved to digital
academic transcripts, please attach a printout of this document to your
application, in lieu of the original hard copy requested.
(a)
A transcript from the University where you studied for your LLB degree, verifying
that you are eligible for, or have obtained, an LLB degree (this phrase covers
Honours students who would be eligible for the LLB degree having completed the
LLB component). If you have undertaken any of the core subjects at another
University, you are also required to provide an academic transcript from that
University, (even though the academic transcript from the University where you
completed your degree may show these subjects have been credited).
(b)
A transcript from a University verifying that you have passed Legal Ethics, if the
information is not included in the transcript referred to in paragraph (a).
(c)
A certificate of completion of the Professional Legal Studies Course issued by the
Institute of Professional Legal Studies, or the College of Law New Zealand
verifying completion of the Professional Legal Studies Course.

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