High-achieving students who have gained a B+ average or higher across all their Law courses at the completion of LLB Part II will be invited to transfer to the LLB(Hons) programme. (For conjoint students this is usually at the end of their third year.) The LLB(Hons) programme requires students to enrol in one additional semester, on top of their LLB, to complete an extra seminar course and a dissertation. Throughout the programme, students will need to maintain at least a B+ average.

An honours degree from the University of Auckland Law School is well-respected. In addition to the transferable skills and knowledge gained from the LLB programme, honours graduates will have demonstrated advanced research and writing skills. This will increase their suitability for a range of research and policy jobs. 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