The College of Law offers law graduates the Professional Legal Studies Course Online (PLSCO) as the final step to admission as a solicitor and barrister.
To make the most of your law degree and take advantage of the wide range of opportunities available to you, admission to practice is the vital next step in your career.
The PLSCO provides you with the vocational, practical and professional skills necessary to help you make the transition from law student to practising lawyer.
The part-time course is completed over 18 weeks through a combination of online and face-to-face learning. The online components can be undertaken anywhere you have internet access and the face-to-face components are offered in several locations around New Zealand including Auckland, Christchurch, Dunedin, Hamilton and Wellington.
The course timetable guides students through a weekly programme of activities and students are allocated one or two instructors, themselves experienced local practitioners, who act as mentors. The course comprises Professional Skills Seminars, core modules in Commercial Practice, Property Practice and Litigation Practice and two elective Practice Area Modules – Corporate Client and Private Client. Students also receive detailed ‘how-to’ procedural practice papers which are an invaluable guide for the first few years of practice.
“The course has prepared me to take on what’s out there. I feel confident and well equipped and would recommend the course to anyone about to do Profs.”
-- Iosefo Fune, College graduate
“Staff have without exception been highly professional, imbuing students with confidence and leaving us feeling we have gained truly practical skills and valuable insights.”
-- Susan Martell, College graduate
The PLSCO offers seven intakes throughout the year allowing graduates greater flexibility to study when and where they choose. 2008 courses commence in January, March, April, May, August, October and December – please visit www.collaw.ac.nz for course dates.
Full access to Studylink loans and allowances is available for College students.
| Postal Address: |
PO Box 5047, Wellesley Street
Auckland, 1141 NZ |
| Contact Name: | Jo-Anne Falconer |
| Contact Position: | Admissions and Enrolments Officer |
| Phone: | 9 300 3151 |
| Email: | enquiries@collaw.ac.nz |