Faculty of Law Undergraduate Handbook - Faculty of Law - The ...

Welcome fromthe DeanWelcome to your law studies at Auckland.The strength of the Auckland Law School lies inthe calibre of its staff and the resources of theDavis Law Library, New Zealand’s most extensivecollection of legal research materials. Myacademic colleagues have expertise that spansthe range of legal subjects: from business law, taxand family law through to public and privateinternational law, constitutional law, the Treaty ofWaitangi and indigenous rights, environmentallaw and human rights. Many have national andinternational reputations in their fields. The legaleducation we seek to offer recognises that law ispart of a wider social context: it is not merely aset of rules and procedures created in isolation bylegislators, administrators and judges. Our visionof legal education includes equipping studentswith the capacity to think critically, and to askquestions about legal rules and institutions. Manyof our academic staff participate in advisory rolesto government agencies, lawyers, community andbusiness organisations, and are active in thewider community.Some of you will elect to study law as part of aconjoint degree programme, in conjunction witharts, commerce, science, property, engineering orhealth science degrees. In your final two years ofthe law degree, all of you will have considerablefreedom to choose from more than 50 lawelective courses in many areas of specialisation.After that, the Faculty’s innovative postgraduateprogramme entices many of our students back to2010 Faculty of Law Handbook |