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Student Exchanges360° Auckland Abroad is The University of Auckland’s extensive student exchange programme thatprovides exciting opportunities for students to complete part of their degree overseas. Exchange studentsfrom Auckland, even though they are studying abroad, continue to be registered at Auckland for thepurposes of fees, loans and allowances. To facilitate their travels, and to encourage students to considerstudying for a semester in another jurisdiction, the University of Auckland makes available a number oftravel grants and exchange scholarships.For law students, student exchanges are only possible in Part IV because at this stage of the degree onlyelective law courses are taken, and overseas courses can be chosen from outside the range of electivelaw courses already completed at the Auckland Law School. Students must complete all of the requirementsfor Law 499 Legal Practice or Law 400 Legal Research 3 before they leave on exchange, or be able tocomplete them at Auckland after their return, as these requirements cannot be completed overseas.The aim of the law exchange programme is to provide an opportunity each year for approximately 10%of the Part IV class to study abroad, taking the equivalent of 60 points of elective law courses atoverseas law schools for credit back to their Auckland law degree. At the same time, a similar number ofstudents from foreign jurisdictions will join in the elective law classes at Auckland.The Auckland Law School has entered into Law-Faculty-specific exchange agreements with law schoolsin Sweden (Stockholm; Uppsala), Denmark (Copenhagen), Norway (Oslo), Belgium (Ghent), France(Jean Moulin Lyon 3), Germany (Bucerius Law School, Hamburg), Ireland (University College Dublin), theNetherlands (Utrecht), the United Kingdom (King’s College London; Glasgow; Nottingham), Singapore(National University of Singapore), Japan (Keio University Law School), Canada (Western Ontario;Toronto) and the United States (William and Mary; Indiana; Virginia). In future we hope to developfurther law-specific student exchanges with other law schools in the United States, Europe, Asia andelsewhere.In approving student exchange destinations, the Auckland Law School will give a high priority to theselaw-specific exchange agreements. The University of Auckland has also entered into university-wideexchange agreements with other institutions. Subject to Law School approval, law students may apply toparticipate in these general university-wide exchanges if there are compelling academic or personalreasons for doing so.The selection of students for exchanges is based on the availability of places at each particular exchangedestination, taking into account the Ministry of Education’s reciprocity requirements, and academicmerit. A minimum of a B average is required in the last two semesters of study, but a higher averagemay be needed for particular exchange destinations.Students going on exchange need to receive prior approval from the Associate Dean International forthe exchange destination and the law courses they intend to study abroad, so they are guaranteed creditto their Auckland degrees on their return.Application dates for exchanges are usually some six months or so before the start of the relevantsemester at the overseas law school, but do vary.For more information about exchanges generally (including application dates and procedures), students2010 Faculty of Law Handbook | 95