When you graduate you will be qualified to work as a legal executive under the supervision of a practising lawyer. You’ll have the skills and knowledge to work in support roles to lawyers in law offices, banking, property, insurance, finance or government.

For more information watch the programme overview video below.

Registration

This qualification will give you one of the eligibility criteria to become a registered legal executive through membership of The New Zealand Institute of Legal Executives Incorporated.

What you will learn

When you achieve this qualification you will know about:

• contracts and torts
• client relations, rules of professional conduct, searching and registration, trust accounting and office practices
• sale and purchase of businesses and company law
• trusts, wills, administration of deceased persons’ property (estates), and asset planning
• debt collection, bankruptcy, litigation ethics, civil and family law procedures, legal aid applications, and District and High Court procedures
• buying and selling property (conveyancing) and sale and purchase agreements.

Assessments and exams

LES501, LES502, LES601 and LES602 are assessed as follows: 

• three in-course assessments that contribute towards your final mark. You must submit all assessments and achieve a minimum of 50% overall.

LES603 and LES604 are assessed as follows: 

• two assessments  and a final examination at the end of the course. You must achieve at least 40% in the final examination and an overall mark of 50% to pass.

Study pathways

When you graduate with the New Zealand Diploma in Legal Executive Studies (or NZ Law Society Legal Executive Diploma) you can credit 120 credits from this to a Bachelor of Business.

Learn more about the Bachelor of Business

Applying to graduate

To apply to graduate with the NZ Diploma in Legal Executive Studies please use the link below to apply. Go to the bottom of the page and select the 'Open Polytechnic or New Zealand Diploma and New Zealand Diploma in Business' link.

Apply to graduate