New Zealand Diploma in Legal Executive Studies (Level 6)

NZ3508

Our New Zealand Diploma in Legal Executive Studies can help you start or advance your career as a legal executive, paralegal or legal assistant.

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    Level
    6
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    Credits
    120
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    Cost
    $3,690 NZ Domestic

    Not including any course materials or external exam fees.

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    Student loan

    This programme can only be studied part-time.  It is not eligible for course-related costs, living costs or student allowances from StudyLink.

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.

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.

For more information watch the programme overview video below.

 

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 trimester. You must achieve at least 40% in the final examination and an overall mark of 50% to pass.

Applying to graduate

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

 

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.

Maximum Programme Completion Time

To be awarded the qualification, the pass in the final paper must be achieved by a student no more than ten years after the year of first enrolment in the Diploma (or equivalent qualification), unless there are exceptional circumstances as determined by the Academic Registrar.

  •  
    Level
    6
  •  
    Credits
    120
  •  
    Cost
    $3,690 NZ Domestic

    Not including any course materials or external exam fees.

  •  
    Student loan

    This programme can only be studied part-time.  It is not eligible for course-related costs, living costs or student allowances from StudyLink.