Choosing your electives

Need help choosing your electives?

The following may be helpful when selecting law elective courses:

What areas of the law interest you?

  • Choose courses building on those you have enjoyed
  • Choose courses linking to courses you have enjoyed in other degrees
  • Choose courses in your particular fields of interest

What might be of most use to you?

  • Are you seeking to practise in a specific area?
  • Do you want a generalist degree?
  • Do you want a balance of courses that are internally assessed and those with exams? 
  • Are there some courses best left to your final year?

LAWGENRL 401 - Evidence and LAWPUBL 430 - Criminal Procedure

LAWGENRL 422 - Women and the Law

LAWPUBL 421 - Advanced International Law

LAWPUBL 402 - International Law

LAWPUBL 468 - Mātauranga Maori and Taonga

LAWGENRL 424 - Negotiation, Mediation and Dispute Resolution

LAWCOMM 428 - Maritime Law

LAWPUBL 432 - International Economic Regulation

LAWPUBL 405 - Law and Social Justice

LAWCOMM 456 - Secured Credit

LAWPUBL 465 - International Law in Aotearoa New Zealand

LAWGENRL 407 ST: Indigenous peoples, criminal law and justice

LAWGENRL 408 - Technology, Law & Policy

LAWCOMM 459 ST - Franchise Law

LAWGENRL 432 - Healthcare Law

LAWCOMM 420 - Advanced Tax Law

LAWPUBL 425 - Employment Law

LAWENVIR 420 - Global Environmental Law

LawComm 464 - Company Law

LAWCOMM 458 - Intellectual Property

LAWCOMM 433 - Copyright and Design

LAWCOMM 463 - Trade Marks and Related Rights

LAWCOMM 440 - Guarantees and Indemnities

LAWPUBL 401 - Administrative Law

LAWGENRL - 421 Civil Procedure

LAWGENRL 438 - Housing Law and Policy.

LAWCOMM 400 Contemporary Commercial and Private Law Litigation

LAWCOMM 407 Conflicts of Law 2023

LAWPUBL 427 Māori Land Law 2023

LAWGENRL 434 Trial Advocacy 2023

LAWPUBL 409 Social Security Law, Policy and Action 2023

Choosing courses from other faculties or universities

You will need to seek advice and prior approval from the Associate Dean (Academic) if you wish to take law courses from other faculties or universities and credit them to your Auckland LLB. Any courses approved should be at least Part III/Stage III or above and must relate to your law studies. Students will not normally be able to credit more than the equivalent of one year’s full-time study from courses outside the University of Auckland.

A course outline for the course you wish to take should accompany your application. Contact the Student Hubs.