Getting into second-year Law, and information and requirements for third-and fourth-year Law
Information for current students about getting into second-year Law, requirements for third- and fourth-year Law, and other relevant information.
Law papers offered during 2023 Otago Summer School
The University of Otago’s Summer School runs from early January to late February each year.
The Faculty of Law offers Law papers as part of the Summer School programme, in Wellington and Dunedin. All of the papers are 400-level and generally require pre-requisite papers. However, you can apply for special entry:
Law Course Advice
Email law.courseadvice@otago.ac.nz
University of Otago Summer School website
Compulsory papers at 100-, 200- and 300-level
100-level papers
200-level papers
Full year
- LAWS 201 Criminal Law
- LAWS 202 Law of Contract
- LAWS 203 Property Law
- LAWS 204 Public Law
- LAWS 298 Legal Writing
300-level papers
Full year
- LAWS 301 Law of Torts
- LAWS 302 Jurisprudence
- LAWS 380 Preliminary Honours Research Papers
- LAWS 398 Legal Research Skills
400-level papers
Elective papers offered at 300- and 400-level in 2023
Semester 1 2023
- LAWS 350 Lawyers, Clients and the Profession
- LAWS 353 The Law in the South Pacific
- LAWS 403 Immigration and Refugee Law
- LAWS 407 Company Law
- LAWS 409 Private International Law
- LAWS 411 Family Law
- LAWS 413 Labour Law
- LAWS 414 Law of Evidence
- LAWS 416 Taxation
- LAWS 418 Crime and Property
- LAWS 420 Law and the Democratic Process
- LAWS 426 Insurance Law
- LAWS 440 Environmental Law
- LAWS 454 Negotiation
- LAWS 455 Māori Land Law
- LAWS 458 Sentencing
- LAWS 459 Treaty of Waitangi
- LAWS 480* Research paper
- LAWS 498* Research and Writing
- LAWS 512 Family Law
- LAWS 540 Environmental Law
Semester 2 2023
- LAWS 354 Insolvency Law
- LAWS 356 International Labour Law
- LAWS 357 Law and the Biosciences
- LAWS 404 Administrative Law
- LAWS 405 Civil Liberties and the Private Sector
- LAWS 415 Resource Management Law
- LAWS 417 Criminal Justice
- LAWS 421 International Environmental Law
- LAWS 424 International Criminal Court
- LAWS 433 Advanced Family Property
- LAWS 435 Banking Law
- LAWS 436 Commercial and Consumer Law
- LAWS 447 Law and Medicine
- LAWS 453 Advanced Legislation
- LAWS 456 Media Law
- LAWS 462 Wills and Trusts
- LAWS 463 Legal Ethics
- LAWS 464 Advocacy
- LAWS 467 International Human Rights Law
- LAWS 472 Law and Language
- LAWS 480* Research paper
- LAWS 488 Accidents and the Law
- LAWS 498* Research and Writing
- LAWS 499 Advocacy Skills
- LAWS 515 Resource Management Law
- LAWS 521 International Environmental Law
- LAWS 547 Law and Medicine
- LAWS 588 Accidents and the Law
* Can be taken in either semester 1 or semester 2.
Elective papers offered at 300- and 400-level in 2024
Note: This is the list of papers expected to be offered in 2024, but the individual paper pages (linked from each paper name) currently display information for 2023.