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 2021 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 Auckland, Wellington and Dunedin. All of the papers are 400-level and generally require pre-requisite papers. However, you can apply to the Faculty of Law Dean for special entry.
Confirmed paper lists for 2022 are still forthcoming.
University of Otago Summer School website
100-level papers
Compulsory papers at 100-, 200- and 300-level
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 2022
Semester 1 2022
- 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 411/512 Family Law
- LAWS 413 Labour Law
- LAWS 414 Law of Evidence
- LAWS 417 Criminal Justice
- LAWS 418 Crime and Property
- LAWS 420 Law and the Democratic Process
- LAWS 426 Insurance Law
- LAWS 432 Animals and the Law
- LAWS 437 Competition Law
- LAWS 440/540 Environmental Law
- LAWS 447/547 Law and Medicine
- LAWS 455 Māori Land Law
- LAWS 459 Treaty of Waitangi
- LAWS 467 International Human Rights Law
- LAWS 477 Mediation
Semester 2 2022
- LAWS 354 Insolvency Law
- LAWS 356 International Labour Law
- LAWS 404 Administrative Law
- LAWS 405 Civil Liberties and the Private Sector
- LAWS 409 Private International Law
- LAWS 412 International Law
- LAWS 415/515 Resource Management Law
- LAWS 421/521 International Environmental Law
- LAWS 428/528 Law and Emerging Technologies
- LAWS 431 Advanced Contract and Tort
- LAWS 433 Advanced Family Property
- LAWS 442 Law and the Sports Industry
- LAWS 448/548 Law and Psychiatry
- LAWS 456 Media Law
- LAWS 458 Sentencing
- LAWS 461 Law and Indigenous Peoples
- LAWS 462 Wills and Trusts
- LAWS 463 Legal Ethics
- LAWS 464 Advocacy
- LAWS 480 Research Paper
- LAWS 485 Chinese Law
- LAWS 488/588 Accidents and the Law
Elective papers offered at 300- and 400-level in 2023
Note: This is the list of papers expected to be offered in 2023, but the individual paper pages (linked from each paper name) currently display information for 2022.
The 2023 list of pages will be uploaded soon.