法学学士（荣誉学位）

律师和法官将参与教学和评估您的法律任务，并将为您提供有价值的反馈。当您来申请一份全职工作时，与专业的这种联系将使您处于稳定状态。在怀卡托
Lawyers and judges will be involved in teaching and assessing your law assignments and will provide you with valuable feedback. This sort of contact with the profession will stand you in good stead when you come to apply for a full-time job. At Waikato, youll get to practice skills you need to succeed in the profession whether it's interviewing a client, making a case in court, negotiating a settlement for a client, or drafting a required contract to perfect a merger. Youll analyse how law operates in local, national and global contexts and learn to consider the business practices of financial markets, corporations, national and local government, trusts and iwi. There are plenty of opportunities for you to apply your practical experience to real-life problems. From your second year onward in the law degree, youll have the opportunity to gain work experience at the Hamilton District Community Law Centre, Police Prosecution Office, Defence Office, several city and regional councils, law firms and other organisations. Youll also be eligible for the National Summer Clerking Employment Programme.<br>Our students do not require a special invitation to progress into 2nd year of their law degree. Our selection process takes place at the application stage. If you are accepted into the Bachelor of Laws and you obtain the required passing grades each year, you'll gain automatic entry into the following years until the time you graduate.