Post-graduate legal education is “nice to have” but certainly not essential in being a contender in the legal employment market. This is according to Ben Traynor of Niche Recruiting Specialists (formerly Law Staff), who says post-graduate legal education is not a huge factor for the majority of their clients with ... More about Post-graduate law degrees and the job market.
The jury may be out on whether a legal Master’s degree equates to a better job, or more money, but the international trend to do an LLM abroad means it is broadening legal horizons. New Zealand lawyers Simon Kellett (LLM Cambridge) and Matthew Smith (LLM Harvard) are unsure of ... More about LLM degree is a global trend.
PBRF Unless they come top, universities don’t like rankings. Until the arrival of the Performance Based Research Fund (PBRF) in 2003, New Zealand had no common visible system for ranking the quality of research or teaching in its tertiary education providers. While there are pros and cons on the system ... More about New Zealand Law School rankings.
With more LLB graduates than ever before, how does the job market fare for these budding lawyers? Is the current market saturated and, therefore, are we training too many lawyers? “No” was the resounding answer obtained from university law faculties. “There are not too many people studying law. Only one ... More about Are too many lawyers being trained?.
One of the required steps for being admitted to the bar in New Zealand is completion of the Legal Professional Studies Course (more commonly known as “profs”) at either the Institute of Professional Legal Studies or the College of Law. Oversight of Professional Legal Studies The New Zealand Council of ... More about Professional Legal Studies Courses.