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 2025 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. 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 full year papers at 100-, 200- and 300-level in 2024
100-level papers
- LAWS 101 The Legal System
200-level papers
- LAWS 201 Criminal Law
- LAWS 202 Law of Contract
- LAWS 203 Property Law
- LAWS 204 Public Law
- LAWS 298 Legal Writing
300-level papers
- LAWS 301 Law of Torts
- LAWS 302 Jurisprudence
- LAWS 380 Preliminary Honours
- LAWS 398 Legal Research Skills
400-level papers
Elective papers offered at 300- and 400-level in 2024
Semester 1
- LAWS 407 Company Law
- LAWS 409 Private International Law
- LAWS 411 Family Law
- LAWS 412 International Law
- LAWS 414 Law of Evidence
- LAWS 418 Crime and Property
- LAWS 420 Law and the Democratic Process
- LAWS 426 Insurance Law
- LAWS 440 Environmental Law
- LAWS 447 Law and Medicine
- LAWS 450 Law of Restitution
- LAWS 454 Negotiation
- LAWS 461 Laws and Indigenous Peoples
- LAWS 466 Gender and the Law
- LAWS 512 Family Law
- LAWS 540 Environmental Law
- LAWS 547 Law and Medicine
Semester 2
- LAWS 354 Insolvency Law
- LAWS 357 Law and the Biosciences
- LAWS 403 Immigration and Refugee Law
- LAWS 413 Labour Law
- LAWS 415 Resource Management Law
- LAWS 421 International Environmental Law
- LAWS 424 International Criminal Court
- LAWS 431 Advanced Contract and Tort
- LAWS 433 Advanced Family Property
- LAWS 437 Competition Law
- LAWS 453 Advanced Legislation
- LAWS 455 Māori Land Law
- LAWS 456 Media Law
- LAWS 460 Vendor and Purchaser
- LAWS 462 Wills and Trusts
- LAWS 463 Legal Ethics
- LAWS 467 International Human Rights Law
- LAWS 468 Advanced Company Law
- LAWS 477 Mediation
- LAWS 478 Remedies in Private and commercial Law
- LAWS 481 International Litigation and Dispute
- LAWS 482 Advanced Evidence
- LAWS 499 Advocacy Skills
- LAWS 515 Resource Management Law
- LAWS 521 International Environmental Law