Diploma in Legal Executive Studies Level

Diploma in Legal Executive Studies Level is a Diploma program taught at Open Polytechnic, New Zealand. The program is offered in campus-based modes with full-time (Within 10 years of your first enrolment) options.

The New Zealand Diploma in Legal Executive Studies (Level 6) is an online qualification at academic level 6 with 120 credits.

You study legal topics including contracts and torts; client relations and rules of professional conduct; trust accounting and office practices; sale and purchase of businesses and company law; trusts, wills, estates, and asset planning; debt collection, bankruptcy, litigation ethics, civil and family law procedures, legal aid applications, and District and High Court procedures; and buying and selling property (conveyancing) and sale and purchase agreements.

It is delivered as online study. You work through course materials online at a pace that suits you between the course start and end dates. You need a laptop or desktop computer and reliable internet.

There are no scheduled online classes to fit into your week, but some courses may include an in-person component such as practicum, workshops, noho marae, or exam. A course facilitator guides you, and you have support from a Student Mentor and the Library and Learning Centre teams.

On graduation, you will be qualified to work as a legal executive under the supervision of a practising lawyer, in support roles for lawyers in law offices, banking, property, insurance, finance, or government. The qualification also provides one eligibility criterion for becoming a registered legal executive through membership of The New Zealand Institute of Legal Executives Incorporated.

Modules

• LES501
• LES502
• LES601
• LES602
• LES603
• LES604

The minimum requirements for admission in Diploma in Legal Executive Studies Level at Open Polytechnic for all applicants (Domestic or International) are:

• program specific academic requirment set by Open Polytechnic.
• English Language OR any other language requirments as set by Open Polytechnic as pre-requiste for admission in Diploma in Legal Executive Studies Level.

Note: Please check the university website in the link below.

Please check detail of study units at https://www.openpolytechnic.ac.nz/qualifications-and-courses/nz3508-new-zealand-diploma-in-legal-executive-studies-level-6

• Legal executive work under the supervision of a practising lawyerSupport roles to lawyers in law offices, banking, property, insurance, finance, or governmentEligibility criterion toward becoming a registered legal executive through membership of The New Zealand Institute of Legal Executives IncorporatedPathway credit of 120 credits toward a Bachelor of Business

14 fully funded scholarships are listed for New Zealand. See New Zealand scholarships.