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New Zealand Council of Legal Education

Certificates of Completion

New Zealand Law Graduates

To minimise delays in receiving your Certificate of Completion, please apply as soon as possible to the Council once you have all necessary documentation to apply for your Certificate of Completion. The application form may be downloaded here.

At the end of your Professional Legal Studies course (Profs), you will receive a letter from your provider confirming that you have passed the course.

This letter, along with the other documentary evidence required, and the completed application form, should be sent to the Council.

The Council will then prepare your Certificate of Completion for admission.

Overseas Law Graduates and Practitioners

When you have completed all the requirements imposed on you by the Council, you will be entitled to apply for a Completion Certificate.

The application form may be downloaded here.

IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING COMPLETION CERTIFICATES

Once we have received your application you will receive an email acknowledging receipt. You must allow up to 30 working days for process and delivery. It is preferable that you do not telephone or email us within this 30 working day period inquiring about your certificate unless exceptional circumstances arise. If we do receive unnecessary communications this will simply slow down the completion certificate process. We endeavour to provide prompt and quality service, but the Council’s verification processes take 30 days to complete, and you must take this into account when planning your admission date.