Rules applicable to overseas practitioners and graduates seeking admission to the High Court of New Zealand.
If you are an overseas practitioner (i.e. a person who is admitted by a superior court as a barrister, solicitor, advocate or attorney) or an overseas graduate (a person holding an LLB or equivalent law qualification, but who is not admitted by a superior court to practise as a barrister, solicitor, advocate or attorney) and you are seeking admission to the High Court of New Zealand, then you will have to apply to the New Zealand Council of Legal Education for assessment of your overseas qualifications.
Please read the Assessment of Overseas Law Qualifications Information Brochure below. If you require any further information, please contact the Council.
Under section 274(f) of the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006, the Council is responsible for prescribing the mechanisms and criteria for recognition of Australian qualifications under the Trans-Tasman Mutual Recognition Act 1997.
If you are admitted in Australia, please refer to the Trans-Tasman Mutual Recognition Admission Regulations 2008.
