Bachelor Of: Criminal Justice Laws 55 INTERNSHIPS Completed by UC Law Students in Aotearoa and Overseas in 2019
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2022 Law Ture Bachelor of: Criminal Justice Laws 55 INTERNSHIPS completed by UC Law students in Aotearoa and overseas in 2019 Adrienne Paul Lecturer, Māori Land Law Ngā Kai o Roto | Contents Why study at UC? Plan your degree More information 1 Welcome to Law 13 Bachelor of Criminal Justice. BCJ 21 Specialisations and 2 Study Law at UC 14 Bachelor of Laws. LLB career opportunities 4 He ture, he ahurea 15 Certificates 24 Frequently asked questions Law and culture 16 Double degrees 25 Contact us 5 Ground-breaking 17 Graduate and academic leadership postgraduate options 6 A world of possibility 7 Teaching innovation Rainbow Diversity Support 8 Learning with purpose Subject guide 9 Student empowerment 18 Subjects 10 Building resilience 11 Real-world experience UC is proud to partner with Ngāi Tūāhuriri and Ngāi Tahu to uphold the mana and aspirations of 12 A strong foundation mana whenua. Published Mei | May 2021. Information may be out of Front cover: In the design Makaurangi, a fingerprint, date at the time of print. Please check the website. the three elements are representative of Ngā Kete o te Wānanga, the three baskets of knowledge, with the lines The University’s official regulations are at and koru a symbol of mana and mana whenua. This www.canterbury.ac.nz/regulations design originates from traditional whakairo (carving) and kōwhaiwhai designs which can often be seen on the rafters inside wharenui (meeting house). Nau mai ki te Ture. Welcome to Law at UC. Kōkiri mai rā e ngā mana Te Kura Ture | UC School of Law The School is also home to Aotearoa puipuiaki, e ngā reo has over 140 years of experience in New Zealand’s only Bachelor tongarerewa ki Te Whare leading legal research and teaching. of Criminal Justice degree. This Wānanga o Waitaha. Internationally recognised with is proving a popular choice for world-ranked academics, the students who are interested in E tau mai nei ki School has built on this tradition taking a 360-degree look at the Te Kura Ture! and its mission is to produce a new criminal justice system and its generation of highly employable, processes. Our close links with community-focused professionals employers in the field provide who will make a difference to the learning opportunities outside the world — tangata tū, tangata ora. classroom too. UC Law offers a ground-breaking Please don’t hesitate to get in programme of clinical legal touch with a Student Advisor or education as part of the our Liaison Office if you have any Bachelor of Laws. Students questions at all about study at UC. engage with civil society, the legal profession, and the wider business community through internships Professor Ursula Cheer and a student-run community Amo Ture | Dean advice service. Te Kura Ture | UC School of Law www.canterbury.ac.nz 1 UC’s Bachelor of Criminal Justice (BCJ) degree is the 1ST of its kind in Aotearoa New Zealand A world of possibility Study Law at UC UC Law courses develop your skills, local work experience, and UC Law arms students with the knowledge and skills international partnerships. This to make a real difference in society. Take a look at means UC Criminal Justice and our reasons why Te Kura Ture | UC School of Law is Law graduates are globally aware unique, and hear from our students about what you can and geared up for success in their achieve while studying Law at UC. profession (page 6). He ture, he ahurea Ground-breaking Teaching innovation Law and culture academic leadership At Te Kura Ture | UC School of Law, we use research to better Te Kura Ture | UC School of Law UC Law has always had a understand how the way we is committed to supporting reputation for scholarship. teach can be of most benefit to students with knowledge and UC academics write many students (page 7). skills to make a difference of the text books used in in society, through valuing the study of the law and use bicultural competence and their connections, locally confidence within an intercultural and internationally, to bring Learning with purpose context (page 4). world-class speakers to talk to Think about law in the real world, our students (page 5). not just as academic theory (page 8). 2 For the most up-to-date information, please check our website. Student empowerment At UC Law, we empower you to challenge yourself and try things you may not have thought possible, and encourage you to support student-led projects and initiatives (page 9). Building resilience UC’s teaching approach and extra-curricular activities help prepare you for the pressures of the workplace (page 10). Real-world experience Te Kura Ture | UC School of Law facilitates opportunities for students to observe, experience, and be part of the legal profession in action. (page 11). Annabel Studying towards a Bachelor of Laws and a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology www.canterbury.ac.nz 3 Rachael Ngāti Tama, Ngāti Pamoana previously interned on Capitol Hill, Washington. He aha te kai o te rangatira? He kōrero, he kōrero, he kōrero What is the sustenance of a leader? It is knowledge, debate, and communication Liam ‘What I really enjoy about my topic is that it is personally relevant, to myself and to my He ture, he ahurea people. It is my way of giving back using the skills that Law and culture I have. Although LLB is a professional degree, it is a hugely applicable Te Kura Ture | UC School of Law celebrates being degree. My Law degree taught part of an institution that values the development me how to critically think, how of bicultural competence and confidence within an to write, and how to research.’ intercultural context. Liam Ngāi Tahu, Ngāti Porou Ko au, ko koe - ko koe, ko au — Whāia te iti kahurangi — Bachelor of Laws and a Bachelor of Arts in diverse and inclusive workplaces knowledge, values, and beliefs Māori and Indigenous Studies and Sociology Studying towards a Master of Laws During your time at UC you can expect to The current generation of learners are faced Programme Coordinator, Māori and Indigenous explore indigenous knowledge, and learn the with some very real challenges including Leadership, Aotahi: School of Māori and importance of self-reflection when considering global warming, environmental pollution, and Indigenous Studies concepts of personal, community, and cultural increasing inequity. Learn to recognise the identity. With its cultural distinctiveness that value of indigenous sources of knowledge, and recognises the relationship between Tangata reflect on values and beliefs that impact on Whenua (Māori as the indigenous people of people’s decision-making, relationships, and Aotearoa) and Tangata Tiriti (non-Māori), we will assumptions in the context of law. support you to better understand the place of Aotearoa New Zealand in the world. Kia rite ki ō Māui whakaaro — cultural perspectives in law Gain insight into indigenous perspectives on law including understanding Te Tiriti o Waitangi, Māori land law, indigenous water rights, and different cultural perspectives on various legislation and case law. 4 For the most up-to-date information, please check our website. Dr John Hopkins Te Kura Ture | UC School of Law has been producing outstanding legal graduates for 140+ YEARS Dr Elizabeth MacPherson Senior lecturer ‘Our leading research not only makes a difference to society, it makes a difference Ground-breaking to students in the classroom, everyday.’ academic leadership Dr John Hopkins Professor of Law Our pūkenga lecturers bring world-class scholarship Te Kura Ture | UC School of Law and connections to the forefront. Research that impacts Indigenous Water Rights on society Dr Elizabeth Macpherson received a grant from UC Law academics break new ground with the New Zealand Law Foundation to support research into legal responses in areas such her research on Indigenous Water Rights in as climate and social change, technology, Comparative Law. Indigenous rights in water international law, humanitarian law, media, are highly topical in many parts of the world, medicine, and sport. Some areas where UC Law including Aotearoa New Zealand, both before the researchers are impacting society: courts and legislatures, and in public debates around the management and sharing of water. Brainwaves and criminal behaviour Responding to natural disasters A team led by UC Director of Clinical Legal Studies professor Robin Palmer has been Dr John Hopkins and Dr Toni Collins are leading working for the past three years with US and a three-year project, as part of the Wellington local (Police and Corrections) partners to validate Resilience project coordinated and funded by Forensic Brainwave Analysis technology that Te Hiranga Rū | QuakeCoRE Centre of Research indicates whether or not a person has specific Excellence in Seismic Resilience. knowledge. For example, it could be applied It aims to provide a far deeper understanding of to criminal proceedings where there is unique both the risks and the likely impact of a major information only the offender or someone seismic event in Te Whanganui-ā-Tara Wellington heavily compromised would know, especially region, with a particular focus on multi-storey pre-trial investigations as a way of eliminating buildings in CBD. The project will inform possible suspects. policymakers on what legal changes are needed to make a seismic event in the city “survivable”. www.canterbury.ac.nz 5 24 Community Law Centres and 120 outreach locations around Aotearoa New Zealand Vinnie (right) ‘The way students can set up clubs and events, and get involved in different ways, A world of possibility makes it a really attractive place to be. I think UC Go local or international and explore law and business is unique in terms of the at clinics or internships.