Law and Criminal Justice support, academic advice and forms

Student advisors

Faculty of Law Student Advisors are located on Level 2, Karl Popper and individual appointments may be made by following the Book an Appointment link below.

Our advisors are happy to see you in person, give you a call or have a zoom appointment, please indicated your preference at the time of booking.

Note, no appointments are released further in the future than 14 days and we kindly ask you to cancel your appointment if you can no longer make it to allow another student to book with us.

Alternatively, you may also email us with your query.

Degree planning and completions (Law or Criminal Justice)       

• Limited Fulltime forms for Studylink
• Workload issues    
• Pre-requisite failures

If you are studying a double degree other than the BCJ/LLB, it is important that you seek or have obtained advice on the requirements of your other degree.

First year student advice

For first year student advice, please contact Eurica Thapa and Meredith Sim at firstyearadvice@canterbury.ac.nz. Eurica Thapa and Meredith Sim are the Kaitoko (Law and Criminal Justice) in Te Pātaka. When emailing, please include your eight-digit Student ID# and surname in the subject line.

Stuck Enrolment

• If your enrolment is not progressing through the online system (e.g. for Waitlist, HOD Approval Required, Pre-Req failure, Change of Enrolment), then you may not need to see and advisor:, email lawandjusticedegreeadvice@canterbury.ac.nz about the issue.
• For third time enrolment please email the Assistant Dean (Students) simon.dorset@canterbury.ac.nz with a rationale for why this should be considered and what you will do to ensure success this time. 
• For workload checks please attend an open-door advising session to see an Advisor.
• When emailing, please include your eight-digit Student ID# and surname in the subject line.

Studylink / Limited Full Time

• If you simply need a Limited Full Time Form completed by a member of staff, you should complete your part of the form and then send the whole form back to lawandjusticedegreeadvice@canterbury.ac.nz. If you are relying on supporting evidence, include that to. When emailing, please include your eight-digit Student ID# and surname in the subject line.
• The form may be found here: https://www.studylink.govt.nz/documents/forms/limited-fulltime-application.pdf

AKO | Learn access

• Learn access is made available to students who are fully enrolled in courses and access at the start of the year is only available for Semester 1 (S1) and whole year (W) courses.  Access to Semester 2 courses will be made available no more than 10 days before the start of the course.

 2025 - 2026 COURSES

• 2025 BCJ courses
• 2025 Law Courses
• 2025 LLB Handbook - please note this under review and changes are likely.
• 2025/2026 LL Summer School Programme update
• Additional 300 Level Law elective information
• Law courses 2026
• BCJ courses and electives 2026

Undergraduate Extension Application

Assessment Extension Request - Power Apps

Reconsideration of Internal Mark Form

Reconsideration of Internal Mark Form

LLB Undergraduate Cover Sheet Online Submission

LLB Undergraduate Cover Sheet Online Submission

UCSA Flowchart Information

UCSA Assessment Re-Mark Flowchart

UCSA Special Consideration Process Flowchart

Book an appointment

Drop-in Sessions

Due to demand, we will be offering open-door, no appointment necessary, first-come, first served, advising sessions for LLB and BCJ students at the following times instead of booked appointments. Please double check the locations – they are different!!:

• Friday 10 October from 10am to 12pm and 2pm to 4pm, Karl Popper, Room 104
• Monday 13 October from 10am to 12pm, Karl Popper, Room 104
• 20 October to 24 October: Mon to Fri from 10am to 12pm, Karl Popper, Level 2, either Room 217 or Room 218 *– see signs on the doors

*Please do not pull the door handle to enter level 2 corridor, push the green button to the right of the door and the door will open automatically!

Demand for advice at this time of year is heavy, so this means your meetings with advisors are likely to be brief and you may have to wait for a little bit to be seen. If you come close to the end of our drop-in sessions, depending on the number of people waiting in line already, we may not be able to see you in that session and might ask you to return another day.   Please be respectful and kind while we are trying our best to see as many of you as we can.  

During the drop-in period, we may be unable to answer phones, respond to emails or offer any set appointment times.

Send us an email

You can email us at lawandjusticedegreeadvice@canterbury.ac.nz for queries to do with your degree, such as:

• Enrolment issues, including prerequisite failures in UC Student Web when you have met prerequisites from previous study or credit transfers
• To check if you will meet degree requirements (points check). If it is too complicated to determine this by email, we will ask you to book an appointment
• Course selection options due to postponed or cancelled courses
• Completed applications for exemptions
• Other quick queries regarding your degree.

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