Faculty launches undergraduate student exchange programme with the Law School of the University of Auckland

The Faculty is pleased to announce the new undergraduate student exchange partnership with the Law School of the University of Auckland/Te Wāhanga Ture o Tāmaki Makaurau.

Staring from the next academic year, up to three Cambridge undergraduate law students will have the opportunity to spend their third year at the University of Auckland before returning to complete their final year at Cambridge. The Faculty is delighted to add this leading law school from New Zealand to the number of global exchanges available to our students.

Professor Mark Elliott, Chair of the Faculty Board, said: "I am delighted that we are in a position to add this student exchange programme to the strong links that already exist between the Cambridge Law Faculty and Auckland Law School. My colleagues and I in Cambridge look forward very much to welcoming students from Auckland, while we are excited to be able to offer our own students the opportunity to study in Auckland. Having spent time at Auckland as a visiting scholar, I know from personal experience that it is an incredibly welcoming and intellectually stimulating environment and that our students will benefit greatly from studying there."

The Dean of Auckland Law School, Professor Pene Mathew said: "I am thrilled that our students will have the opportunity to study at Cambridge and benefit from its very rich intellectual offerings. Likewise, I am sure that Cambridge students will enjoy studying at Auckland Law School and benefit from learning from the stellar scholars and teachers at our Law School and engaging with the unique legal issues arising from Te Tiriti o Waitangi and the interaction between Tikanga Māori and the state legal system. The exchange agreement further strengthens our close relationship with Cambridge and builds on our existing staff exchange and Pathways programme."