Take the next step in your legal career

The Institute of Professional Legal Studies (IPLS) is New Zealand’s longest-serving provider of professional legal training. Since its inception in 1987, IPLS has set almost 15,000 highly skilled, workplace-ready trainees on their first step to a successful legal career.

Our mission is to develop effective junior practitioners ready to meet the standards expected of them when they enter the profession.

Based on sound educational principles, our unique, competency-based programme equips trainees with the skills and knowledge required for practice in New Zealand irrespective of the area of law in which they will be engaged. 

To provide flexibility to trainees and employers, we offer two options of the same high quality course in Auckland, Hamilton, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin:

• 13-week course - comprising 7 weeks online and two 3-week onsite blocks
• 19-week course - comprising 16 weeks online and two 1.5-week onsite blocks