Institute of Professional Legal Studies, New Zealand

About Institute of Professional Legal Studies

The Institute of Professional Legal Studies (IPLS) is a New Zealand organisation that delivers practical legal training to law graduates preparing to enter professional practice. It describes itself as the first organisation in Aotearoa to develop a skills-based approach to this training, developed alongside the legal industry.

IPLS offers the Professional Legal Studies Course, which is required for admission to the legal profession. The course is structured around practical, workplace-applicable skills rather than academic legal theory, and is designed in consultation with employer law firms.

The organisation frames its culture around a set of Māori principles — Whanaungatanga, Manaakitanga, Mōhiotanga, Māramatanga, Tuākana/Tēina, and Kaitiakitanga — and states a commitment to Te Tiriti o Waitangi principles. Instructors are drawn from the legal profession and are described as having an active role in mentoring future lawyers.

A 2021 NZQA External Evaluation and Review report noted that the course achieves close to 100 per cent completion rates and that its content and delivery are tailored to the needs of law graduates and employer law firms.

Student Support Services

Kaikorai Valley College provides pastoral and learning support through a number of named roles and structures.

Guidance Counsellor — a dedicated member of the pastoral team supporting student well-being alongside the Principal, Deputy Principal, Assistant Principals, Deans, Careers Advisor, and Learning Support Coordinator.
Deans — part of the pastoral team responsible for student support across year levels.
Careers Advisor — a named member of the pastoral support team.
Learning Support Department — provides targeted support for students with a range of learning needs, abilities, and physical challenges, including teacher aide support in mainstream classrooms to help students access the New Zealand Curriculum.
Whānau groups — each student belongs to a whānau group that meets regularly each week. Years 9–13 groups include students from across year levels and are connected to the House system; Years 7 and 8 students form their group with their homeroom teacher. Whānau teachers provide mentoring, monitor academic progress and well-being, and conduct regular one-on-one conferencing with students.
Year 13 Peer Support Leaders — senior students who assist younger students in Years 7 and 8 in settling into school life.

Curated by the KuraData team from Institute of Professional Legal Studies's own website, reviewed 28 October 2026.

Address

Where Institute of Professional Legal Studies is based, taken directly from the Ministry of Education's own address record for this provider.

StreetLevel 3
SuburbAuckland Central
CityAuckland
Postcode1141
Territorial authorityAuckland - Waitemata
RegionAuckland Region

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