FACULTY OF LAW DEAN’S ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AWARDS 
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REGULATIONS:
The Faculty of Law Dean’s Academic 
1.  The Awards will be known as the Faculty of Law Dean’s Academic Excellence 
Excellence Awards were established in 
Faculty 
Awards.
2012, to replace Senior Prizes in Law 
which were disestablished in 2011.
2.  The Award will be recorded on the recipient’s official academic transcript.
3.  The Awards will be allocated in March each year to the students who have 
completed the requirements to graduate with the degree of Bachelor of 
Laws or Bachelor of Laws (Honours) in one of the three previous semesters 
The main purpose of the Awards 
(i.e. Semester One, Semester Two or Summer School) and whose academic 
is to recognise the graduating Law 
performance identifies them as being in the top 10% of students in their
students who achieved in the top 10%
cohort. (See Note iii).
of their cohort in the undergraduate 
4.  The Awards will be made by the University of Auckland Council on the 
programme.
recommendation of the Dean of the Faculty of Law (or nominee).
5.   In the event of a tie, the Dean of the Faculty of Law will determine if the 
Prize may be shared. 
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6.   The University of Auckland Council has the power to amend or vary these 
regulations provided that there is no departure from the main purpose of the 
Award.
Notes: 
(i)  Students who are recipients of a Senior Scholar Award in Law will also be 
eligible to receive a Faculty of Law Dean’s Academic Excellence Award.
(ii)  These regulations apply to all students completing their LLB or LLB 
(Honours) requirements in the year ended 29 February 2012, and 
subsequently.
(iii)  Each student is to be considered on the basis of their grades in all the Law 
courses taken for the degree (that is, based on the grades for all compulsory 
and elective law courses taken within the LLB or LLB (Honours), weighted 
according to the points attaching to each course).  Grades in the non-law 
courses within LLB Part I, and in the seminar course and dissertation taken 
for LLB (Hons), will not be included.
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