21 June 2023
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By email: [FYI request #22993 email]
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Official information request for Stage Two Law Courses - Grades
I refer to your requests for information under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act)
dated 3 June 2023.
Would you be able to provide for each of the following papers:
LAWS 121: Introduction to New Zealand Legal System LAWS 122: Introduction
to Case Law LAWS 123: Introduction to Statute Law LAWS 211: The Law of
Contract LAWS 212: The Law of Torts LAWS 213: Public Law LAWS 214:
Criminal Law LAWS 297: Legal Research, Writing and Mooting
The following data for the years 2022, 2021 and 2020:
(1) The grade distribution for students' final scores (broken down by letter grade,
e.g. A+, A, A-, etc.),
(2) The number of students who completed the paper, and
(3) The mean and median final marks for the paper (percentage)
(1) The grade distribution for students' final scores (broken down by letter
grade, e.g. A+, A, A-, etc.),
(2) The number of students who completed the paper
Information relating to grade distributions and numbers of students is contained in the
attached document.
(3) The mean and median final marks for the paper (percentage)
2022
Mean %
Median %
LAWS 121
64
68
LAWS 122
59
63
LAWS 123
62
66
LAWS 211
58
60
LAWS 212
62
64
LAWS 213
64
65
LAWS 214
64
65
LAWS 297
72
72
2021
Mean %
Median %
LAWS 121
66
72
LAWS 122
62
65
LAWS 123
62
65
LAWS 211
62
63
LAWS 212
63
65
LAWS 213
66
67
LAWS 214
65
67
LAWS 297
70
71
2020
Mean %
Median %
LAWS 121
66
68
LAWS 122
61
67
LAWS 123
63
69
LAWS 211
65
67
LAWS 212
65
66
LAWS 213
68
68
LAWS 214
69
70
LAWS 297
71
72
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Ngā mihi nui
OIA Team
Official Information and Privacy
Legal Services
Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington