5 April 2019
Liam Stoneley
By email
: [FYI request #9804 email]
Dear Liam
OFFICIAL INFORMATION ACT REQUEST OIA-19-13 – NUMBER OF LAW STUDENTS / MĀORI LAW STUDENTS
I refer to your official information request dated 9 March for information regarding Law student demographics at
UC. You requested, for the years 2016, 2017 and 2018:
1. The number of students enrol ed in an LLB program. You asked that these be split into “pre-law”/ first
year, and “law students”.
and
2. The number of students who are Māori and who are enrol ed in an LLB programme. You asked that if
possible, these would be split into “pre-law”/first year and “law students.”
This information is provided in the below table:
2016
2017
2018
Total LLB Students
1060
1101
1003
Total of students who are new to the LLB
429
391
294
Māori law students
83
88
83
Total of Māori students who are new to the LLB
35
40
35
3. Any other information related to the number/proposition of Law Students to Māori Law students at your
university for this period.
The number of Maori Law Students to non-Maori law students is consistent with the proportion of Maori
students at UC as a whole.
Yours sincerely
Tom Norcliffe
Associate Registrar
Information and Records Manager