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Maori law study scheme reaches milestone

Updated at 11:46 am on 13 October 2011

Victoria University is celebrating 21 years of enabling more Maori to get into law.

In 1989 its law faculty set up a process under 10% of places in second-year law courses are set aside for Maori students.

Undergraduates are selected mostly on their ability to complete their academic workload and attend supporting tutorials - as well as their commitment to kaupapa Maori.

Offers are also based on how the applicant plans to use their law degree to help their whanau, hapu and iwi.

The faculty's Maori law students co-ordinator, David Jones, says the scheme recognises that many Maori are working in a system that is foreign to them.

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