Te Wāhanga Ture (the School of Law) at the University of Waikato was established in 1990 under the three principles of biculturalism, law in context and professionalism. While the history of the School is well documented (Milroy & Whiu, 2005; Wilson, 1990, 1993) the context of the School in University-wide support programmes for Māori and how these have impacted on increased participation in the decision-making processes at a faculty level and above have not been analysed. This paper uses ordinary forms of legal analysis to investigate how the higher level documents can be used to justify and support increased participation of Māori within the decision-making processes of the institution. The methodology incorporated two main stages. First, was the identification of an issue and its relevant framework which in this instance, has been applied to higher level strategic documents. Second, was the application to a factual situation, which in this case is participation of Māori legal academics in the institutional framework of the University of Waikato. It was concluded that increasing awareness of how the law impacts upon Māori (through incorporating Māori content in the law curricula) is dependent upon increasing the commitment of legal academics to biculturalism. Using Te Wāhanga Ture as a case study, the paper suggests three strategies of how increased participation of Māori in general could be achieved. For example, the first strategy is to increase the number of Māori (legal) academics. Such analysis may provide direction or strategies for other institutions that can promote or improve the participation of indigenous staff and students and ultimately result in improved educational outcomes for all peoples.