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University of Canterbury – 13th Australasian Property Law Teachers’ Conference 2016 – Protecting Property through Legislative and Technological Change
~~~~14-15 APRIL 2016 – UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY LAW SCHOOL, CHRISTCHURCH The Australasian Property Law Teachers’ Conference is a biennial conference, which attracts legal academics from throughout Australasia including Singapore and Hong Kong. This year the conference has attracted significant interest … Continue reading
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EDS launches “Pathways to Prosperity: safeguarding biodiversity in development”
The EDS publication Pathways to Prosperity, was launched by the Director-General of Conservation, Lou Sanson, in Auckland on Monday 29 February. Pathways to Prosperity is a follow-up publication to EDS’s Vanishing Nature, also written by Senior Policy Analyst Dr Marie … Continue reading
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AMINZ & International Academy of Mediators Conference 2016
3-5 MARCH 2016, HILTON HOTEL, QUEENSTOWN The 2016 AMINZ Conference, titled Dispute Resolution on the Edge, will be a joint event with one of the world’s leading mediation bodies, the International Academy of Mediators. The conference will provide an opportunity … Continue reading
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VUW Conference – Maritime Law in the Asia-Pacific Region
25 FEBRUARY 2016, VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON A public seminar titled Maritime Law in the Asia-Pacific Region is being held 2-5pm on 25th Feb in Lecture Theatre 3 (GBLT3), VUW law school, Old Government Buildings, 55 Lambton Quay, Wellington. The … Continue reading
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University of Canterbury – Seminar Series: Trusting the middleman – perceptions of justice and ombudsman services
22 FEBRUARY 2016, SEMINAR AT VUW WELLINGTON A lunch time seminar titled Citizens’ Perceptions of the Legitimacy of Ombudsmen and their Decision-Making will be presented by Dr Naomi Creutzfeldt, ESRC Research Fellow at the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies at the … Continue reading
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*Law Foundation brings top speakers to NZ in 2016
Every year Law Foundation support enables many eminent international legal experts to visit New Zealand and speak at conferences, seminars and lectures. We also fund law student attendance at some of these events. In 2016 the Law Foundation is providing … Continue reading
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*New projects tackling big issues
2016 promises to be an exciting year for the Law Foundation, with more new projects under way than ever before. Listed below are some of the projects most recently approved by our Board – they address some of the more … Continue reading
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VUW Symposium and Public Lecture – Interpreting the Treaty of Waitangi over 175 years
15 FEBRUARY 2016, VUW WELLINGTON “Interpreting the Treaty over 175 years” symposium will take a scholarly look at the various legal, historical, political, philosophical and policy dimensions of “interpreting the Treaty” through time. 2015 was the 175th anniversary of the … Continue reading
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*Justice Minister Adams commends the work of the Foundation
Hon Amy Adams, Minister of Justice and Minister for Courts, was the keynote speaker at the NZ Law Foundation’s Annual Awards Dinner held on 3rd December 2015 at Te Papa in Wellington. Her speech is now available via this NZ … Continue reading
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International Humanitarian Law (IHL) Moot Court Competition
4-5 DECEMBER 2015, WELLINGTON New Zealand Red Cross, in conjunction with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is running the fourth International Humanitarian Law (IHL) Moot Court Competition for New Zealand law students in December 2015. This is … Continue reading
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