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*2014 Law Foundation Dispute Resolution Lecture
Professor Thomas Stipanowich, of Pepperdine University, California will deliver the 2014 NZ Law Foundation International Dispute Resolution Lecture. His public lecture titled “International Mediation and Conflict Management: Near a Tipping point?” will be held: Tues 30th Sept at VUW Wed … Continue reading
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Design of Capital Gains Tax – second event on key issues
11 September 2014 LECTURE THEATRE OGGB5, UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND The second CGT event this year, from the University of Auckland’s Business School and Faculty of Law, is a lecture scheduled for Thurs 11 September by Professor Eric Kemmeren from the … Continue reading
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World Bar Conference
4 September 2014 HERITAGE HOTEL, QUEENSTOWN Perhaps the most prestigious event on the 2014 legal calendar will be the World Bar Conference in Queenstown 4-6 September, the first time this biennial event will be held in New Zealand. The Foundation … Continue reading
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*View Professor Helen Alvaré’s Lecture “When Freedoms Collide” – 2014 Sir John Graham Lecture
Professor Helen Alvaré from the George Mason School of Law in Virginia USA was the 2014 presenter of the Maxim Institute’s Sir John Graham Lecture, which was funded by the Law Foundation. Her lecture “When Freedoms Collide” was delivered to … Continue reading
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*2014 Student Mooting Competitions receive $72,000 annual funding
Each year the NZ Law Foundation assists student mooting teams’ participation in competitions by funding their travel costs. For almost 20 years, it has supported the following four key mooting competitions annually: Brown-Mosten International Client Consultation Competition This year’s competition … Continue reading
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The Changing Landscape of Corporate Law – 1-day conference
7 August 2014 PULLMAN AUCKLAND The Changing Landscape Conference will question whether the law that governs business enterprise, the Companies Act 1993, has adapted sufficiently to the 21st century business landscape and will make suggestions for changes where it has … Continue reading
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*Mooting Competition Hones Court Advocacy Skills for Junior Lawyers
Following the success of an inaugural competition last year, the Wellington Young Lawyers’ Committee* organised a mooting competition aimed at giving young practitioners an opportunity to develop their court advocacy skills; both in the preparation of legal submissions, and in … Continue reading
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Design of Capital Gains Tax – Two conferences on key issues
18 Jul 2014 UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND The first conference, will be held at University of Auckland on 18 July 2014, and hosted by the Business School’s Dept of Commercial Law and the Law School. The Foundation is supporting keynote speaker … Continue reading
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Symposium – Implementation of UN Declaration on Rights of Indigenous Peoples in Aotearoa
24 Jul 2014 UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO To be held at the University of Waikato from 24-25 July, the aim of the symposium is to explore and promote greater understanding of the implications of New Zealand’s endorsement of the UN Declaration … Continue reading
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Public Lectures on Litigating Climate Change by Professor Gerald Torres
28 July 2014 – VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON 30 July 2014 – UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO 31 July 2014 – UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND Professor Gerald Torres from Cornell University NY is touring New Zealand Law Schools in July/Aug 2014. He is … Continue reading
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