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***Workshops – options for reforming trial process in acquaintance rape cases
~~~~28 AUG 2019, AUCKLAND ~~~~30 AUG 2019, WELLINGTON Professor Elisabeth McDonald and Paulette Benton-Greig will present findings and reform proposals from their research into rape cases – adult acquaintance cases and comparator cases from Specialist Sexual Violence Court Pilot. Workshop … Continue reading
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*Animal welfare watchdog needed – Aug LawTalk column by Law Foundation Director Lynda Hagen
A Law Foundation-backed report is helping drive a push for more effective enforcement of animal welfare law. The report, Animal Welfare in New Zealand: Oversight, Compliance and Enforcement, gained considerable publicity when released at the end of May around its … Continue reading
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*2-Day Symposium & Public Lecture: Contemporary issues for children’s rights: international and national contexts
~~~~19-20 AUG 2019, RUTHERFORD HOUSE, VUW This two-day symposium will examine contemporary issues affecting children’s rights across 4 broad areas: (1) the care system (2) the criminal jurisdiction (3) the Family Court (4) the voice of the child in matters … Continue reading
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*2019 AMINZ Conference
~~~~1-3 AUG 2019, CHRISTCHURCH The theme for this year’s AMINZ Conference is “Still making it work”.The focus will be on disasters and the place of dispute resolution with a particular emphasis on earthquakes, floods and climate change. More about the … Continue reading
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* Congratulations to NZ’s International Negotiation Team
The Foundation-funded NZ representative team from VUW Law Faculty (Lucy Kenner and Raphael Solomon, coached by Grant Morris), placed 6th at the International Negotiation Competition held in Tokyo this week. Twenty-eight countries competed in this event, with a team from … Continue reading
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*Otago researchers find 2014 Reforms take Family Justice backwards – July LawTalk column by Law Foundation Director Lynda Hagen
A major Law Foundation-funded research project has found that around three-quarters of professionals, many lawyers, felt the family justice system had become worse since the 2014 reforms. The findings form part of a detailed 3-year research project involving professionals and … Continue reading
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*2-2019 Sir John Graham Lecture by Professor Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela – Research Chair in Historical Trauma and Transformation at Stellenbosch University, South Africa
~~~~5 JULY 2019, PULLMAN HOTEL, AUCKLAND Professor Gobodo-Madikizela’s lecture is titled “Repairing the Brokenness of the Past”. She will speak about reconciliation and justice, drawing on her experience as a member of the Human Rights Violations Committee of the Truth … Continue reading
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*Report confirms inadequacies of Legal Structures for Social Enterprise organisations and the need for change – June LawTalk column by Law Foundation Director Lynda Hagen
A recent Law Foundation-backed report could be the catalyst for a revamp of the law governing social enterprises – organisations that trade to deliver a social or environmental impact. The report, Structuring for Impact: Evolving Legal Structures for Businesses in … Continue reading
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_Data Policy in the Big Data Era – lecture by Professor Anne Cheung at VUW
~~~~5.30pm 11 JUNE 2019, VUW Lecture Theatre 3 Old Govt Buildings (OGB), 55 Lambton Quay, WELLINGTON This timely lecture explores data privacy protection for the digitised persona, focusing on the challenges brought by profiling. The speaker argues that we should … Continue reading
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*Biography launched on the life of lawyer Shirley Smith – 1916 to 2007
Sarah Gaitanos’ book “Shirley Smith: An Examined Life”, was launched today, at Unity books in Wellington. The book provides a chronological story of the life of lawyer Shirley Smith from 1916 to 2007, based on Shirley’s papers and letters. The … Continue reading
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