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Mark Wright has won a 2017 New Zealand Law Foundation Doctoral Scholarship. The scholarship is awarded to a doctoral candidate carrying out research in a defined area of law for the benefit of New Zealand and its legal system. Mr … Continue reading →

“The New Zealand Project”, funded by the Law Foundation, was launched on Tuesday 11 April 2017 at the Royal Society of New Zealand in Wellington. This ambitious project by an exceptional young New Zealander confronts the challenges that New Zealand … Continue reading →

The Environmental Defence Society (EDS) has released a new report “Last Line of Defence: compliance, monitoring and enforcement of New Zealand’s environmental law” by Senior Policy Analyst Dr Marie Brown. The report is based on research findings from Dr Brown’s … Continue reading →

The Law Foundation congratulates Joanna Mossop, Senior Lecturer in law at Victoria University of Wellington (VUW), on the launch of her book The Continental Shelf Beyond 200 Nautical Miles – Rights and Responsibilities. The book draws on her Law Foundation–funded … Continue reading →

The Law Foundation congratulates Professor Susy Frankel (VUW Law School) and Dr Jessica Lai (VUW Business School) on the publication of their new book Patent Law and Policy, funded by the Law Foundation. Patent Law and Policy addresses two core … Continue reading →

Dr Marie Brown from EDS is presenting five roadshows on her latest Law Foundation–funded research “Strengthening Regulatory Outcomes: practice, innovation and enhancement of environmental enforcement in New Zealand”. Dates for the Last Line of Defence roadshows: • 8th Feb Hamilton … Continue reading →

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 2017 the Law Foundation is providing … Continue reading →

New Zealand should join the UK and Australia in considering law reform around child surrogacy arrangements, a Law Foundation-backed study finds. Changing social and scientific conditions are rendering child surrogacy law increasingly outdated, forcing judges to “creatively interpret” existing law, … Continue reading →

Artificial intelligence (AI) is coming at us before we fully understand what it might mean. Established ways of doing things in areas like transport regulation, crime prevention and legal practice are being challenged by new technologies such as driverless cars, … Continue reading →

Four videos of presentations are now available on YouTube from the Law Commission’s 30th anniversary symposium titled The Law Reform Community in the 21st Century, held 3rd Nov 2016 in Wellington. The videos cover four sessions: Law Reform – An … Continue reading →