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4 MAY 2015, NZ LAW FOUNDATION NATIONAL YOUNG LAWYERS’ MOOTING COMPETITION The Law Foundation is backing the expansion of a regional advocacy event into a national competition for young lawyers. The New Zealand Law Foundation National Mooting competition started life … Continue reading →

Conference – Common Grounds: Nueva Zelanda y América Latina – Una Perspectiva Jurídica 21-23 October 2015, VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON This two-day conference will provide an opportunity to gain an understanding of Latin America’s commercial and trade laws within an … Continue reading →

Two new community videos titled “Without a Lawyer in the Family Court” have been made to provide insight into the workings of the Court. They enable viewers to gain a clear understanding of what to expect and how best to … Continue reading →

The new EDS* publication ‘Vanishing Nature: facing New Zealand’s biodiversity crisis’ presents an exhaustive analysis of New Zealand’s biodiversity status and management. It evaluates its weaknesses and identifies practical options for strengthening it. The book, produced with funding from the … Continue reading →

A report on the status of human rights in New Zealand says serious fault lines are developing and that the country’s reputation as a global leader is at risk. “A three year study of the six major human rights treaties … Continue reading →

Every year Law Foundation support enables many eminent international legal experts to visit New Zealand and speak at conferences, seminars, lectures and other events. In 2015 the Law Foundation is providing up to $76,170 in support of these visits and … Continue reading →

“New Zealand’s Gift to the World: the Youth Justice Family Group Conference”, is a celebration of New Zealand’s Family Group Conference (FGC) that came into being with the Children, Young Persons and Their Families Act 1989, 25 years ago. This … Continue reading →

Seamus Woods is the 2014 winner of the New Zealand Law Foundation Cleary Memorial Prize. Not only is he a top academic achiever, he also has an impressive background in community service; to his law school and fellow students, and … Continue reading →

Alison Douglass, Dunedin Barrister and Convenor of the New Zealand Law Society’s Health Law Committee, has been awarded the 2014 New Zealand Law Foundation International Research Fellowship. Mental Capacity: Updating the Law and Practice is the title of her research … Continue reading →

Grant Morris’s biography of New Zealand’s infamous and second longest serving Chief Justice, James Prendergast, was launched by Justice John McGrath on 12 November. The venue was the magnificent old High Court in Wellington where Justice Prendergast himself had presided … Continue reading →