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TOURING ALL NZ LAW SCHOOLS AND GIVING PUBLIC LECTURES This year’s fellow is a copyright law expert, Professor Jane Ginsburg of New York’s Columbia Law School. Professor Ginsburg will be hosted by the Law Faculty at Victoria University of Wellington … Continue reading →

The Law Foundation is funding an important new study analysing the legal, ethical and social issues around human pre-implantation genetic testing. Principal Researcher Dr Jeanne Snelling, of the Otago University Bioethics Centre, says whole genome analysis (WGA) is already being … Continue reading →

A formal cooperation agreement between the Law Foundation and the Ministry of Justice is starting to produce tangible results. Late last year the Foundation and the Ministry’s Policy Group signed a Memorandum of Understanding to establish a closer working relationship … Continue reading →

The release of Professor Campbell McLachlan’s book “Foreign Relations Law” marks the completion of his project for which he was awarded the 2010 NZ Law Foundation International Research Fellowship*. McLachlan, a Professor of Law at Victoria University of Wellington, is … Continue reading →

Twelve teams recently competed in the NZ Law Foundation Mooting Competition run by the NZLS Auckland Branch Young Lawyers’ Committee*. This was held during July and August and followed on from a similar competition run by the Wellington Young Lawyers’ … Continue reading →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

The Law Foundation’s regulatory reform project offers huge potential to positively influence public policy. There was backing for that view recently from one of New Zealand’s leading law reformers, Professor John Burrows. Professor Burrows is a leading commentator on the … Continue reading →