Category Archives: News

The Law Foundation funded the recent publication of an important new book, The Good Doctor – What Patients Want, by former Health and Disability Commissioner Ron Paterson, now a professor in Auckland University’s Law Faculty. What makes a good doctor? … Continue reading →

A new award is now available to help human rights advocates report on New Zealand’s compliance with its international treaty obligations. The New Zealand Law Foundation Shadow Report Award worth up to $10,000 will be available each year to a … Continue reading →

A major new study will examine whether Coroners’ recommendations are being acted on and helping save lives. Otago University researchers Professor Mark Henaghan and Dr Jennifer Moore will review all Coroners’ findings and recommendations between 2006 and 2011 and interview … Continue reading →

Environmental law enthusiast Amelia Keene has won the 2012 New Zealand Law Foundation Ethel Benjamin Scholarship for outstanding young woman lawyers. Amelia will use the $50,000 award to undertake an LLM course at Columbia University in New York. Her research … Continue reading →

The Otago University Law School team of Alex Brooke, Rob Clarke and coach Selene Mize were the winners of the International Client Consultation Competition in Dublin at the end of April. The Otago team won the right to represent New … Continue reading →

The University of Auckland Law School was placed in the top four in the 2012 Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot – the world’s largest and most prestigious moot court contest – held in Washington in late March. They were … Continue reading →

At the launch of the first publication from the Law Foundation’s flagship research project, the Hon John Banks, Minister of Regulatory Reform acknowledged in his speech the foresight of the Foundation in making this project possible. The Regulatory Reform Project … Continue reading →

Alternative ways of dealing with sexual offending should be tried, given stubbornly unchanged prosecution rates and high levels of victim dissatisfaction with the system, a Law Foundation-backed study has concluded. These might include substituting jury trials with judges either sitting … Continue reading →

NZ Law Foundation’s 2012 Distinguished Visiting Fellow Professor Andrew Ashworth will present public lectures during his visits to New Zealand law schools from 28 Feb until 1st April 2012. Continue reading →

The second edition of the highly successful New Zealand Law Style Guide is out now and accessible from this site. The first edition, funded by the Law Foundation, and published in 2009, has quickly become the standard for the citation … Continue reading →