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Studies on banking, unrepresented litigants and oceans governance will be funded by New Zealand Law Foundation scholarships announced at the annual awards dinner on 17th November. The Foundation’s 2011 International Research Fellowship, New Zealand’s premier legal research award, was won … Continue reading →

David Turner has packed more into his 24 years than most people do in a lifetime – but he’s only just getting started. A straight-A law student, David is a Supreme Court Judge’s clerk with a raft of legal prizes … Continue reading →

Thank you for your donation! Our online donation site has now closed but donations are still being accepted. If you wish to make a donation, please deposit it directly to: LawCan Fund, ASB Bank A/c No. 12-3140-0120163-00 Please follow this … Continue reading →

ANDREW ASHWORTH is visiting New Zealand in February and March 2012 as the New Zealand Law Foundation’s 2012 Distinguished Visiting Fellow. His visit is being hosted by the Faculty of Law at the University of Canterbury. Professor Ashworth is Vinerian … Continue reading →

The latest report on Questioning child witnesses from the Foundation-funded AUT study

Law Foundation-sponsored Waikato Law students were rewarded for their negotiating skills at an international competition in Denmark. Ben Gilbert and Andrew Cameron were representing New Zealand at the international negotiation competition in Copenhagen, and came home with the Joint Maximising … Continue reading →

Applications for our newest Human Rights award, the Shadow Report Award, close on 1 August. The International Research Fellowship applications close on 1 September and the Cleary Prize applications/nominations close on 30th September. Applications for the Doctoral Scholarship close on … Continue reading →

There are three Ethel Benjamin scholarship winners for 2011. The three recipients of this New Zealand Law Foundation award are Charlotte Leslie, Anna Crowe and Natalie Coates and all three intend to study for an LLM at Harvard University. Charlotte … Continue reading →

The Law Foundation has launched a special fund – LawCan – so lawyers and law firms around the country can support Christchurch people with urgent and ongoing legal needs following the devastating earthquake.

In 1877, in the case of Wi Parata v Bishop of Wellington, the justices of the New Zealand Supreme Court infamously dismissed the Treaty of Waitangi as ‘a simple nullity’. Castigated by judges, lawyers and commentators in recent years, the … Continue reading →