Category Archives: Events

~~~~18 APRIL 2016 – TREASURY, THE TERRACE WELLINGTON Abstract: New Zealand’s indigenous biodiversity is at risk from political and economic drivers that make protecting nature difficult and costly, while damage is incentivised. The result of this is that nature continues … Continue reading →

~~~~15 APRIL 2016 – FACULTY OF LAW, OTAGO Otago Faculty of Law is holding a one-day round table featuring Professor Jonathan Herring, a leading scholar in medical law from the University of Oxford, and Professor Loane Skene a leading scholar … Continue reading →

~~~~14-15 APRIL 2016 – UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY LAW SCHOOL, CHRISTCHURCH The Australasian Property Law Teachers’ Conference is a biennial conference, which attracts legal academics from throughout Australasia including Singapore and Hong Kong. This year the conference has attracted significant interest … Continue reading →

3-5 MARCH 2016, HILTON HOTEL, QUEENSTOWN The 2016 AMINZ Conference, titled Dispute Resolution on the Edge, will be a joint event with one of the world’s leading mediation bodies, the International Academy of Mediators. The conference will provide an opportunity … Continue reading →

25 FEBRUARY 2016, VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON A public seminar titled Maritime Law in the Asia-Pacific Region is being held 2-5pm on 25th Feb in Lecture Theatre 3 (GBLT3), VUW law school, Old Government Buildings, 55 Lambton Quay, Wellington. The … Continue reading →

22 FEBRUARY 2016, SEMINAR AT VUW WELLINGTON A lunch time seminar titled Citizens’ Perceptions of the Legitimacy of Ombudsmen and their Decision-Making will be presented by Dr Naomi Creutzfeldt, ESRC Research Fellow at the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies at the … Continue reading →

15 FEBRUARY 2016, VUW WELLINGTON “Interpreting the Treaty over 175 years” symposium will take a scholarly look at the various legal, historical, political, philosophical and policy dimensions of “interpreting the Treaty” through time. 2015 was the 175th anniversary of the … Continue reading →

4-5 DECEMBER 2015, WELLINGTON New Zealand Red Cross, in conjunction with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is running the fourth International Humanitarian Law (IHL) Moot Court Competition for New Zealand law students in December 2015. This is … Continue reading →

6 NOVEMBER 2015, DUNEDIN The 2015 Ethel Benjamin Address will be given by Court of Appeal Judge, Justice Christine French, at 1pm on 6th November at the Dunedin Public Art Gallery, 30 The Octagon, Dunedin. The address, run annually by … Continue reading →

Symposium – Common Grounds: Nueva Zelanda y América Latina – Una Perspectiva Jurídica 22 October 2015, VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON This symposium will provide an opportunity to gain an understanding of Latin America’s commercial and trade laws within an economic … Continue reading →