Category Archives: Events

12-13 JUNE 2015, UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND The aim of this symposium is to explore how recent developments in international law and State/Extractive Industry practice may improve Māori engagement with the Extractive Industry through: robust consultation and impact assessment processes; benefit … Continue reading →

21 MAY 2015 – FACULTY OF LAW, AUCKLAND Professor Paul Brand, a distinguished world expert in medieval history, will deliver a public lecture to celebrate the 800th anniversary of Magna Carta. Information about the event. Professor Brand is a distinguished … Continue reading →

7-8 May 2015, VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON A one-day conference will be held on Thursday 7 May, and will explore innovative approaches to dealing with family violence based on principles, practices and values of restorative justice. The following day, Friday … Continue reading →

14 November 2014, PULLMAN HOTEL AUCKLAND This conference will consider how the Supreme Court has been performing ten years on. It will look at the extent to which it has met its original objectives, and what trends and characteristics can … Continue reading →

16 Oct 2014 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 … Continue reading →

VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON (VUW) UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND 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 … Continue reading →

11 September 2014 LECTURE THEATRE OGGB5, UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND The second CGT event this year, from the University of Auckland’s Business School and Faculty of Law, is a lecture scheduled for Thurs 11 September by Professor Eric Kemmeren from the … Continue reading →

4 September 2014 HERITAGE HOTEL, QUEENSTOWN Perhaps the most prestigious event on the 2014 legal calendar will be the World Bar Conference in Queenstown 4-6 September, the first time this biennial event will be held in New Zealand. The Foundation … Continue reading →

7 August 2014 PULLMAN AUCKLAND The Changing Landscape Conference will question whether the law that governs business enterprise, the Companies Act 1993, has adapted sufficiently to the 21st century business landscape and will make suggestions for changes where it has … Continue reading →

18 Jul 2014 UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND The first conference, will be held at University of Auckland on 18 July 2014, and hosted by the Business School’s Dept of Commercial Law and the Law School. The Foundation is supporting keynote speaker … Continue reading →