to benefit New Zealand
The New Zealand Law Foundation
Te Manatū a Ture o Aotearoa
The Foundation provides grants for legal research, public education on legal matters and legal training. It operates a General Grants Programme and a Research Grants Programme. Applications for grants can be made at any time throughout the year.
Grants made must be used for charitable purposes within New Zealand.
Projects should be of national rather than local benefit.
The Foundation does not generally support research or study for postgraduate degrees, but does offer a Doctoral Scholarship (In Law). Applications for grants to assist with undergraduate research or study will not be considered.
New Zealand Legal Writing Style Guide
New Zealand now has a national uniform style and citation guide for legal writing. Funded by the New Zealand Law Foundation, the book is the result of the combined efforts of many in the profession, and provides an authoritative and unified framework of styles used by NZ's courts, law schools, legal practitioners and legal publishers.
The guide is available free on this site.
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INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP
Applications for 2010 close at 5pm on 1 September 2010. See full details
NZLF Launches Major Research Project on Regulatory Reform
The NZ Law Foundation is calling for Expressions of Interest from individuals and organisations interested in being funded to undertake a major research project on Regulatory Reform for New Zealand.
To receive a project scope document email inquiries@lawfoundation.org.nz or download it from our News section. Click on the heading of this item to navigate there.
The closing date for submitting expressions of interest is 3pm on 29 January 2010.
2009 Cleary Memorial Prize Winners
For only the third time in the history of the Prize, joint winners were announced at the Annual NZLF Awards dinner held at Parliament on 3 Dec. The winners are Colin Fife and Jeremy Johnson, both graduates of Canterbury University Law School.
2009 International Research Fellowship Winner Announced
Outgoing Health and Disability Commissioner Ron Paterson has been awarded NZ's most prestigious legal prize for 2009 - the NZLF International Research Fellowship worth $125,000.