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Auckland women win prestigious Law Foundation Ethel Benjamin Scholarship
7th May 2010
The winners of this year’s New Zealand Law Foundation Ethel Benjamin Scholarship were announced at the annual New Zealand Law Foundation Ethel Benjamin Commemorative Address held in Dunedin on 7 May.
The two women lawyers who received the 2010 scholarship are Sarah Nolan and Adrienne Anderson, both from Auckland. They each receive $25,000 to assist their post-graduate study.
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Child Witnesses face more injustice in criminal courts
22nd April 2010
Children becoming distressed under examination, language barriers and excessive delays are some of the issues raised in a Law Foundation-funded report about child witnesses being launched today.
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Lady Hale to deliver Ethel Benjamin address
14th April 2010
Lady Hale of Richmond, justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, will deliver this year’s New Zealand Law Foundation Ethel Benjamin Commemorative Address.
This 14th annual address in the series will be given at the Dunedin Art Gallery at midday on 7 May and will be open to the public as well as to the profession.
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New Zealand Victorious Again
14th April 2010
The Foundation-sponsored team of Julia Whitehead and Guy Carter won the Louis M Brown International Client Counseling Competition on 10 April in Hong Kong. New Zealand has won this prestigious international competition four times in the last ten years.
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Health and Disability Commissioner wins NZ's most prestigious legal fellowship
4th December 2009
THE 2009 NZ Law Foundation International Research Fellowship Te Karahipi Rangahau A Taiao has been awarded to outgoing Health and Disability Commissioner Ron Paterson.
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Joint Cleary Prize Winners in 2009
4th December 2009
For only the third time in the history of the Prize, there are joint winners of the Cleary Memorial Prize.
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Foundation funds new Law Style Guide
1st December 2009
New Zealand now has a national uniform style and citation guide for legal writing. This follows the launch by Justice John McGrath of the New Zealand Law Style Guide on 26 November.
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NZ Law Foundation Launches Major Research Project on Regulatory Reform
8th October 2009
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.
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2009 NZ Law Foundation Distinguished Visiting Fellow announced
17th July 2009
Professor Dame Hazel Genn, DBE, QC (Hon), FBA, BA (1971), LLB (1985), LLD (1992), Dean of Laws, Professor of Socio-Legal Studies at University College, London is this year’s New Zealand Law Foundation Distinguished Visiting Fellow.
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Law Foundation fellowship now worth $125,000
12th June 2009
The New Zealand Law Foundation’s prestigious International Research Fellowship, awarded annually, is now worth up to $125,000 (previously $100,000). Applications for this year’s fellowship close on 1 September.
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Foundation-sponsored book wins JF Northey Award
29th May 2009
Dr Matthew S. R. Palmer’s book “The Treaty of Waitangi in New Zealand’s Law and Constitution” has won the JF Northey Book Award.
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Two Ethel Benjamin Scholarship winners this year
22nd May 2009
Two young lawyers have received this year's New Zealand Law Foundation Ethel Benjamin Scholarship – Kate Wevers, of Wellington, and Grace (Sim Dam) Lee, of Auckland.
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Is the criminal justice system failing victims?
21st May 2009
A change to an inquisitorial system for sexual offence trials, with the investigation supervised by a judge rather than the prosecution, is among the ideas to be considered by a new Law Foundation-sponsored study into improving procedures in sexual offence cases.
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Law contest grants
14th May 2009
Three NZ representative student mooting teams have received Law Foundation grants to travel to international competitions.
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Recent Law Foundation Grants
10th April 2009
Three new grants were awarded by the Foundation board in March 2009.
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