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Law Foundation Endows Chair At Otago University
1st August 2007
The University of Otago is confronting the legal challenges thrown up by new technology, thanks to the New Zealand Law Foundation.
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Law Foundation helps NZLII
28th July 2007
THE New Zealand Legal Information Institute (NZLII) has received a $50,000 New Zealand Law Foundation grant to provide a free and comprehensive public online legal information website.
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Recovering lost legal heritage
28th July 2007
A project to recover early New Zealand's case law has received a New Zealand Law Foundation grant of $95,780.
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Law Foundation education grants
1st July 2007
THE NZLS Continuing Legal Education department will receive two New Zealand Law Foundation grants to undertake major revisions of programmes.
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Human rights eroded in the name of counter-terrorism
5th June 2007
Human rights in New Zealand have been eroded in the name of counter-terrorism, according to a new book published by the New Zealand Law Foundation.
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Ethel Benjamin prizewinners tackle global issues
1st June 2007
The 2007 Ethel Benjamin prizewinners will specialise in two of the hottest global issues of the century - climate change and freedom of speech.
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Law Foundation grants assist publications
28th May 2007
TWO recent publcations owe much to the New Zealand Law Foundation, one in conjunction with the Otago District Law Society.
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Symposium to celebrate landmark Treaty case
1st May 2007
THE 20th anniversary of the landmark case New Zealand Maori Council v Attorney-General will be marked with a one-day symposium on the Treaty of Waitangi in Dunedin on 29 June.
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Valuable research fellowship available
1st May 2007
APPLICATIONS for the New Zealand Law Foundation's 2007 International Research Fellowship, worth up to $100,000, close on 30 September. And this year, the Law Foundation is keen to encourage lawyers to consider applying.
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Conference to honour Sir Kenneth Keith
1st April 2007
A LIST of high quality speakers is confirmed to address a conference in honour of prominent international jurist Sir Kenneth Keith. Law Foundation funding is assisting this conference which is organised by the New Zealand Centre for Public Law. The conference will be held at Victoria University on 23 and 24 August.
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Ethics expert is Law Foundation's 2007 distinguished fellow
28th March 2007
CANADIAN legal ethics specialist Professor Brent Cotter is the New Zealand Law Foundation's Distinguished Visiting Fellow for 2007.
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Corrections is a history of abandoned fads
3rd March 2007
GREG Newbold's new book The Problem of Prisons "provides us with a history of our corrections system that is long overdue," Charles Chauvel said at the book's launch at the Canterbury University Bookshop on 29 March.
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Ethel Benjamin address - early women lawyers
1st March 2007
WHILE New Zealand's Ethel Benjamin is widely known as the second woman lawyer in the British Empire, other women were working in the legal profession when she was admitted.
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Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis - Monitoring system for health and social effects recommended
1st August 2006
The Human Genome Research Project has reported positively on the use of a technique that allows implant embryos to be screened for genetic disorders.
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First report from Law Foundation's ground-breaking research project
1st August 2006
The first report from an international, ground-breaking study commissioned by the New Zealand Law Foundation poses important challenges about the emergence of genetic technologies in medicine.
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