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The New Zealand Law Foundation congratulates Oliver Fredrickson on winning this year’s NZ Law Foundation Cleary Memorial Prize. This is a prestigious award given to a young barrister or solicitor who shows outstanding future promise in the legal profession

The New Zealand Law Foundation congratulates the Ethel Benjamin Scholarship recipient for 2023, Jessica Fenton. Jessica graduated in 2019 with a BA and LLB from the University of Auckland – Waipapa Taumata Rau.

We have just uploaded the video recording of our 25th Annual NZ Law Foundation Ethel Benjamin Commemorative Address by Judge Coral Shaw to our You Tube channel. Click here to view.

In 2017 Warren Forster won the Law Foundation’s prestigious International Research Fellowship with a bold aim to work out how to realise Sir Owen Woodhouse’s original vision of an ACC scheme that does not discriminate based on the cause of … Continue reading →

The Environmental Defence Society (EDS) has published a report on the future of Aotearoa New Zealand’s oceans management system, which was funded in part by the New Zealand Law Foundation. The Breaking Wave was launched by Minister of Conservation Hon … Continue reading →

Finding ways to use litigation to remedy bias in public decision-making and provide greater recognition of tikanga Maori are the aims of the two recipients of this year’s New Zealand Law Foundation Ethel Benjamin Scholarships. The scholarships, for outstanding women … Continue reading →

New research released today from Jarrod Gilbert, University of Canterbury, examines New Zealand’s most significant legislative thrust targeting gangs, which occurred in the mid 1990s. It examines the efficacy of the gang laws by measuring the political intent of the … Continue reading →

The 2019 New Zealand Law Foundation International Research Fellowship Te Karahipi Rangahau a Taiao awarded to Wellington Barrister, Sue Barker, was dedicated to the question “What does a world-leading framework of charities law look like?” with the final report, entitled … Continue reading →

This important research released this week is essential reading for those who wish to see urgent systematic change to help our young people. The research team was lead by Professor Ian Lambie and the report is entitled How we fail … Continue reading →

Professor Elisabeth McDonald recently released the second of three books in her work spanning 10 years on examining trial processes in rape cases: In the absence of a jury: examining judge-alone rape trials. Calls for changes to the trial process … Continue reading →