We will soon be celebrating the Waikato School of Law 20th Anniversary.
To keep up to date with this and other University events and activities, visit University of Waikato Alumni www.waikato.ac.nz/alumni to register your contact details; and should those details change, don't forget to let Alumni know.
In A semester the School of Law welcomes Dr Howard S Schiffman, the 2010 Fulbright US Senior Scholar to New Zealand. The US Senior Scholar Awards are for academics, artists or professionals with distinction to pursue research or gain practical experience over three to five months each year in New Zealand. Dr Schiffman, JD, LLM, PhD is on the faculty of the NYU Environmental Conservation Education graduate programme, and during his time at the University of Waikato, he will be conducting research both in New Zealand and the wider South Pacific on the development of the South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organisation.
For 52-year-old father of two and fishing enthusiast Andrew Cameron, returning to study two years ago was a matter of demonstrating good example. More...
Associate Professor Kate Diesfeld JD, is the Director of the National Centre for Health Law and Ethics at AUT University and she will be spending her sabbatical at the Waikato School of Law from 2 February 2010 to 31 May 2010. More...
Congratulations to Julia Steenson on being awarded the annual Simpson Grierson Law Scholarship for 2010-11. Simpson Grierson established this scholarship in 2003 to assist LLB students to complete their studies and gain work experience. Application forms are available July each year from the Law Resource Room and the University Scholarships Office.
In recommending the awards, the selection committee takes into account:
Academic achievement;
professional skills;
character, social and leadership skills;
the candidate's suitability as a future Simpson Grierson employee.
It's been a long time between degrees for law student Nigel Christie. The Wellington-based student graduated with his Bachelor of Laws back in 1994 and this month he graduates with his PhD from the University of Waikato. His thesis looks at access to marriage for same sex couples. More...
Waikato University science and law student Catherine Kubs has won an Energy Law Association scholarship to attend a leading conference in Sydney on energy and natural resource law. More...
Full-time lawyer and part-time student Nikki Edwards has won Waikato University's annual environmental law prize, awarded by national law firm Simpson Grierson. More...
The University of Waikato welcomed Professor Bradford Morse on to campus at the Te Kohina Marama Marae in September 2009 where he takes up his position as Dean at the School of Law. Professor Morse is from the University of Ottawa and his area of interest is indigenous issues. More...
Congratulations to Tom Lane, receiving his medal from Acting Dean, Professor Al Gillespie at an award presentation in Auckland in August 2009, after completing his conjoint degree, Bachelor of Social Science and Bachelor of Laws (BSocSc/LLB(Hons)) this year. More...
Former labour minister and Attorney General Margaret Wilson will be presenting a paper at the International Society for Labour Social Security Law World Congress taking place in Australia next month. (Sept 1-4) More...
Waikato academic Professor Peter Spiller, who holds six degrees and two doctorates, can now add district court judge to his impressive CV. Judge Spiller was previously Professor of Law at Waikato University and has written extensively on legal history and legal biography. More...
Waikato University law professor Barry Barton has won funding to research energy law as part of the Energy Cultures Project. The $1,050,000 project will investigate how society can adapt rapidly to achieve a low-energy, low-carbon future. More...
Willow-Jean Prime confidently walks in Maori and Pakeha worlds. She's fluent in Te Reo, she's a qualified lawyer, an advocate for her people and now she's studying for her Masters in Law.
This year Willow-Jean was awarded Waikato University Law School's Haggie Scholarship - worth $5,000 and given annually to the most deserving all round Maori student studying for their Masters in Law. More...
Waikato is working with the University of Bremen on a major research project, Intercoast, bringing a range of disciplines to bear on coastal and marine studies. Thirteen PhD scholarships are now being advertised by Bremen . Two of the scholarships are in law ...
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Waikato Law School students, Shona Foster and Phil Gardyne, win the Australasian Client Interviewing Competition against 29 other Law Schools from Australia and New Zealand
