Te Piringa - Faculty of Law News
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Setting the bar high (16 October 2018)
Tongan mother ‘Elisapesi Havea is setting the bar high for her son Jay and all the other Pasifika students at the University of Waikato.
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An empty space that could save a life (24 September 2018)
Two Waikato students want to help prevent youth suicide by putting positive mental health messages on every school and university exercise book.
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Waikato students win national law competition (7 September 2018)
Two Waikato students won the New Zealand Law Students’ Association Client Interviewing Finals in Christchurch last weekend, and are heading to Dublin to represent New Zealand at the world finals next year.
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Armed to the teeth: do military animals deserve protection in war? (4 September 2018)
University of Waikato’s Dr Anna Marie Brennan is looking at whether animals on the front-line are weapons, or if they should be given the respect of something more sentient.
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Indigenous courts, the way of the future (31 August 2018)
A new book supports the introduction of marae-based courts to deal with Māori offenders.
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Researchers argue backdoors violate encryption principles (30 August 2018)
Based on an ongoing project, University of Waikato researchers contend that building backdoors into encryption should not be pursued in law or policy.
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Rotorua rangatahi encouraged to embark on tertiary path (27 August 2018)
Three University of Waikato students, who all hail from Rotorua, are encouraging more rangatahi to follow their lead by taking the leap into university life.
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Waikato law graduate becomes District Court Judge (22 August 2018)
University of Waikato law graduate Tinimiraka Victoria Clark was appointed District Court Judge with a jury warrant earlier this month.
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New scholarship for Waikato-Tainui law students (7 August 2018)
Waikato-Tainui and commercial law firm Simpson Grierson have announced a new scholarship to support law students at the University of Waikato.
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Waikato student wins Emerging Leaders Award (27 July 2018)
Kaylee Bird took out the top law prize at the New Zealand Emerging Leaders Awards this month. Competing against the country’s top emerging leaders in the profession, she says it was a “real honour” to have her leadership skills recognised.