Associate Professor Donna Buckingham

BA LLB (Otago)

Donna Buckingham is an Associate Professor of Law at the University of Otago.

Her teaching and research interests include statutory interpretation, evidence, civil procedure and the regulation of the legal profession.

She is the Director of the New Zealand Legal Information Institute, the largest free online information site for New Zealand law, conducted in partnership with the AustLII.

Currently Donna is a Barrister of the High Court of New Zealand, the Chair of the Womenís Consultative Group of the New Zealand Law Society and a Council member of the Otago Branch of the New Zealand Law Society.

She is also President of the Ako Aotearoa Academy of Tertiary Teaching Excellence, the body of national tertiary teaching award winners, providing advice on tertiary education policy and practice across all sectors.

Research Interests

Computer-aided instruction, Computer assisted legal retrieval, Law of Evidence, Legal Information Systems, Statutory interpretation.

Contact Details

Tel 03 479 8863
Office: 7th Floor - 7C23
Email donna.buckingham@otago.ac.nz

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