FW Guest Memorial Lecture
Wednesday, 5 September 2018
Solicitor-General Una Jagose, QC, will deliver the FW Guest Lecture at the Faculty of Law
IVF anniversary important, says Otago Postdoctoral Fellow
Thursday, 26 July 2018 11:57am
Yesterday marked 40 years since the world’s first baby conceived via in vitro fertilisation (IVF), was born. For Otago University Legal Issues Centre Postdoctoral Fellow Jane Adams, this milestone is important on both a personal and professional level as the Otago Bulletin discovered.
Call for consideration of New Zealand Law reform dealing with Parental Alienation
Wednesday, 11 July 2018 9:14am
A University of Otago study calling for consideration of law reform in the complex field of parental alienation has been published this week in the New Zealand Family Law Journal.
Otago winners in Canada at World's Challenge Challenge
Friday, 8 June 2018 4:47pm
Congratulations to the E-Hop team! Otago students Rebecca, Nick, and Carolyn have taken the top prize at this year's World's Challenge Challenge earning $30,000 (CAD) to put toward their innovative electric car charging network app.
Significant gaps in legal services identified in Otago study
Thursday, 24 May 2018 2:26pm
With an average hourly charge-out rate of about $300, private lawyers are often out of reach for New Zealanders needing legal assistance, according to research from the University of Otago.
Otago team Canada-bound for World’s Challenge Challenge competition
Thursday, 24 May 2018 8:42am
Drivers’ worries about battery range – the distance an electric vehicle (EV) can travel before needing to be charged – are a significant barrier to the expansion of the EV market here in New Zealand and globally. Thanks to a trio of Otago Law students, so-called battery range anxiety may soon be a thing of the past.
Tropical test for Otago Law student
Wednesday, 16 May 2018 10:07pm
For most students, crisp mornings and falling leaves signal the time to hunker down and get their assignments done, but this April saw Law and Commerce student Cory Morrison preparing for a different kind of test, this one in the heat and humidity of the tropics: international test match rugby.
Tropical test for Law student
Wednesday, 16 May 2018 1:28pm
For most students, crisp mornings and falling leaves signal the time to hunker down and get their assignments done, but this April saw Law and Commerce student Cory Morrison preparing for a different kind of test, this one in the heat and humidity of the tropics: test match rugby.
Otago experts welcome invitation to work with Government on AI framework
Monday, 7 May 2018 9:10am
University of Otago experts in the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI) policy are welcoming a Government invitation to formalise a relationship to shape the future of AI and predictive analytics software use in New Zealand.
Otago animations developed to demystify the court room
Wednesday, 4 April 2018 11:20am
Court processes can be foreign and alienating for many; new animations developed for New Zealand by the University of Otago aim to break down these barriers to justice.
Otago law student leads UN delegation
Friday, 9 March 2018 1:23pm
Ihlara McIndoe's passion for music and law are sending her to the UN's New York Headquarters as leader of a delegation to the UN Commission on the Status of Women.
Creating justice entrepreneurs
Friday, 9 February 2018 12:42pm
Otago Summer School students pool their brains to solve access to justice problems for everyday New Zealanders.
New book assesses NZ's family finance laws
Wednesday, 7 February 2018 4:24pm
A significant new book edited by four Otago professors, examines New Zealand's family finance laws, amidst concerns that the current property sharing regime is falling behind modern times.
International prosecutor returns to train Otago students in countering terrorism
Wednesday, 17 January 2018 3:39pm
Why are dozens of Otago students in quiet and peaceful Dunedin spending their summer days learning about international responses to terrorism?
They've looked at law from both sides now - the Hands-on Law Diaries
Tuesday, 16 January 2018 11:30am
From crime scenes on the street to procedure in the court room, 10 school students are getting a behind the scenes look at the the law during their Hands-on programme at the University of Otago's Faculty of Law.
LSAANZ Conference 2017
Monday, 15 January 2018 2:13pm
The 2017 Law and Society Association of Australia and New Zealand conference was held in Dunedin on 6-9th December 2017 and proudly co-hosted by the University of Otago Legal Issues Centre and Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga, New Zealand’s Māori Centre for Research Excellence. The conference theme, ‘A Meeting Place’, aimed to grow the connections between law and society in Aotearoa New Zealand and Australia, through the sharing of ideas about justice.
Humanities conferences attract over 1000 delegates to Dunedin
Tuesday, 28 November 2017 10:59am
Keynote talks were translated into New Zealand Sign Language and live captioned, while programmes were provided in Braille, as day one of a major international conference into disability issues got under way at the University of Otago yesterday.
Findings from ground-breaking Otago study into NZ justice system
Monday, 27 November 2017 1:14pm
Despite perceptions of a slow system, the wheels of justice are turning smoothly in most court cases, according to a major University of Otago-led study.
Marsden grant for eviction research
Friday, 24 November 2017 3:23pm
Dr Bridgette Toy-Cronin is part of a team studying eviction in New Zealand, which has secured a Marsden Fund grant.
NZ Law Foundation funding for Aotearoa’s Future Courts project
Thursday, 23 November 2017 2:02pm
Can online courts aid the struggle to provide affordable and accessible ways to resolve civil disputes? To help answer this question, the New Zealand Law Foundation has awarded the University of Otago Legal Issues Centre team, led by Dr Bridgette Toy-Cronin, a grant of $101,000 to examine how litigants can explain their disputes clearly enough for use in an online resolution process.
Judge McElrea Restorative Justice Collection
Thursday, 26 October 2017 3:01pm
The Judge McElrea Restorative Justice Collection has been officially launched at the Napier Library.
Te Poutama Māori appoints new co-chair
Tuesday, 24 October 2017 9:08pm
Te Poutama Māori – the University of Otago’s Māori Academic Staff Caucus – has appointed a new co-chair. Dr Diane Ruwhiu from the Otago Business School is joining co-chair Professor Jacinta Ruru (Law).
Otago Humanities thinkers bring ideas into the mix at Queenstown’s Jazzfest
Wednesday, 18 October 2017 9:49am
'MindJam', a new exciting collaboration between the University of Otago Division of Humanities and Queenstown’s Catalyst Trust will form part of this weekend’s 40th Queenstown JazzFest, giving the chance for festival-goers to feed their minds when not otherwise occupied filling their ears with the sweet sounds of jazz.
Share your Lawyer Story
Wednesday, 4 October 2017 11:24am
The University of Otago Legal Issues Centre are inviting New Zealanders who have either tried to find the help of a lawyer or who have used a lawyer to assist them, to share stories of their experience.
ACC’s computer-aided decision-making questioned by Otago experts
Monday, 25 September 2017 9:45am
University of Otago researchers are warning of the potential pitfalls in government departments using computer-based risk prediction models, as has been recently revealed through a controversial new tool used by the Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC) to profile and target clients.
Otago graduate gains opportunity to be a leader in his field through Woolf Fisher scholarship
Wednesday, 20 September 2017 3:53pm
An Otago alumnus is among three outstanding young New Zealanders with the potential to be leaders in their field who have each been awarded a life-changing Woolf Fisher Scholarship to study at Cambridge.
Inaugural presentation of the Neville Marquet Prize in Resource Management and Environmental Law
Friday, 15 September 2017 6:52pm
On Monday 11 September, the Faculty of Law presented the inaugural Neville Marquet Prize in Resource Management and Environmental Law at a special ceremony at the Dunedin Club.
2017/18 Summer Scholarships available
Friday, 15 September 2017 10:18am
The Legal Issues Centre is pleased to offer two Summer Scholarships to develop videos to assist people who do not have a lawyer with understanding legal process.
Climate Change: Ethical Issues and Implications
Friday, 1 September 2017 3:58pm
Professor Jonathan Boston from Victoria University of Wellington delivered a guest lecture on 'Climate Change: Ethical Issues and Implications' to the Law Faculty and students from the ENVI312 Interdisciplinary Aspects of Climate Change class.
