FW Guest Memorial Lecture
Wednesday, 5 September 2018
Solicitor-General Una Jagose, QC, will deliver the FW Guest Lecture at the Faculty of Law
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
Success at Legal Research Foundation Awards
Thursday, 20 July 2017 3:52pm
Congratulations to Professor Andrew Geddis and Oliver Hailes – a recent LLB(Hons) graduate – who won the Sir Ian Barker published article award for their article on The Trans-Pacific Partnership in New Zealand’s Constitution.
