We host a range of seminars and seminars throughout the year, including ad hoc conferences on important legal topics, our Brown Bag series of lectures from Judges and senior practitioners for young lawyers, Masterclasses from specialist contributing reviewers to the New Zealand Law Review, and a criminal law seminar usually held in Manukau.
In 2023, we sponsored an Auckland lecture by Lord Sumption, a retired Judge of the United Kingdom Supreme Court.
Beyond academic and professional development, we offer social opportunities for legal professionals to connect, such as our Biennial Quiz.
Every year we invite an outstanding international scholar to visit the Auckland Law School for a series of discussions and lectures with faculty, students and the profession. Our four most recent visiting scholars have been Distinguished Professor Jacinta Ruru of the University of Otago Faculty of Law, retired Judge of the Australian High Court the Hon Michael Kirby AC CMG, Professor Adrienne Stone of the University of Melbourne Law School and this year we were joined by Philippe Sands KC.
Our upcoming events are listed below.
In the MASTERCLASS™ series leading commentators who regularly contribute to the New Zealand Law Review provide updates on recent developments in their specialist fields. Recent developments in contract law in New Zealand, including in relation to contractual discretions, common mistakes and exclusion clauses. Based on forthcoming contract law review for New Zealand Law Review.
In the MASTERCLASS™ series leading commentators who regularly contribute to the New Zealand Law Review provide updates on recent developments in their specialist fields. The last few years have seen a proliferation of decisions under the Evidence Act 2006 from the High Court, Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court. In this MASTERCLASS™ Associate Professor Scott Optican and Jack Oliver-Hood will focus on those judgments most significant to the application and development of evidence law in civil and criminal proceedings. They will also discuss recent recommendations for amending the Evidence Act 2006 arising out of the 2024 third (and final) review of that legislation by the New Zealand Law Commission| Te Aka Matua o te Ture.
