Auckland Women Lawyers’ Association is looking for candidates for our $3,000 Margaret Wilson Scholarship. The scholarship’s purpose is to support a female LLB, LLB (Hons) or PhD in law student at the Auckland University of Technology or the University of Auckland who encompasses the objectives of our organisation. Please find a copy of the Terms …
The Family and Whanau Violence Legislation Bill
The Family and Whanau Violence Legislation Bill passed its first reading on the 11th of April 2017 after unanimous support in Parliament. Among other family violence prevention initiatives, the Bill aims to better the outcomes for those in need without necessarily involving litigation, to prioritise the safety of victims regarding bail considerations, and to make …
ADLSI’s Leading Your Career Workshop
The workshop’s purpose was to help women lawyers take charge of their career and help them to realise their underlying potential. It was a practical and interactive one day workshop attended by a variety of lawyers from different law firms across Auckland and the rest of the country. The workshop originated because Miriam had decided …
NZLS Unconscious Bias Seminar
AWLA committee member Anna Parker attended the free unconscious bias training run by the NZLS. Unconscious bias refers to the stereotypes, both negative and positive, that exist in our subconscious and affect our behaviour. Anna commented “the training was a great way to help firms continue to recognise that they could be missing out on …
President’s Speech March 2017
On 1 March 2017, AWLA hosted Justice Sally Fitzgerald as speaker for our first event of the year. The evening was a wonderful opportunity for our members to catch up, discuss with Justice Fitzgerald her experiences in law, and also hear from AWLA’s President, Janna McGuigan, about AWLA’s goals for 2017. Janna’s speech is set …
Welcoming the New Zealand Women’s Law Journal
We are excited about the newly-created New Zealand Women’s Law Journal (“NZWLJ“). The NZWLJ is an academic journal aimed at publishing legal work relating to women’s issues and the law. Members of its Advisory and Academic Review Boards include: Her Honour Justice S Glazebrook, Supreme Court Her Honour Judge AE Kiernan, District Court Mary Scholtens …
Recent Reports on the Gender Pay Gap in New Zealand, and the Equal Pay Amendment Bill
The start of the year has seen a flurry of activity in the pay equity discussion, with the release of the Ministry for Women and AUT’s report entitled Empirical evidence of the gender pay gap in New Zealand,[1] therelease of a short report by the Ministry for Women and Statistics New Zealand on the effect of motherhood …
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AWLA joins social media
AWLA is now on Facebook and LinkedIn. To view photos from events, connect with other members, or to receive updates on things of interest to the AWLA community, become a member of our Facebook Group here: https://www.facebook.com/AWLa.org.nz/ and LinkedIn Group here: https://www.linkedin.com/groups?home=&gid=3419456&trk=anet_ug_hm