Our President, Janna McGuigan, hosted this year’s President’s Function on the 1st of March at the ADLSi Rooftop Garden, Chancery Chambers. Our guest speaker, Justice Sally Fitzgerald delivered an invigorating address directed at women in the profession and spoke extensively on her experiences navigating a career in law as a woman (both as a former …
President’s Function 2017
Our President, Janna McGuigan, will be hosting this year’s President’s Function on the 1st of March at the ADLSi Rooftop Garden, Chancery Chambers. Our guest speaker is going to be Justice Sally Fitzgerald, former partner at Russell McVeagh and High Court Judge. There will be refreshments provided, and the event starts at 5:30pm. The AWLA Executive Committee hopes …
International Women’s Day!
Ladies! Today is International Women’s Day and in honour of this year’s theme #BeBoldForChange here are some ideas of what you can do to partake today: Wear red. For some it’s the colour of resistance, revolt and revolution, for others it’s symbolises the sacrifices made by our suffragette sisters. And practically, it’s [damn] hard to miss …
AWLA Writing Prize 2018
The Auckland Women Lawyers Association is proud to announce that it now taking entries for its 2018 Writing Prize. This prize aims to foster and reward undergraduate research and writing on the intersection of the law and issues of concern to women. All undergraduate law students at the University of Auckland and Auckland University of Technology are eligible. To …
2016 Annual General Meeting
On Tuesday 22 November 2016, AWLA’s Annual General Meeting commenced at 5.30pm at The Northern Club.Our former President, Angela Stafford, presented her report which outlined the highlights of AWLA’s work in 2016, which focused around the theme “speak up, take action”. The former treasurer, Anna McConachy, tabled the 2016 financial reports and presented a summary …
2016 Christmas Dinner
Members enjoyed a fantastic evening of good food, good wine and jolly company at this year’s sold-out Christmas dinner. Attendees were treated to a rousing performance by the flashmob dancers of Dynamotion and were treated to a debate between Jacinda Ardern (Member of Parliament for Labour) and Desley Simpson (Chair of the Orakei Local Board). …