This year, 10 teams battled it out over topics like Infamous Women of History and Food (a fan favourite), with the team from Hesketh Henry taking out the sought-after winner’s trophy The event was kindly sponsored by Chapman Tripp with all ticket proceeds going to Dress for Success ($1,200). Thank you to all AWLA members …
ADLS Leading Your Career Workshop
The Auckland District Law Society is organising another Leading Your Career Workshop in Auckland in September after the success of its previous event. The event will be held at Chancery Chambers on Wednesday, 13 September. This event is exclusively for women lawyers with over 6 years of experience, and it will be facilitated by Miriam Dean QC and …
Mooting Training Session – for AUT and UoA Students
The Auckland Women Lawyers’ Association is hosting a ‘how to moot’ seminar for female university students. The seminar will be a casual session with plenty of opportunity for Q&A, and we will hear from some incredible mooters: Gretta Schumacher coached the Jessup Moot team last year and previously represented New Zealand at the Jessup Moot herself. She is currently …
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AWLA Writing Prize 2017
The Auckland Women Lawyers Association is proud to announce that it now taking entries for its 2017 Writing Prize. This prize aims to foster and reward undergraduate research and writing on how the law affects women and the place of women in the law. All undergraduate law students at the University of Auckland and Auckland University of Technology are …
Margaret Wilson Scholarship 2017
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 …