On 29 February, NZAL Young Lawyers’ Committee held its first networking event of the year at MinterEllisonRuddWatts. It was a fantastic evening, attended by over 40 early stage career Asian lawyers who mingled over the course of the night. This event was the first in a series of networking events that the Young Lawyers Committee…
On the 5th of October, 2023, the NZ Asian Lawyers Litigation Committee hosted their first session in the Litigation Masterclass series on pleadings at the Shortland & Fort Centre, sponsored by Tompkins Wake. Expert panellists Brent O’ Callahan and Linda Hui took the audience through a myriad of practical do’s and don’ts, insightful anecdotes, and deep dives on difficult components of drafting…
With the support of MAS, on the 5th of October the Young Lawyers’ Committee hosted an networking event at Sweatshop Brew Kitchen in Auckland. This event had a great turnout and it was so nice to get together with like-minded Asian legal professionals and law students to blow off some steam.Pete Lycett from MAS also let everyone know…
The NZ Asian Women Lawyer’s Committee held the Practical Tips Panel on 20 September 2023. The panel discussion had three speakers: Anand Ranchod (recruiter), Jo Stevenson (People and Culture Director at Simpson Grierson) and Jo Pidgeon (director of Pidgeon Judd). The event chairperson was Catharina Chung, Senior Associate of Tompkins Wake Lawyers. Thank you to Tompkins Wake for generously sponsoring this event. Our attendees enjoyed…
On Wednesday 7 June 2023, the New Zealand Asian Lawyers ran a second wānanga on “Tikanga and the Law”. It was an extraordinary combination of different expertise, experiences and viewpoints. The combination was very successful in helping to work through the difficult issues that tikanga and the law can raise, as well as providing insights into the…
On 17 February 2020, NZ Asian Lawyers and the New Zealand Law Society’s Auckland branch co-hosted a seminar on judges’ perspectives on representing culturally, linguistically and ethnically diverse (CALD) parties in court. Judges of the Court of Appeal and High Court gave visibility of the issues and challenges raised by CALD parties and practical suggestions…