Photos – Inaugural New Zealand Asian Lawyers Awards
Photographs courtesy of the New Zealand Law Society
The Mai Chen Legal Innovation Award- New award aims to push the boundaries of legal thinking
This article was originally published by the University of Otago here. A new award aiming to encourage and reward innovative legal thinking has been established by distinguished lawyer, Otago alumna and former member of the Faculty of Law, Dr Mai Chen.The Mai Chen Legal Innovation Award will be granted annually to the student who produces the most…
Save the date of 1 November 2024 – Inaugural NZ Asian Lawyers Awards
NZ Asian Lawyers and the NZ Law Society have partnered to hold the inaugural NZ Asian Lawyers Awards, to be presented by the Attorney General, the Hon Judith Collins KC, who will also be speaking at the event. Russell McVeagh will kindly be hosting the event at the Vero Centre, Level 30, 48 Shortland St,…
Event recap: Q&A with Hon Paul Goldsmith and NZLS President Frazer Barton
Close to 100 people attended in person (and the same number attended online) an event in Auckland on Tuesday 14 May 2024 where NZ Asian Lawyers and the New Zealand Law Society jointly hosted the Minister of Justice, Minister of Treaty Negotiations, Minister of SOEs, Minister of Media and Communications and the Arts, the Hon Paul…
Amicus Curiae: First Wānanga
The latest issue of Amicus Curiae has been published and includes the special section, “Tikanga as the First Law of New Zealand Law: the need for a system-wide cognitive shift | Ko te tikanga Māori te mana tuatahi o Aotearoa: me tōrua marire te au whakaaro o te pūnaha ture nui tonu” . To read the special section, please click here: https://journals.sas.ac.uk/amicus The…
Event Summary: Women in Law Panel – Women Lawyers Committee
On Thursday night, 9 February 2023, the Asian Women Lawyers Committee of NZ Asian Lawyers led by Karen Ngan held its inaugural Women in Law panel discussion at Simpson Grierson. Mai Chen (President of NZ Asian Lawyers welcomed the attendees to the first event in her life where Asian women lawyers were the overwhelming majority and…
Event Summary: Young Lawyers Committee | Asian Experiences in the Legal Profession
Mai Chen (Chair of NZ Asian Lawyers), Alison Dymond (Chair of the Young Asian Lawyers Committee) and New Zealand Young Asian Lawyers presented the “Asian Experiences in the Legal Profession” event at Meredith Connell in Auckland. Attendees were invited to relax and mingle, as Danielle Cooper (Solicitor at Minter Ellison Rudd Watts) chaired the panel, consisting of Edwina Ma (Tax Director of KPMG), Michael Ip (Criminal…
Event Summary: Deng v Zheng Seminar
On 2 August 2022, the Honourable Justice Goddard, Mai Chen, Jacque Lethbridge and Paul Radich QC presented a seminar on the Supreme Court decision in Deng v Zheng: Guidance on bringing relevant social cultural information to the Court’s attention. This in-person and online event in Wellington had over 350 attendees. This event was run in conjunction with…