Sep302022

Event Summary: Young Lawyers Committee | Asian Experiences in the Legal Profession

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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…

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Event Summary: Deng v Zheng Seminar

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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…

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Feb202020

Event Summary: Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Parties in Courts Seminar

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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…

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