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Family ties to law school

When Dr Marie Bismark began studying at the Law School in 2000, she had a six-week-old baby with her.

Progressing tikanga Māori in law

The Faculty of Law’s Associate Professor Carwyn Jones has been appointed Tumuaki Tāne of the Māori Law Society—Te Hunga Rōia Māori.
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Wellington’s Law School wins big at

Professor Claudia Geiringer from the Faculty of Law became the first person to be presented with the Sir Ian Barker published article award for the third time.

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Episode 2

The big hot ball of wax: Legalities of the lockdown.
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Episode 1

The push-me-pull-you of ACC coverage: The saftey valve of three-strikes sentencing.
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Part 7

Topics: reviewing the legal implications of the government’s response to COVID-19; the most striking features of lockdown; the main lessons for the future.

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