Alumni achievements 2012

Peter Boshier LLB(Hons) 1975 is to become President of the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts (AFCC) in 2015.

Roger Clark BA LLB 1964; LLM 1967; LLD 1997 celebrated 50 years of service at Rutgers Law School, New Jersey.

David Collins LLB(Hons) 1975, LLM 1976, LLD 1993 recently Solicitor General, was appointed to the High Court in Wellington.

Peter Dengate Thrush LLB 1982 was appointed Executive Chairman of Top Level Domain Holdings Ltd, a publicly traded holding company on the London stock exchange.

Peter Graham LLB(Hons) 1971 had his book So Brilliantly Clever shortlisted for the NZ Post Book Awards 2012.

Catherine Harwood BA LLB(Hons) 2009 graduated LLM cum laude from Leiden University and was co-winner of the New Zealand Law Foundation Cleary Memorial Prize for 2012.

Amelia Keene LLB(Hons) 2010 was awarded the NZ Law Foundation Ethel Benjamin Scholarship for outstanding women scholars holding a New Zealand university law degree. She is using the scholarship to pursue postgraduate study at Colombia University in New York.

Jessica Lai LLB(Hons) 2007 was awarded a PhD summa cum laude from the University of Lucerne, Switzerland.

Bevan Marten LLB(Hons) 2006 was appointed a Lecturer at Victoria’s Faculty of Law.

Dr Paul McHugh was awarded a personal chair at the University of Cambridge.

Jason Varuhas LLB(Hons) 2004 was awarded the Yorke Prize, which is awarded annually by the Faculty of Law at the University of Cambridge for an essay on a legal subject, including the history, analysis, administration and reform of law. Jason’s topic was: “Damages for Breaches of Human Rights: A Tort-Based Approach”, which is his PhD thesis. He joins three other New Zealanders with connections to Victoria who have earned the coveted prize: Richard Maclaurin (the first Dean of Law); Robin Cooke and Paul McHugh.