Alumni achievements 2015

Appointed Queen's Counsel were: Richard Boast, LLM, LLB, BA; Mark O'Brien, LLB and Audley Sheppard , LLB(Hons), BCA.

Matthew Palmer, LLB (Hons) was appointed a Judge of the High Court in Auckland.

Karen Clark, LLB was appointed a Judge of the High Court in Wellington.

Stacey Shorthall and Victoria Spackman won the 2015 Women of Influence Awards.

Alexandra Sinclair, BA, LLB(Hons) was jointly awarded the NZ Law Foundation Cleary Memorial Prize.

Liesle Theron, LLB(Hons) who was appointed convenor of the New Zealand Law Society’s Law Reform Committee.

Sam McMullan, LLB(Hons), BA, has been awarded a Pegasus Scholarship to work in barristers’ chambers in London.

Dr Warren Young, former Professor of the Faculty, received a QSO for services to the Law.

Rosemary Gordon, LLB, BA, received a MNZM for services to legal education.