2025 Events

DateEventLink

February

  
18 Februrary 2025Government Law: Year in ReviewRead more

March

  
17 March 2025Dr Jamie Rowen's (University of Massachusetts) public talk 'Worthy of Justice: The Politics and Practices of Veterans Treatment Courts' 
31 March 2025Justice Karakatsanis (Canada Supreme Court) Faculty talk 

April

  
 Public office holders series: Auditor-General (co-hosted with VuW School of Government 

May

  
7 May 2025Professor Anuj Desai (University of Wisconsin) Faculty talk 
19 May 2025Associate Professor Meredith Kolsky Lewis (JD and MSFS, Georgetown; BA, Northwestern) 'Unpacking the first 100 days for President Trump 2.0 - the legalities of U S unilateral trade measures' (co-hosted with NZCIEL) 

June

  
13 June 2025VuW discussion with Ministry of Justice Human Rights team 

July

  
11 July 2025Professor Ros Dixon (Borrin Fellow) Constitutional interpretation workshop (co-hosted with University of New South Wales) 
23 July 2025Derek Gill and Karl Simpson talk 'Size of the NZ statute book' 
29 July 2025Joanna Mossop and Alberto Costi (Faculty of Law, Te Herenga Waka-Victoria University of Wellington) and Robert Kirkness  (Thorndon Chambers) hosted a panel discussion on 'Climate Justice in Focus: The ICJ Opinion and Comparative Insights from ITLOS and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights' 
30 July 2025Professor Emmet Macfarlane (University of Waterloo)  'Jusidicial Misadventures in Unwritten Constitutionalism: Lessons from Canada' 
31 July 2025Professor Dean Knight Keynote at Hāpai Public AGM 

August

  
13 August 2025Professor Treasa Dunworth (University of Auckland) 'Peace: Has International Law Lost its Way? 
18 August 2025Webinar co-hosted by ANZSIL's International Peace & Security Group (IPSIG) and New Zealand Centre for Public Law at Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington: 'Recognition of Palestine in International Law: Australian and New Zealand Perspectives'Recording available