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Receipt which promotes responsible management of the world’s 4 Contents Alternative Dispute Access to Justice Classifieds Resolution 61 · How well does pro bono 83 · Will notices 45 · Cognitive biases: challenging work in New Zealand? 84 · Legal Jobs the way we think ▹ BY PAUL SILLS ▹ BY CRAIG STEPHEN 86 · CPD Calendar 68 · Aotearoa's future courts: 47 · Lawyers Complaints should online courts be our Lifestyle Service future? ▹ BY BRIDGET IRVINE 89 · A New Zealand Legal 70 · The Right Track Crossword ▹ SET BY MĀYĀ Practising Well ▹ BY NICK BUTCHER 52 · The benefits of working 72 · Some criminal justice outcomes 90 · Tail end flexibly for mental health and in 2018 ▹ BY GEOFF ADLAM wellbeing ▹ BY AMY PREBBLE 56 · Manage your energy Practice ▹ BY RAEWYN NG 76 · Survival of the healthiest 58 · Please make terrible art ▹ BY EMILY MORROW, ALLI ▹ BY KATIE COWAN MCARTHUR, AND PAUL STEELE 79 · Lawyers missing opportunity to be thought leaders ▹ BY PETE BURDON 81 · Retiring from practice ▹ BY PETER MCMENAMIN forests. 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My first few weeks have levels higher among Māori, been intense, with the handover Pacific and Asian lawyers. ceremony with outgoing President About 25% of Pacific and 33% Kathryn Beck, chairing my first of Asian targets of bullying Board and Council meetings, and perceive this disturbing meetings with Ministers and senior behaviour to be motivated officials. by race and culture. I’ve had the opportunity to speak to, and meet with, law students and many members including giving confined to big law firms. They were at the forefront of and supportive around it as it builds speeches in Auckland, Wellington the news media coverage last year, but the Workplace a strategy and action plan by 30 and Hawke’s Bay, and at the High Environment Survey, done for the Law Society in May November 2019. Court swearing in of Justice Walker. 2018, demonstrated the issues are much more widespread. There are other ways we can I’ve also been preparing for It showed that 18% of lawyers (31% of women and support members. At our May the Culture and Systems Change 5% of men) have been sexually harassed, and 52% have meeting the Law Society Board Symposium on 14 May. This one-day experienced bullying. Sixty percent found their jobs very approved a nine-month trial of a event has been organised by the Law stressful, 44% felt they worked under unrealistic time free and confidential counselling Society’s Culture Change Taskforce.