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Newsletter School Of School of Law Number 19, August 2012 Newsletter A tribute to Professor John Burrows QC Tradition and Change 1 From the Dean Once again it is time In recent years, as Dean of Law, I have worked I am also sorry to report that Professor Neil for me to send my with Dr. Mazey on the University’s Academic Boister and Robyn Merrett have resigned from Administration Committee and I welcome her the academic staff. Both will be sadly missed annual message to appointment as Law’s Pro-Vice-Chancellor as the although, happily, for the moment, Robyn is our alumni. This year School of Law embarks on a new chapter of its continuing to work for us as a non-continuing has seen a major long and varied history. staff member. structural change for Happily 2012 has been free of the terrible The University Students’ Association once again disruptions the university – and the whole of has a Canterbury law graduate as its President, Richard Scragg the School of Law. Christchurch and the surrounding region – something which has become the norm in Since 2004 the university has comprised five suffered last year. In my last message to you, this university. Erin Jackson has conducted her colleges, each led by a Pro-Vice-Chancellor, and “From the Dean”, I stated, “Staff morale is high functions with distinction over the course of a freestanding School of Law, “freestanding” in and we expect the year [2012] to be one of high this year. The President of LawSoc is Seamus that it is not housed in one of the colleges and achievement for us all”. That expectation has Woods and tumuaki of Te Putairiki is Aja its Head and Dean performs functions normally been fulfilled. The account of “Staff” activities Trinder. Both have run their organisations in an undertaken by the Pro-Vice-Chancellor of a in this Newsletter sets forth what staff have exemplary manner, assisted by very able Executive college. Late last year the Vice-Chancellor decided been doing and records their achievements. In committees. to change this and, in consultation with the addition, I would add that Dr Chris Gallavin has Relations have remained close with the School, the decision was made that the School been instrumental in establishing an internship Canterbury-Westland Branch of the New Zealand would be “aligned” with the College of Business programme for two of our students each year at Law Society. Earlier this year Rachel Dunningham and Economics. Responsibility for effecting the Congress in the USA. became President of the Branch. Rachel is a alignment lies with the Pro-Vice-Chancellor Our School was the host for this year’s New University of Canterbury Law graduate and Gold of that college and she has formed a steering Zealand Law Foundation Distinguished Visiting Medal winner. committee, comprising members of both the Fellow, Professor Andrew Ashworth QC, of All This is the last time I shall have the pleasure of School and College, to assist her in this task. Souls College, Oxford. It was a great pleasure to sending my annual message to alumni, “From have Professor Ashworth with us and his visits The new college should come into existence at the Dean”, because my term of appointment to this country’s other law schools were a great the start of next year. The Pro-Vice-Chancellor will be concluded at the end of this year. I have success. of the College is Dr Sonia Mazey, formerly the been honoured to hold the office and wish my Associate Dean of the Faculty of Commerce. Dr Once again I should like to express praise for the successor, yet to be selected, well for their term in Mazey joined the University work of the School’s administrative staff over the the post. Over these last years I have been pleased of Canterbury in 2008, course of the year. They have been selfless in their to hear from our alumni, all over the world. Keep initially as a member of the endeavours to keep the School running smoothly. in touch with us; we are proud of you and are National Centre for Research I am sorry to say that Ann Kilgour, who has been always pleased to hear from you. on Europe. Dr. Mazey is a our College Manager for a number of years, has European politics specialist now left us to further her career elsewhere. I and came to this university should like to acknowledge the great assistance from Keble College, Oxford, Ann afforded me in the running of the School Richard Scragg Sonia Mazey where she was Senior Tutor. with regard to its finances. Here at the School of Law we wish Ann well for the future. From the Editors This 19th edition of the University of Canterbury The cover this year is a photograph of the Inevitably, we seek contributions from you all School of Law Newsletter comes to you in annual cricket match, revived in 2012 following for next year’s edition. Tell us about yourselves less than a year since the last edition. That in a break due to the quakes in 2011 (see the and your continuing careers and lives, whether itself demonstrates that the School continues report by Chris Gallavin later in this Newsletter). in New Zealand, or offshore. to cope with the challenges and change The image shows the Professor Gerry Orchard Contact Ursula at email: arising from the earthquakes which assaulted Memorial Wine Box Trophy and Professor Neil [email protected] or us in the last two years. The Newsletter is Boister leaving the pitch looking thirsty. The Editor packed full of our success stories and is also reinstatement of the match revives a valuable School of Law Newsletter a record of business as usual. We follow the staff/student tradition in the School of Law. University of Canterbury familiar format, with reports of continuing The cover also acknowledges change and is a Faculty of Law achievements by alumni, students and staff, tribute to Professor Boister, who leaves at the Private Bag 4800 both in New Zealand and overseas. The end of the year to take up a position elsewhere. CHRISTCHURCH earthquake experience remains an integral Neil, we will miss you. Fax: 03 364 2757 part of these stories and we trust the subject Once again, we are extremely grateful for the continues to be of interest to those who Visit the Law School Website at: many fascinating contributions you, our alum- www.laws.canterbury.ac.nz remember and value their experience at ni, have made to this publication. I want to Canterbury and the School of Law. thank David Rowe, who has acted as assistant editor again this year. Thanks are also due to other members of staff who contributed. 2 Staff Professor Neil Boister has been very busy over Natalie Baird has been trialling a new form of Law Conference (February 2012, Sydney), the 9th the last year. He was an invited participant assessment in her International Human Rights Asian Law Institute Conference ( May-June 2012, in Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa class in the last couple of years. Students are Singapore) and the Australasian Real Property (OSISA)/and Open Society Foundations Program required to write an article for Wikipedia, the Teachers’ Conference ( July 2012, Singapore). Her Without Borders Grand Corruption Roundtable online encyclopedia. Students select their research project, “The Earthquake Recovery Act held in Victoria Falls 27-28 November 2011. He has own topic, write the article and upload it onto 2011: Unbridled Power for Five Years or Balanced also recorded a lecture on What is Transnational Wikipedia. Contributions have covered a diverse Legislation” was awarded an Earthquake-Recovery Criminal Law?, lecture for the UN Audio Visual range of topics including the right to privacy in Doctoral Scholarship and she looks forward to Library Lecture Series, http://www.un.org/law/ New Zealand, human rights in Timor L’este, the her doctoral student commencing his three-year avl/, filmed on Friday 6 July 2012, at Victoria responsibility to protect in China the human right project in September 2012. Liz has been appointed University Wellington. He gave a paper on to clothing, racism in New Zealand rugby and to the Research Committee of the University of Transnational Criminal Law! at the WG Hart Legal the National Council of Women in New Zealand. Canterbury CEISMIC ( Canterbury Earthquakes Workshop 2012, Criminalisation, Criminal Law Feedback from students about this novel form of Digital Archive) which is developing a website and Criminal Justice, Institute of Advanced Legal assessment has been excellent. One student said that will be a portal to a world-class federated Studies, School of Advanced Study, University that they enjoyed “being able to contribute to an archive of earthquake data. She is very involved of London, 26 June-28 June 2012. This paper was existing knowledge pool (one I already use a lot!).” in earthquake-related research and this has led to also given at ‘International Law in the Next Two Another said that the assignment “provided an expanding collaborative research networks world- Decades’, 20th Annual Conference of the Australia opportunity to learn a new skill and changed the wide (especially in Japan and Australia). New Zealand Society of International Law, 4–7 July way I think about Wikipedia.” It was also noted Cynthia Hawes arrived back from her three 2012, Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand. that “you learnt a lot about your topic but also month exchange at the University of Cambridge He gave a presentation on The Negotiation of the helped others around the world learn about it with laryngitis that lasted for several weeks.
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