Auckland

Practising on own account

Auckland practitioners wishing to apply to practise on own account should use this application form and referee form.

Branch Council

The Auckland Branch Council comprises Chris Moore (Chair), Sandra Callanan, Stephen Mills QC, Andrew Gilchrist, Tim Jones and Clayton Kimpton.

Contact details

PO Box 4417, Shortland Street, Auckland 1140

DX CX 10008

Level 5, WHK Tower
51-53 Shortland Street
Auckland

Phone: 09 304 1000
Fax: 09 373 2620
Email: auckland@lawsociety.org.nz

Branch manager: Glenda Macdonald

NZLS Law Library (Auckland)

Email: auckland@nzlslibrary.org.nz
Phone: 09 304 1020
Fax: 09 304 1039
High Court Building, Parliament Street entrance
PO Box 4416 Shortland St
Auckland 1140

Legal Executives graduate

An enjoyable inaugural graduation was recently held at the NZLS Auckland branch offices for 40 Auckland graduates of the NZLS Legal Executive Course. Graduates were joined by a large gathering of friends, families, employers and Law Society staff for a social function followed by a welcome from NZLS Executive Director Christine Grice.

The guest speaker, Auckland Branch President Chris Moore, congratulated the graduates on their success and entertained the audience with his own experience as a young graduate replacing a legendary legal executive, proving how valuable a legal executive can be to the profession.

The graduates were presented with their certificates by Chris Moore and Sarah Wright (NZILE Auckland Branch President) amid a lot of cheer and good humour. Special certificates were awarded to two candidates who had gained gaining top marks nationally in the 2008 Introduction to the Legal System and Property Law & Practice examinations. These were presented to Pip Glasson and Jessica Harriman respectively and they each received $150 prize from the Law Society. The NZILE awards an annual prize for the top Auckland graduate and Sarah Wright presented this to Heather Dempsey.

Over the past couple of months 182 graduates from the NZLS Legal Executive Course have been presented with certificates at NZLS branch functions around the country. Christchurch saw the largest number ever attending a centre city ceremony in June. Other functions were held in Tauranga, Hamilton, Palmerston North, Nelson, Dunedin and Whangarei, where the top New Zealand graduate, Katrina Berghan of Kerikeri, was awarded a prize from NZILE in recognition of her achievement.

The New Zealand Law Society wishes all graduates the very best in their legal careers.

Governance group for young Auckland lawyers

Younger lawyers are invited to join a local Auckland governance group.

SpringBoard was established earlier this year to encourage the next generation of New Zealand directors and trustees and to promote age diversity around the board table. The 100+ members are 45 years and under and typically have previous governance experience.

Bi-monthly events allow members to build on their governance knowledge and to network with other younger directors and trustees. This year’s speakers have included Kevin McCaffrey and Peter Drummond, with future presenters to include David Irving as well as a panel event in conjunction with the Deloitte Fast 50.

More information on SpringBoard can be found at www.springboardnz.org.

Branch function

The Auckland branch hosted a successful function for Auckland practitioners on 4 June, in conjunction with the NZLS Board meeting being held in Auckland the following day.

The NZLS Board with members of the Auckland Branch Council. From left to right: Christine Grice (NZLS Executive Director); Bruce Gilmour (NZLS Vice-President and Board member); Chris Moore (NZLS Auckland Branch President); Anne Stevens (NZLS Vice-President and Board member); Mary Jeffcoat (NZLS Vice-President and Board member); Clayton Kimpton (NZLS Auckland Branch Council member); Sandra Callanan (NZLS Auckland Branch Council member); Andrew Gilchrist (NZLS Vice-President, Board member and Auckland Branch Council member); Tim Jones (NZLS Auckland Branch Council member); John Marshall QC (NZLS President and Board Chair).
Absent is Jim Farmer QC (NZLS Auckland Branch Council member).

Antony Mahon, Paul Maskell	Bruce Gilmour, Lapa Laubscher
David Raudkivi, Mary Jeffcoat	Anne Stevens, Janice Woolford, Christine Grice
John Hannan, Andrew Gilchrist, Bernardine Hannan	Monique Pearson, Antony Rogers
Sandra Callanan, Kate Davenport	Robert Kee, Professor Paul Rishworth
Tim Jones, Justice Venning	David Jones QC, Graham Kohler