New Zealand Law Society - National Conference

National Conference

The Bill of Rights Act: Legacy and Lessons - Where to from here? event series will culminate in a two-day conference in Christchurch. 

With a range of highly regarded speakers and panellists, this is a conference not to be missed. 

Date: 1-2 October 2025 
Venue: University of Canterbury, Christchurch 

Keynote speakers: 

Dame Helen Winkelmann, Chief Justice of New Zealand 

Kate O’Regan, Former judge of the South African Constitutional Court and Director of the Bonavero Institute of Human Rights in the Faculty of Law at the University of Oxford 

Other Speakers include: 

  • Sir Geoffrey Palmer
  • Pamela Tate - former Judge of Supreme Court of Victoria
  • Justice Matthew Palmer
  • Dr Andrew Butler KC
  • Simeon Beckett SC
  • Max Harris
  • Matthew Smith
  • Anoushka Bloem
  • Dr Andrew Chen
  • Sonja Cooper
  • Dr Mark Hanna - University of Canterbury
  • Dr Cassandra Mudgway - University of Canterbury
  • Dr Marozane Spamers - University of Canterbury
  • Dr James Mehigan - University of Canterbury
  • Dr Thomas Harré
  • Dr Mihiata Pirini - University of Otago
  • Dr Dylan Asafo- University of Auckland
  • Dr Lida Ayoubi - AUT
  • Dr Shona Wilson Stark - University of Cambridge
  • Professor Oliver Lepsius - University of Münster
  • Vinod Bal- Borrin Fellow
  • David Lepofsky - international disability advocate
  • Professor Martin Kment - University of Augsburg
  • Christopher McGavin LLM
  • Nicole Skews-Poole
  • Julia Whaipooti
  • Frankie Karatai Wood-Bodley LLM

Save the date now and keep an eye out for more information and registration details.