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Last chance! Take the 2026 AI and the Profession Survey

We want your views and experiences of AI in the workplace to help shape our AI Programme. If you haven’t already, please complete the New Zealand Law Society Te Kāhui Ture o Aotearoa’s 2026 AI and the Profession Survey by 28 September.

In September 2025, the Law Society made a submission to Parliament’s Standing Orders Select Committee on the Review of Standing Orders 2026. Our submission identified matters affecting the House’s consideration of legislation and raised rule of law concerns.  This week, the Standing Orders Committee has published its final report, and we…

AML/CFT Levy Regulations approved

The Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism (Levy) Regulations 2026 have been approved. The levy is part of the Government’s changes to the funding model of New Zealand’s AML/CFT system.

Growing together with Te Hunga Rōia Māori o Aotearoa

We’re proud to be building on six years of partnership with Te Hunga Rōia Māori o Aotearoa with the renewal of our Memorandum of Understanding marking the next chapter in how we work together for the profession. And there’s already plenty to build on!

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Last chance! Take the 2026 AI and the Profession Survey

We want your views and experiences of AI in the workplace to help shape our AI Programme. If you haven’t already, please complete the New Zealand Law Society Te Kāhui Ture o Aotearoa’s 2026 AI and the Profession Survey by 28 September.

In September 2025, the Law Society made a submission to Parliament’s Standing Orders Select Committee on the Review of Standing Orders 2026. Our submission identified matters affecting the House’s consideration of legislation and raised rule of law concerns.  This week, the Standing Orders Committee has published its final report, and we…

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A recent District Court decision convicting a non-lawyer for regulatory offences has reinforced the important consumer protection purposes of the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006, New Zealand Law Society chief executive Katie Rusbatch says.

James Gardner-Hopkins’ application for a practising certificate has been approved by a New Zealand Law Society Te Kāhui Ture o Aotearoa Practice Approval Committee (the Committee) following the end of his suspension for misconduct. The application was carefully considered and decided by a majority of the Committee. Mr Gardner-Hopkins is…