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Oh the places you'll go

This year I mark 15 years as an in-house lawyer. So, as I write this, I have been musing on how I got here and what has changed along the way. I never envisaged in-house as an option for my legal career when I was studying law at Canterbury University…

Lagi Tuimavave, Wellington Family Law

New in the LawBorn in Samoa, Lagi Tuimavave is the oldest of five children and spent her formative high school years growing up in Wellington, attending Wellington Girls’ College. Bilingual in English and Samoan, Ms Tuimavave says that while she was an English studies buff, her favourite subject was legal studies,…

Using brain fingerprinting in court

The technology that is going to shape our future is already here. Much like the introduction of DNA evidence, Forensic Brainwave Analysis (FBA) is a powerful tool which could change the way serious crime is investigated. FBA is a neuroscientific technique where a brainwave known as the P300 wave and the…

NZAL Lawyers successfully launched

NZAL (New Zealand Asian Leaders) Lawyers was launched in Auckland on 10 June. The launch was well-attended, with over 125 members of the profession and distinguished guests, including the past President of the New Zealand Law Society Kathryn Beck, and Raymond Huo MP, Chair of the Justice Select Committee of…

Sustainable Practice

With this issue we begin a regular feature which looks at what lawyers and legal workplaces can do to operate more sustainability and to help arrest climate change. I’m a lawyer, what can I do?Deeply worried about what is happening to our environment? Very concerned that, whatever the rhetoric, we do…

The Devil's Own — far more than a fusty male preserve

Four years ago, my supervising partner, esteemed Devil’s Own legend and previous winner, Ron Backhouse, suggested I come to the Devil’s Own. At the time I had been playing golf sporadically for about three months. I explained this to Ron, who said that did not really matter at all (and…

New Zealand lawyer behind new Singapore mediation chambers

A Wellington lawyer and two high-profile colleagues have opened a mediation chambers in Singapore. Geoff Sharp, British QC Bill Wood and Singaporean Lim Tat are mediators and have all featured in Who’s Who Legal. Together, the trio have more than 50 years’ experience in mediation and have all spread their work from…

LegalTechNZ aims to promote benefits of technology

Legal technology should be embraced, not feared and artificial intelligence is unlikely to make lawyers unemployed. Not everyone in the legal profession would agree with that statement but it makes sense for lawyers to network and talk about the advance of applications and software that can assist in legal work. In…

How lawyers can successfully embrace social media

The legal profession is only starting to take advantage of the numerous opportunities that technology brings, although many aren’t taking advantage of what is one of the most popular forms of communication today – social media. Social media can provide great opportunities to engage with existing clients, but also help you…

The Innovators: Warrick McLean, CEO, Coleman Greig Lawyers

LawFest organiser Andrew King continues a series of interviews with key legal professionals with their innovation and technology stories.

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