Learn
What is LexisNexis NZ Advance?
What is LexisNexis NZ Advance? You can find videos for other LexisNexis resources at http://www.knowledge-network.lexisnexis.co.nz/home/generic/research/
Law
NZLJ Student Companions: Torts – Robinson v Whangarei Heads Enterprises Ltd
This Student Companion by Barry Allan appeared in the July 2015 edition of the New Zealand Law Journal.
Learn
The legal research process
By Mary-Rose Russell, an extract from Legal Research in New Zealand Components of the legal research process The legal research process comprises a number of discrete steps, each of which calls upon skills which law students are expected to acquire, whether Read more…
Life
The Art of International Negotiation
“…our taxi ride to south New Delhi was an experience in itself. Imagine a four-lane highway with clear lane markings and then everyone ignoring those road markings and playing a game of Tetris with their vehicles.”
Careers, Study and Well-being with Katie Cowan
Welcome to the Dear Katie column
Hello, readers. Welcome to the inaugural article in this advice column for law students and graduates. I am pretty damned delighted to be here.
Life
Can we have our cake and eat it too?
Mandeno Martin gives us her advice for chugging through law school while juggling everything else life throws at you.
A Day in the Life of
‘Day in the Life of’ …a boutique lawyer
Katie Cowan talks about founding her own law firm, Symphony Law, and starting up the New Lawyer podcast.
Careers, Study and Well-being
Dear Katie column – The virtue of taking a break during your law degree
And so, you feel you should probably just keep going. Just get through it and then see what happens after that. After all, what if you took a break and never came back? What if you fell behind everyone else? What if future lawyers saw a big gap from June 2019 to July 2020 and refused even to let you in their doors? It’s all too much. Better to just keep grinding on as best you can, right?
Contract
Contract Q&A: Intention to create legal relations
Test your skills in applying the first of the 3 forming elements of a contract
Company
Company Q&A: Company Formation
Know all about company formation? Test yourself with these Q&As
