AWLA Newsletter

The Auckland Women Lawyers Association produces a bi-monthly newsletter which is distributed via email to our members, however back issues of the newsletter are provided below.

2007 Newsletters

February (Download)

Main articles:

Employment Relations (Flexible Working Hours) Amendment Bill

Update on the Evidence Act

April (Download)
Main articles:

Representation of Women Lawyers in Legal Directories by Sabrina Muck

Perspectives on Flexible Working Practices for Women Lawyers

X v Y: Reasons for Partners Divide Functions Not Relevant to Lump Sum Awards when Post Separation Economic Disparity Exists

AWLA Writing Prize: "The Prostitution Reform Act 2003: Social Enlightenment or Pandora's Box?" by Bridgette White

September (Download)

Main articles:

Gender Discrimination in Employment

AWLA Careers Evening 2007

Living at the Cutting Edge: Women's Experiences of Protection Orders

November (Download)

Main articles:

Peters v Police: A Modern Take on the "Ancient Rituals of the Human Mating Dance", or an Ancient Take on Acceptable Behaviour in the Modern Age?

Alternative Career Path Workshop

Flexible Working Arrangements -Legislation Update

2006 Newsletters

March (Download)
Main articles:
AWLA 2005 Writing Prize: "Topical Barriers to Justice for Women in Situations of Domestic Violence" by Julia Pilbrow
AWLA Christmas Dinner 2005 with guest speaker Jane Diplock

May (Download)
Main articles:
Oral Submissions on the Employment Relations (Flexible Working Hours) Bill 2005
"Can You Afford To Ignore the Big Questions That You Don't Have Time To Consider?" by Executive Coach Yvonne McLean
AWLA Writing Prize Finalist: A review of Lisa La Mantia's essay "Wife Abuse in New Zealand from 1860 - 1900"

August (Download)
Main articles:
Grey Lynn Neighbourhood Law Office - An update from Helen Twentyman
Obituary: Fiona Bolwell (ex AWLA Executive member)
Obituary: Olivia WIlkins (Bell Gully)
Review: AWLA Mid Winter Dinner with guest speaker Judge Clarkson
Litigation: X v X - AWLA's Application to Intervene

2005 Newsletters

March (Download)
Main articles:
Self Interest or Security Interest - Women in Contract Law and the Wife as Surety
Legal Responses to Gendered Medical and Pharmaceutical Harms
Executive Profiles: Lucy Riddiford, Jenny Cooper

April (Download)
Main articles:
Flexible Working Hours - Can it be achieved by legislation?
Considering a National Women Lawyers Organisation
Executive Profiles: Jennifer Caldwell, Linda Robinson

June (Download)
Main articles:
Profile: Christine Gordon and the Pitcairn Island Trials
The NZLS Women's Consultative Group

August (Download)
Main articles:
The Employment Relations Amendment Bill 2005
Election 2005: What has happened to "Women's Issues"

November (Download)
Main articles:
Grow, Protect and Manage Your Assets
Profile: Dame Judith Mayhew-Jonas

2004 Newsletters

March (Download)
Main articles:
The Future of the Ministry of Women's Affairs
Closing of the Minor Proceedings Creche
Profile: Helen Twentyman - Head Solicitor Grey Lynn Neighbourhood Law Office

May (Download)
Main articles:
Regulating the Sex Industry
An Evening with Deborah Manning: The Zaoui Case
Executive Profile: Kate Davenport
Hosking v Runting: A Tort of Privacy
Barriers to the Advancement of Women
The Introduction of Private Prosecutions Under Section 54A of the Health and Safety Employment Act 2002
When is Pure Economic Loss Recoverable for the Tort of Negligent Misstatement under the Common Law of New Zealand?

July (Download)
Main articles:
Paid Parental Leave in New Zealand: An International Comparison
Equal Employment Far from a Reality in New Zealand
Advancements and Failures of Current Jurisprudence to Protect Women in Armed Conflict
AWLA Submission on the Crimes Amendment Bill (No.2)

September (Download)
Main articles:
'Women and the Law' Returns to Law School
Justice Helen Winklemann Appointed to the High Court
Discussion Paper - Appointing Judges: A Judicial Appointments Commission for New Zealand?
UK Commission on Women and the Criminal Justice System: 'Man-made' Justice Fails Women
Taonga and the Property (Relationships) Act 1976: Recent Case Law

November (Download)
Main articles:
Profile: Helen Atkins Appointed to Environmental Risk Management Authority
YWCA's Future Leaders Programme

2003 Newsletters

October (Download)
Main articles:
An Evening with Lynley Hood - Author of "A City Possessed: The Christchurch Civic Creche Case"
Part-time Judging - One Step Further
Executive Profiles: Mary Hill, Gina Cole

November (Download)
Main articles:
A Moment with the Master: An Interview with Master Hannah Sargisson
Reflections from the Bench: Judge Anne Kiernan Looks Back on Her First Year as a District Court Judge
NZLA Family Law Conference 2003 - 'Raising The Standard'
Appointing the Judiciary
Barriers faced by Senior Women Managers
Sexual Crimes Committeed Against Children Extra-Territorially
From Dog Attacks to a Dog's Breakfast - Moral Panic and the Dog Control Act 1996
Work-Life Balance - The Launch of a New Government Policy