LEANZ has awarded two scholarships for Masters’ level study of law and economics overseas

 LEANZ has awarded two scholarships of $10,000 each for overseas study of law and economics in the academic year 2013-2014.

The Friedlander Foundation Scholarship, generously funded by the Friedlander Foundation, is awarded to Samuel Beswick of Auckland who is to read for an LLM at Harvard.

 A C W Maughan Scholarship, funded by members of LEANZ, is awarded to Richard Davidson of Wellington who is to read for an LLM at Toronto.

LEANZ is delighted to be able to assist two candidates of such excellent calibre and looks forward to their future contributions to law and economics in New Zealand.

Annual General Meeting: advance notice/call for nominations

The Law and Economics Association of New Zealand (LEANZ) wishes to give notice to its members of its 2012 Annual General Meeting.

Speaker: David Harper, Professor of Economics at NYU
Date: 25 June 2012
Venue: Kensington Swan, 89 The Terrace, Wellington (with a video link to Kensington Swan, 18 Viaduct Harbour Avenue, Auckland)
Time: Starting at 6pm
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Nomination for 2012/13 Committee
Nominations are sought for the following positions on the LEANZ Executive Committee for 2012/2013:
• President
• Vice President (two positions available)
• Secretary
• Treasurer
• Committee member (four positions available)
In addition to the elected Committee, the Committee may co-opt up to four non-elected members. The positions will be elected at the AGM. If you would like to make a nomination, please complete the form here and return it to the Secretary by post or fax (details below). The Secretary must receive your nomination no later than 5.00pm on Monday 28 May 2012.

Anna Parker
LEANZ Secretary
PO Box 2694
Wellington
Fax: 04 462 0858

12th Annual Competition Law and Regulatory Review Conference on the 28th & 29th May 2012

The conference will now be held on the 28th & 29th of May at the InterContinental in Wellington.

See the upcoming conferences page for details.

LEANZ joins the social networking age

LEANZ is now on Facebook! Search "Law and Economics Association New Zealand" and add us as a friend. The page contains updates, discussions and links to items of interest.

LEANZ admits a new fellow

The Patron of the Law and Economics Association of New Zealand, Sir Ivor Richardson, former President of the Court of Appeal, presented Matthew Palmer, Deputy Solicitor-General (Public Law) with the certificate recording his admission as a Fellow of the Association at the Annual General Meeting of the Association on 28 June.

The prime requirement for Fellowship is the publication of at least 100,000 words which advance the study or understanding of law and economics issues in or with reference to New Zealand. Fellows may use the post-nominal LEANZF. Matthew Palmer has published a number of papers on ex-socialist economies and also written on economic analysis of constitutional institutions. Matthew Palmer was the founding Secretary of the Association in 1994.

Photo credit: Sally Wyatt

LEANZ Annual General Meeting

LEANZ recently held its Annual General Meeting on the 28th of June, 2011. The AGM was hosted by Russel McVeagh, with a video link to Auckland. After the AGM, Dr Russell Norman MP and Dr Jason Potts (University of Queensland) debated the utility of Happiness Indexes.

Lew Evans recognised on New Years Honours list

Professor Lew Evans, LEANZ Fellow, has been appointed an ONZM in the New Years Honours List for services to education.