University of Auckland Law School
Te Whare Wānanga o Tāmaki Makaurau | |
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| Motto | Template:Lang-la |
|---|---|
Motto in English | By natural ability and hard work |
| Type | Public |
| Established | 1883 |
| Dean | Dr. Andrew Stockley[1] |
| Location | , |
| Website | law.auckland.ac.nz |
The University of Auckland Law School is one of the nine faculties that make up the University of Auckland. The Faculty of Law is located at the City Campus, between Waterloo Quadrant and Eden Crescent. It is in close proximity to the Auckland High Court. In 2014, the Law Faculty at the University of Auckland ranked 28th in the world and best in New Zealand on QS World University Rankings.[2]
History
The land (and some of the buildings) that the Faculty of Law now occupies were previously used by the High Court of New Zealand in Auckland. One courtroom has been retained unaltered for moots. Prior to this, the land was used by an aerated water manufacturer, Grey and Menzies.
The law school is accessible by a right of way, down a small hill from Waterloo Quadrant. Originally, this was only a mud track nicknamed the Ho Chi Minh trail but this was paved when the Davis Law Library was completed and replaced Eden Crescent as the main entrance into the Law School grounds.
Until 1991, the Law school was based on the top three floors of the University Library building.
Davis Law Library
The Davis Law Library is named after Professor A. G. Davis, who retired as Dean of the Law School in 1965. The Library was founded at the University in 1939 and has had several locations, including a move into the General Library building in 1969. It has been in its current Eden Crescent location since 1992.[3]
Student activities
The University of Auckland Law School is the home of volunteer (pro-bono legal services) organisation, the Equal Justice Project. Founded in 2005, with approximately 120 members it is one of the largest pro bono organisations in New Zealand.
The University of Auckland Mooting Society was formed in 2014 and is the first society of its kind in New Zealand. It has over 350 members. Throughout the year the Society offers a variety of seminars and workshops to assist students with compulsory academic moots. The John Haigh Memorial Moot was held for the first time this year in memory of John Haigh QC, a highly respected barrister and alumnus of the Auckland Law School. It's Auckland Law School's largest competition with 32 teams having entered. The final was judged by Harrison, Toogood and Moore JJ in the Auckland High Court. The moot provides a valuable opportunity for third-year and above students to develop and enhance their advocacy skills.
An elected student body, the Auckland University Law Students Society, represents students and helps organise social events such as "Steins", publication of the serious academic Law Review, an annual Law Revue, mooting competitions, and participation in sports and events such as the Round the Bays fun run. Law students traditionally dominate both competition and administration of both the Auckland University Debating Association and the Auckland Debating Association.
In 2007, University of Auckland students won three of the four competitions at the New Zealand Law Students Association conference in Christchurch: mooting, client interviewing and witness examination. This qualified the mooting and client interviewing teams to represent New Zealand at the worlds in each of their respective disciplines - the mooting team to the 2008 Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition in Washington DC, and the client interviewers to the 2008 worlds in Bangalore, India. New Zealand, as represented by the University of Auckland mooters, advanced to the quarterfinals in Washington before being defeated by the University of New South Wales on a split bench; the best result for an Auckland team in Washington for at least the last ten years.
References
- ^ "Faculty Management Team". The University of Auckland. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
- ^ "University of Auckland tops NZ 2014 QS rankings". my.lawsociety.org.nz. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
- ^ "Davis Law Library". The University of Auckland Library. Retrieved 10 July 2013.