Joint NZ Asian Lawyers and New Zealand Law Society Seminar (Online)

New Zealand Asian Lawyers

Seminar on Asian lawyers in the legal profession, and Asian parties in court.

We have a unique opportunity to reflect on how to build pathways and interconnections for Asian lawyers into the all levels of the profession, including the higher ones such as the judiciary, and to hear from the Chief Justice and the President of the Law Society on these issues. The Chief Justice and President of the Law Society also want to hear from you as to the pathways and interconnections into the profession that would help Asian Lawyers fully participate and be valued in all parts of the judiciary and legal profession. They welcome your questions. The session will run from 3-6pm – with the panel discussion involving the Chief Justice and President of the Law Society scheduled between 5 – 6 pm. The Chief Justice will also stay after 6pm to meet you. The NZLS President will be zooming in from overseas.5:00pm: Panel on Asian Lawyers within the ProfessionMai Chen will report back on the key findings in both the Asian Lawyers stocktake survey (please complete if you are an Asian lawyer) and the Asian law students stocktake survey (please complete if you are an Asian law student). The initial analysis of surveys completed to date raise important issues for the profession, particularly given the fact that Asian lawyers now comprise 10.2% of the profession as of 2021 (and growing), and the increasing number of Asian clients, including in Auckland where 1 in 3 are Asian.5:10-6:00pm: Discussion with the Chief Justice and the President of the Law Society. Introduced by Takeshi Ito (Secretary of NZ Asian Lawyers).Prior to that (from 3-5pm) will be a seminar on Asian Parties in Courts and Working with Asian Clients 3:00pm: Panel on representing Asian clients in court Karun Lakshman (Barrister at Karun Lakshman Barrister), on representing Indian clients.Joon Yi (Barrister at Joon Yi Barristers), on representing Korean clients.Kenneth Sun (Partner and founder of Capstone Law), on representing Chinese clients.Tracey Hu (Barrister at City Chambers), on representing Chinese clients.David Liu (Partner at Heritage Law), on representing Chinese and Taiwanese clients 4:00pm Expert witnesses on culturally and linguistically diverse issues Dr Leo Liao (Senior lecturer at the University of Waikato) speaking on his experiences as an expert witness in Chinese culture and law. Leo has been involved in many court cases, including R v Xu, Chen &amp; Jiang [2018] NZHC 1971, and has published academic articles including “Decoding the Puzzle: Chinese Culture, Familial Transfers and Disputes in Western Courts” in the International Journal of Law, Policy and the Family. Introduced by Anjeet Singh (Board member of NZ Asian Lawyers).Associate Professor Andrew Godwin (Associate Director at the Asian Law Centre at the University of Melbourne Law School) speaking on his experience acting for Asian parties in New Zealand and Australian courts, including Huang v Chen [2022] NZHC 1888. Introduced by Augustine Choi (Board member of NZ Asian Lawyers).6:00pm: Summary and closing by Pam Davidson (Vice President of NZ Asian Lawyers), followed by drinks.Time: 3pm-6:10pm. It is 3 hours CPD.Cost: It is free for NZ Asian Lawyers members, and $35 for non-members. It is also free if you are only attending the Chief Justice and NZLS President’s session from 5-6pm.This page is for the remote version of the event. W﻿e encourage you to attend in-person if you can. Register here instead if you are able to come: https://www.eventbrite.co.nz/e/joint-nz-asian-lawyers-and-new-zealand-law-society-seminar-in-person-tickets-731460065747?aff=oddtdtcreator

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