University of Waikato Faculty of Law

University of Waikato, Faculty of Law
Te Wähanga Ture
Established 1990
Dean Professor Bradford Morse BA Rutgers LLB B.C LLM Osg.H
Deputy Dean Professor Margaret Wilson LLB (Hons) MJur Auck HonD Waikato
Location Hamilton, New Zealand
Students 3,948 (as of 2009)
Home page http://www.waikato.ac.nz/law/

The University of Waikato Faculty of Law was founded in 1990 and is one of seven faculties that make up the University of Waikato. The Faculty is located in the on the south east side of the Hillcrest Campus in Hamilton, which is accessible from Hillcrest Road. The Law Faculty is also located in Tauranga at the Tauranga University of Waikato campus.

History and Today

The Law Faculty adopted the principles of professionalism, biculturalism and the study of law in context. One of the key founders of the Waikato Faculty of Law was the 27th Speaker of the House Margaret Wilson who returned[1] to this faculty as a professor in January 2009. Margaret helped create the Law Faculty from just a dream to reality.

The Faculty of Law annually takes in up to 400 full and part-time students into its LLB course, however in 2010 this number was deliberately decreased.

The Faculty of Law focuses on Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) as opposed to a more adversarial approach. As well as offering graduates their Bachelor of Laws (LLB), if students elect to take Commercial Transactions as well as Mediation: Laws, Principles and Practice, they may also apply for Associate status with the Arbitrators and Mediators Institute of New Zealand (AMINZ). This gives them professional status when conducting these activities and is globally recognised.

As at 2010, the Faculty is composed of 28 full-time academic staff members, with 6 honorary professors, 4 full professors, 2 associate professors, 10 senior lecturers, and 6 lecturers.

Changes to the Law Faculty

Faculty of Law Main Entrance in its Hamilton Campus

In September 2009, Professor Bradford W. Morse was welcomed to the University of Waikato, commencing the position as the new Dean of Law[2] at the Law Faculty. Morse has stated he has big plans for the Law Faculty[3] including making it the best in New Zealand within 6 years time. Morse comes from the University of Ottawa and has a passion for indigenous law.

In early 2010 several changes were being implemented, these included various cosmetic renovations to the law faculty itself and the changing of its name from the Waikato Law School to the Waikato Law Faculty. The name change coincides with Morse's plans of transforming the Faculty of Law to the best in New Zealand.

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References

  1. ↑ http://www.waikato.ac.nz/law/news/2009/0109_margaretwilson.shtml
  2. ↑ http://www.waikato.ac.nz/law/faculty/staff/academic/bradford_morse
  3. ↑ http://www.waikato.ac.nz/news/archive.shtml?article=1101

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