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NZ Law Students are Hard to Beat
Tuesday, 13 July 2010
The New Zealand Law Students’ Association (NZLSA) is celebrating the success of Kiwi law students on the international stage.
(via NZLSA) This year has already seen two outstanding successes, with New Zealand law students winning the grand final of the World Client Counseling Championships, reaching the semi-finals of the World Negotiation Championships, and competing at the prestigious Jessup Moot Competition in Washington D.C.
In May, the 2009 Client Interviewing winners (Guy Carter and Juilia Whitehead from the University of Canterbury) defeated teams from 22 countries to win the Louis M Brown Client Counseling Competition in Hong Kong. Most recently, Roshni Kaur and Mitch Singh of Otago University made it to the semi-finals of the World Negotiation Championships on the Gold Coast, Australia.
At the 2009 annual Australian Law Students Association (ALSA) Conference, New Zealand teams provided 5 of the 8 finalists in the four main competitions, winning Witness Examination (Victoria University) and Client Interviewing (Canterbury University), and placing second in Negotiation (Otago University), Mooting (Auckland University), and Client Interviewing (Victoria University). This year's conference is taking place from 12-18 July in Adelaide.
President of the NZLSA, Phil Thomson, says that he is very proud of the achievements of New Zealand law students recently. "These sorts of results should have the Australians on notice that the Kiwi teams will be tough competition at the 2010 Australian champs – they also show that we can match it with the best around the world."
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