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Yvette Tinsley
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Professor of Law at Te Herenga Waka-Victoria University of Wellington, co-director Te Herenga Waka Centre for Justice Innovation. Criminal justice researcher. Song lyric obsessed.
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Comment from Victoria University of Wellington: The Government's plan to disenfranchise prisoners ignores NZ's human rights obligations, undermines rehabilitation efforts, and increases discrimination against Māori
Why imposing voting ban on prisoners is flawed
newsroom.co.nz
August 27, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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⏳FINAL CfPs #LEXJointConferenece OPEN CALL🌎

✅'A feminist politics of radical hope in a time of oppression’.

✅ Keynotes: #ProfMaggieO'Neill & #ProfAishaGill

✅ Liverpool University November 6-7 2025

✅Registration on LEX website lexnetwork.org under ‘Events'

✅ Deadline May 30 2025 1/3 1/3
LEX Research Network – Law Gender & Sexuality
lexnetwork.org
May 19, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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📢💫 Final Call Gender and Justice is seeking a a Senior Feminist Academic to join the existing teams as Co-Editor in Chief to shape critical feminist scholarship. Deadline this Friday 31/2/25🎯
Details bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/journals/gen...
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January 26, 2025 at 11:04 AM
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Christchurch, Wellington, Auckland, Dunedin
January 10, 2025 at 4:01 AM
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"What cutting social sciences and humanities from the Marsden Fund dramatically reduces is the ability of researchers to produce inconvenient evidence" Prof Tom Baker
newsroom.co.nz/2024/12/06/m...
Marsden Fund cuts a win for 'convenient' evidence
From the University of Auckland – Opinion: Cutting social sciences and humanities from NZ’s ‘blue skies’ research funding means dark times for independent thought.
newsroom.co.nz
December 5, 2024 at 6:33 PM
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“Many law students begin their formal legal education with an impulse and desire to … use their degree to redress injustice within society … and serve the public interest. A far smaller number graduate and enter the workforce … with that sense of professional purpose, direction and identity intact”
Law school culture and curriculum: Correcting social justice drift - Libby Newton, 2024
This article examines the problem of social justice drift among law students. The author discusses institutional measures to reverse this trend and identifies s...
doi.org
November 30, 2024 at 2:46 PM