{"id":233,"date":"2017-02-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-02-07T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hub.findingsimple.com\/nz\/posts\/legal-research-partnership"},"modified":"2023-03-13T02:41:13","modified_gmt":"2023-03-13T02:41:13","slug":"legal-research-partnership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/insight.thomsonreuters.co.nz\/legal\/posts\/legal-research-partnership","title":{"rendered":"Partnership to strengthen legal research in New Zealand"},"content":{"rendered":"

Victoria University of Wellington\u2019s Faculty of Law and Thomson Reuters have announced a new partnership to support and promote the Faculty\u2019s leading legal research.<\/p>\n

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L-R Dr Grant Morris, Dr Carwyn Jones, Kahu Haimona, Professor Mark Hickford and Ian McIntosh.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The partnership will support authors from the Faculty of Law who are contributing to the A to Z of New Zealand Law<\/a>\u2014a comprehensive series of topic-based texts by New Zealand\u2019s leading legal minds.<\/p>\n

Building upon the well-established research scholarship programme developed a number of years ago by Victoria University\u2019s Scholarship office, Thomson Reuters will, for two years, part-fund scholarships for students to provide research assistance to those authors.<\/p>\n

Victoria\u2019s Faculty of Law is the number one ranked law school in the country for research quality, in the most recent PBRF (Performance Based Research Fund) evaluation.<\/p>\n

Pro Vice-Chancellor and Dean of Law Professor Mark Hickford says the partnership will leverage the Faculty\u2019s powerful culture of research to help provide timely, accessible research for academic and professional audiences.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe mutually reliant nature of legal research and publishing means that the more closely we can work together, the more efficient the process and outcomes for both.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe continue to meet rapidly evolving needs\u2014both in terms of supporting theoretical legal research, and in the provision of practical teaching and reference resources for the profession.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ian McIntosh, Thomson Reuter\u2019s Commercial Manager\u2014Product Development, says the innovative partnership with Victoria\u2019s Faculty of Law is the first of its kind for Thomson Reuters New Zealand.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe see it as a true collaboration designed to produce mutually beneficial outcomes both now and in the future for Victoria\u2019s Faculty of Law and Thomson Reuters.\u201d<\/p>\n

The first recipients of the new Thomson Reuters Victoria University Legal Research Scholarships are Eru Kapa-Kingi and Kahu Haimona, who will provide assistance to Dr Carwyn Jones in support of Te \u0100kinga: The M\u0101ori Dimension of New Zealand Law; and Katie Alexander, who will assist Dr Grant Morris who is working on Mediation in New Zealand. Both are scheduled to be published this year.<\/p>\n

For more information<\/h2>\n