2010 Shirley Smith Address

The Wellington Branch of the NZLS WiL Committee present the 2010 Shirley Smith Address: The Politics of Punishment.

Professor Nicola Lacey discusses the impact of political systems on punishment levels, using New Zealand as a comparative example.

Light refreshments from 5.30pm
Formalities commencing 6.15pm

This is a free public address.

Professor Lacey is a senior Research Fellow at All Souls College, University of Oxford and works in the fields of criminal law, criminal justice and legal and social theory. She previously held appointments as Professor of Criminal Law and Legal Theory at the London School of Economics (1998-2010); as Professor of Law at Birkbeck College (1995-8); as Fellow and Tutor at New College (1984-95); and as lecturer at University College London (1981-1984). She has held visiting appointments at New York University, Yale University, Harvard University, the Australian National University, the Humboldt University and the Wissenschaftskolleg in Berlin, and held a Leverhulme Major Research Fellowship from 2006-9. She has been a Fellow of the British Academy since 2001, and is an Honorary Fellow of New College.

Shirley Smith was one of the great New Zealand legal pioneers and leading women in law. For over half a century she earned the respect of colleagues, clients, students and the wider community as an academic lawyer, an independent legal practitioner and a defender of civil liberties. The annual Shirley Smith address honours Shirley's intellect, passion, and commitment to law and justice.

This event has been made possible thanks to the generous sponsorship of the New Zealand Law Foundation and Thorndon Chambers.

The lecture will be held in Lecture Theatre 2, Rutherford House.

Event listed by Kylie Panckhurst

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