Lawyers
Legal aid sysem not working - Bar Association
New Zealand Bar Association says the legal aid system is not achieving what it should as a large portion of the population do not qualify for legal aid, but cannot afford to pay for legal services. Video, Audio
Law professor John Hopkins on a future without lawyers
Technology is now doing the jobs that were traditionally the work of lawyers to the point where the profession is facing major disruption. University of Canterbury law professor John Hopkins says many… Audio
Insight: Money Laundering in NZ
New anti-money laundering regulations have come into effect. But some question if they will make any difference. Jeremy Rose investigates money laundering in New Zealand and the attempts to counter… Audio
Bullying and sexual harassment in the legal profession
A third of women lawyers say they've been sexually harassed at work and more than half of all lawyers say they've been bullied. Some lawyers are on the defence saying their behaviour is no worse than… Audio
One in five lawyers sexually harassed
Nearly a third of female New Zealand lawyers have been sexually harassed in the workplace, a new survey has found. Audio
Trump's lawyers advise him not to speak to Mueller
Lawyers for President Donald Trump are discouraging him from participating in a wide-ranging interview with special counsel Robert Mueller. This is at odds with comments made by President Trump last… Audio
Robot lawyers and AI accountants
We might have become used to robots in factories replacing workers on the shop but according to my next guest it's white collar workers who are now in the firing line of automation. Daniel Susskind is… Audio
Online tool to keep lawyer's health in balance
Lawyers are being urged to do an online health assessment test as their profession is one of the most stressful in the country, the Law Society says.
What happens when computers learn to break the law?
Seventy percent of stock trading is now done by computers instead of people. These trading bots use a form of artificial intelligence to analyse trends in the market, scan the world's media for news… Audio
Waitemata Community Law Centre getting bigger
One of the country's busiest community law centres is getting bigger, despite its frozen funding. Waitemata Community Law services lower socio economic families, free of charge. It's one of twenty… Audio
