Leading Your Career — Exclusively for Women Lawyers with 6+ years' PQE (Hamilton workshop)
Take charge of your career and realise your underlying potential.

Commercial Law Series: When M&A Goes Wrong — Lessons Learned and How to Avoid the Pitfalls (in person)
M&A involves entire businesses and is always complex. In this session, Cameron Taylor and Ben Jacobs will draw on their combined four decades of experience buying and selling businesses to draw out where they have seen transactions go wrong, what can be learned from those experiences and how to avoid similar issues recurring on your own deals.

Commercial Law Series: When M&A Goes Wrong — Lessons Learned and How to Avoid the Pitfalls (live stream)
M&A involves entire businesses and is always complex. In this session, Cameron Taylor and Ben Jacobs will draw on their combined four decades of experience buying and selling businesses to draw out where they have seen transactions go wrong, what can be learned from those experiences and how to avoid similar issues recurring on your own deals.

Family Violence Legislation for Family & Criminal Lawyers: Getting 1 July-Ready (in person)
Legislative changes in the area of family violence that took effect in December are already having an impact on charges, bail and the people involved; the bulk of the new legislation takes effect on 1 July. This seminar will provide key information and insights for lawyers working in this area.

Govt to decide on future of drug courts
Justice Minister Andrew Little will help determine the future of the country’s two specialist Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment courts

A demented person makes a valid will
Anthony Grant on why not to underestimate the unpredictability of the courts

Dealing with defamation: how not to do it
What do you do if you think someone has defamed you?

The committees of ADLS work to promote the interests of special interest groups and sections within the profession and to encourage the development of specialisation and expertise.

Northland Lawyers' Lunch
ADLS invites legal practitioners to come together for the ADLS Northland Lawyers' Lunch at The Quay on Wednesday 26 June 2019.

ADLS Annual Employment Law Dinner 2019
Calling all employment lawyers, judges, ERA members and mediators to join us for this ever-popular event at the Maritime Room on Thursday 27 June.

Ponsonby Lawyers' Lunch
ADLS are returning to Ponsonby for the annual Ponsonby Lawyers’ Lunch at Freeman & Grey on Wednesday 3 July.

Cocktail Function for Joanna Pidgeon
ADLS invites Auckland's legal practitioners to come together to honour Joanna Pidgeon at a cocktail function to be held at The Northern Club on Friday 5 July.