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Victoria University of Wellington Centre for Public Law is hosting a public lecture by Mai Chen on public law, on Wednesday 22 July 2009 at RHLT2, Rutherford House, Pipitea Campus 15 Lambton Quay, Wellington (map below):

Future radical constitutional reform is unlikely under an MMP system which has its critics, but still allows minority governments to make policy and legislative changes. Pragmatic constitutional evolution will continue, with more certain legal status to the Treaty of Waitangi likely and greater recognition of private property from expropriation by the state. We should also be prepared for a move to a Republic in the medium term.

Mai Chen is a founding partner of Chen Palmer New Zealand Public Law Specialists, Barristers and Solicitors. Formerly a Lecturer and then Senior Lecturer at Victoria University Law School, Mai sits on the Securities Commission. She is President of the Harvard Law School Alumni Association (New Zealand), and a member of the Asia New Zealand Foundation. Mai is an Associate Member of the New Zealand Advisory Board of Trade and Enterprise’s Beachheads programme and Chair of the Inaugural Board of New Zealand Global Women. In 2007, the Listener listed her as one of NZ’s 50 most influential people, and in 2008, she was ranked 57th in the Readers Digest list of the 85 Most Trusted NZers. Mai has a First Class Law Honours degree from Otago University, a Masters degree from Harvard Law School, is a Fellow of the New Zealand Institute of Management, and an Honorary Associate of Auckland University of Technology. She has written extensively on public law issues.

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