UC Women In Law

This is your chance to join the 2025 WIL executive! 🩷🧡

Our AGM will be held on Tuesday the 17th of September at 12pm in Bentleys. This is a great opportunity to hear from WIL’s current executive and have your say in the club’s future. We will also hear from the applicants and vote in our 2025 executive!!

If you are interested in applying for a position, please head to our bio, click the link and fill out the ‘WIL 2025 Executive sign up form’. Please note all additional details for applicants are set out in the form. Also note applications open today and will close on Tuesday the 10th of September (so don’t miss out!!) ☺️☺️

If you are unsure of what position would be best suited for you. Have a look at the summaries of each role provided in the swipes of this post. Also, Feel free to message us if you have any questions 🙌🏽

We hope to see you all there 🫶🏽

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We finished off the term with An Evening with Women in Law ✨🥂

Giana Fyfe from Lane Neave, Janna McGuigan from Canterbury Chambers and Alice Anderson from Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu shared insights from how they maintain their work-life balance to what opportunities are on offer beyond university.

Was such a great opportunity for us to hear about the diverse paths and experiences of women in the legal field. Their stories and advice provided invaluable perspectives on navigating a career in law while balancing personal commitments, showing no two paths are the same.

A huge thank you to our speakers and to Lane Neave for your generosity and support in this event 🩷🧡

Don’t miss out on the upcoming Profs & Career Insights Session on Thursday, 22 August. This is your chance to learn about Profs (your essential pathway to admission) and gain valuable insights from industry experts as they share their career journeys.

Date: Thursday, 22 August
Time: 12:00 - 1:00pm
Location: University of Canterbury - Bentley’s (Haere-Roa/UCSA building)

And yes, it’s a catered event with free food included!
Make sure to join us for a fun and informative event. See you there!

Last week we had our speed mentoring!!

What a great opportunity this was to hear from such a diverse range of lawyers and barristers in the profession. We all rotated around the tables hearing each unique story of how they got to where they are today and some invaluable advice!

A huge thank you to Taylor Shaw for this event 🩷🩷

Just like that we have our next exciting event for you… An Evening with Women in Law ✨✨

Our event includes food, bubbles and features an amazing panel of women showcasing the diverse opportunities in the field of law. They will share insights into their profession, followed by a Q&A session for your burning questions 👑

This is such great opportunity to get a real taste of what’s on offer out there beyond university! Get dressed up with your friends and come hear from some inspiring women 🫶🏽👗

Tickets are $3 ticket link is now live, head to our bio and get yours now!!

Looking forward to seeing you there,

WIL 🩷🧡

Don’t miss Speed Mentoring, sponsored by Taylor Shaw!
This event will be in Bentleys (upstairs of Haere-Roa) at 5:30pm on the 6th of August!

Speed Mentoring offers a unique opportunity to connect with lawyers from a variety of firms and practice areas. You’ll have the chance to ask any questions you have about the legal profession and gain valuable insights on study, internships, and more!

Spaces are limited to allow for meaningful conversation between the lawyers and small groups so secure your spot.

Join us for an engaging and informative session that can help shape your future in law 🧡💜

Unleash your inner Chef with Women in Law and The Ferment Kitchen! 

Join us with The Ferment Kitchen for a hands-on culinary adventure where we’ll explore the art of fermentation and create delicious, healthy dishes.

Learn to make your own sourdough pizza bread, Kimchi, and more from scratch, guided by our expert chef. Discover the secrets of fermenting other wholesome foods and drinks, enhancing both flavor and nutrition.

Whether you’re a seasoned cook or a curious beginner, this workshop promises a fun and educational experience. Come and taste the benefits of fermented foods while enjoying a friendly club atmosphere. Don’t miss this opportunity to elevate your cooking skills and well-being!

Don’t miss out on this great workshop! Tickets are a steal at just $7!! Grab yours now and join us for a deliciously fun workshop! TICKET LINK IN BIO

Welcome back everybody, we hope you had a well deserved break!!

Tomorrow from 11-2pm we will be at the second round of clubs day in Harea-roa!! Come and say hi and if you haven’t already sign up to be a member, we have some fabulous events in store for you this semester 🫶🏽

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During this stressful time its important to take some time for yourself and take a break from study!!

Come along to a free lunch of pizza and sushi 🍣🍕😋

Remember you have to be a member of WIL to come 🫶🏽🫶🏽
kindly sponsored by Chapman Tripp 🧡

Thank you so much to everyone who joined us this morning along side and to raise money for such an amazing cause! We managed to raise over $2.5k to be donated to 🫶🏽🎀

Another thank you to our main sponsor and the huge range of businesses that contributed to the goodie bags and raffles 🙏🏽🙌🏽

Of course we couldn’t have done it without and our speaker Rachael Woods providing the goods and insights of the event ☺️☺️

We appreciate all your support! We hope to see you for another one next year 🥰

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This afternoon we had three amazing speakers who shares with us their experiences on mental health 🫶🏽🫶🏽

First up we had Ciaran Fox who specialises in mental health promotion strategies. He discussed ideas around re framing and de stigmatising mental health. He described the Te Whare Tapa Whā model and the different domains (aspects of life) that cohesively work together to make up our Hauora. He signified the importance of understanding ways in which you can help yourself through implementing the five ways to wellbeing.

Next we had Manisha Morar an advisor at Mental Health NZ (Nōku Te Au). She shared with us the effects of distress of peoples lives honing in on effects that ethnic disparities such as discrimination have on individuals. She also discussed the social determinants of health and the conscious decisions we make each day and how this is effected by where we “work and play” and in turn how this takes shape due to policy implementations in the workplace and society. The Nōku Te Au foundation has many platforms available for those who may be struggling with mental health.

Lastly, we had Sophie Judson, a senior solicitor at Anthony Harper, she is also a founding member of Women in Law from her time at UC. Sophie took a different approach sharing her experience and of mental health and stress aspects working in a law firm. She shared with us some invaluable tips for when we enter the workplace. She said “be proud of what you know and be honest about what you don’t know” and how important it is to build relationships of trust in your team, to foster a positive environment and protect your mental health in such a high pressure job. She also touches on the push these days for firms to implement wellbeing policies. This includes things like a buddy system and incentivising employees to do things for their mental health.

Thank you to all our speakers, we are so lucky to hear even a small portion of your knowledge on these issues 🩷🧡

REMINDER: wear your pink shirts on Friday in support of pink shirt day 🩷🩷🩷

WIE, WIL and WIB are pleased to announce that our annual Pink Ribbon Breakfast will be held on Wednesday, 22nd of May🩷🩷🩷

This event is kindly sponsored by and we have some amazing things lined up for this event!! From a guest speaker, goodie bags, the chance to win raffle baskets with some unreal items kindly donated from a range of sponsors. As always some delicious on arrival 🤍

Tickets will be posted on Monday (13th of May) so do not miss out!! This is such a wonderful event as it gives us the chance to raise money for such an amazing organisation 🎀🎀

Look forward to seeing you there in your best pink,
WIL 🩷🧡

Join us for an enlightening and empowering event as part of the Women in Laws Wellbeing Series - Mental Health. Our featuring expert speakers who will share invaluable insights on dealing with stress at university, how mental health and the law interacts, and where to go for help at Uni!

Following the talk, you’ll have the opportunity to connect with others, enjoy delicious food, and receive wellbeing goodies. Don’t miss this chance to prioritize your mental health and well-being.

Our first 40 signups will receive a tote on arrival more to come on what’s included in those!

Sign up through the link in our bio, we can’t wait to see you there! 💜🧡

We are so excited to bring to you She Leads our mentorship series! Proudly sponsored by Wynn Williams! We will be working in a buddy system paired with a Wynn Williams Lawyer to kick start your leadership journey!

Join us in the Wynn Williams office on Tuesday the 7th of May at 5:00 to meet your group!

We can’t wait to see you all there! 💜💛

Wrapping up what has been an amazing first term of 2024!!

Here are some pics of our successful International Women’s Day Brunch a few weeks ago. We absolutely loved collabing with WIB & WIE for this awesome event and it was so great to see some familiar and new faces mingling!

Thank you again for everyone’s support, we are super excited for what term two holds! A big thank you to The College of Law New Zealand for sponsoring the event.

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A big thank you to our sponsor Anthony Harper for sponsoring our first academic event, Coffee and Clerking!

It was great hearing from our panelists about their experiences with Summer Clerkships.

We wish everyone luck as they start to apply!

International Women’s Day is coming up and we have a treat in store for you🎉🍾

To celebrate this occasion Women in Business, Women in Law and Women in Engineering are hosting an International Women’s Day Brunch!

Join us on Wednesday March 13th at Ilam Homestead for a morning of delicious food and drink, great conversation and meeting new people.

Tickets are only $5 and come out THIS FRIDAY 5PM. Everyone is welcome (not just women)! Please ensure you are a member of Women in Law, Women in Business or Women in Engineering to attend. Sign up links can be found in our bios 🫶🏼

We can’t wait to see you there! 🥳

As usual, what an incredible way to kick off Women in Law for 2024!! ✨🩷🧡

Thank you to everyone who came, we hope everyone had as fabulous of an evening as we did, and created a masterpiece that you love xx

Special thank you to the ladies at Paint n Sip for running this awesome event! 🫶🏽

Huge thank you to Anderson Lloyd for your sponsorship for this event, we appreciate it so much 🩵🩵

Missed out on the event? Don’t worry, we have many events lines up for the year that we can’t wait to share with you, this is just the beginning, stay tuned ❤️‍🔥

Step into the world of Coffee and Clerking, where the aroma of coffee mingles with the many questions that clerkships and internships bring. With many applications for internships and clerkships opening this week, we will be hosting Coffee and Clerking to help students through the process.

🌟 Anthony Harper is kindly sponsoring this event, which will be held at 10:30am on Thursday 7th of March in Bentleys!

Join us as we delve into the secrets of success in the clerkship realm. Come along to hear from 4 students who have internship experience, get some advice about CVs and applications, and enjoy some free kai. There is no cost to attend! So mark your calendars and prepare to be spellbound by the wonders of Coffee and Clerking.

Woohoo! We are kicking off 2024 with a Paint ‘n’ Sip 🎨🍷 Kindly Sponsored by Anderson Lloyd 🤍🤍

Join us in launching into another year of WIL, and share a fun evening with familiar and new faces painting and sipping away 🫶🏽

🧍‍♀️🧍 For this event you don’t have to be a WIL member, so encourage your friends, flatmates or whoever to buy a ticket and enjoy with you!!

Your ticket includes a glass of bubbles, nibbles and of course a canvas + painting equipment to create a masterpiece that you can take home with you!

You don’t want to miss out on our first event, the ticket link is now live!! Head to our bio and click the link to purchase your ticket and secure your spot now 🎟️ tickets are under ‘launch night’ xx

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Get excited juniors because next Thursday (29 Feb) is our very first Junior Launch run under the LAWSOC banner in collaboration with our friends at LAWSOC and LFC 🥳🥳

Sick of hall food? Flatties keep burning your dinner? Come along to Haere-Roa between 5-9pm to grab dinner AND dessert on us 🔥🌭🍦

Still not convinced? Well get ready to unleash your inner child, as we will also have inflatable bubble football as well as heaps of freebies to give away (and who doesn’t love free stuff?!) ⚽️🆓⚡️

The event is FREE for ALL students (you don’t even have to be a law student)! So come along and join us for a night of food and fun 🤩

We can’t wait to see you all there 🫶🩷🧡

It’s UC clubs day coming up! We would really love to see you there!! ☺️☺️

Come down and just say hi or sign up to be a member of Women in Law for the year 🩷🧡

Why become a member of WIL? We have lots of amazing events throughout the year, with a WIL membership you get exclusive discounts on ticket pricing + more. It is also an amazing opportunity to meet people and socialise with a wider range of students 🤩

Sign ups: membership is $7, get in quick as we have free goodie bags to hand out when you sign up tomorrow, with lovely gifts from our amazing sponsors! Additionally, we have keep-cups to purchase with your membership for $16!! We also have a limited number of t-shirts available for purchase for $9!! Don’t miss out ❤️‍🔥

We hope to see lots of you there,
WIL Exec xx

Welcome back!

We are kickstarting the year with our wonderful exec!

They will be at our booth on clubs day so come say hi and sign up for an exciting 2024!

Congratulations to our two Promotion Officers who have been selected by the incoming President and Vice President as part of the 2024 WIL Executive.

Promotions Officer: Arabella Vinnell
Promotions Officer: Rosie Dalkie

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After a very successful AGM this afternoon, our 2024 executive has been voted in!

Thank you to everyone who put themselves out there for a position, it was amazing to see so many people wanting to get involved with WIL and we knew that no matter the result the club would be passed over into good hands. Please note the two Promotions roles will be selected later this week by the incoming President and Vice President.

It is with our absolute pleasure that we can announce our 2024 Executive as follows:
President: Beth Dawson
Vice President: Tegan Porteous
Treasurer: Sophie Flett
Secretary: Alex Crampton
Social Officer: Ruby Roberts
Wellbeing Officer: Amy Wiltshire
Academic Officer: Georgia Lassen
Second Year Rep: Phoebe Barris

Congratulations! 💜🧡

Voting is now open for the 2024 Executive. You must be a member of Women in Law in 2023 to vote. Voting will close at 4:00pm this evening. Best of luck to the 2024 candidates!! 🧡💜

Voting - 2024 UC Women in Law Executive Vote for your preferred candidates for each role for the 2024 UC Women in Law Executive. Select your most preferred candidate for each role. You may view the candidates HERE Please Note: You must be a Women in Law member in 2023 to vote for the 2024 exec. The returning officer checks based on your s...

2024 Executive Applications Form 🧡💜🧡💜

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