October 01, 2021
Law school role path to te ao marama
The new dean of Auckland University of Technology’s law school says it’s a chance to increase understanding of te ao Māori within the profession.
Khylee Quince has been the acting dean and says the step-up means she’s in a better position to make decisions about the next five years of her term and beyond, rather than worry about whether there is paper in the photocopier.
She says legal education is changing, with the professional body mandating a greater understanding of Tikanga and te reo Māori, and judges also wanting courts to be places where everyone has access to justice.
“Being at the head of the law school and helping to change the way that lawyers are formed in this country, hopefully, that makes the decisions easier. It’s all part of the same puzzle of working towards te ao marama, an enlightened world where our ways of resolving disputes and forming relationships and breaking up relationships, that our ways of doing things are understood and responded to,” Associate Professor Quince says.