Youth Advocacy Update

This seminar will provide up-to-date guidance for Youth Advocates on the Oranga Tamariki (Responding to Serious Youth Offending) Amendment Bill. It will draw on the expertise and knowledge of Her Honour Judge Malosi and senior staff from Oranga Tamariki and Police, who will all provide insights into the upcoming changes to the legislation from their points of view.

Topics will include:

• The basics of the framework of the Oranga Tamariki (Responding to Serious Youth Offending) Amendment Bill
• What is different in the proposed new legislation
• Insight into how Police will practise from the operational side
• Enhanced sentencing options
• What judges need from Youth Advocates.

Learning objectives

By attending this seminar you will:

• Better understand the upcoming changes to the Oranga Tamariki (Responding to Serious Youth Offending) Amendment Bill.
• Gain further insight into carrying out the Youth Advocate role effectively.

Who should attend

All Youth Advocates along with criminal and family lawyers interested in the role.

Presenters

Chair: Dale Lloyd
Lloyd Troon Law, Queenstown

Dale has served as a legal adviser to families and business owners throughout the South Island for over 20 years and has extensive experience in all litigation areas. She specialises in family and civil law, property and family disputes, employment law, wills, trusts and asset planning. Dale is a Ministry of Justice-appointed Lawyer for the Child, Lawyer for Subject Person, the convenor of the Law Society’s Youth Justice Committee, and a Youth Advocate.
 

Her Honour Judge Ida Malosi
Principal Youth Court Judge, Auckland

Judge Ida Malosi was appointed the Principal Youth Court Judge in November 2022, following a 20-year career on the District Court bench, mostly based at the Manukau District Court where she sat in the Youth, Family and Criminal Courts. Prior to that she had been a Youth Advocate and Lawyer for Child in South Auckland. A highlight of her judicial career was her secondment to the Supreme Court of Samoa where she was instrumental in helping to establish the Family Court and the Family Violence Court. Unleashing the potential of young people has been a lifelong passion.

• Craig Clark, New Zealand Police, Auckland
• Kirsten Evans, New Zealand Police, Auckland
• Emily Hockly, Oranga Tamariki—Ministry for Children, Wellington
• John Wu, Oranga Tamariki—Ministry for Children, Christchurch

Resources

PowerPoint slides will be emailed out after 3pm the day before the event. There is no book for this seminar.

Live web stream registrants – you will be emailed a link to join the live stream one week before. For information on what is required to participate in the live web stream, click here. A recording will be distributed approximately one week after the event.

Live Stream Recording

All attendees will recieve four weeks of access to the live stream recording. This added benefit allows you to revisit key insights, in your own time – at your own pace, and reinforce your understanding to extend the value of your learning well beyond attending the event. Recordings will be available approximately one week after the event.

Fee (incl GST)

Law Society Members benefit from up to 30% off

• $205 – Law Society members & associate members
• $295 – Non-members
• View group pricing options

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Cancellation and refund policy

You may cancel your registration eight working days in advance of an event, and you will receive a refund less a 25% administration fee. If you cancel less than eight working days in advance of the event, no refund is payable. If you are unable to attend, you may transfer your registration to another person. If you wish to do so you must advise CLE New Zealand Law Society in writing of the change. CLE reserves the right to close registrations, and cancel or reschedule an event as necessary. Where an event is cancelled by CLE, a full refund is payable.