OUR HISTORY
The Corporate Lawyers Association of New Zealand is a section of the New Zealand Law Society. CLANZ was established in 1987 to meet the needs of corporate and government lawyers, including information sharing and networking. It recognises the distinct interests and needs shared by lawyers providing professional services to their employers. CLANZ members are New Zealand lawyers working in corporate, government and other organisations, not in private practice. Approximately 1,800 lawyers qualify as members, from about 10,000 lawyers in New Zealand. The Executive Committee is elected by members at the annual conference.
MISSION:
"The purpose of CLANZ is to provide leadership, support and relevant membership benefits to in-house lawyers”
GOALS:
• Serve the needs of in-house lawyers by providing members with the resources and the
network that they need to better serve their organisations
• Promote the value of in-house lawyers and demonstrate their multi-faceted roles
• Promote the objects of, and operate as, a section of the New Zealand Law Society
• Provide leadership to those providing in-house legal services
• Provide and encourage professional networking opportunities
• Act as the voice and public face of in-house lawyers
• Identify and develop professional development opportunities
• Offer up-to-date information on national and international trends in the
provision of in-house legal service
OUR STRATEGIC PLAN
The CLANZ Strategic Plan for 2006 – 2007 can be downloaded in pdf format click here.
The CLANZ Committee welcomes your input and feed-back on the Strategic Plan.
Please email any comments on the plan to members@clanz.org.
The CLANZ rules, which address CLANZ objects and membership, are available in pdf format click here