Vernon Rive Senior Lecturer in Law and Director of External Relations - School of Law Phone: +64 9 921 9999 x 5529 Email: [email protected] Physical Address: Law School Room WY 619 Level 6, AUT Law School Building 120 Mayoral Drive Auckland Central 1010 Postal Address: Law School Faculty of Business and Law Auckland University of Technology Private Bag 92006 Auckland 1142 Links to relevant web pages: vernonrive.co.nz point-source.co.nz Qualifications: •Bachelor of Arts in Economics (Auckland) •Bachelor of Laws (Auckland) •Masters of Laws in Environmental Law (First Class Honours) (Auckland) Memberships and Affiliations: •Barrister of the High Court of New Zealand •Member, New Zealand Law Society •Member, New Zealand Bar Association •Member, IUCN Commission on Environmental Law •Member, Resource Management Law Association •Member, New Zealand Centre for Environmental Law •Associate Member, New Zealand Planning Institute •Member, Law and Economics Association of New Zealand Biography: Vernon Rive joined the AUT Law Faculty in 2009 after over 14 years of private practice, latterly as a partner in the Environmental/Resource Management team at the national law firm Chapman Tripp. He has been recognised as a leading lawyer (energy and natural resources) by Chambers Global. Vernon was admitted as Barrister and Solicitor of the High Court of NZ in 1995 and is a current holder of a NZ Law Society Practicing Certificate. He is a member of the Resource Management Law Association, the New Zealand Bar Association, IUCN Commission on Environmental Law, Law and Economics Association of New Zealand and associate member of the New Zealand Planning Institute. His legal practice focused on advice to private and public clients on the resource management and public law aspects of land transport, infrastructure, property developments, subdivisions, retail resource management, energy, waste management, and environmental due diligence investigations. He has appeared before local authorities, the Environment Court, Land Valuation Tribunal, Maori Land Court, High Court and Supreme Court on various resource management, public and private law issues. In 1999 Vernon completed a Masters of Environmental Law at Auckland University with First Class Honours. In 2001, with the Grey Lynn Neighbourhood Law Office, Vernon played a major role in establishing Auckland’s first community-based resource management advice service. Vernon is also a practicing barrister - see vernonrive.co.nz and hosts an environmental law blog point-source.co.nz Teaching Areas: •Public Law – Judicial Review •Resource Management Law •International Environmental Law Research areas: Since commencing a career as a full time legal academic in 2009, Vernon’s research activities have focused on three key areas of interest: climate change law, international environmental law and New Zealand environmental law. These research interests align with his teaching commitments; currently he lectures International Environmental Law and Resource Management Law as elective courses for 3rd and 4th year law students, as well as a compulsory course in Judicial Review to second-year law students.
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