Associate ProfessorDavid Jefferson

Associate Professor

Faculty of Law

  • Associate Professor
    Faculty of Law

TEACHING & SUPERVISION

  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Planned obsolescence and the law, looking at consumer protection and EPR
    13 Jul 2026
    Hadlow, Clara
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Does international law have the appropriate tools to support decisions which must manage activities designed to mitigate climate change but which also pose a risk of significant harm to the marine environment?
    13 Jan 2026
    Carlson, Becky
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Should tikanga apply to non-Māori litigants: a critical analysis of the judicial application of tikanga
    1 Jun 2025
    Thoms, Tamahou
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    How can copyright laws in the US and the Netherlands best respond to AI-generated content by ensuring that an appropriate level of human intellectual input is required?
    17 Mar 2025 - 31 Jul 2025
    Wong, Dustin
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Indigenous land knowledge, Institutionalization and Change – An Episteme for Economic Growth and Welfare Development in Rural Solomon Islands
    4 Feb 2025
    Saeni, Fred
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Tikanga Māori and the Evolution of New Zealand Tax Law: Legal and Policy Implications in the Wake of the Ellis Decision
    11 Oct 2024 - 11 Jul 2025
    Snodgrass, Keriana
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    A Critical Feminist Analysis of the Extension of Legal Personality to Ecosystems in New Zealand
    22 Jul 2024 - 31 Dec 2024
    Tingey, Jane
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Taniwha i te whare o te ture | Taniwha in the house of the law? The New Zealand Supreme Court’s tikanga judgments
    15 Jul 2024 - 31 Jul 2025
    Boswell, Anna
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    To what extent does the current Plant Variety Rights Act recognise the settlement framework under Wai 262?
    15 Jul 2024 - 31 Jul 2025
    Campbell, Britney
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    An Analysis of Key Developments in New Zealand Land Law Over the Past Decade
    19 Feb 2024 - 31 Jul 2024
    Rouse, James
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Where art meets utility: Leveraging Intellectual Property Law to Address Fast Fashion in New Zealand
    19 Feb 2024 - 31 Jul 2024
    Inch, Katherine
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    How can New Zealand laws better support marine restoration: A case for integrated ocean management
    1 Feb 2024
    Mortiaux, Rachael
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Climate Change Aid and its Conditionality on Good Governance Principles
    17 Jul 2023 - 31 Jul 2024
    Aislabie, Grace
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Status Check of WAI262: Examining the Whole of Government Approach
    17 Jul 2023 - 31 Jul 2024
    Wise, Jessica
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    International Systems of Governance Concerning Genetic Resources: Are These Approaches Appropriate to Aotearoa?
    28 Feb 2023 - 30 Jun 2023
    Evison, Nellie
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Protecting Native Species on Privately Owned Land: A Critical Analysis on the Proposed National Policy Statement for Indigenous Biodiversity
    28 Feb 2023 - 30 Jun 2023
    Newman, Gabriella
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Implications under Te Tiriti for climate change law in Aotearoa New Zealand
    18 Jul 2022 - 17 Jul 2023
    Dodds, Nellie
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Protecting Mātauranga Māori as a Consequence of Behaviour Change
    18 Jul 2022
    Merritt, Tipene
  • PEDAGOGICAL WORKSHOP, CONFERENCE OR SEMINAR
    Use of Quizzes in AKO | Learn
    10 Feb 2022
    This seminar covered the underlying pedagogy surrounding the use of quizzes in AKO | Learn and an introduction to what is possible using quizzes in AKO | Learn.
  • PEDAGOGICAL WORKSHOP, CONFERENCE OR SEMINAR
    Teaching Development Workshop on Reducing Academic Integrity in Assessments
    9 Feb 2022
    This seminar explored some of the ways to reduce academic integrity issues arising in assessments, partly through better assessment design.
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Estrategia de Protección de Recursos Genéticos Asociados a Conocimientos Tradicionales en Comunidades Locales de Baja California Sur, México
    1 Jan 2020 - 31 Jul 2023
    Serrano-Fraire, Ileana
  • COURSE TAUGHT
    Land Law
    1 Sep 2016
    LAWS205