Faculty of Law

Dr Nessa Lynch

Lecturer
School of Law
address

Phone: 04 463 6394
Fax: 04 463 6365
Location: Room 345, Government Building, 55 Lambton Quay, Pipitea Campus

Dr Nessa Lynch

Currently Teaching

LAWS 122 - Introduction to Case Law
Course Coordinator

LAWS 396 - Special Topic: Youth Justice
Course Coordinator

BCL, LLM NUI, PhD Otago

Profile

Nessa joined the faculty in 2008. She has undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in Law from University College Cork, Ireland, and a PhD in Law from the University of Otago. Her doctoral thesis focused on rights of criminal procedure in the youth justice family group conference, and youth justice continues to be her primary research interest. She also teaches and researches in criminal law.

Areas of Supervision (PhD and LLM)

  • Youth Justice
  • Criminal Justice
  • Criminal Law
  • Children's Rights

Selection of Publications

"Restorative Justice Through a Children’s Rights Lens"  (2010) 18 International Journal of Children’s Rights pp 161-183.

 "A change in the law for child offenders: The Children, Young Persons, and Their Families (Youth Courts Jurisdiction and Orders) Amendment Act 2010" [2010] 6 New Zealand Family Law Journal pp 289.

 "Changes to Youth Justice" [2010] New Zealand Law Journal pp 129.

Publications