Khylee Quince is a New Zealand lawyer and academic in the field of criminal law.[1][2]

Biography

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Quince practised in criminal and family law for three years, and in 1998 was appointed to the University of Auckland Law School. She teaches criminal law, advanced criminal law and youth justice.[3]

In 2014, she and Alison Cleland co-authored Youth Justice in Aotearoa New Zealand[4] and she has contributed to many legal texts including Feminist Judgments of Aotearoa New Zealand.[5]

In 2020, Quince was appointed Dean of Law at Auckland University of Technology. She is the first dean of law of Māori descent at a New Zealand university.[3]

Quince also serves as chair of the New Zealand Drug Foundation, the Sursum Foundation charitable trust and as a trustee on school boards. She is often engaged as an expert consultant by government and non-government organisations, including the Ministry of Justice, Department of Corrections, New Zealand Police and TVNZ. She is currently a member of the New Zealand Parole Board.[2][6]

Quince is of Māori descent, and affiliates to Te Roroa, Ngāpuhi and Ngāti Porou iwi.[3][7]

References

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  1. ^ "'We've been kind to racists for far too long': Khylee Quince". Stuff. 12 September 2020. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Khylee Quince". academics.aut.ac.nz. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  3. ^ a b c "Khylee Quince the first Māori dean of law at an Aotearoa university". Māori Television. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  4. ^ Cleland, Alison; Quince, Khylee (2014), Youth Justice in Aotearoa New Zealand: Law, policy and critique, Wellington LexisNexis NZ Limited, ISBN 978-1-927183-78-6
  5. ^ McDonald, Elisabeth; Powell, Rhonda Louise; Stephens, Māmari; Hunter, Rosemary C., eds. (2017), Feminist judgments of Aotearoa New Zealand, Hart Publishing, ISBN 978-1-5099-0971-1
  6. ^ AUT (25 August 2020). "Law expert appointed to NZ Parole Board".
  7. ^ "Khylee Quince | Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga". www.maramatanga.co.nz. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
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