Professor Lusina Ho Distinguished Visiting Fellowship
This fellowship supported Professor Lusina Ho to visit Aotearoa in 2025, delivering public lectures and engaging with law schools to bring international perspectives to conversations on succession law reform.
About the project
In 2025, Professor Lusina Ho visited Aotearoa as the Michael and Suzanne Borrin Foundation Distinguished Visiting Fellow, delivering public lectures and engaging with law schools across the country.
Her lecture, Beyond Bloodlines: Should Merit Shape Intestate Succession?, explored comparative approaches to succession law across Western and Asian jurisdictions. Drawing on international perspectives, Professor Ho examined how care and support for the deceased are recognised in different legal systems, offering timely insights as Aotearoa considers reform of its own succession laws.
Alongside her public lectures, Professor Ho spent time with staff and students at multiple law schools, contributing to wider academic discussion and strengthening connections across the legal community.
The Fellowship supported knowledge sharing between international scholars and New Zealand institutions, enriching conversations about succession law and legal reform.
Grant amount
$46,200 in 2025.
About
Professor Lusina Ho is an internationally recognised legal scholar specialising in succession law and comparative private law. Her research examines inheritance frameworks across jurisdictions, with a particular focus on how legal systems recognise care, contribution, and family relationships.
Contact
Carol Sorenson, Faculty Operations Manager, Faculty of Law, Victoria University of Wellington
carol.sorenson@vuw.ac.nz