Ursula Cheer Explained

Ursula Cheer
Other Names:	Ursula Jan Cheer
Workplaces:	Justice Department, Office of the Prime Minister, Law Commission, University of Canterbury
Alma Mater:	University of Canterbury
Thesis1 Title:	Reality and Myth: The New Zealand Media and the Chilling Effect of Defamation Law
Thesis1 Url:	https://ir.canterbury.ac.nz/handle/10092/3050
Thesis1 Year:	2008

Ursula Jan Cheer is a New Zealand law academic. As of 2018, she is a full professor at the University of Canterbury.^[1]

Academic career

After growing up in Christchurch, New Zealand and doing an undergraduate at University of Canterbury and practising privately, Cheer worked in government in Wellington, first at the Justice Department and then the Office of the Prime Minister. She then moved to London to work at the Law Commission,^[2] before returning to the University of Canterbury as a full professor,^[1] and later Dean.^[1]

Cheer's research interests focus on media law and chilling effects. She appears frequently in the media on these topics.^{[3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]}

In 1990, Cheer was awarded the New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal.^[10]

Selected works

• Burrows, John Frederick, and Ursula Cheer. Media Law in New Zealand. Oxford University Press, 2005.
• Cheer, Ursula. "Myths and Realities about the Chilling Effect: The New Zealand Media’s Experience of Defamation Law’(2005)." Torts Law Journal 13: 259.
• Cheer, Ursula "New Zealand media law update. Recent developments–defamation, censorship and contempt." Media and Arts Law Review 9, no. 3 (2004): 237–246.
• Taylor, Lynne, Ursula Cheer, Debra Wilson, Elizabeth Toomey, and Sascha Mueller. "Improving the Effectiveness of Large Class Teaching in Law Degrees." New Zealand Law Review 2013, no. 1 (2013): 100–135.
• Cheer, Ursula. "Defamation in New Zealand and Its Effects on the Media-Self-Censorship or Occupational Hazard." New Zealand Law Review (2006): 467.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Ursula Cheer . University of Canterbury.
2. Web site: Five minutes with new Canterbury Dean of Law, Professor Ursula Cheer . Adls.org.nz.
3. Web site: Media law commentator Ursula Cheer . 20 December 2017 . Radionz.co.nz.
4. Web site: Media law commentator Ursula Cheer . 25 October 2017 . Radionz.co.nz.
5. Web site: Amy Adams defends anti-cyber bullying bill as critics say free speech will be criminalised . 21 June 2015 . Nbr.co.nz.
6. Web site: Judgement offers clarification over internet defamation . 6 October 2017 . Otago Daily Times.
7. Web site: All six law schools cut ties with Russell McVeagh . 1 March 2018 . Newsroom.co.nz.
8. Web site: Pro-life activists claim free speech is under attack . Stuff.co.nz. 8 September 2017 .
9. Web site: Peters case 'can be described as heavy handed' . 10 November 2017 . Radionz.co.nz.
10. Book: Taylor . Alister . Coddington . Deborah . Alister Taylor . Deborah Coddington . Honoured by the Queen – New Zealand . 1994 . New Zealand Who's Who Aotearoa . Auckland . 0-908578-34-2 . 96.