Max Forde

Adept at critical thinking and fostering personal relationships, I excelled at Cruickshank Pryde by developing a comparative system that enhanced accuracy and efficiency. Praised for adaptability and a client-focused approach, my background spans legal database management to ensuring client comfort with legal processes, embodying a solution-oriented and cooperative attitude.

• Established long-term relationships with a large base of customers through effective listening, open-ended questioning and positive response to inquiries.
• Achieved all NCEA levels at an excellence level with my driven work ethic.
• Made it into the top 200 first year law students of 2021, getting me through to second year in 2022, third year in 2023 and have just completed my fourth year in 2024.
• An accomplished musician of 14 years, competing in national jazz competitions, tutoring for 8 years, having yearly performances and winning various musical competitions.
• Represented Southland in various regional basketball teams, achieving success in both competitive and social aspects.
• Voted as the Education and Careers Representative for the Law Society at the University of Otago. This role will see me frequently engage with firms and different lawyers to ensure our student body has access to various opportunities in the legal field. I will be a point of contact for students when it comes to things like different study approaches while also helping people get exposure to different firms by arranging things like career days and visits from different legal teams.

• Music as a lifelong passion, enhancing creativity and discipline.
• Interest in sports, mainly the NBA and football.
• Passionate about traveling and immersing in different cultures.
• Value family and connections, emphasizing trust, support, and open communication.

Invercargill and Dunedin