Law Student Gazette

1. Census date for Juris Doctor units in Trimester 1, 2010

The census date for Juris Doctor units in Trimester 1, 2010 is:
Tuesday, 16 February 2010.

If a student discontinues a unit before the census date, the student will have ‘Withdrawn no-load’, which means the withdrawn will be recorded on transcript.

If a student discontinues a unit after the census date but before the withdrawn fail date, the student will have ‘Withdrawn late’, which means 100% of fees retained and withdrawn will be recorded on transcript.

For unit discontinuation dates for all other postgraduate law units see: www.law.monash.edu.au/current-students/t-tables/index.html

2. Postgraduate Learning Skills Seminars and Workshops

Use appropriate academic vocabulary and form in writing. Write clearly and effectively using plain English and learn to be aware of your likely audience.

Date: Friday 5 February, 2010
Time: 11:30 am -1 pm
Venue: Clayton Campus
Topic: Writing for your audience

You can check when and where these sessions are scheduled and book your place online via my.monash booking system. Search for a specific session using the session title as a keyword or law and postgraduate as keywords to see all sessions.

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1. Free Public Lecture: Out to Sea: Refugee Policy Under the Rudd Government 

Jessie Taylor is a Melbourne lawyer, refugee advocate and the author of the recent report ‘Behind Australian Doors: Examining the Conditions of Detention of Asylum Seekers in Indonesia’. 

Jessie will explore the difficulties surrounding Australia’s refugee policy and will discuss the changes that have occurred to the policy under the Rudd government. 

For further information visit:
www.law.monash.edu.au/castancentre/events/2010/taylor-lecture.html

Date: Thursday, 11 February 2010
Time: 6 pm to 7 pm
Venue: Monash University Law Chambers,
             472 Bourke Street,
             Melbourne
RSVP: castan.centre@law.monash.edu.au
            or 03 9905 3327

1. Corporate Governance Re-scheduled to Semester 2

Due to unforeseen circumstances the unit LAW7306 Corporate governance and directors’ duties has been re-scheduled to semester 2, 2010.  

New dates for this unit are:
Wednesdays, 21 July – 13 October (except 29 September) 6 pm – 8 pm.

Students interested in taking this unit in semester 2 can enrol online using the Web Enrolment System (WES):
my.monash.edu.au/wes/

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