General Notices
1. Compete in the Castan Centre’s Human Rights Mooting Competition
Applications are now being accepted for the 2010 Victorian Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities Mooting Competition. Monash University will be entering two teams of three students (Senior Counsel, Junior Counsel, and Solicitor).
Date: Monday 2 – Monday 9 August, 2010
The event is sponsored by Clayton Utz who will provide the following prizes:
Winning team: $3000
Runner-up: $1000
To be eligible, students must be in the equivalent of at least third year of a combined undergraduate law degree, or any year of a JD degree but must not have completed their degree. It is preferable that competitors have completed some studies in human rights law.
Applications must have:
A short cover letter, CV and academic transcript (WES version is fine) via your student email.
The closing date for application is 5pm on Friday 30 April, 2010.
Applications should be sent to:
Erica Contini
Project Officer, Castan Centre for Human Rights Law
erica.contini@law.monash.edu.au
For more information about the moot see:
www.law.monash.edu.au/castancentre/events/2010/moot.html
For more information about applying to be on Monash’s teams see:
www.law.monash.edu.au/castancentre/events/2010/monash-team.html
2. Law Short Film Competition
The Connecting with Law Short Film Competition is launching for 2010.
Oxford University Press is inviting students to submit a film between 2–5 minutes long about law or the study of law. The competition is open to all students currently enrolled in an Australian Law School. Non-law students can also be involved, however at least one student per group must be studying a law subject.
The winners will be those judged to be the most creative, instructive and original – anything that helps other students to connect with law. The winners will receive:
- 1st prize $1500
- 2nd prize $500
- 3rd prize $250
For further details, entry forms, guidelines and to see last year’s winners please see our website at:
www.oup.com.au/law
3. Summer Semester Unit Evaluation Results
The Faculty received good results for the Summer Semester Unit Evaluations 2009/2010. The Law Faculty rated an average score of 4.11 on Question 5 (Overall Satisfaction) compared with 4.15 for the last Summer Semester. 37 Units were evaluated of which 5 Units scored 4.70 or more on Q5, placing them in the ‘Outstanding’ category. The teachers of any Units scoring 4.70 or more will receive a Certificate of Commendation at the Faculty Teaching Workshop in October.
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