Events
1. Legal Aid Matter: Legal Aid Rally
Australian lawyers and social welfare organisations have come together to address the current crisis in legal aid funding. The crisis is affecting the delivery of justice for some of society’s most vulnerable members, many of whom are children caught up in family law disputes.
Our aim is to achieve:
An adequately funded legal aid system
A cooperative, nationally consistent and fair approach to provision of legal aid
Access to justice for all
Come and join the Rally on the Crisis in Legal Aid Funding
Date: Wednesday 28 April, 2010
Time: 9.15am – 10am
Venue: Forecourt, County Court,
corner William and Lonsdale Streets,
Melbourne
Speakers include:
Former Chief Justice, Family Court, Alastair Nicholson; VCOSS CEO Cath Smith;
LIV President Elect Caroline Counsel and Victorian barrister Robert Richter, QC.
For more information see:
100428 Legal Aid rally flyer
2. R v Mocilovic: Human Rights Victory or Individual Injustice?
The Castan Centre for Human Rights Law presents Michael Croucher, the barrister, who appeared for Vera Mocilovic in the recent Victorian Court of Appeal case of R v Mocilovic. The judgment in that case contained the first judicial declaration that a law is incompatible with the Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities Act 2006 (Vic).
Mr Croucher will consider how the Momcilovic decision impacts on the right to the presumption of innocence and whether the case delivered justice for Vera Mocilovic. He will also explore the court’s understanding of the Charter’s interpretation and declaration powers, and how this decision may affect litigation strategy.
This ia a free public lecture and everyone is welcome.
Date: Wednesday 28 April, 2010
Time: 6 pm – 7 pm
Venue: Monash University Law Chambers,
472 Bourke Street, Melbourne
RSVP: castan.centre@law.monash.edu.au
or 9905 3327
For more information see:
www.law.monash.edu.au/castancentre/events/2010/croucher-lecture.html
3. The Great Law Week Debate
Witness internationally-respected Monash Law Alumni battle it out with current Monash Law students, over this highly controversial topic at the annual Great Law Week Debate. Grand Finalist of the Commonwealth AAT Moot.
Amit Golder (Law/Arts) will lead the student team to argue ‘Criminals don’t deserve the same human rights as everyone else’, supported by Natalie Devitsakis (Law/Arts), who has been ranked in the top ten of Australasian British Parliamentary Women’s Debating Championships and Sashi Balaraman (Law), a Grand Finalist at the Australasian Intervarsity Debating Championships.
But proving this point won’t be easy against the Monash Alumni team lead by one of Melbourne’s most respected QCs David Galbally (BJuris 1972, LLB 1974) and team mates Dick Gross AM (BA/LLB 1980) author and former three-time Mayor of the City of Port Phillip and Kate Metcalf (BJuris 1977, LLB 1979) a lawyer with three decades of experience gained inside businesses ranging from global household names to one-woman micro-businesses.
Overseeing the Great Law Week Debate as moderator is Monash Law graduate Will Fowles (BCom/LLB 2004), who in 2005 became the youngest ever member of the Melbourne Cricket Club Committee and in 2008 ran for Lord Mayor of Melbourne.
Date: Wednesday 19 May, 2010
Time: 6 pm – 7:30 pm
Where: State Library of Victoria,
Theatrette,179 Latrobe St,
Melbourne (Entry 3)
Cost: Free
RSVP: By Wednesday 12 May, 2010
marketing@law.monash.edu.au
or (03) 9905 2630
For further information see:
www.law.monash.edu.au/news/events/