Events
1. Hong Kong Law Cocktail Evening
The Hong Kong Law Cocktail Evening provides students with the opportunity to engage in quality dialogues in a vibrant social atmosphere with representatives from some of the leading firms operating in Hong Kong today. Firm representatives include managing partners, associates and HR recruiters. The evening aims to facilitate networking amongst firms and students, and to enable attendees to mingle. Light refreshments will also be on offer.
Event Program
| 6.15 pm: | Registrations open |
| 6.30 pm: | Welcome & Introduction of firms in attendance |
| 6.35 pm: | Networking (alongside canapes & drinks) |
| 8.00 pm: | Petite fours served; networking continues |
| 8.30 pm: | Cocktail Evening concludes. |
The Global Law Students Association of Melbourne University invites LLB, JD as well as law students from other universities to join us on this evening.
| Venue: | Executive Lounge, Alan Gilbert Building 161 Barry Street, Carlton VIC 3053 |
| Date: | Monday 21 March, 2011 |
| Time: | 6.30 pm – 8.30 pm |
| Attending Firms: | Mallesons Stephen Jaques; Allen & Overy; Baker & McKenzie; Linklaters; Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer; Clifford Chance; Hogan Lovells; Skadden; Latham & Watkins; Davis Polk; Deacons. |
| Cost: | Tickets are $30 each. |
Tickets are purchased by registering for the event by emailing glsa-careers@unimelb.edu.au include your Name, Contact #, Email Address, University and the Quantity of Tickets you are buying (If buying for more than one person, be sure to list the names of the people that you are purchasing for, so that they can get in on the night!). Alternatively, register by visiting the GLSA office on Level 2 of the Law Building, 185 Pelham Street, Carlton VIC 3053. All enquiries can be directed to glsa-careers@unimelb.edu.au.
Places are limited to ensure a ratio of one firm representative to two students, so register now! Hope to see you there!
2. International Humanitarian Law and the Young Lawyer
Presented by the Castan Centre of Human Rights Law and Friends of International Humanitarian Law (of the Red Cross)
| Venue: | Monash University Law Chambers, 472 Bourke Street, Melbourne |
| Date: | Wednesday 16 March, 2011 |
| Time: | 6.00 pm – 7.30 pm |
| RSVP: | Pip at pross@redcross.org.au |
| Cost: | Free |
For further information please visit –
http://www.law.monash.edu.au/castancentre/events/2011/ihl.html
Please join us for a career forum on opportunities for young lawyers and law students to gain practical experience overseas. Hear from a range of speakers about their personal stories and impressions of internships at the international tribunals and studying IHL and ICL overseas.
There will be a chance to ask questions about what skills and experience you need to develop in order to be successful in applying for an internship or overseas study placement yourself.
3. Vanessa Zimmerman, Legal Advisor to Professor John Ruggie the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative on Business and Human Rights
Presented by the Castan Centre for Human Rights Law; “Business and Human Rights at Home and Abroad: an Update on the Work of the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative on Business and Human Rights”
| Venue: | Monash University, Room G21, Building 75, Clayton Campus |
| Date: | Friday 1 April, 2011 |
| Time: | 4.30 pm – 6 pm |
| RSVP: | Space is limited, so RSVP is essential, castan.centre@monash.edu or tel. 9905 3327 |
For further information please see Background Information
4. Will the Revolution be Tweeted? The Role of Social Media in Promoting and Protecting Human Rights
You are invited to the public forum by the Castan Centre for Human Rights Law and the Human Rights Law Resource Centre
| Venue: | Monash University Law Chambers, 472 Bourke Street, Melbourne |
| Date: | Tuesday 5 April, 2011 |
| Time: | 12.30 pm – 2.00 pm |
| RSVP: | By 28 March, castan.centre@monash.edu or 03 9905 3327 |
| Entry: | By gold coin donation |
Panelists
• Professor Sarah Joseph, Director of the Castan Centre for Human Rights Law
• Simon Sheikh, National Director of GetUp!
• Jonathan Green, Editor of The Drum, ABC
• Alex Pagliaro, Refugee Campaign Coordinator, Amnesty International Australia
In an influential article in The New Yorker, entitled “Small Change: Why the Revolution will not be Tweeted”, Malcolm Gladwell argues that, far from supporting social movements and social change, social media may actually undermine them. Social media creates weak ties and can contribute to “networked authoritarianism” just as much as to progressive social change, Gladwell says.
In response, Clay Shirky, Professor of New Media at NYU, argues that social media can be used as a critical tool for the sharing of information and enhanced social engagement and mobilisation, empowering “loosely coordinated publics to demand change”. He points to the role of social media in recent revolutions from Tunisia, to Egypt, to Libya.
Join our expert panel to debate these views and discuss the opportunities and challenges associated with the use of social media to promote and protect human rights.
Further information please see:
http://www.law.monash.edu.au/castancentre/events/2011/social-media.html
NB: If this particular educational activity is relevant to your immediate or long term needs in relation to your professional development and practice of the law, then you should claim one ‘unit’ for each hour of attendance.
5. Victorian Association for Dispute Resolution
On Tuesday 22 March, Amie Cousins, Conciliation Manager from the Financial Ombudsman Service, will be speaking at a VADR CPD presentation on the topic : “Strategies for Power Imbalances. Case study, the Financial Ombudsman
This information has relevance for any mediator, lawyer or body dealing with power imbalances in mediation on a regular basis, dealing with consumers or dealing with conflicts between organisations and individuals.
| Venue: | Coopers Inn (2nd floor) cnr Exhibition and Little Lonsdale Streets |
| Date: | Tuesday 22 March, 2011 |
| Time: | Arrive 5.15pm for a 6pm start |
| Cost: | Free for members, $20 for non members. Finger food is provided. |
People who wish to attend can email
admin@vadr.asn.au or president@vadr.asn.au
Details are also available on the website www.vadr.asn.au and see Dispute Resolution. Please feel free to pass on details of the event to anyone you feel may be interested.