2012 dates for career fairs and forums, seminars and workshops, and availability of the education consultant.
The current program running for the month of February is ‘Strategic Job Search with a Law degree and Volunteering’.
For further information please see here.
1. Symposium – Recent developments concerning the Convention on the Rights of the Child
Date: Tuesday 24 April 2012
Venue: Monash University Law Chambers, 555 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne
Time: 9:00am to 2:45pm
This symposium will consider three important current issues in children’s rights, from Australian and international perspectives.
This informative and thought-provoking event will bring together some of Australia’s leading child rights advocates, academics and organisations. It will be an invaluable occasion for those working or studying in the area, as well as anyone with an interest in children’s rights.
Confirmed speakers:
The Hon Alastair Nicholson AO RFD QC, Chair of Children’s Rights International
Associate Professor John Tobin, University of Melbourne
Associate Professor Paula Gerber, Monash University
Chris Varney, Former Australian Youth Representative to the United Nations
Registration
Registration fees for the symposium are:
Early bird discount: $65 (before 1 March 2012)
Full price: $75
Concession early bird discount (student, unemployed, NGO before 1 March 2012): $30
Concession full price: $35 (1 March 2012 on)
To register and pay online, please go here.
For more information on the event, please see Convention on the Rights of the Child.
The Province of Legitimate Expectations Defined: the English and Australian Experience.
By Professor Christopher Forsyth, the Professor of Public Law and Private International Law, Cambridge University
Date: Wednesday, 28 March 2012
Time: 6–7pm (followed by refreshments)
Venue: Monash University Law Chambers, 555 Lonsdale St, Melbourne
Cost: Free
RSVP: Wednesday, 21 March 2012, law-marketing@monash.edu or 03 9905 2630
Patron: The Hon. Michael Black AC, Chief Justice of the Federal Court of Australia
Convenors: Professor H P Lee, Sir John Latham Professor of Law, Monash University and Professor Marilyn Pittard, Professor of Law, Monash University
For further information please see here.
This event will focus on why it is important to ensure all individuals are defended, regardless of their actions and their standing in public opinion. The justice system is founded upon the rule of law. This can be quickly eroded through show trials or trials perceived as such. Adequate and impassioned defence and representation of unpopular minorities is imperative to maintain the rule of law over public or political priorities
Speakers:
Professor George Hampel AM QC
David Manne RILC Executive Director
Elizabeth O’Shea Maurice Blackburn Lawyers
Robert Stary
MC for the event: Dick Gross
Date: Thursday 8 March, 2012
Time: 6.30pm – 8pm
Tickets: $25, and can be purchased from here.
Drinks and canapés provided.
Monash is proud to offer ‘Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and International Law’, taught by the eminent Professor Oliver De Schutter.
This course provides an overview of economic, social and cultural (ESC) rights, both in international human rights law and in a comparative law.
Prof. dr. Olivier De Schutter is the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food. He is professor at the University of Louvain (Belgium) and at the College of Europe (Natolin), and a visiting professor at Columbia University and Sciences Po (Paris).
For more information on this unit, and how to enrol, please see Economic Social and Cultural Rights.
1. Graduate Women Victoria Scholarships
Graduate Women Victoria is the new name for the Australian Federation of Universities Women Victoria, and are again offering annual scholarship assistance for women enrolled in universities in Victoria. The scholarships and bursaries range from $2000 to $5000, and are offered to women enrolled in 2012, in the following undergraduate courses at Victorian universities:
Applicants are asked to demonstrate that they are or have been experiencing disadvantage in the pursuit of their studies. Full details of all these scholarships, including application forms and referee guidelines, may be found on the Graduate Women Victoria website, and further information here Graduate Women Victoria.
2. 2012 Law Malaysia Program
2012 Law Malaysia Program-Applications now open!
Monash Abroad travel grants will be available. Further information can be found here.
Application process including application form can be found here.
Please see here for further information.
Interested in working in Hong Kong in an international legal practice?
If you are considering pursuing a long term legal career in Hong Kong, a June/July 2012 summer placement with Allen & Overy may be the very best place to start. A & O is an international law firm with more than 36 offices in 26 countries across the world. Allen & Overy is looking for Monash University law students interested in participating in a first-class training programme, gain global experience, work on cutting-edge deals and learn from lawyers who are leaders in their field of practice.
To find out more about this exciting career opportunity, you are invited to attend an information session on Friday, March 23, 2012 from 1 – 2 pm, in Lecture Room 3, Law Building.
RSVPing is essential, and should be sent to law-marketing@monash.edu
For more information, please see A&O Monash Information Session Flyer, or visit www.allenovery.com/careers and select ‘Hong Kong’.
Green Steps is an award-winning program that brings together students from different faculties to give them the practical skills, tools and confidence to be effective change agents working towards sustainability in organisations.
The Green Steps program consists of:
Delivered by the Monash Sustainability Institute in partnership with the Office of Environmental Sustainability, the program has more then 600 alumni and is delivered throughout Australia at eight universities. For full information on the program go to http://monash.edu/greensteps/atuni.html.
Applications close on 18 March. The program is free of charge for successful participants. To find out how to apply go to http://monash.edu/greensteps or contact greensteps@monash.edu.
Students who wish to obtain a photocopy of their Summer Semester exam script can now submit their application to Law Student Services, forms are available at the counter in Building 12. There is a charge of $5 to cover the photocopying and administrative costs, as the original must be retained by the Faculty.
Applications close on Friday the 23rd of March, 2012. Please be aware that no late applications will be accepted. Those who miss the miss the deadline and wish to get a copy of their exam will need to follow the University Freedom of Information procedures which can be found on the Monash University website.
Any questions about this should be directed to Law Student Services via email law-undergraduate@monash.edu or by phone on 9905 3300.
2012 & 13 Ambassador Program applications open 9.00 am Monday February 27, and close C.O.B. Friday 9 March, 2012.
The Program has grown in stature, reputation and developed over the past 4 years, with Ambassadors now running projects such as Staff Student Debates, Law Beyond Practice Evenings, Breakfast with Barristers, and Open Day Presentations, to name a few. Students will gain invaluable skills to assist in their leadership potential and future employability. Please check your eligibility (4 law Units completed), that you can commit to the program dates and find more information at the website.
To apply, complete the application form, and email the form to Lloyd.England@monash.edu. Selection will be based on a combination of application and interviews in Week 3 by Senior Ambassadors. The Senior Ambassadors from the 2012 & 13 Program look forward to you joining them for this years’ events and collaborations.
Linklaters is a global law firm that advises the world’s leading companies, financial institutions and governments on their most important and challenging transactions and assignments. As an ambitious and innovative firm, they aim to become the leading premium global law firm. Whilst other law firms may have strengths in particular areas, Linklater’s firm is strong across the full range of corporate, financial and commercial law, making it a particularly stimulating place to train as a business lawyer.
Linklaters is looking for law students, who have a strong interest in progressing their career and gaining invaluable experience in a Hong Kong law firm. If you are interested in finding out more, please attend the upcoming Linklaters information session:
Date: Friday 23 March, 2.30-3.30pm
Venue: L2, Building 12
Allen & Overy are inviting Monash law students to apply for a four-week summer vacation placement for June or July 2012.
They are keen to receive applications from penultimate or final year LLB students who are interested in joining our Summer Placement Scheme in Hong Kong in 2012, with a view to applying for a trainee solicitor position in Hong Kong in September 2014.
The interview takes the form of a preparation-free case study. They will assess your ability to work as part of a team, your leadership and presentation skills and entrepreneurial spirit and energy. Excellent academic results are essential and Chinese language skills are highly advantageous.
Their placements include experience in two seats in different departments, a full training programme, a series of challenging assessments, individual coaching from your trainer and a calendar packed with social and pro bono activities. They will also pay PCLL course fees and subsidise living expenses if you accept a training contract with them.
Application:
To ensure the entry requirements for the PCLL courses can be satisfied (particularly the overseas law students), all interested students must visit the websites of:
There are very strict conversion exemptions and examinations that you need to comply with before you can study the PCLL in Hong Kong.
To apply for the Summer Placement Scheme, please go here, then select “Hong Kong” and complete the “Summer Vacation Placement 2012” application form. For all Australia-based students, your online application should reach them no later than 1 March 2012. Please visit their website for more information.
International law firms from Hong Kong will visit Melbourne in March for the Hong Kong Law Fair, to speak with university students about their employment opportunities. This event is open to all Monash students interested in an international legal career in Hong Kong. Around 20 firms will attend including Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom and many more.
For more information, please visit your Careers Gateway.
2012 dates for career fairs and forums, seminars and workshops, and availability of the education consultant.
The current program running for the month of February is ‘Strategic Job Search with a Law degree and Volunteering’.
For further information please see here.
1. Public Lecture – All Welcome
The Castan Centre for Human Rights Law and the Human Rights Law Centre invite you to a public lecture with:
Claudio Grossman, Chair, United Nations Committee Against Torture
Fiona McCormack, CEO, Domestic Violence Victoria
“The Relevance of the Convention Against Torture in Preventing and Redressing Violence Against Women”
Date: Wednesday22 February 2012
Time: 5:00pm to 6:30pm
Venue: Lander & Rogers, Level 12, 600 Bourke Street, Melbourne
RSVP: By completing and returning the registration form by 15 February
Cost: $20 / $10 concession (includes drinks and finger food)
Full details including registration form here.
Come along to this seminar and find out how the Convention Against Torture can be used to increase transparency and accountability and improve law, policy and practice in the area of violence against women.
2. Symposium – Recent developments concerning the Convention on the Rights of the Child
Date: Tuesday 24 April 2012
Venue: Monash University Law Chambers, 555 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne
Time: 9:00am to 2:45pm
This symposium will consider three important current issues in children’s rights, from Australian and international perspectives.
This informative and thought-provoking event will bring together some of Australia’s leading child rights advocates, academics and organisations. It will be an invaluable occasion for those working or studying in the area, as well as anyone with an interest in children’s rights.
Confirmed speakers:
The Hon Alastair Nicholson AO RFD QC, Chair of Children’s Rights International
Associate Professor John Tobin, University of Melbourne
Associate Professor Paula Gerber, Monash University
Chris Varney, Former Australian Youth Representative to the United Nations
Registration
Registration fees for the symposium are:
Early bird discount: $65 (before 1 March 2012)
Full price: $75
Concession early bird discount (student, unemployed, NGO before 1 March 2012): $30
Concession full price: $35 (1 March 2012 on)
To register and pay online, please go here.
For more information on the event, please see Convention on the Rights of the Child.
The Province of Legitimate Expectations Defined: the English and Australian Experience.
By Professor Christopher Forsyth, the Professor of Public Law and Private International Law, Cambridge University
Date: Wednesday, 28 March 2012
Time: 6–7pm (followed by refreshments)
Venue: Monash University Law Chambers, 555 Lonsdale St, Melbourne
Cost: Free
RSVP: Wednesday, 21 March 2012, law-marketing@monash.edu or 03 9905 2630
Patron: The Hon. Michael Black AC, Chief Justice of the Federal Court of Australia
Convenors: Professor H P Lee, Sir John Latham Professor of Law, Monash University and Professor Marilyn Pittard, Professor of Law, Monash University
For further information please see here.
Date: Wednesday, 7 March 2012
Time: 6.30pm (Light refreshments provided)
Venue: Melbourne Law School, Room 221, 185 Pelham Street, Carlton
Register: Here.
Enquiries: australia@contactsingapore.sg or call 02 9232 3149.
Are you a Singaporean law student? If so, Contact Singapore and the Attorney-General’s Chambers would like to invite you to an exclusive networking session on law careers in Singapore. You will have the opportunity to meet and network with Daren Tang, Senior State Counsel, International Affairs Division in a casual, intimate setting.
Date: Wednesday, 21 March 2012
Time: 1pm to 2pm (Light refreshments will be provided)
Venue: Monash University Clayton, L4, Ground Floor, Building 12
Register: Here.
Enquiries: australia@contactsingapore.sg or call 02 9232 3149.
Interested in a rewarding career in Singapore? Located at the crossroads of Asia, Singapore is an ever-evolving, fast-paced city that offers a harmonious blend of Eastern and Western cultures, cuisines, art and architecture on the island. Contact Singapore invites you to an Information Session to explore the exciting career opportunities that await you in this vibrant city!
Special Guests: Representatives from Freehills will be in attendance!
Discovery Day is a showcase of Monash’s support services, clubs and societies. It is hosted by Monash Sport and will provide a fun, interactive approach to how university life can be enjoyed outside lectures and tutorials.
It is an excellent hands on way to experience sport, health and fitness at Monash University, and gives you the opportunity to meet Monash’s sporting and cultural societies, and explore Monash Sport!
Experience our new fitness centres and experience the energy of Group Fitness! For further information on this free event for students please visit Monash Sport.
1. Graduate Women Victoria Scholarships
Graduate Women Victoria is the new name for the Australian Federation of Universities Women Victoria, and are again offering annual scholarship assistance for women enrolled in universities in Victoria. The scholarships and bursaries range from $2000 to $5000, and are offered to women enrolled in 2012, in the following undergraduate courses at Victorian universities:
Applicants are asked to demonstrate that they are or have been experiencing disadvantage in the pursuit of their studies. Full details of all these scholarships, including application forms and referee guidelines, may be found on the Graduate Women Victoria website, and further information here Graduate Women Victoria.
2. 2012 Law Malaysia Program
2012 Law Malaysia Program-Applications now open!
Monash Abroad travel grants will be available. Further information can be found here.
Application process including application form can be found here.
Please see here for further information.
What is Global Changers?
Global Changers is an advanced leadership course, focused development theory and aid policy. Global Changers are interested in honest motivation, burning desire, experience, high-level thinking, debate, conversation and ambition.
The Global Changers course runs for ten weeks. Each and every week, we promise to challenge you – we’ll push you to consider heavy ideas and tough issues. If you want to change the world, we’ll ask you first to explore your motivations. This is a chance for self-learning, empowerment and action. We run with a tutorial structure, and it’s fast paced. The curriculum is intense, challenging and motivational. It includes guest speakers, and a project component, so you need to be an ideas person.
Should I apply?
Only if you have a committed desire for social change, and see yourself as an influential thinker. If you’re looking for free food, or a free ride, this isn’t for you. If you’re tired of excuses, and want legitimate intelligent action, start here.
How do I know that this will make a difference?
You don’t. But you believe in the world’s capacity for change. And you believe in your own capacity to contribute to that change. Like us, you might feel overwhelmed by the size of the problem, particularly when you know that the solutions are not straightforward. But we’re inherently impact driven, and we have seen results.
Are you driven? Do you want to see results?
Over the past 20 years, extreme poverty has been halved. To see it ended, you need to find out what you can really do. Global Changers is just one of those things. We actually want you to do the other things too. But right now, this is in front of you. Take charge of your world at Global Changers.
Why not combine an international travel experience with your studies by undertaking the Chinese Commercial Law Study Tour? The tour has been running for 16 years and to-date over 425 students have taken part in this amazing experience. This year, the Study Tour heads to the amazing and vibrant city of Shanghai. This energetic city reveals why China is the economic powerhouse that it is. This unit is available to non-Deakin students. For more information please see here.
2012 dates for career fairs and forums, seminars and workshops, and availability of the education consultant.
The current program running for the month of February is ‘Strategic Job Search with a Law degree and Volunteering’.
For further information please see here.
The Progressive Law Network is excited to invite you to the Legal (r)Evolution Conference 2012 – People. Planet. System.
Keynote address: The Hon Michael Kirby AC CMG
Panelists include:
David Manne – Executive Director of the Refugee and Immigration Legal Centre;
Felicity Millner – Principal Solicitor, Environment Defenders Office (VIC);
The Hon. Chief Justice Brian Preston – Chief Justice of the NSW Land and Environment Court, NSW.
When: Friday, 16 March from 9.30am to 4.30pm
Where: Monash Law Chambers, 555 Lonsdale St, Melbourne.
Tickets: Tickets and more information on speakers available at the website.
The Province of Legitimate Expectations Defined: the English and Australian Experience
By Professor Christopher Forsyth, the Professor of Public Law and Private International Law, Cambridge University
Date: Wednesday, 28 March 2012
Time: 6–7pm (followed by refreshments)
Venue: Monash University Law Chambers, 555 Lonsdale St, Melbourne
Cost: Free
RSVP: Wednesday, 21 March 2012, law-marketing@monash.edu or 03 9905 2630
Patron: The Hon. Michael Black AC, Chief Justice of the Federal Court of Australia
Convenors: Professor H P Lee, Sir John Latham Professor of Law, Monash University and Professor Marilyn Pittard, Professor of Law, Monash University
For further information please see here.
The Australian Centre for Court and Justice System Innovation (ACCJSI) invites you to a public lecture by Mr Jeremy Gormly SC (NADRAC Chair).
The ACCJSI presents: NADRAC: The latest developments
Date: Monday 20th February, 2012
Time: 6:00 pm
Venue: Monash University Law Chambers, Ground Floor Auditorium, 555 Lonsdale St Melbourne
RSVP: Wednesday, 15 February, 2012 to Nina Massara at nina.massara@monash.edu
Biography:
Mr Jeremy Gormly SC currently practices at the NSW Bar. He was admitted to the Bar in 1985 and became Senior Counsel in 2001. He has appeared in numerous commissions of inquiry as counsel assisting including the CAA-Seaview Aviation Royal Commission, the Thredbo Landslide Inquiry and the Andrew Mallard Murder Conviction Inquiry in Western Australia. Mr Gormly is also a practising mediator, and has mediated numerous commercial, equity and negligence actions. Under a joint Commission from the Commonwealth Attorney-General and the Minister for Science and Personnel he was appointed to and completed the task of concluding outstanding claims arising from the 1964 collision of HMAS Melbourne with HMAS Voyager. Mr Gormly is a member of the Legal Profession Admission Board, the NSW Bar Council, the Chairman of one of the Council’s Professional Conduct Committee and former Chairman and member of numerous other committees and boards.
4. Public Lecture – All Welcome
The Castan Centre for Human Rights Law and the Human Rights Law Centre invite you to a public lecture with:
Claudio Grossman, Chair, United Nations Committee Against Torture
Fiona McCormack, CEO, Domestic Violence Victoria
“The Relevance of the Convention Against Torture in Preventing and Redressing Violence Against Women”
Date: Wednesday22 February 2012
Time: 5:00pm to 6:30pm
Venue: Lander & Rogers, Level 12, 600 Bourke Street, Melbourne
RSVP: By completing and returning the registration form by 15 February
Cost: $20 / $10 concession (includes drinks and finger food)
Full details including registration form here.
Come along to this seminar and find out how the Convention Against Torture can be used to increase transparency and accountability and improve law, policy and practice in the area of violence against women.
5. Symposium – Recent developments concerning the Convention on the Rights of the Child
Date: Tuesday 24 April 2012
Venue: Monash University Law Chambers, 555 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne
Time: 9:00am to 2:45pm
This symposium will consider three important current issues in children’s rights, from Australian and international perspectives.
This informative and thought-provoking event will bring together some of Australia’s leading child rights advocates, academics and organisations. It will be an invaluable occasion for those working or studying in the area, as well as anyone with an interest in children’s rights.
Confirmed speakers:
The Hon Alastair Nicholson AO RFD QC, Chair of Children’s Rights International
Associate Professor John Tobin, University of Melbourne
Associate Professor Paula Gerber, Monash University
Chris Varney, Former Australian Youth Representative to the United Nations
Registration
Registration fees for the symposium are:
Early bird discount: $65 (before 1 March 2012)
Full price: $75
Concession early bird discount (student, unemployed, NGO before 1 March 2012): $30
Concession full price: $35 (1 March 2012 on)
To register and pay online, please go here.
For more information on the event, please see Convention on the Rights of the Child.
6. Aid and Accountability: Safeguarding Rights in High-Risk Development Projects
Learning from the ADB and AusAID-Funded Rehabilitation of the Cambodian Railway Project
Presenters
David Pred, Executive Director, Bridges Across Borders Cambodia
Dr. Natalie Bugalski, Human Rights Lawyer, Author of DERAILED report
Eang Vuthy, Development Watch Program Manager, Bridges Across Borders Cambodia
Panellists
Dr. Adam McBeth, Deputy Director, Castan Centre for Human Rights Law, Monash University
Jessica Rosien, Advocacy Coordinator, Oxfam Australia
Matthew Hilton, Chair, Aid/Watch
Moderator
James Ensor, Policy Director, Oxfam Australia
Date: Monday, 13 February 2012
Time: 12:30pm to 2:00pm (Refreshments and finger food to be provided after the event from 2:00pm to 2:30pm)
Venue: Monash University Law Chambers, 555 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne
RSVP: castan.centre@monash.edu or tel. 9905 3327
Full details: Monash Law Website
For further information, including main points of discussion, please see Aid and Accountability.