Events
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:
Full price: $75
Concession full price: $35
To register and pay online, please go here.
For more information on the event, please see Convention on the Rights of the Child.
2. Ninth Fiat Justitia Lecture
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.
3. Meeting Challenges in the Civil Justice System
How has the landscape altered? What are the challenges and opportunities? How does the justice system need to change to stay relevant to the people it serves?
The lecture will focus on current civil justice policy in England and Wales and argue that, as a result of trends over the last fifteen years, the value of a public civil justice system is being challenged, while access to that system is being inhibited both by new procedural and funding measures.
Accompanied by a profound change in civil justice discourse, the relevant interdependent justice policy strands involve the promotion of mediation and the withdrawal of the State from civil disputes; the removal of legal aid from most non-criminal issues; and a reduction in resources for the courts.
For more information please see Critique of Civil Justice Reforms in England.
4. Diversity and Inclusion Week Event: Stepping Into Law
Stepping into Law is a paid internship program designed specifically for university students with disability. These internships are offered at a range of organisations, such as the ATO, Stockland, Spark Helmore Lawyers, Department of Human Services (VIC) and many more.
Come to an information session held by the Australian Network on Disability and find out how you can gain paid work experience in your chosen field.
The internship program not only offers paid experience it also gives students exposure and support throughout the job application and interview process. It also assists with developing a network of contacts within a professional organisation, gaining valuable workplace skills which can be included on your resume and importantly it gives students with disability the opportunity to showcase their abilities.
Many students who have gone through the program have been offered longer term employment, opportunities to transition to graduate programs and confidence to apply for permanent employment.
Take the first step to transitioning to employment and come along:
Date: Tuesday 27 March, 2012
Time: 1pm – 2pm, Clayton campus
Booking and further information: Here