New Semi-intensive elective unit LAW7485 Managing High Conflict Personalities now on offer for September/October.
Further information Managing High Conflict Person
End of Gazette 18/6/2012
Applications are now open and close Friday 17 August 2012. The internship is a minimum of 4 weeks from mid November to mid February.
Application & Eligibility details can be found here. Student Mobility Funding may be provided, please see eligibility criteria.
Queries: cathy.meredith@monash.edu or 9905 3311
2012 dates for career fairs and forums, seminars and workshops, and availability of the education consultant.
The current program running for the month of May is ‘Targeting your Clerkship or Traineeship Applications’.
For further information please see here.
The Castan Centre for Human Rights Law is hosting the sixth annual human rights moot competition, which is open to law (JD/LLB) students at all Victorian universities. The competition will address issues associated with the Victorian human rights legislation and will give students the opportunity to hone their skills in this important area of law. The event is proudly sponsored by Clayton Utz, who is providing generous prizes:
Competitors must be in the equivalent of at least third year of a combined law degree, or in any stage of a JD degree, but must not have completed their degree. It is preferable that competitors have completed some studies in human rights law.
For more information please see here.
The Castan Centre wishes to thank the moot competition sponsors Clayton Utz.
Susan Campbell AM (1943-2011) was a pioneer of community legal centres. Through her work, she inspired a generation of law students to give back to their communities. This event celebrates Susan’s professional life and her work with the Monash Clinical Legal Education program.
Host: Professor Arie Freiberg AM, Dean, Faculty of Law
MC: Radio presenter Jon Faine (BA 1979, LLB 1981)
Date and time: 7pm, Wednesday, 20 June 2012
Venue: St Kilda Town Hall
Tickets: $150. Limited concession available. To purchase tickets visit community.monash.edu/suecampbell
For any queries contact adm-lsfoundation@monash.edu. Proceeds will go towards the Susan Campbell AM Clinical Legal Education Visiting Fellowship and Future Fund. Justice Marcia Neave AO is fund patron.
Notice Boards have been placed on the second floor of the Law Chambers near the photocopier. Notices should be placed only on these boards and not around the facility. Notices placed around the facility will be removed.
Furthermore, notices placed anywhere in the Clayton Law faculty building other than the provided noticeboards, using anything other than the provided black pins, will also be removed.
Monash University Open Day for Clayton is on Sunday 5 August, 2012. We are looking for student volunteers to assist on the day.
This will involve speaking with prospective students and their families about your experience of studying at at Monash, giving directions as well as helping out with the set up and pack up of the equipment used on the day.
Although these positions are voluntary roles, the faculty does provide training and $50 vouchers for students who volunteer half a day (9.00am – 1.00pm OR 12.30pm – 4.30pm) and $95 vouchers for students who volunteer for a whole day (9.00am – 4.30pm)
If you have good communication skills, and a well rounded knowledge of the faculty and campus please email lauren.miller@monash.edu by Monday 2 July, 2012.
In your email please include the following information:
Applications are sought from postgraduate and undergraduate students who are undertaking research and involved in the study of employment related law, industrial relations and media studies in Australia.
For more information please see here.
The Faculty of Law (Postgraduate) will be moving to Moodle for units commencing in Term 3 2012. Please note that Blackboard will not be used for these units and functionalities previously used in Blackboard will be used via Moodle. Moodle can be accessed through your my.monash portal (click on Moodle2 in the left hand side panel) and support and training can be found here.
For further assistance, please contact Monash eSolution Service Desk Online or ring the IT Helpdesk on 9903 2777.
Units which have already been set up and running on Blackboard for current teaching periods will continue using Blackboard for submission of assessments and notifications.
The Menzies Foundation in Australia, the Sir Robert Menzies Memorial Trust in London, with the support of the Australian Government Department of Education, Employment and
Workplace Relations, offers to Australian post-graduate students a scholarship in Law tenable in the United Kingdom commencing October, 2013
For more information please see Info Flyer, Terms of Application and Application Form.
Applications are sought from postgraduate and undergraduate students who are undertaking research and involved in the study of employment related law, industrial relations and media studies in Australia.
For more information please see here.
Applications are now open and close Friday 17 August 2012. The internship is a minimum of 4 weeks from mid November to mid February.
Application & Eligibility details can be found here. Student Mobility Funding may be provided, please see eligibility criteria.
Queries: cathy.meredith@monash.edu or 9905 3311
2012 dates for career fairs and forums, seminars and workshops, and availability of the education consultant.
The current program running for the month of May is ‘Targeting your Clerkship or Traineeship Applications’.
For further information please see here.
The Castan Centre for Human Rights Law is hosting the sixth annual human rights moot competition, which is open to law (JD/LLB) students at all Victorian universities. The competition will address issues associated with the Victorian human rights legislation and will give students the opportunity to hone their skills in this important area of law. The event is proudly sponsored by Clayton Utz, who is providing generous prizes:
Competitors must be in the equivalent of at least third year of a combined law degree, or in any stage of a JD degree, but must not have completed their degree. It is preferable that competitors have completed some studies in human rights law.
For more information please see here.
The Castan Centre wishes to thank the moot competition sponsors Clayton Utz.
Date: Friday 26th Oct 2012
Time: Arrive 11:30am for 12pm start
Location: Ballroom, Park Hyatt, 1 Parliament Square, Melbourne.
Cost: $125 p.p inc GST. Corporate Table $1500 inc GST.
RSVP/Payment: 19th Oct 2012
Website: http://www.brainlink.org.au/woa.htm
Please join us to celebrate the winners at this year’s BrainLink Women of Achievement Award, with Keynote Speaker The Hon Michael Kirby AC CMG
“Equality – just a damn right!”
When he retired from the High Court, The Hon Michael Kirby was Australia’s longest serving judge. Kirby’s life spans from his humble beginnings in Concord to his work as the first Australian to serve as a Special Representative of the UN Secretary General for Human Rights. Kirby was a leader in law reform and human rights with the OECD, UNESCO, UNHRC and WHO. His legal and humanitarian contribution as a judge, both here and overseas, is unparalleled. We are proud to invite The Hon Michael Kirby to be our guest speaker at the 2012 BrainLink Women of Achievement Luncheon.
Proceeds from this event will aid those people & families whose lives have been affected by an acquired brain disorder. Nominations opening soon!
For more information, contact Vanessa on (03) 9845-2955 or email info@brainlink.org.au
Susan Campbell AM (1943-2011) was a pioneer of community legal centres. Through her work, she inspired a generation of law students to give back to their communities. This event celebrates Susan’s professional life and her work with the Monash Clinical Legal Education program.
Host: Professor Arie Freiberg AM, Dean, Faculty of Law
MC: Radio presenter Jon Faine (BA 1979, LLB 1981)
Date and time: 7pm, Wednesday, 20 June 2012
Venue: St Kilda Town Hall
Tickets: $150. Limited concession available. To purchase tickets visit community.monash.edu/suecampbell
For any queries contact adm-lsfoundation@monash.edu. Proceeds will go towards the Susan Campbell AM Clinical Legal Education Visiting Fellowship and Future Fund. Justice Marcia Neave AO is fund patron.
Date: Tuesday, 12 June 2012
Time: 6pm – 7:30pm
Venue: Monash University Law Chambers, 555 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne
RSVP: castan.centre@monash.edu or telephone 03 9905 3327
Full details: Here.
Public Forum – All Welcome
June 2012 marks the 20th anniversary of the landmark Mabo case. This panel brings together leading experts to reflect the case’s impact on the construction of native title as form of land justice for Indigenous people in Australia.