Law Student Gazette

1. Deacons’ Winter Vacation Student Programme 2013

Law students who have a keen interest in pursuing a legal career in Hong Kong are invited to apply for Deacons’ Winter Placement 2013. The deadline for application is 1 October 2012.

The Vacation Student Programme is opened to penultimate year law students from universities in a Common law jurisdiction with a view to applying for a trainee solicitor position in Hong Kong. We also welcome non-law students who have taken the Graduate Diploma in Law (Common Professional Examination) in the UK or a Juris Doctor (JD) degree in Hong Kong or Australia to apply.

Deacons’ Vacation Student Programme is highly regarded and considered a real first step towards a successful legal career. Most of the trainees first joined us as vacation students. The programme provides a series of orientations and training activities as well as work placements. You will also participate in many team events and community programme as well as social gatherings that help to bond us together. There are ample opportunities for you to shine.

Take advantage of a 4-week vacation placement at Deacons to find out more about the firm and a career with us. The experience from joining Deacons’ Winter Vacation Student Programme will be a valuable jump-start to your career.

Complete our online application now. We look forward to receiving your application.

Visit our Graduate Recruitment Website to learn more about the Deacons’ Vacation Student Programme.

2. Employment and Career Development Activities

2012 dates for career fairs and forums, seminars and workshops, and availability of the education consultant.

The current program running for the month of September is ‘Alternative Routes to Admission to Practice’.

For further information please see here.

3. World Model UN Applications

Do you want to intern and work alongside Harvard, Monash and RMIT Universities? Are you passionate about international relations, development, law and economics? Do you want to meet 2000+ like-minded students from all over the world? Are you looking to expand your networks and interact with domestic and international institutions as well as governmental agencies? Add an exciting feature to your summer break by applying to be a part of the Melbourne Host Team. Applications for Committee Chairs and Logistics Interns are now open!

Intern Application
Logistical Intern Guide

Chair Application
Committee Chairs Guide

1. HLP Seminar 2012: Drones, Cyber Warfare and the Evolution of the Battlefield

As technology changes, so too does warfare. Does International Humanitarian Law need to change with it?

Nations are developing the capacity to wage war by remote, through armed drones and computer programs controlled continents away from their targets. Who controls these forces? Who is accountable for the damage that they cause? Can computer programmers and virtual pilots claim prisoner of war status? Can they be legitimately targeted by enemy forces?

How do the principles of International Humanitarian Law apply to 21st century warfare?

Former US military lawyer Dan Mori and Professor Tim McCormack will address the legal and ethical dilemmas of targeted and extra-judicial killings conducted by drone aircraft.

For more information, please see the Red Cross Website.

2. Welcome Plenary

Speaker: Kon Karapanagiotidis AO
Time: 5.30 – 6.30pm
Date: Tuesday 2 October 2012
Venue: Plenary Room 3, Melbourne Convention Exhibition Centre

Kon Karapanagiotidis OAM is the CEO and Founder of the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre. Kon is proudly Greek, and grew up in a working class family in a small country town in Victoria. Kon’s personal experience of racism and witnessing the exploitation of his parents in factories planted the seeds for his passion for human rights. Kon went on to become a lawyer, social worker and teacher. His work as CEO has been recognized with being a Finalist for Australian of the Year (Victoria) in 2007, invited to participate in the 2020 Summit in 2008, voted one of Australia’s 20 Unsung Heroes as part of the launch in 2008 of the new Portrait Gallery in Canberra and voted as one of Melbourne 100 most influential people in The Age Melbourne Magazine. Most recently, Kon was awarded a Churchill Fellowship in 2010 and an Order of Australia Medal (OAM) in 2011.

Monash has 120 tickets all up, and are asking those wishing to attend to register for a free ticket by emailing their Name and Phone Number to socialmedia@monash.edu.

1. Law Student Professional Development Workshops

The Student Experience Manager has secured a range of 55 minute ‘bite sized’ PD training opportunities for students and I would like to offer you the opportunity to avail yourselves of them in a range of fascinating and useful areas. These are is now available to you to book via your MyMonash portal, you will find the booking system at: my.monash > News and events tab > Booking systems section > Law Student Professional Development booking system

On offer currently is:

Tuesday 25 September 2012

• 11.00 – 12.00 Noon – “Confident Conversations”, max 15 participants
• 12.00 – 1.00 pm – “Diplomacy, Influence and Persuasion”, max 15 participants
• 1.00 – 2.00 – “Get More Done with Less Effort”, max 12 participants –
• 2.00 – 3.00 – “Ban Procrastination”, max 15 participants –
• 3.00 – 4.00 – “The Art of Mingling at Networking Functions”, max 25 participants

Wed 26 September 2012

• 11.00 – 12.00 – “Assertiveness For Everyday Life, Part 1”, max 10 participants
• 12.00 – 1.00 – “Diplomacy, Influence and Persuasion”, max 15 participants
• 1.00 – 2.00 – “Public Speaking: Presentations Without the Pain, Part 1”, max 10 participants
• 2.00 – 3.00 – “The Art of Mingling at Networking Functions”, max 25 participants
• 3.00 – 4.00 – “Confident Conversations”, max 15 participants

Wednesday 3 October 2012

• 11.00 – 12.00 – “Assertiveness For Everyday Life, Part 2”, max 10 participants
• 12.00 – 1.00 “Get More Done with Less effort”, max 12 participants
• 1.00 – 2.00 – “Public Speaking: Presentations Without the Pain, Part 2”, max 10 participants
• 2.00 – 3.00 – “Ban Procrastination”, max 15 participants
• 3.00 – 4.00 – “Confident Conversations”, max 15 participants

Thursday 4 October 2012

• 11.00 – 12.00 Noon – “Confident Conversations”, max 15 participants
• 12.00 – 1.00 pm – “Diplomacy, Influence and Persuasion”, max 15 participants
• 1.00 – 2.00 – “Get More Done with Less Effort”, max 12 participants
• 2.00 – 3.00 – “Ban Procrastination”, max 15 participants
• 3.00 – 4.00 – “The Art of Mingling at Networking Functions”, max 25 participants

Please note numbers are strictly limited and places will be allocated on a ‘first in, best dressed’ policy.

You are able to find out more information on the content of each session and Register your desired attendance in your myMonash portal. If you are too late and the event is full you will be placed on a waiting list. If you cannot attend an event you have Registered for, please cancel and your fellow student will be bumped from the Wait list to enable them to attend.

Please note the Assertiveness and Public Speaking sessions are both ‘two-parters’; do not Register if you cannot attend both as there is a take home practice task for presentation the following week, in order to fully benefit and practice the skills taught.

I hope you feel these training sessions will come in very useful in both professional and personal life situations. The faculty hopes you find them of benefit.

2. Monash Mental Health Week

With one in five Australians experiencing some form of mental illness, Monash Mental Health Week, from 8 to 12 October, aims to raise awareness of the importance of mental health at Monash through a great variety of events across each campus.

1. 2013 Re-enrolment

Re-enrolment for 2013 commences on 8 October and ends on 19 November 2012. Students may re-enrol via WES for the 2013 academic year during the re-enrolment period. If you have not re-enrolled by 19 November 2012 you may do so between the 20 November to 14 December 2012 but a $289 late fee will be applied. Please see the Re-enrolment webpage for further information.

2. JD Census

The census date for Juris Doctor units in Trimester 3 2012 is Monday 24 September 2012.

If a student discontinues a unit before the census date, the student will receive ‘Withdrawn early’ for the unit, which means:

• Financial – No financial penalty
• Academic – No academic penalty

Detailed information about unit discontinuation dates and relevant outcomes is available online.

3. Trimester 3 Examination Timetable

Reminder: Trimester 3 JD examination timetable is available online.

1. LAW5901 Research Practicum (6pts) – Application Deadline Extended

Applications for the following unit will now be accepted for Semester 1, 2013 until Monday 24 September, 2012:

LAW5901 Research Practicum (6pts)

Application forms and unit information are available from the ‘Research Practicum’ website or at the Law Student Services counter.

The Research Practicum is a 6 point elective unit to be offered in Semester 1, 2013. The Unit will provide selected high achieving, later year LLB students with an opportunity to contribute to the work of a leading regulatory, law reform and/or policy setting organisation in the legal sector.

This selective unit places our most able students for 18 days in one of 18 public sector agencies including, the Victorian Law Reform Commission, Judicial College, Sentencing Advisory Council, Magistrates Court, National Institute of Forensic Science, Red Cross, Office of the Commissioner for Environmental Sustainability and the Public Interest Law Clearing House.

Research Practicum is the kind of unit that you will find rewarding and challenging.

Please direct your enquiries to:

Assoc. Prof. Kathy Laster
LAW5901 Convenor
T: 03 9905 6260
E: kathy.laster@monash.edu

Renee Giblin
Student Services Officer
T: 03 9905 3838
E: renee.giblin@monash.edu

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1. Employment and Career Development Activities

2012 dates for career fairs and forums, seminars and workshops, and availability of the education consultant.

The current program running for the month of September is ‘Alternative Routes to Admission to Practice’.

For further information please see here.

2. UN Youth Victoria

UN Youth Victoria is currently accepting applications for Victorian Conference 2013 committee positions. Held in March each year, the Victorian Conference attracts student leaders in years 10-12 from across the state, and features international affairs-themed educational workshops, guest speakers, leadership activities and Model United Nations debates. It is run entirely by volunteers under 25.

For more details and to apply, please visit vic.conference.org.au.

1. 2012 Costello Lecture

Presented by The Honourable Justice Kevin Bell, introduced by Tim Costello AO.

‘Protecting public housing tenants in Australia from forced eviction: the fundamental importance of the human right to housing and home’

The tenure of most public housing tenants in Australia is precarious and can be terminated without cause. There is talk of moving some tenants on, raising the spectre of forced eviction. In that context, this lecture examines the fundamental importance of the human right to housing and home.

Date: Tuesday 18 September, 2012
Time: 6 – 7.15 pm
Location: Monash University Law Chambers, 555 Lonsdale Street
RSVP: Thursday, 13 September 2012, law-marketing@monash.edu or (03) 9905 2630

For further information please see here.

2. Free to Air Television in a Changing Media Landscape

Join Monash alumnus Jeffrey Browne (LLB, 1979), Managing Director of Nine Network Australia as he speaks about the role of free to air television in the evolving world of media.

Date: Wednesday 19 September, 2012
Time: 6 – 7.15 pm
Location: Monash University Law Chambers, 555 Lonsdale Street

For more information, please see the flyer.

3. Interesting Alumni with Interesting Careers

Last minute opportunity to attend exclusive careers event!

We have extended the RSVP period to allow additional keen students to attend. There are limited places available on a first come first served basis.

Trying to decide on your next move? Want to hear more about life outside the world of commercial law in Melbourne? Come and hear young successful alumni speak about what they are doing and how they got there. Join the interactive panel discussion and ‘speed career’ with Judge’s Associates, Barristers, Public Servants, Management Consultants and Government Advisors. Food and drink provided.

The following prominent alumni will be in attendance:

• Meg O’Sullivan, Barrister, Former Solicitor (Malleson Stephen Jaques)
• Fiona Prowse, Senior Departmental Liason Officer, Department of Premier and Cabinet
• Natalia Antolak-Saper, Monash PHD Candidate, junior lawyer (Lander & Rogers)
• Brett Harding, Associate to Justice Emerton of the Victorian Supreme Court
• Natalie Siegel, Director, Pricewaterhouse Coopers with extensive experience in Indigenous social policy and legal services administration

Please RSVP by Monday 17th September 2012 here.

4. Kyoto and Tokyo Seminars in Japanese Law

Kyoto Seminar: : 5-9 February 2013
Tokyo Seminar: 12-13 February 2013

(An introductory class will be held in Sydney on 30 January 2013 from 5-7pm)

The Kyoto and Tokyo seminars offer a unique opportunity to study Japanese Law on an intensive basis in global and socio-economic context. The program aims to develop the general skills of comparative lawyers, to effectively and critically assess contemporary developments in one of the world’s wealthiest democracies. It is jointly organised by Sydney Law School and Ritsumeikan University School of Law in collaboration with the Australian Network for Japanese Law (ANJeL).

Applications are now open and close on Wednesday 10 October 2012. For full information please visit the University of Sydney website.

5. State Immunity, War Crimes and Human Rights

Until recently the law of state immunity might have seemed settled and uncontroversial. That is not so. There is a struggle between those who would reduce immunity still further – especially of senior officials such as General Pinochet – and those who would maintain immunity even for outrageous foreign governmental acts. In the age of the International Criminal Court, is Pinochet passé? Professor Crawford will review these developments and suggest a new synthesis. Professor James Crawford James Crawford has been Whewell Professor of International Law at the University of Cambridge since 1992, and a Research Professor at LaTrobe University since 2011. He has served as a member of the International Law Commission and was Special Rapporteur for State Responsibility from 1998-2001. He was also the Australian Law Reform Commissioner in charge of the reference leading to the Foreign States Immunities Act 1984 (Cth). He is a member of the NSW and English bars, has appeared in 23 cases before the International Court of Justice and is the author of numerous publications.

Date: Monday, 24 September 2012
Time: 4.00pm
Venue: John Scott Meeting House, Main Chamber, La Trobe University
RSVP: Here.

1. Semester 2 SETU Surveys

Can you please complete the Semester 2 SETU survey for your Unit? You can access this survey for your S2 Units via your my.monash portal. Please note that the SETU surveys close off on the following dates:

• 12 Sept – some LLM and most UG units
• 7 Sept – Winter Units – LAW4160
• Full Year Units – the SETU surveys will open on 21 Sept and close on 26 Oct
• T3-58 Units – the SETU surveys will open on 1 Oct and close on 15 Oct
• T4-57 Units – the SETU surveys will open on 25 Oct and close on 1 Nov.

If you don’t know which Teaching period your Unit is in then you can check up on the relevant Timetable online (UG units / PG units)

We really appreciate you completing these online SETU surveys each Semester as your ratings and feedback help our teachers to continually improve the quality of our Units.

1. 2013 Postgraduate Class Timetable Publication Date

2013 class timetables (JD and LLM) will be published online by 1 October 2012. Students can access 2013 timetables in due course.

2. Trimester 3 Unit Discontinuation Dates

The census date for Juris Doctor units in Trimester 3 2012 is Monday 24 September 2012. If a student discontinues a unit before the census date, the student will receive ‘Withdrawn early’ for the unit, which means:

• Financial – No financial penalty
• Academic – No academic penalty

Detailed information about unit discontinuation dates and relevant outcomes is available online.

3. Trimester 3 Examination Timetable

Trimester 3 JD examination timetable is available here.

1. New Unit

New Summer Semester Intensive offering of LAW5127 Trial Practice & Advocacy from 7 – 27 November 2012. Classes to be held in the city at Monash Law Chambers.

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