Events
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.