Law Student Gazette

1. Careers@Singapore 2013 : Legal Services

Date: Saturday, January 5, 2013
Time: 10 am – 11.30 am
Venue: SMU Administration Building, Level 4, Function 4.1, Singapore Management University, 81 Victoria Street, Singapore 188065

The participating legal organisations are: Baker & McKenzie, KhattaWong, Rodyk & Davidson and the Singapore Legal Service. The event will comprise a presentation and panel discussion followed by networking opportunities.

Attendance is free although you will need to register. For further information, please visit here.

2. Opening of the Legal Year

Celebrate how the community and the legal System work together towards achieving a just society.

Patron
The Honourable Marilyn Warren AC

Guest speakers
The Honourable Diana Bryant AO
The Honourable Lex Lasry
Professor Peter Norden AO

Date: Tuesday 29 January, 2013
Time: 9am for 9:30am
Venue: Waldron Hall, Level 1, County Court of Victoria, Cnr William and Lonsdale Streets
Cost: Free
RSVP: Wednesday 23 January, 2013

Further details can be found here.

3. Where Liberty Lies: Civil Society and Individual Rights in America’s “War on Terror” After 9/11

Presenter: Professor David Cole, Georgetown Law, Washington
Date: Tuesday, 18 December 2012
Time: 12:45pm to 1:45pm
Venue: Monash University Law Chambers, 555 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne
RSVP: castan.centre@monash.edu or telephone 03 9905 3327
Full details: Castan Centre website

Public Lecture- All Welcome

David Cole is a professor at Georgetown University Law Center, a volunteer attorney for the Center for Constitutional Rights, the legal affairs correspondent for The Nation, and a regular contributor to the New York Review of Books. He is the author of six books. His first book, No Equal Justice: Race and Class in the American Criminal Justice System was named Best Non-Fiction Book of 1999 by the Boston Book Review, and best book on an issue of national policy in 1999 by the American Political Science Association.Enemy Aliens: Double Standards and Constitutional Freedoms in the War on Terrorism, received the American Book Award in 2004. Less Safe, Less Free: Why America Is Losing the War on Terror, published in 2007, and coauthored with Jules Lobel, won the Palmer Civil Liberties Prize for best book on national security and civil liberties. His most recent book is The Torture Memos: Rationalizing the Unthinkable (2009).

1. Allocate+

Allocate+ for Trimester 1 2013 JD core units will be opened at 12pm on 17 December 2012 (except for LAW7470* & LAW7264*).

Students are required to complete the self-allocation by 3 January 2013. Due to the set size of each class, once a stream is full there are no more places available. Students who require to change stream must apply in writing to the Faculty by submitting the Changing seminar streams or tutorial group application form along with the supporting documentation by Friday 11 January 2013. Late applications or incomplete applications will not be accepted.

*Please note that Allocate+ will be open for LAW7470 & LAW7264 on Monday 7 January at 12pm, students are required to complete the self-allocation by Friday 18 January.

Allocation is not necessary for LLM/JD elective units as there is only one stream available.

Application to Change Lecture Stream or Tutorial

2. JD T1 Examination Timetable

JD Trimester 1 2013 examination timetable can be accessed online via the Law Faculty website.

1. Careers@Singapore 2013 : Legal Services

Date: Saturday, January 5, 2013
Time: 10 am – 11.30 am
Venue: SMU Administration Building, Level 4, Function 4.1, Singapore Management University, 81 Victoria Street, Singapore 188065

The participating legal organisations are: Baker & McKenzie, KhattaWong, Rodyk & Davidson and the Singapore Legal Service. The event will comprise a presentation and panel discussion followed by networking opportunities.

Attendance is free although you will need to register. For further information, please visit here.

2. Opening of the Legal Year

Celebrate how the community and the legal System work together towards achieving a just society.

Patron
The Honourable Marilyn Warren AC

Guest speakers
The Honourable Diana Bryant AO
The Honourable Lex Lasry
Professor Peter Norden AO

Date: Tuesday 29 January, 2013
Time: 9am for 9:30am
Venue: Waldron Hall, Level 1, County Court of Victoria, Cnr William and Lonsdale Streets
Cost: Free
RSVP: Wednesday 23 January, 2013

Further details can be found here.

3. Where Liberty Lies: Civil Society and Individual Rights in America’s “War on Terror” After 9/11

Presenter: Professor David Cole, Georgetown Law, Washington
Date: Tuesday, 18 December 2012
Time: 12:45pm to 1:45pm
Venue: Monash University Law Chambers, 555 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne
RSVP: castan.centre@monash.edu or telephone 03 9905 3327
Full details: Castan Centre website

Public Lecture- All Welcome

David Cole is a professor at Georgetown University Law Center, a volunteer attorney for the Center for Constitutional Rights, the legal affairs correspondent for The Nation, and a regular contributor to the New York Review of Books. He is the author of six books. His first book, No Equal Justice: Race and Class in the American Criminal Justice System was named Best Non-Fiction Book of 1999 by the Boston Book Review, and best book on an issue of national policy in 1999 by the American Political Science Association.Enemy Aliens: Double Standards and Constitutional Freedoms in the War on Terrorism, received the American Book Award in 2004. Less Safe, Less Free: Why America Is Losing the War on Terror, published in 2007, and coauthored with Jules Lobel, won the Palmer Civil Liberties Prize for best book on national security and civil liberties. His most recent book is The Torture Memos: Rationalizing the Unthinkable (2009).

1. Student Success Stories

Have you won an award/scholarship, been recognised for community service/leadership, or experienced a significant success whilst studying at Monash Law? If so, we want to hear from you! We would love to feature successful students and alumni in our many publication faculty publications; if you are willing to share your story with us please contact Lauren in the marketing department on either lauren.miller@monash.edu or 9905 2326.

1. Allocate+

Allocate+ for Trimester 1 2013 JD core units will be opened at 12pm on 17 December 2012 (except for LAW7470* & LAW7264*).

Students are required to complete the self-allocation by 3 January 2013. Due to the set size of each class, once a stream is full there are no more places available. Students who require to change stream must apply in writing to the Faculty by submitting the Changing seminar streams or tutorial group application form along with the supporting documentation by Friday 11 January 2013. Late applications or incomplete applications will not be accepted.

*Please note that Allocate+ will be open for LAW7470 & LAW7264 on Monday 7 January at 12pm, students are required to complete the self-allocation by Friday 18 January.

Allocation is not necessary for LLM/JD elective units as there is only one stream available.

Application to Change Lecture Stream or Tutorial

2. JD T1 Examination Timetable

JD Trimester 1 2013 examination timetable can be accessed online via the Law Faculty website.

1. SETU surveys for Summer Units

If you are taking a Summer Unit can you please note the following dates when the SETU surveys open and close. You can complete your SETU surveys online via your my.monash portal so it is very easy to do.

• Summer A Units – SETU surveys open on 2 Dec and close on 16 Dec
• Summer B Units – SETU surveys open on 18 Jan and close on 1 Feb
• T1-57 Units – SETU surveys open on 28 Feb and close on 29 March.

Please note that the T4-57 and T3-58 Units have already been evaluated.

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