General Notices
1. Monash Dominates ALSA National Essay Competition
The Monash LSS together with the Faculty of Law is pleased to congratulate students Kate Mulvany, Mandy Milner and Jennifer Wong who respectively placed first, second and third in the Australian Law Student Association’s (ALSA) National Essay Competition 2014.
This competition was open to all Australian law students and the three winning essays will be published in the 2014 ALSA Academic Journal.
First place recipient, Kate Mulvaney who is a JD student, won the award for her research essay that she submitted for LAW7492 Health Law.
The Monash Law Students’ Society was able to send eight students to attend the Australian Law Students’ Association (ALSA) July Conference in Brisbane and compete in three competitions. Each year the ALSA Conference hosts national level finals of all domestic LSS/LSA competitions with Australian and New Zealand law schools each sending one team.
James Beavis, Rebecca Lew and Stephen Moore represented Monash in the King & Wood Mallesons Championship Moot, Elissa Young and Gisela Nip represented Monash in the Red Cross International Humanitarian Law (IHL) Moot and Geerthana Narendren represented Monash in the Witness Examination Competition.
LSS President Tim Rankin and Director of Education Lynton Brooks also attended ALSA Council to discuss current issues for law students with their counterparts from other Australian, New Zealand and Asian Law schools. The ALSA Council is an invaluable tool in ensuring student societies share new initiatives for the betterment of all law students.
2. The Faculty of Law History Book
“Pericleans, Plumbers and Practitioners: The First Fifty Years of the Monash University Law School”
By Peter Yule and Fay Woodhouse
The Faculty of Law History book is now available to purchase online from the Monash Publishing website
3. Vice-Chancellor’s Professorial Fellows Speaker Series
Opportunity for students to attend the Vice-Chancellor’s Professorial Fellows Speaker Series which will take place from Wednesday 6 until Wednesday 27 August.
For further information and registration please see the website