General Notices
Monday, September 1st, 20141. Antipodeans Abroad
Antipodeans Abroad would like to invite students to India and Swaziland to carry out volunteer projects during their Uni holidays.
The UniBreak program is a great way for students to immerse themselves in another culture, gain valuable personal and professional experience, whilst giving back to a community in need.
Places are limited for the November/January placements. Book now!
- Click on our UniBreak homepage
- Register for an Info Night or webinar
- Submit expression of interest
Download UniBreak project fact sheet
2. Germany Seminar Opportunity
Encounter Europe – Visit Germany
A DAAD Seminar for Students from Australia and New Zealand at the European Academy Otzenhausen
Applications close Monday 1 September, 2014
For further information and application process please see the flyer.
3. Meet Our Distinguished Jurist in Residence
We welcome the Honourable Professor Peter Gray as our Distinguished Jurist in Residence for semester two. He is a retired judge of the Federal Court of Australia. He is happy to talk to students about anything that interests them, including their studies and possible careers in the law. He is in room 351 at Monash Clayton, usually in the middle of the week, and at Monash University Law Chambers in the city on Mondays and Fridays. Students can drop in, or email Prof Gray at peter.gray@monash.edu, or meet him when he visits the lounge area on the ground floor at Clayton from time to time.
4. My Aurora Experience – Native Title Services Victoria
For six weeks during early 2014, I had the opportunity to undertake an Aurora internship via the Aurora Native Title Internship Program, at Native Title Services Victoria (“NTSV”). NTSV is the legal service that represents Victorian native title claimants. I made NTSV my first preference because I wanted to see if I would enjoy working in a legal environment specialising in native title law. Although I quickly realised that native title law was (unsurprisingly) much more complicated than I had thought from my two weeks of studying it in property law, I discovered that native title and Indigenous rights are fascinating areas of the law.
Aurora warned me to go in with an open mind and to expect a variety of work – from filing to legal research. While I did undertake some administrative tasks at NSTV, the majority of my internship was spent working with the legal team. I was asked to do a variety of tasks, from writing a research brief to be used in an upcoming negotiation, to looking through the minutes of almost twenty years of meetings to work out when a claimant group decided to reduce their claim boundaries. I also attended a directions hearing at the Federal Court. The constantly changing nature of the work meant that my 6 week internship flew by. NTSV made a genuine effort to provide me with interesting work and succeeded.
The highlight of my internship was attending two different native title group meetings on country. These meetings gave me a valuable insight into how the native title process impacts upon traditional owners. It was also an opportunity to develop my understanding of the significance of the land to Aboriginal people. Hearing the stories and history of the group at these meetings is something I will never forget. If anyone undertaking an internship has the chance to go on country, I strongly recommend it.
Choosing to do this internship through Aurora was one of the best choices I could have made. I learned a variety of practical legal skills and enhanced my knowledge of native title law and the issues relating to Indigenous rights. I also had the chance to work with some amazing, dedicated and passionate people at NTSV. I highly recommend applying for the Aurora Internship Program; it will be an unforgettable experience.
5. Oaktree Roadtrip
This September, you have an unprecedented opportunity to make change on a global scale.
As world leaders come together in Brisbane this year for the G20 summit, we’re hitting the road to ensure that they take action to end extreme poverty; and we want you to join us.
From Sunday 28 September until Saturday 4 October, join a thousand young people on the End Poverty Roadtrip. We’ll journey across the country to transform the way that Australians think about the issue. We’ll meet our leaders to ensure that they commit to upholding the standards of fairness and justice for the world’s poor.
Because now, more than ever, as the international spotlight falls on Australia, we need to ensure that our leaders have the conviction to create real change.
Sign up for the Roadtrip today, to make sure that our generation is the one to end extreme poverty.
While extreme poverty has been halved over the last twenty years, we know it’s been a tough few months. Australia’s aid budget has been axed, with $7.6 billion dollars slashed over the course of five years. Cut after cut, progress has been stifled.
But we have the power to transform this reality.
It starts with the Roadtrip and it starts with you.
Get on board today at the website.
6. S2 SETU Surveys
Please complete these S2 surveys:
- S2 LLM Units – open Monday 1 September and close on Monday 22 September
- T3-58 LLM Units & 3 UG Clinical Units – open Thursday 25 September and close on Thursday 16 October
- S2 LLB Units – open Sunday 12 October and close on Sunday 2 November
- T4-57 LLM Units – open Monday 27 October and close on Monday 17 November
- T3 JD Units – open Sunday 2 November and close on Sunday 23 November
You can access these surveys via your my.monash portal or go to the website
The Law Faculty believes that the SETU surveys are very important as they help us to continually improve our Units and Teaching so that we can offer you a high quality legal educational experience. We rely on your feedback and comments to let us know not only what we are doing well in the Units but also what still can be improved and your suggestions as to how these improvements might be achieved.