General Notices
1. Applications now open for the Law Council of Australia, Business Law Section (BLS) scholarships
The Business Law Section (BLS) of the Law Council of Australia is excited to announce that applications for our annual scholarship programs are now open.
These scholarships are aimed at early career lawyers including researchers, graduate students and faculty.
Each scholarship consists of a $5000 prize and the opportunity to present the winning paper to a gathering of eminent senior lawyers from the relevant field.
The three scholarships are the:
- Forsyth Pose Scholarship for taxation law
- Gaire Blunt Scholarship for competition law
- Santow Scholarship for corporations law.
2. The S1 SETU survey dates
Please note the following dates for the SETU surveys for Semester 1, 2015 – please don’t forget to complete the online SETU surveys before the closing date The University will send reminders to you to complete the SETU surveys until you complete the surveys for ALL the Units in which you are enrolled. Thank you so much for completing these surveys – we really do appreciate the time you take to do this and use your feedback to help us continually improve the Units we offer.
- T1-58 LLM Units- SETU survey opens 13 March and shuts down on 20 March
- T1-58 JD Units- SETU survey opens 20 March and shuts down on 10 April
- S1 UG Units – SETU survey opens 22 May and shuts down on 5 June
- S1 LLM Units- SETU survey opens 27 March and shuts down on17 April
- UG Clinical Units – SETU survey opens 20 March and shuts down on 10 April
- T2-57 LLM Units – SETU survey opens 24 April and shuts down on 8 May
- Prato Units – Group 1 Units taught 7 April to 29 May -SETU survey opens 4 May and shuts down on 29 May
- Prato Units – Group 2 Units taught 1 June to 26 June – SETU survey opens 12 June and shuts down on 26 June
3. Australia’s Most Prestigious Essay Competition: Governor-General’s Prize
The Governor-General’s Prize is an annual essay competition open to Australian citizens and permanent residents who are enrolled in an undergraduate degree at an Australian university.
For over ten years, this prestigious competition has provided students with the opportunity to be recognised for their academic skill, talent, and research.
Each year, the judging panel for the Governor-General’s Prize has been chaired by a Justice of the High Court of Australia. The Hon. Justice Patrick Keane has agreed to chair the judging panel for 2015.
In 2015, the questions for the Governor-General’s Prize relate to the 800th anniversary of Magna Carta. The questions either refer explicitly to the enduring relevance of Magna Carta, or take the anniversary as an opportunity to investigate Australia’s broader constitutional heritage (of which Magna Carta is a defining moment), or the protection of freedom in Australia (which can be traced back to Magna Carta).
The deadline for submission: 30 June 2015.
For more information: www.ggprize.org.au
4. Monash-King’s College, London Degree Pathway
Outstanding Monash Law Faculty Bachelor of Laws (LLB) and Juris Doctor (JD) students have a pathway opportunity to study the LLM Program at the Dickson Poon School of Law, King’s College London, United Kingdom (King’s).
Students must have a maximum of four units to complete of their LLB or JD degrees (electives) prior to commencement of the King’s LLM. Upon successful completion of the LLM, the units studied at Kings College will be credited towards your Monash law degree (maximum four units). The degrees of LLB or JD (Monash) and LL M King’s will then be obtained.
Further details including eligibility and how to apply – http://www.law.monash.edu.au/current-students/monash-king-college-pathway.html
Students must apply to Monash first and then to King’s College by 31 March 2015
If you are considering applying for this pathway option, please email under subject heading Monash-King’s pathway expression of interest: cathy.meredith@monash.edu
Generous scholarships also available through King’s College
King’s College offer three exciting scholarship opportunities available for the LLM programme,
- The Yeoh Tiong Lay LLM Scholarships
- The Bosco Tso and Emily NG Scholarship Programme
- the Nigerian Law Scholars Fund.
For further information about these scholarships and other available funding for the LLM, please visit http://www.kcl.ac.uk/law/study/scholarships.aspx
A new Monash Law Faculty Scholarship for overseas postgraduate pathway study will be announced soon – please check the Student Gazette over the next couple of weeks.
5. 2015 Monash University Alumni Outreach Campaign – seeking Law student involvement
The Dean, Professor Bryan Horrigan, is keen to encourage Law students to get involved in the University’s Alumni Outreach Campaign this year.
Please see the relevant Career Gateway link below:
Note: you will need to log in with your student ID to see the advertisement and apply:
6. Hump Day 2015
Make sure you head down to check out Hump Day, on Wednesdays running weeks 1 – 12.
12pm – 2pm on the Lemon Scented Lawn, Behind the Campus Centre, Clayton Campus
- MSA Activities host a BBQ
- listen to the sounds of talented Monash musicians
- bands, DJs, solo artists.
See you there? Over the Hump of the week!