General Notices
1. ACICIS Study Indonesia
Semester Programs Commencing August 2015
- International Relations Program (taught in English)
- Islamic Business, Law and Society Program (taught in English)
- West Java Field Study (taught in English or Indonesian)
- Indonesian Language Teacher Immersion Program (taught in Indonesian)
Students may apply for these programs using the online form or alternatively download a paper-based application package.
Applications close Friday 1 May
For queries please contact the ACICIS Secretariat acicis@murdoch.edu.au or phone (08) 9360 6254.
2. Company Law in Rome, Italy
LUISS Summer School on European & Comparative Company Law: Capital Markets in Rome, Italy
In cooperation with Leiden University under the aegis of the Centre for European Company Law (CECL). This course is designed as an add-on to the education of law students as well as graduates with an interest in company law. It will allow participants to prepare for or complement a graduate degree in business law by gaining an in-depth exposure to the theory and practice of company law in Europe and acquiring the tools for dealing with cross-border transactions involving listed companies.
Dates: June 12 – June 20, 2015
Closing Date for applications: 1 June 2015
Download the brochure for further information and online application.
3. VADR CPD Event: Early Neutral Evaluation
You are cordially invited to a VADR CPD presentation on Tuesday, 5 May 2015, when Chief Magistrate of Victoria, Peter Lauritsen will speak on the Early Neutral Evaluation Program. The program was introduced into the Magistrates’ Court, Victoria with effect from 1 July 2012 after a 2010 pilot. In Early Neutral Evaluation, parties present their cases by way of submission on the facts and law to an evaluator, who provides them with a non-binding, confidential evaluation of their dispute. The Chief Magistrate will discuss how the process operates, in what circumstances it is most effective and the success of the programme generally.
Peter Lauritsen became the Chief Magistrate of Victoria on 29 November 2012 after being first being appointed as a magistrate in 1989, and Deputy Chief Magistrate in 2003. Between 1987 and 1989, he was a magistrate for the Northern Territory. During his career, Mr Lauritsen has taken on a range of responsibilities in relation to the management and operation of various Courts and Tribunals, and chaired committees such as the Civil Rules Committee and the Court’s Dispute Resolution Committee. Externally, he has represented the Court on numerous committees, bodies, boards and advisory groups including the Council of Legal Education, the Courts’ Library Committee, and the Judicial Officer’s Aboriginal Cultural Awareness Committee.
Where: Coopers Inn (2nd floor), cnr Exhibition and Little Lonsdale Streets,
When: Tuesday, 5 May 2015, 5.45pm for a 6.15 pm start.
Cost: Free to current VADR members, $20 for non-members. Finger food is provided. Drinks are available at the bar.
If you’d like to attend, please email admin@vadr.asn or president@vadr.asn.au. Please feel free to pass on details of the event to anyone you feel may be interested.
Download the flyer for more details.
4. Mental Health Programs
A range of upcoming Mental Health Programs are available for Monash staff and students. The more popular programs include but are not limited to, health awareness, stress release, first aid training and meditation sessions.
Most of these programs are free!
For more information on dates and venues download Mental Health flyer
5. Peer Support – English Program
Peer Support is an English Program operated by the MSA and CCD where trained students (facilitators) are able to assist students with English language in their assignments.
- The program runs 20 minute drop in, one-one sessions for students who would like extra help.
- The service is available from Week 3-Week 12 from Tuesday-Thursday at 11am-2pm each day.
- The service operates in the John Medley Library in the Campus Centre.
For more details see links below:
6. New Externship Opportunity: LAW4803 VCAT Self Help Centre Externship
VCAT Self Help Centre Externship – A new clinical externship will be available from second semester 2015.
Students participating in this externship program will work with staff members of the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT) in its Self Help Centre.
Students will attend VCAT for one full day each week over a 12 week period, providing unrepresented parties with information about VCAT’s practices and procedures that will help parties make or defend claims in diverse areas such as planning and environmental, tenancy, consumer, guardianship, mental health, equal opportunity and building and property law.
7. Would you like to save money on public transport? Join the myki Commuter Club now
Monash offers all staff (including sessionals and casuals) and non-concession students (including international students), the opportunity to participate in the Monash Commuter Club scheme. The scheme offers public transport users a 10% discount on 365 day passes (yearly pass).
By joining the myki Commuter Club, not only are you doing your bit for the environment, but you can also:
receive a 10% discount on your 365 day Myki pass
use your myki on metropolitan trains, trams or buses all year round
avoid fare increases and the need to top up your myki for 12 months.
Download the myki Commuter Club flyer