Events
1. Book Launch – United States Migrant Interdiction and the Detention of Refugees in Guantánamo Bay
Australia’s detention of asylum seekers in Nauru and Papua New Guinea is modelled on the long standing US Migrant Interdiction Program which includes the detention of refugees by the US in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
This new book by Dr Azadeh Dastyari examines the US’ compliance with its legal obligations as it interdicts asylum seekers at sea, detains refugees in its immigration detention centre in Guantánamo Bay and resettles refugees in third countries. It asks what lessons can be learned from the world’s longest running offshore processing and detention regime.
To be launched by Senator Sam Dastyari.
Date: Tuesday 17 May 2016
Time: 6.00pm – 7.30pm
Venue: Monash Law Chambers, 555 Lonsdale St, Melbourne
RSVP: Tuesday 10 May 2016, online here
Please find more information here.
2. Entrepreneurship and Commercialisation Lecture Series
Registrations are now open for the Monash Entrepreneurship and Commercialisation lecture series.
Interested undergraduate and postgraduate students and staff are all welcome to attend the lectures.
Further information on topics, speakers and registration can be found here.
3. generationYOU
Is your career freaking you out?
generationYOU is a one day event that aims to help you stand out of the crowd and become the exception to the rule, not the stereotype.
Meet community and industry speakers who run hands-on and honest sessions around employer expectations and skills such as problem solving, networking, building a personal brand, communication and more.
Featuring speakers from companies such Etsy, Australia Post, Ashurst, Arup, Melbourne University, The Foundation for Young Australians and more.
Date: Friday 22 April 2016
Time: 8.30am – 4.30pm
Location: Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre
Price: Concession $75; Full $99
More info here and generationyou.com.au
4. Intimidation and repression in Uganda – Castan Centre event
Uganda’s February elections saw President Yoweri Museveni win his fifth term as president, extending an uninterrupted 30-year stint in office.
Worsening restrictions on freedom of speech and assembly in the lead up to the elections cast serious doubt over whether they were conducted in a free and fair manner.
Join Ugandan human rights lawyer Nicholas Opiyo and Human Rights Watch Senior Africa Researcher Maria Burnett as they examine Uganda’s failure to make progress on human rights issues, and what can be done to ensure its citizens can freely exercise fundamental human rights.
Date: 19 April 2016
Time: 6.00pm to 7.15pm
Venue: Monash University Law Chambers, Seminar Room 3, Level 2, 555 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne
RSVP: castan.centre@monash.edu or telephone 03 9905 3327
For full details please click here.
5. The inaugural Sue Campbell Oration presented by Professor Peter Joy
Published by the Journal of Professional Legal Education in 1991, Sue Campbell’s Blueprint for a Clinical Program highlighted the benefits of clinical legal education to both students and staff alike.
At the time of publication there were only two full-scale clinical legal education programs operating in Australian Law Faculties – one at Monash, established in 1975 and the context of Sue’s discussion, and one established in 1981 at the University of New South Wales.
Since that time, however, over 70% of Australia’s thirty-six law schools have developed clinical programs, with Sue’s article – and the strategies it offered other faculties – truly serving as a blueprint for this expansion. Not only has clinical legal education expanded greatly in Australia, it has now spread throughout the world.
The Susan Campbell Oration will review the state of clinical legal education in Australia and elsewhere; evaluate the impact of the strategies that Sue set forth; discuss where clinical legal education is today; and suggest a blueprint for a robust and innovative future.
Date: Wednesday 11 May 2016
Time: 5:30-7:30pm
Venue: Monash Law Chambers, 555 Lonsdale St, Melbourne
RSVP: Wednesday 4 May 2016, register HERE
Light refreshments will be provided.
For further information please click here.
6. Young people & the law
Migrant Resource Centre North West will present a panel of experts during Law Week 2016 to discuss a range of legal issues affecting young people, their relatives and carers.
Topics will include homelessness, drugs and alcohol, discrimination and human rights. Several young people will also share their own experiences with the law.
Date: Friday 20 May 2016
Time: 9.30am – 12.30pm
Location: State Library of Victoria, Melbourne CBD
Cost: Free
RSVP essential. Book tickets (and more info) here.