General Notices
1. Faculty Managed Internship Opportunity – Kuala Lumpur Regional Centre for Arbitration (KLRCA) Internship
Applications are now open for the three month internship from December 2016 – February 2017.
Applications close Friday 15 July 2016.
For further information please see application process and eligibility criteria.
Student Mobility Funding may be provided. Please see eligibility criteria.
2. Are you ready for a global career?
Contemporary legal practice is no longer limited to the local.
Lawyers now practice in a global context: across jurisdictions, in diverse cultural environments and often mediated by digital technologies.
Against this context this new unit (LAW4250, offered over Summer 2016-17) provides the foundation from which law graduates might take advantage of the increasing opportunities in global legal practice.
Please see here for more details.
3. Connecting with Law Short Film Competition
The Connecting with Law Short Film Competition is launching again for 2016.
Open to all Australian law students, the Connecting with Law Short Film Competition is an opportunity for students to get creative, get their name known in law and be in the running to win great prizes.
This year, students are invited to create a 2-5 minute film about what inspires them to study law, that will educate, entertain and engage their fellow law students and help them connect with law.
Please find more information here.
4. Indigenous rights and international law (LAW5348) – Still spaces available in postgraduate unit
Led by Melissa Castan, this popular unit will examine the existing international law that promotes/protects human rights and freedoms of Indigenous peoples and locate this law within their culture and traditions. The impact of the major international instruments that protect and promote the rights of Indigenous peoples will be discussed. Teaching period is 4, 6, 9, 11 and 13 May 2016, 9.30am – 4pm Monash University Law Chambers. Assessment is by seminar participation: 10%, Literature review (equivalent to 800 words): 10%, Research paper (6,000 words): 80%. Contact law-postgraduate@monash.edu or Melissa.castan@monash.edu
5. International Trade and Business Law Review – request for submissions
The Editorial Board of the International Trade and Business Law Review (‘the Review) are now inviting submissions for Volume XX of the Review.
The Review publishes leading articles consisting of original research, case notes, comments, and book reviews concerning international trade and business law, arbitration law and comparative law.
Academic staff and students now have the opportunity to make a submission to the Review.
Please find more information including submission details in this letter here.
Please note submissions close Friday 1 July 2016.
For more details contact Editor Tracy Albin: tracy.albin@student.curtin.edu.au
6. Leap into Leadership Online to boost your employability today
Leap into Leadership Online (LiLO) is a suite of practical, straightforward and fun online modules. Become a leader and build your skills in communication, teamwork, problem-solving, event management and more.
Modules take about 1 to 2 hours to complete, and you can do them any time, at any stage of your degree.
Read more, choose a topic and enrol now.
7. Medico-Legal Society of Victoria Essay Competition
The Medico Legal Society of Victoria would like to invite final year students studying Law or Medicine to enter an essay competition.
The topic of the essay is:
“The most controversial issue the medico-legal sphere faces today is…..”
The competition is an excellent opportunity for final year students to gain access to a professional organisation prior completion of their degrees and the opportunity to meet and learn from professionals in their field.
The competition will close on Monday 30 May 2016.
Essays should be between 1500 and 2000 words in length.
Total (non-cash) Prize value is approximately $1,635.00 per Prize winner.
For more details please click here.
8. Prestigious Scholarship Information Session
Prestigious scholarships provide outstanding students with the resources needed to excel.
These generous and well recognised scholarships are open to those committed to contributing to a better future, and who are able to demonstrate leadership and academic merit.
The Prestigious Scholarship Information Session will provide interested students with strategies and handy tips about how to apply, firsthand information from the scholarship providers in attendance and the opportunity to ask questions and receive personal advice.
Attending the event will be representatives from Museum Victoria, the Menzies Foundation, the Fulbright Commission, the Department of Education and Training (Endeavour Scholarship), the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (New Colombo Plan), the Sir John Monash Foundation and Westpac (Westpac Future Leaders Scholarship), and recipients from various scholarships including the Rhodes Trust.
A light lunch will also be provided.
Who can attend: Undergraduate students in their final year, masters and PhD students.
Date: Thursday 26 May 2016
Time: 12.00pm–2.00pm
Venue: Lecture Theatre S1, 16 Rainforest Walk, Clayton campus
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Melina Talanis (melina.talanis@monash.edu), Senior Industry and Community Connections Officer.
9. Internship Opportunity in Rome, Italy
The four week internship with Studio Legale Delfino e Associati Wilkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, an international law firm in Rome, will run between around mid-June and the end of July 2016, with the final start and end dates to be negotiated with the student and the firm.
Subject to eligibility, Faculty funding will be available for the successful applicant from the Law Faculty’s Student Mobility Fund.
For further information on the funding criteria and the application process, please see the internship website but note that the timelines for 2016 differ from those stated there.
For further information regarding the firm, please see their website.
Studio Legale Delfino have expressed a preference for students who are well-advanced in their law degree, with strong academic performance and preferably (although not essentially) some knowledge of Italian or another Romance language. Applicants should explain in their personal statement why they are interested in the work and mission of Studio Legale Delfino.
To apply, please complete the Studio Legale Delfino e Associati application form and submit together with supporting documentation to law-international@monash.edu by 5.00 pm Friday 6 May 2016.
10. Taxation Law and Advanced Taxation Law
Considering an additional qualification?
Two of our LLB(Hons) units (LAW4704 Taxation Law and LAW4332 Advanced Taxation Law) have been approved by the Tax Practitioners Board as approved courses in Australian taxation law that can count towards qualification as a registered tax agent. Note that in addition to undertaking these units, there are other requirements that must also be met.
Please find further information here about the requirements for becoming a registered tax agent.
For details of the approved courses please see here.
Please contact Professor Stephen Barkoczy (Stephen.Barkoczy@monash.edu) if you have any further queries.
11. Endeavour Mobility Grants 2017 applications now open
Applications for the 2017 round of Endeavour Mobility Grants funded by the Australian Government are now open.
This funding provides support for students on international outbound short-term programs and semester length programs and can include an administrative supplement for the management of the mobility projects.
We invite you to consider an application within the 2017 round of Endeavour Mobility Grants funding round through the following guidelines and the Monash internal application template.
The following forms of funding are available:
- STMP provides student grants of $2000 per student for short-term study.
- Asia Postgrad provides student grants of $5000 per student for semester study and $2000 per student for short-term study.
- A Language Support Grant of $1000 per student is available under the Asia Postgrad.
- A Project Facilitation Grant is available at a rate of $1500 per eligible program to be used to cover administrative costs associated with management of the program
Please note applications close Friday 27 May 2016.
Before completing your application, please refer to FAQs and Guidelines.
For further information please contact monash.abroad@monash.edu.