Law Students’ Society (LSS) Notices
LSS General Notices
1. The L Card
You may be wondering what the new card you received with your membership keyring is, and it is an exciting new initiative with all Victorian LSS’ to create one discount card to be used across Melbourne.
On Clayton campus, the card is accepted at Artichoke & Whitebait and Taste Baguette for a 10% discount. For a full list of discounts, visit thevlcard.com.
2. Monash University Generator presents “The Ideator”
If you’ve got a start-up idea (or three) rattling around in your brain…
If you’re interested in entrepreneurship and innovation, even if you’ve never considered doing it yourself…
If you’re a technowhiz, marketing genius, builder, leader or cheer squad…
Everyone has a unique skill or an interesting perspective that can add value.
The IDEATOR is a fun start-up event where you can hash through lots of ideas, hack through a few promising ones and pitch the best ideas.
This could be a really fun 2 days, or it could be the start of an amazing journey.
Whether you’re a die hard junkie of the start-up or just want to vicariously experience the buzz of entrepreneurship, we welcome you to come along, and bring a friend!
When: 1.00pm Tuesday 24 May – 4.30pm Wednesday 25 May 2016
Where: 271 Collins St, Melbourne
What: start-up hackathon with mentorship, prototyping, pitch practice, etc.
Sector: 3 tracks – life science, Monash Challenge (IT), small biz/social
Sign up here.
3. Law Council of Australia Scholarships: Business Law
Each year the Business Law Section offers three scholarships of $5000 to the writer of the best papers in fields of Competition, Corporations and Taxation Law.
The scholarships are targeted to ‘early career’ legal professionals with less than four years of professional experience in the legal field of their paper. In the past winners have come from across academia, business and government sectors.
These scholarships are well suited to any Honours or research student who has previously written on a topic in one of the available fields.
Entries close Sunday 31 July 2016 at 5.00pm. For more information, please see here.
4. Leap into Leadership Online
Leap into Leadership Online is a suite of free modules to develop your employability and leadership skills at your own pace. It’s available for all current Monash students, any time – so you can complete as many modules as you like, at any stage of your studies.
Each module is practical, straightforward and fun, and takes about one to two hours to complete. There are no formal assessments to hand in, and you’ll earn a certificate for each module.
So, whether you want to hone your skills in communication, managing events or projects, teamwork or goal-setting, check out the modules on offer and get started today.
5. Lawyers for Animals Trivia Night
Lawyers for Animals for like to invite you to their first Trivia Night!
Gather a team together, or join one, to test your general knowledge and to benefit animals.
It will be a fun and informative evening with a hint of legal competition.
Date: Friday 20 May 2016
Time: from 5.30pm
Venue: The Apartment (bar), 401 Little Bourke St, Melbourne
Cost: $11.40 + optional $15 vegan dinner box
For more info and to purchase tickets please see here.
LSS Careers Notices
1. Herbert Smith Freehills Commercial Series
Herbert Smith Freehills invites you to an evening to learn more about the firm, practice areas, who they are and what they do.
Join them for a practical and interactive networking evening on any of the following dates.
All sessions run from 5.00pm – 7.00pm at Herbert Smith Freehills, Level 42, 101 Collins Street, Melbourne.
Wednesday 18 May: Finance, real estate and projects
Monday 23 May: Dispute resolution
Thursday 26 May: Employment, pensions and incentives
Monday 30 May: Corporate
Please register here if you are interested in attending one of the above events.
Please note that places are allocated to penultimate year students in the first instance.
2. Ashurst Open House
Aim beyond pure legal knowledge. Beyond commercial advice. Be known for something more: a clarity of thought and an instinct for problem solving that can influence governments and leading businesses the world over.
Join our Open House in Melbourne and we’ll show you first-hand what it is like to work at Ashurst.
You will have the opportunity to interact with all levels of the firm giving you an insight to the work we do across our practice areas, the clients we work with and to understand what life is like for our seasonal clerks and graduates.
This event is for highly driven law students graduating no earlier than 2018, with a genuine interest in practising commercial law.
Please register your interest here. You will be asked to complete a short application form and upload your CV.
Date: Tuesday 26 May 2016
Time: 5.00pm – 7.30pm
Venue: Ashurst, 181 William St, Melbourne
3. Environmental Justice Australia Volunteer Program – winter internships close 16 May 2016
Environmental Justice Australia (formerly the Environment Defenders Office) is offering a limited number of two-week internships for June – July 2016 to law students with a genuine and demonstrable interest in environmental issues, social justice issues and environmental law.
Opportunities available include providing paralegal support in Envirojustice cases, researching and updating publications and contributing to policy and law reform projects in areas such as biodiversity protection and climate change.
Internships are voluntary and based in the EJA office at the 60L Green Building, 60 Leicester Street, Carlton.
Applications are due by 5.00pm on Monday 16 May 2016.
For more information and how to apply please see here.
Competitions
1. HSF-NLUD International Negotiation Competition (INC)
INC is a competition organised by Herbert Smith Freehills and National Law University Delhi.
The first edition of the competition took place in 2014 and it was a big hit. The second edition, which was held in September 2015, drew participants from 23 internationally renowned universities from five countries, including the likes of Cambridge, Oxford, Sydney, Melbourne, Hong Kong and Cologne.
The competition aims at providing an opportunity to law students of select top universities across the globe to practice and improve their negotiation skills. It provides a platform for students to compete in a truly diverse and an international environment. The competition is carefully structured to simulate legal negotiations particularly for those students who aspire to be international lawyers.
Students participating in the competition will assume the roles of international lawyers in negotiating a series of legal problems. The problems will be based on real life examples and will comprise a common set of facts known to all participants and confidential information known only to the participants representing a particular side.
Each team will consist of two students, who must be enrolled in a full time degree (undergraduate or postgraduate) as at September 1 2016. Only one team per university will be allowed. The competition will begin 15 June 2016 (release of the problem), with the finals being 11 September 2016 and held in Delhi, India.
Please see here for more information.
2. 2016 National Essay Competition – open now
The NEC is open to all Australian law students and recent law graduates.
Students are encouraged to submit an academic paper between 3,000 and 12,000 words on any legal issue.
The winner will receive a prize of $1,000. The top four papers will also receive national exposure in the 2016 Australian Law Students’ Association Academic Journal which is distributed to all Australian law student societies.
The due date for all submissions is Monday 6 June 2016 at 5.00pm AEST.
For further information about the competition, including the submission requirements and marking criteria, please see here.
Social Justice & Equity
1. Brimbank Melton Community Legal Centre Volunteer Opportunities
Brimbank Melton Community Legal Centre is currently taking applications for its 2016 Semester 2 volunteer intake.
If you are interested in social justice and gaining legal experience working with clients who are socially and economically marginalised please consider applying.
We are currently looking for volunteers across both our offices, St Albans and Melton. The role will require a 12 month commitment to complete one full day per week.
If you are interested please send your current CV and a covering letter (as attached PDF files) to legal@comm-unityplus.org.au.
2. Clayton Utz Diversity Lecture
Clayton Utz will be hosting the inaugural Diversity Lecture at its Melbourne office this May.
This year, members of the CU LGBTI Alliance will present the lecture which will focus on the current legal framework concerning children hoping to transition and how it could be improved. As you may know, a key concern for these children and their families is the requirement for court approval before being able to undergo treatment. The lecture will address this and other issues.
The idea to host the lecture is borne out of CU’s desire to connect more with uni students, its prospective employees, by showing them its interest in and commitment to issues affecting groups which make its workplace a diverse and enriched environment. The CU LGBTI program, the LGBTI Alliance, is the mechanism through which the firm seeks to ensure that it has a culture of inclusion.
Date: Wednesday 18 May 2016
Time: drinks from 6.00pm with a 6.30pm start time
Venue: Clayton Utz, Level 18, 333 Collins Street, Melbourne
RSVP essential: please email aottobre@claytonutz.com with your name and university by Wednesday 11 May 2016.
3. King & Wood Mallesons “The Displacement Project”
On Wednesday 8 June 2016, King & Wood Mallesons, together with UNSW’s Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law, are hosting a panel event, “The Displacement Project – Perspectives on Climate Change and Displacement”.
The Displacement Project aims to raise awareness among members of the legal profession and the broader community about climate change-related migration and displacement, the limitations of existing international legal frameworks and the policies that can be implemented in response to this issue.
The Displacement Project has two fantastic speakers, from cross-disciplinary fields, who will each offer a unique insight into the human impact of climate change.
Please register here.
More details about the event can be found here.
JD
1. JD Office Hours
The JD LSS office hours are as follows:
Monday: 12.00pm – 5.00pm
Wednesday: 12.00pm – 5.00pm
Thursday: 11.00am – 3.00pm
During these times memberships and event tickets can be purchased. However if these times do not suit you please contact jd.adminactivities@monashlss.com