Events
1. Castan Centre Annual Human Rights Conference 2016
Join over 300 attendees from the law, civil society, academia and business at Australia’s only annual human rights conference. Limited student rate tickets are available.
Speaker line up so far includes:
- Mr Stan Grant, Indigenous Affairs Editor of the Guardian Australia, on the way forward for Indigenous reconciliation
- The Hon Martin Pakula MP, Victorian Attorney-General, on Developments in Human Rights in Victoria
- Professor Anne Aly, Professor at Edith Cowan University and Founding Chair of People Against Violent Extremism, on Radicalisation, Terrorism and Human Rights
- Professor Mary Crock, Professor of Public Law at The University of Sydney, on Making Every Life Count: International Law and The Protection of Persons with Disabilities in Displacement
- Mariam Veiszadah, Ambassador of Welcome to Australia and President of Islamophobia Register Australia, on Islamophobia in Australia
- Julian McMahon, lawyer for Van Tuong Nguyen and members of the Bali Nine, on the executions of Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan and what has followed in the region
Date: Friday 22 July 2016
Time: 9.00am – 5.00pm
Venue: The Edge, Federation Square, Corner Swanston and Flinders Street, Melbourne
Full details on the Castan Centre website. Check it out for up-to-date speaker line up.
2. Clerkship Masterclass
The Clerkship Masterclass has been designed to assist students build essential skills for your Clerkship.
To attend you should have preferably secured a Seasonal Clerkship or equivalent.
Presented by lawyers from top law firms and expert staff from the Law Library, these workshops are designed to deliver essential, practical skills relating to research, writing, preparing memos and tips to work effectively during the Clerkship.
If possible please ensure that you bring a laptop with you. Law firms use Clerkships to identify students to take into their Traineeship programs. Make yours the best Clerkship ever!
A light lunch will be provided.
Please register through the Library Class Booking System. A more detailed program will be available once the program has been finalised.
Date: Friday 24 June
Time: 10.00am – 3.30pm (approx)
Venue: Monash Law Chambers, 555 Lonsdale St, Melbourne
3. Cognitive Biases in Decision Making
During a mediation, decisions have to be made by the parties in order to settle their dispute and process decisions also need to be made by the mediator.
As people form judgments and make decisions they fall prey to predictable and consistent errors which can impact on the quality of decisions and escalate conflict.
Professor Jill Klein from the Melbourne Business School will speak on the topic ‘Cognitive Biases in Decision Making’.
The presentation will provide a discussion of cognitive biases and how we can manage them in order to make optimal decisions.
Date: Tuesday 14 June 2016
Time: 5.45pm (socialising) for 6.15pm to 7.15pm presentation
Venue: Heritage Room, Coopers Inn (2nd floor), cnr Exhibition St & Little Lonsdale St
Cost: Free to VADR members (non-members $20)
RSVP: please email Alison at admin@vadr.asn.au
Finger food will be provided and drinks are available at bar prices.
4. Commercial CPD Seminar – Statutory Interpretation
Professors Pearce and Geddes observe that “no matter how obscure an Act or other legislative instrument might be, it is the inescapable duty of the courts to give it some meaning”.
Practitioners are faced with this very task on a daily basis.
Our speakers will aim to provide insight to an important topic that is often overlooked. Our speakers will explore various aspects of statutory interpretation, including:
- Statutory construction—Read, Understand and Apply;
- Ambiguity; and
- Legality.
Please find more information here and here.
Date: Wednesday 8 June 2016
Time: 5.15pm – 6.15pm
Venue: Monash University Law Chambers, 555 Lonsdale St, Melbourne
Cost: Free
RSVP here by Monday 6 June (unless booked out prior)
5. 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.
6. ‘The People and the Constitution’ by The Honourable Justice Patrick Keane AC, High Court of Australia
The concept of “the People” holds an important place in the history of ideas. It features prominently in the United States Constitution but, in some important respects, has not influenced the constitutional jurisprudence of the United States, whereas in the Australian Constitution its exiguous presence has proved to be a fertile source of judge made law.
The Honourable Justice Patrick Keane AC of the High Court of Australia will consider these phenomena in the 2016 Lucinda Lecture and offer an explanation for the difference between the American and Australian approaches.
Date: Thursday 11 August 2016
Time: 1.00pm – 2.00pm
Venue: Monash Club, Long Room, 32 Exhibition Walk, Monash Clayton campus
Cost: Free
RSVP: SOLD OUT