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. Law Council of Australia Scholarships 2016: 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.
3. 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.
LSS Careers Notices
1. LK Group Paralegal position
LK Group is a Melbourne based family of private companies with diverse interests across property, technology, human resources, business transformation and outsourcing, digital animation and sports, spanning operations in Australia, the United States and the Philippines.
LK Group is currently seeking a talented and motivated Paralegal to join their growing team.
Key responsibilities will include creation and maintenance of relevant registers, establishment and implementation of relevant governance processes, assist with research, walk up enquiries and review of contracts.
Please review the full position description here.
All applications to be sent to Dominic at Wall Street (or email your resume to jobs@wallst.com.au) by Friday 1 July 2016.
2. Mason Black Melbourne seeking paralegals
Mason Black Melbourne seek a number of paralegals to assist with large scale commercial litigation matters and an International Commercial Arbitration.
This role requires paralegals who are highly attentive, well organised and capable of adapting quickly to the complexities associated with commercial litigation proceedings. Some of the tasks involved include, assisting Counsel on a daily basis, maintaining their briefs, liaising with specialists, handling of confidential data and attending multi-party conferences.
Successful applicants will be welcomed into a tight knit team of solicitors and Counsel (including Queens Counsel). We are seeking very switched on, hardworking and committed individuals to fill these positions immediately. Successful applicants will be paid an hourly rate.
Please send a copy of your Cover Letter and CV to domenic_lucarelli@masonblack.com.au and do not contact the firm by any other means.
3. LIV Hot Topics: Develop a competitive edge in your legal career
With the increase of graduates entering the legal industry today, it’s in your best interest as a newly minted legal professional to learn how to market yourself and explore all career options available to you.
The fact that there are limited clerkships and traineeships isn’t necessarily a bad thing!
Competition often brings out the best work in lawyers – and with so many new practices going online, the opportunities available to graduates and new solicitors are more exciting than ever.
Date: Wednesday 15 June 2016
Time: 6.00pm – 7.30pm
Venue: LIV Lecture Theatre, 470 Bourke Street, Melbourne
Price: $35 members, $55 non-members
RSVP: Please register here by Tuesday 14 June 2016
4. Allens adopts a Rare approach to recruitment
Allens is proud to be the founding partner of Rare’s Contextual Recruitment System (CRS) In Australia.
Allens is using this tool in its clerkship application process this year, and are keen to share information about the system with students.
Rare makes it possible to view a candidate in context by offering a more complete picture of an individual’s background, including socio-economic and family background, education experience and performance and culture.
The CRS is used by all the magic circle firms in the UK. The research shows that students from disadvantage backgrounds are 50% more likely to be hired using this tool.
If you have any questions about the CRS please contact the Allens Graduate Resourcing team at Student.Careers@allens.com.au or visit www.allens.com.au/graduates.
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.
Social Justice & Equity
1. Northern Community Legal Centre volunteer positions
NCLC is looking for law students to volunteer as part of a new dedicated Infringements Team.
This is one of three volunteer positions who will work closely with the Community Lawyer to run all of Northern CLC’s fines files and will form a dedicated “Infringements Team.”
Each volunteer will have their own list of files which will include a mx of internal review, special circumstances, exceptional circumstances and penalty enforcement warrants files.
This position will be for one full day per week for 12 months.
Please see the full position description and selection criteria here.
All applications are to be sent to volunteercoordinator@northernclc.org.au before Thursday 30 June 2016.
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