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.

4. Victoria Law Foundation Oration

The VLA warmly invite you to attend the 2016 Law Oration.

The annual Law Oration is a free public lecture that explores important legal issues shaping our community.

We are pleased to announce that The Honourable Justice Weinberg of the Court of Appeal will be presenting the Oration, and will speak on the topic ‘Of Mozart, Modern Drafting and the Criminal Lawyers’ Lament’.

Justice Weinberg is a former Queen’s Counsel and Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions, and was appointed to the Court of Appeal, Supreme Court of Victoria, in 2008.

Date: Thursday 21 July 2016

Time: 6.00pm – 7.30pm (Doors open at 5:30 pm. Please allow time to pass through security.)

Venue: Banco Court, Supreme Court of Victoria, 210 William Street, Melbourne VIC 3000

Seats are limited. Bookings essential here.

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. 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.

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

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