Events
1. Willem C Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot
Formal applications for students interested in the Willem C Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot for 2016-17 are now open.
The moot will be held in Hong Kong and Vienna in late March to mid April 2017.
Participation for both LLB and JD students can count for your degree as a 6 point subject.
Please find application form and more information about the moot here.
Please note applications are due by Friday 5 August 2016 at 6.00pm.
If you have any queries, please email Lisa Spagnolo (lisa.spagnolo@monash.edu).
2. Law Oration 2016: Of Mozart, Modern Drafting & the Criminal Lawyers’ Lament
Hear from the Honourable Justice Mark Weinberg at this year’s Law Oration.
Proudly presented by Victoria Law Foundation, the annual Law Oration explores important legal issues that affect our lives and shape our community.
Date: Thursday 21 July 2016
Time: 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm (doors open at 5:30 pm)
Where: Banco Court, Supreme Court of Victoria, 210 William Street, Melbourne
Cost: Free
Speaker: The Honourable Justice Weinberg, Court of Appeal, Supreme Court of Victoria
Register: Click here to register
For more information please contact VLF’s Events Manager, Georgia Angus, on (03) 9604 8100, or email contact@victorialawfoundation.org.au.
3. VADR CPD event: Restorative Justice, Sexual Assault & Family Violence
For some 40 years, women’s groups and some of the legal fraternity have fought for legislative changes to make the judicial system take sexual assault seriously. Why would we even consider looking at restorative justice for sexual assault and family violence?
Carolyn Worth has been the Manager of the South Eastern Centre Against Sexual Assault (CASA) for 23 years. Prior to this position she worked for 10 years in the Family Court of Australia as a Court Counsellor.
She is the spokesperson for the CASA Forum which is the peak body for the Centres Against Sexual Assault in Victoria. Carolyn sits on a number of advisory committees and is the recipient of the Robin Clark Memorial Award, is on the Victorian Honour Roll of Women and has received an OAM.
Please find more details about the event here.
Date: Monday 18 July 2016
Time: 5.45pm (socialising) for 6.15pm to 7.15pm presentation
Venue: Heritage Room, Coopers Inn (2nd floor), cnr Exhibition & Little Lonsdale Sts
Cost: Free to VADR members (non-members $20)
Finger food will be provided and drinks are available at bar prices. The event carries one CPD point. If you would like to attend, please email Alison at admin@vadr.asn.au.
Please feel free to pass on the attached flyer to anyone you think may be interested.
4. ANIMAL 2016
The Australia New Zealand Intervarsity Moot on Animal Law (ANIMAL) is hosted by The Animal Law Institute and sponsored by Voiceless the animal protection institute.
ANIMAL is one of the largest student moots in Australia and New Zealand and it is the only animal law moot for Australian and New Zealand law students.
The competition is open to any student currently enrolled in a law degree in Australia or New Zealand. Teams can consist of either 2 or 3 individuals.
ANIMAL 2016 will be hosted by Flinders University, Adelaide (Grand Final winners of ANIMAL 2015) over the weekend of 17 – 18 September 2016.
Please note registration closes Monday 25 July 2016.
Please find more information including key dates here.
5. 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. Student rate tickets are limited.
Speaker line up includes:
- Mr Stan Grant, Indigenous Affairs Editor of the Guardian Australia, on the way forward for Indigenous reconciliation
- Ms Kate Jenkins, Federal Sex Discrimination Commissioner, Australian Human Rights Commission, on achieving gender equality where we live, learn, work and play
- Mr Tory Russell, co-founder and director of Hands Up United, Ferguson Missouri, on being Young, Black and Politicised
- Professor Anne Aly, Professor at Edith Cowan University and Founding Chair of People Against Violent Extremism, on Radicalisation, Terrorism and Human Rights
- 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
Check out the Castan Centre website for the full line-up of speakers.
6. 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.