1. Clerkship Masterclasses

The next Clerkship Masterclass will be held at the Monash Law Chambers in the City on Friday 23 June.

These workshops are designed to deliver essential, practical skills relating to research, writing, preparing memos and tips to work effectively during the Clerkship.

The Masterclass is presented by lawyers from top law firms, expert staff from the Law Library and from other legal organisations.

The Masterclass is primarily aimed at students who will shortly be undertaking a clerkship or equivalent.

A more detailed breakdown of the day will be provided once the program has been finalised.  A light lunch will be provided.

Please register here.

Please note places are limited and registration closes Monday 19 June.

If you have any queries please contact Caroline Knaggs (Caroline.Knaggs@monash.edu / 9905 2604).

2. LIV Legal Careers Fair

Attended by hundreds of people each year, the LIV Legal Careers Fair is the premier event for Victorian students commencing a career in law.

If you are a penultimate or final-year law student interested in obtaining seasonal and graduate employment, this is the perfect event to get your feet wet and help you find out what sort of jobs are available.

The Careers Fair will feature representatives from Australia’s leading law firms, government, regional firms and non-legal employers.

Don’t miss this free opportunity to network with key stakeholders during the height of your career planning.

Date: Thursday 13 July 2017

Time: 5:00pm – 8:00pm

Venue: Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, 1 Convention Centre Pl, South Wharf

Price: Free. Registration essential here.

1. Capstone Editing undergraduate scholarships

Capstone Editing is happy to announce 2 new annual undergraduate student grants of $3,000 each:

• The Capstone Editing Research Scholarship for Honours Students
  $3,000 for one Honours student per year to assist with covering the costs associated with the research for their thesis. Applications are open annually from 1 January to 30 April. The scholarship will be awarded on 14 May every year. For more info or to apply, please see here.

• The Capstone Editing Textbook Grant for Undergraduates
  $3,000 for one undergrad per year to assist with covering the cost of their textbooks for the duration of their degree. (The recipient will receive one $1,000 gift voucher per year for three years.) Applications are open all year. The grant will be awarded on 1 February every year. For more info or to apply, please visit here.

2. Seeking Open Day student volunteers

Monash University’s Open Day for Clayton is fast approaching and will be held on Sunday 6 August 2017.

The Law Faculty is seeking Undergraduate student volunteers to assist on the day.

This will involve speaking with prospective students and their families about your experience of studying at Monash, giving directions, greeting guests, helping with set-up/pack down and much more!

Although these positions are voluntary roles, the faculty does provide training and $50 vouchers for students who volunteer half a day (9.15am – 1.15pm OR 12.30pm – 4.30pm) and $100 vouchers for students who volunteer for a whole day (9.15am – 4.30pm).

If you have good communication skills, and a well-rounded knowledge of the faculty and campus please complete the application form by Monday 19 June.

APPLY HERE

We will be holding student workshops closer to Open Day and will send an email inviting you to RSVP to a session.

If you have any issues please contact paul.shea@monash.edu.

3. 2018 Vice-Chancellor’s Ancora Imparo Leadership Program

Unlock your leadership potential with the Vice-Chancellor’s Ancora Imparo Leadership Program.

Want to make the world a better place? Lead the way. Gain the skills you need through the 2018 Vice-Chancellor’s Ancora Imparo Leadership Program.

The program is available only to second-year undergraduates.

If you’re in your first year, apply now to participate in 2018.

Applications close Monday 14 August 2017.

As a participant, you’ll explore challenges and opportunities for leadership in the 21st century. And you’ll engage with some of Australia’s most influential leaders in business, politics, sport, public service, education, health, law, and the arts.

1. Apply now – JD Professional Practice LAW 5050

Applications are open for Clinical Period 4 2017 of the Professional Practice Elective Unit which takes place at Monash Oakleigh Legal Service, next to Clayton campus.

Clinical Period 4 2017 dates are: for Group A – 20 July 2017- 19 October 2017 and for Group B – 24 July 2017- 23 October 2017. Applications close on 22 June 2017. Please note, applications are not done on Wes.

See all further information about the Application process and dates on the Clinical Legal Education website or consult Student Services

2. Capstone Editing postgraduate scholarships

Capstone Editing is happy to announce 2 new annual postgraduate student grants of $3,000 each:

• The Capstone Editing Conference Travel Grant for Postgraduate Research Students
  $3,000 for one postgrad student per year to assist in covering the costs of attending a conference in relation to their degree. Applications are open annually from 1 July to 1 June. The grant is awarded on 30 June every year. For more info or to apply, please see here.

• The Capstone Editing Laptop Grant for Postgraduate Coursework Students
  $3,000 for one postgrad student per year to purchase a computer or laptop and software for their studies. Applications are open annually from 1 July to 1 June. The grant is awarded on 30 June every year. For more info or to apply, please see here.

3. International LLM opportunity – Tel Aviv University Faculty of Law

You are invited to apply for the Parasol Foundation Trust International LL.M Program at Tel Aviv University Faculty of Law for the academic year 2017-2018.

Students can choose a general course of study or may specialise in:

• Global Governance and Human Rights

• Law & Technology

• Business Law

• State & Religion

Applicants to the International LL.M. must have completed an undergraduate degree in law (LL.B., JD, and Bachelor of Laws) prior to starting the LL.M. degree. Students in their final year of first degree studies may apply, and will be accepted on the condition they finish their first degree in good standing (above 80/100).

Applications for the 2017-2018 academic year close 31 May 2017.

Please find more information about this opportunity here.

4. Italy research scholarships – International Institute for the Unification of Private Law

The International Institute for the Unification of Private Law invites applications for its research scholarships. These support top-level lawyers wishing to conduct research in the fields of uniform or comparative private law.

Postgraduate law students, academics, government officials with a good working knowledge of English or French may apply. Special attention will be given to applicants from developing and emerging economies.

Scholarships last for six weeks to two months. Between 15 and 20 scholarships are awarded each year. Funding will cover all or part of the cost of living expenses in Rome, Italy.

Please note applications close Friday 27 October 2017.

1. Asian Australian Lawyers – Celebration of the Appointment of His Honour Magistrate Raj Malhotra

His Honour Magistrate Raj Malhotra is the second person of Indian origin to be appointed a magistrate in Victoria.

Join His Honour next Wednesday 31 May as he speaks about his cultural experience growing up in Australia and tells stories from his extensive legal career, including as Crown Prosecutor for the Office of Director of Public Prosecutions in Western Australia and a member of the Adult Parole Board.

Date: Wednesday 31 May 2017

Time: 6:00pm – 8:30pm

Venue: Monash University Law Chambers, 555 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne

RSVP: Register here

2. The Australia New Zealand Intervarsity Moot on Animal Law (ANIMAL)

Early Bird Registrations for the Australia New Zealand Intervarsity Moot on Animal Law (ANIMAL) are now open and run until Friday 9 June 2017.

This year, ANIMAL will be held at the Monash University Law Chambers (Melbourne City Campus) over the weekend of 16-17 September 2017.

As part of the ANIMAL program, there will be a range of keynote speakers and social events.

A full program will be released shortly. For key dates, to register a team and further information, see here.

3. Castan Centre Annual Human Rights Conference 2017

Join over 300 attendees from the law, civil society, academia and business at Australia’s only annual human rights conference.

Please find full event information including the speaker line up so far here. This list will be updated regularly.

Date: Friday 21 July 2017
Time: 9.00am – 5.00pm
Venue: The Edge, Federation Square, Corner Swanston and Flinders Street, Melbourne
More info and registration here.

If you have any queries about the conference please phone 03 9905 3327 or email castan.centre@monash.edu.

4. The Ideator

Calling all Monash students and academic and professional staff.

What does your future hold? In an age of exponential change, we need bright minds to come together and innovate new ways to live, work and prosper.

The GENERATOR invites you to the IDEATOR – a 27-hour ideas hack to Innovate the Future on 29-30 May 2017 at the Monash City Campus. You will work in diverse teams on one of three big themes:

• FOOD – how do we better produce, consume and manage food?
• ENERGY – how do we re-think our energy systems and sources?
• JOBS – how will the jobs of the future look?

This event brings together creative and brilliant minds from across Monash with the potential to turn challenges into solutions for a better future.

Calling all creatives, techno-geeks, philosophers, scientists, life-savers, rule breakers and cheerleaders to take part in this challenge. A mix like this is what it takes to shape the future… so jump in!
Date: Monday 29 May – Tuesday 30 May 2017

Time: 1:00pm Monday – 5:00pm Tuesday

Venue: 271 Collins Street, Melbourne CBD

Head to monash.edu/ideator to check out the guest speaker line up, prizes and to secure your spot.

5. Research Symposium on Reshaping Justice

Presented by the Law and Justice Foundation of NSW, this symposium Reshaping Justice: Client-centred service delivery, technology and innovation examines current issues facing the sector and how evidence-based research can be used to shape legal services that are responsive to client needs and interests.

The keynote speaker is leading civil justice authority Professor Dame Hazel Genn QC.

Date: Tuesday 20 June 2017

Time: 9:00am – 5:30pm

Venue: New South Wales Parliament House Theatrette, 6 Macquarie Street, Sydney, NSW 2000

Price: $125 concession (available to full time students, community workers & concession card holders); $230 standard

RSVP: Book tickets here

1. Influence change in 5 minutes

Do you have suggestions to improve the future delivery of your units and influence change?

Let us know via the Student Evaluation of Teaching and Units (SETU) survey.

It only takes a few minutes to complete.

Take the survey here.

1. LIV Legal Careers Fair

Attended by hundreds of people each year, the LIV Legal Careers Fair is the premier event for Victorian students commencing a career in law.

If you are a penultimate or final-year law student interested in obtaining seasonal and graduate employment, this is the perfect event to get your feet wet and help you find out what sort of jobs are available.

The Careers Fair will feature representatives from Australia’s leading law firms, government, regional firms and non-legal employers.

Don’t miss this free opportunity to network with key stakeholders during the height of your career planning.

Date: Thursday 13 July 2017

Time: 5:00pm – 8:00pm

Venue: Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, 1 Convention Centre Pl, South Wharf

Price: Free. Registration essential here.

2. Shine Winter Clerkship – Victoria

Applications are now open for a two-week paid Winter Clerkship program at Shine Lawyers in July 2017.

Shine is looking for law students in their final year of study who are client-focused, enjoy a high performance work environment, and have well-developed interpersonal and communication skills.

A clerkship at Shine Lawyers will give insight into a large ASX-listed plaintiff litigation law firm, and will ensure you are well-positioned for any future graduate programs Shine offers.

Your two-week clerkship will commence with a one-day orientation program in your capital city where you will hear from several partners and senior lawyers and learn more about Shine, their clients and some significant and ground-breaking cases they’ve run.

Please note applications close Sunday 21 May. Find more information about applying here.

Program dates: 3 – 14 July 2017

Locations: Dandenong, Geelong, Melbourne CBD & Sunshine

Applications due: Sunday 21 May 2017

Apply now.

1. 2018 Vice-Chancellor’s Ancora Imparo Leadership Program

Unlock your leadership potential with the Vice-Chancellor’s Ancora Imparo Leadership Program.

Want to make the world a better place? Lead the way. Gain the skills you need through the 2018 Vice-Chancellor’s Ancora Imparo Leadership Program.

The program is available only to second-year undergraduates.

If you’re in your first year, apply now to participate in 2018.

Applications close Monday 14 August 2017.

As a participant, you’ll explore challenges and opportunities for leadership in the 21st century. And you’ll engage with some of Australia’s most influential leaders in business, politics, sport, public service, education, health, law, and the arts.

1. Apply now – JD Professional Practice LAW 5050

Applications are open for Clinical Period 4 2017 of the Professional Practice Elective Unit which takes place at Monash Oakleigh Legal Service, next to Clayton campus.

Clinical Period 4 2017 dates are: for Group A – 20 July 2017- 19 October 2017 and for Group B – 24 July 2017- 23 October 2017. Applications close on 22 June 2017. Please note, applications are not done on Wes.

See all further information about the Application process and dates on the Clinical Legal Education website or consult Student Services

2. International LLM opportunity – Tel Aviv University Faculty of Law

You are invited to apply for the Parasol Foundation Trust International LL.M Program at Tel Aviv University Faculty of Law for the academic year 2017-2018.

Students can choose a general course of study or may specialise in:

• Global Governance and Human Rights

• Law & Technology

• Business Law

• State & Religion

Applicants to the International LL.M. must have completed an undergraduate degree in law (LL.B., JD, and Bachelor of Laws) prior to starting the LL.M. degree. Students in their final year of first degree studies may apply, and will be accepted on the condition they finish their first degree in good standing (above 80/100).

Applications for the 2017-2018 academic year close 31 May 2017.

Please find more information about this opportunity here.

3. Italy research scholarships – International Institute for the Unification of Private Law

The International Institute for the Unification of Private Law invites applications for its research scholarships. These support top-level lawyers wishing to conduct research in the fields of uniform or comparative private law.

Postgraduate law students, academics, government officials with a good working knowledge of English or French may apply. Special attention will be given to applicants from developing and emerging economies.

Scholarships last for six weeks to two months. Between 15 and 20 scholarships are awarded each year. Funding will cover all or part of the cost of living expenses in Rome, Italy.

Please note applications close Friday 27 October 2017.

1. The Australia New Zealand Intervarsity Moot on Animal Law (ANIMAL)

Early Bird Registrations for the Australia New Zealand Intervarsity Moot on Animal Law (ANIMAL) are now open and run until Friday 9 June 2017.

This year, ANIMAL will be held at the Monash University Law Chambers (Melbourne City Campus) over the weekend of 16-17 September 2017.

As part of the ANIMAL program, there will be a range of keynote speakers and social events.

A full program will be released shortly. For key dates, to register a team and further information, see here.

2. Castan Centre Annual Human Rights Conference 2017

Join over 300 attendees from the law, civil society, academia and business at Australia’s only annual human rights conference.

Please find full event information including the speaker line up so far here. This list will be updated regularly.

Date: Friday 21 July 2017
Time: 9.00am – 5.00pm
Venue: The Edge, Federation Square, Corner Swanston and Flinders Street, Melbourne
More info and registration here.

If you have any queries about the conference please phone 03 9905 3327 or email castan.centre@monash.edu.

3. The Ideator

Calling all Monash students and academic and professional staff.

What does your future hold? In an age of exponential change, we need bright minds to come together and innovate new ways to live, work and prosper.

The GENERATOR invites you to the IDEATOR – a 27-hour ideas hack to Innovate the Future on 29-30 May 2017 at the Monash City Campus. You will work in diverse teams on one of three big themes:

• FOOD – how do we better produce, consume and manage food?
• ENERGY – how do we re-think our energy systems and sources?
• JOBS – how will the jobs of the future look?

This event brings together creative and brilliant minds from across Monash with the potential to turn challenges into solutions for a better future.

Calling all creatives, techno-geeks, philosophers, scientists, life-savers, rule breakers and cheerleaders to take part in this challenge. A mix like this is what it takes to shape the future… so jump in!
Date: Tuesday 30 May – Wednesday 30 May 2017

Time: 1:00pm Tuesday until to 5:00pm Wednesday

Venue: 271 Collins Street, Melbourne CBD

Head to monash.edu/ideator to check out the guest speaker line up, prizes and to secure your spot.

4. International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia

This week Monash University is running a series of events and activities to celebrate International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia (IDAHOBIT).

Check out how you can get involved here.

5. Talking Justice – Loddon Campaspe Community Legal Centre Event

Talking Justice returns to the Ulumbarra Theatre for Law Week on 19 – 20 May 2017.

For the fourth year, Loddon Campaspe CLC invites Bendigo to come together to hear some of the country’s finest writers, lawyers, activists and commentators tackle some of our more vexing social and legal dilemmas.

This year our Moderator is Damien Carrick, the Presenter of Radio National’s Law Report.

Further details can be found here.

General Notices

1. LSS Exam Revision Seminars

The LSS Revision Seminars are back for 2017!

If you are after a HD or are simply looking to pass and you don’t feel like you can quite yet smash out perfect exam answers at the tip of a hat, these Revision Seminars are just the thing to get you to that point of enlightenment where you’ll be laughing all the way to a cracking score.

The LSS tutors that have been working tirelessly over this semester will be capping off all their endeavours with a 90-minute extravaganza. Why go? Because they’ll be breaking down exam answers bit-by-bit so you know exactly how to issue spot, define concepts and apply the law to a scenario.

For more information and the Seminar Timetable, visit the Facebook event.

2. Lawyers for Animals: Law Week Trivia Night

Monash Law students are warmly invited to participate in Lawyers for Animals’ second annual Law Week Trivia Night. Attendees should enjoy a fun evening in good company, test their general knowledge and help raise money for Edgar’s Mission and Pets Haven: a couple of hard-working animal rescue charities who desperately need the funds.

Please find our invitation attached and feel free to share it far and wide. Participants are welcome to gather their own team (of 6 – 12) or join one of ours. For further details and all bookings please see here.

The basic details are as follows.
Date: Friday 19 May 2017

Time: 6:00pm – 9:00pm (5.30pm registration)

Venue: The Apartment (bar), 401 Little Bourke Street, Melbourne

Price: $11 per ticket + optional $15 vegan dinner box (includes $1.50 booking fee)

RSVP here by 11:00am Friday 12 May if dinner box is required, otherwise by 5:00pm Tuesday 16 May.

If you have any queries, please contact Nichola Donovan at enquiries@lawyersforanimals.org.au.

3. Neighbourhood Justice Centre: ‘Courting Solutions’ Mock Trial

Going beyond business-as-usual ‘blame and sanction’ justice, Courting Solutions shows what happens when treatment services work in a court that applies justice with people, instead of at or for them.

Designed for Law & Welfare students, the event seeks to illustrate how the NJC brings together defence, prosecutions, and case workers (drug and alcohol) within a criminal matter to assist the offender to find the solutions required to break the cycle of offending.

These techniques are unique to the NJC – the only full-service, holistic justice centre of this kind in Australia.

A mock trial illustrating the ground-breaking techniques used by the Neighbourhood Justice Centre’s Client Services and legal practitioners at this one-of-a-kind problem solving court, Courting Solutions is designed for practitioners who want to help their clients break the cycle of offending.

Expertly moderated, Courting Solutions stars Fitzroy Legal Service, Victoria Legal Aid, Victoria Police Prosecutors and NJC’s Client Services case workers and Magistrate.

To book please see here.

JD Notices

1. JD Portfolio Office Hours

The Monash JD LSS office at MULC is open and manned on Mondays to Thursdays from 12pm to 1pm, and then again at 4.30 to 5.30pm, for any enquiries or general legal chitchat.

For any email queries, please contact Isabella at jd.adminactivities@monashlss.com.