General Notices
1. Survey: Mental health of Monash Law students
It is important that all students at Monash thrive.
A team of researchers from the Law and Health Science Faculties at Monash University are conducting research into the correlation between empathy levels and mental health and wellbeing for Monash Law students.
The Monash researchers carrying out the research include Dr Becky Batagol, Dr Adiva Sifris, Dr Ben Spivak and Associate Professor Brett Williams.
Please complete the online survey. It will only take 25 minutes of your time and might result in changes which will improve the mental health and wellbeing of law students in general.
All participants who complete the survey will go in the draw to win one of 5 Coles Group & Myer Gift Cards valued at $50 each. These cards can be spent at Coles, Myer, Target, Target Country and Baby Target, Kmart and Kmart Tyre & Auto, Liquorland, Vintage Cellars, 1st Choice Liquor and Coles Express.
If you are concerned about your mental health please contact the Monash University Counselling Services:
www.monash.edu.au/counselling/appointments.html
Phone: 9905 3020
Monash Counselling services are free for students.
2. Myer Innovation Fellowship 2018
Since it was launched three years ago, the Myer Innovation Fellowship program has unearthed nine amazing individuals who have used the Fellowship to help realise their big idea.
The program seeks exceptional leaders across all sectors (private, public and non-profit) and from all types of professional backgrounds. The selection panel will consider both quality of the break-through idea and the capacity of the applicant to implement this idea. It is expected that in 2018 three Fellows will each receive $100,000 along with select administrative and operational support for their twelve months commitment to the program.
You can find out more about the program here.
Key eligibility criteria:
- Be an Australian citizen or permanent resident
- Reside in Australia for the majority of the Fellowship period
- Be prepared to take a sabbatical from their current role for twelve months
- Have a proven track record of risk-taking, out-of-the-box thinking
- Have an ability to turn ideas into action
- Have well-developed networks within an area of the proposed project.
The proposed project must:
- Be based in Australia
- Be aligned with one or more of the three The Myer Foundation’s and Sidney Myer Fund’s program areas of Education, Poverty and Disadvantage, and
- Sustainability and the Environment
- Have been in development for not longer than three years.
3. Green Steps @ Monash Sustainability Leadership Program
Do you want to gain industry skills that allow you to help make businesses more sustainable and future ready?
Green Steps @ Uni is an award winning program for university students that provides you with sustainability leadership skills through demonstrating your commitment to create change via an online platform (Take One Step), participating in intensive face-to-face skills training and gaining sustainability consultancy project experience.
The program and training component is highly interactive and emphasises teamwork and student participation. You’ll be learning from our highly experienced trainers, guest speakers and other participants from a range of study areas.
Participants will be exposed to a range of expertise on climate change and carbon management, behaviour change, sustainability leadership, influencing and effective communication, harnessing technology and disruption and futures thinking.
Learn more here: greensteps.edu.au/monash
4. Faculty Managed Internship: Asserson Law Offices, Israel 2018
Asserson Law Offices, Israel’s largest foreign law firm, is a UK law firm whose principal office is situated in the heart of Tel Aviv, Israel’s dynamic technology and innovation hub.
This internship offers successful candidates the opportunity to taste the excitement of life in the liveliest city in the Middle East, together with the opportunity to work with top level UK solicitors on a range of stimulating legal issues.
Applications are now open and close Friday 15 September 2017.
Two 3 week internships are available – January 2017 (Period 1) and February 2017 (Period 2)
Further information including Application process & Eligibility details can be found on the website.
Student Mobility Funding may be provided, please see eligibility criteria.
Queries: law-international@monash.edu
5. Faculty Managed Internship: Herzog, Fox & Neeman, Israel 2018
Applications are now open and close Friday 15 September, 2017.
Minimum of 4 weeks from mid-January to mid-February.
Further information including Application process & Eligibility details.
Student Mobility Funding may be provided, please see eligibility criteria.
Queries: law-international@monash.edu
6. Faculty Managed Internship: The National Human Rights Society of Malaysia (HAKAM)
The National Human Rights Society of Malaysia (HAKAM) was formed in 1988 in response to growing concerns over human rights violations in Malaysia. The call to form HAKAM came from two of the nation’s former Prime Ministers, Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al-Haj and Tun Hussein Onn, alongside other prominent leaders of civil society.
The society’s objectives are, inter alia, to promote, preserve and defend human rights in Malaysia. Over the years, HAKAM has engaged in a wide range of issues, from advocating for the rights of indigenous communities, lobbying to abolish draconian laws inconsistent with principles of human rights, raising awareness of human rights through campaigns guided by research projects, and pushing for ratification of international and regional human rights instruments.
HAKAM strives to continue advocating for human rights, in the hopes of inculcating new generations of Malaysians who can bravely speak out for themselves.”
Applications are now open and close Friday 15 September, 2017.
Duration: Minimum of 8 weeks to 12 weeks from December 2017 to February 2018.
Student Mobility Funding: Faculty of Law Asian Experience Travel Scholarship ($5,000) for max. one selected eligible student; other Faculty Student Mobility Funding provided up to $1,500 for other selected eligible students.
For further information including application process and eligibility details visit the HAKAM webpage.
Further queries: law-international@monash.edu
7. Faculty Managed Internship: KLRCA, Malaysia 2018
Applications are now open for a Monash Law Postgraduate student to apply for this internship. Applications close Wednesday 6 September 2017.
Three month internship from January to March 2018
Further information including Application process and eligibility criteria.
Student Mobility Funding may be provided, please see eligibility criteria.
8. Volunteer opportunities
Volunteer Opportunities are available in 2017 at the Monash Oakleigh Legal Service for Monash Law Students.
Wednesday Night Advice Only Service
Applications for the Wednesday Night Advice Only Session at Monash Oakleigh Legal Service will open at 8:00am on 28 August 2017 and close 10:00pm on 3 September 2017. Please note that late applications will not be accepted.
You are applying to be part of the Wednesday night volunteer team, which provides advice to clients experiencing a wide range of legal problems.
Students are rostered to volunteer on Wednesday nights on a fortnightly basis from 6:00pm until approximately 8:30pm. Commencement date is on 4 October 2017.
For an application form please see our website.
Application forms are not available before 28 August 2017
Tuesday Night Family Law Advice Only Service
The Tuesday Family Law Advice Service handles matters relating to Children, Divorce and Intervention Orders.
Students are rostered to volunteer on a Tuesday night on a fortnightly basis from 6:00pm until approximately 8:30pm. Commencement date is on 3 October 2017.
In each session, volunteers will:
- Interview clients
- Develop practical and research skills
- Have the opportunity to learn and work under the supervision of qualified lawyers and barristers
Applications for the September 2017 intake will open 8:00am on 28 August 2017 and close 10:00pm on 3 September 2017. For an application form please see our website.
Application forms are not available before 28 August 2017.
Preference will be given to students who have undertaken a Family Law Unit or have experience working/volunteer.
9. Cyber 9/12 Student Challenge
For the first time, the Cyber 9/12 Student Challenge will soon take place in Australia!
In the Cyber 9/12 Student Challenge, student teams tackle a – fictional but realistic – cyber attack and develop policy recommendations that respond to this evolving crisis. This competition will provide students across different academic disciplines with a deeper understanding of the challenges associated with cyber conflict in the Indo-Pacific. It will also provide a unique opportunity to interact with cyber security experts in industry, academia, and government.
Students enrolled in any undergraduate, graduate, doctoral, professional, or law program, including students in military academies, on the registration deadline (31 August 2017) are eligible to compete.
Find more information here.
10. Monash Law Ambassador Presents: TechUp Law Publication
Digital disruption – it is no question that this has become the latest buzz-word in the legal profession, but what is it and how can law students be well equipped to face the changing legal landscape?
Monash Law Ambassadors presents a student publication that specifically caters to law students’ understanding of digital technologies in the legal sector. It features articles written by legal professionals and current students, who discuss how technology is changing the legal profession and how law students can adapt to these changes.
Now available for students to download here.