Events
1. MSA Events & Activities for new and returning students (12-22 Feb)
Monash Student Association’s Week 0 events and activities are now on!
Established in 1973, MSA Camps and Events is a volunteer leadership program that provides all Monash students with an opportunity to meet other students prior to Week 1.
The events we run are fun and inexpensive, with the aim of providing safe spaces where students can meet other students, who they may never have bumped into otherwise. Events and activities include:
- Camps
- Campus tours
- Virtual Game Nights
- Scavenger hunts
- Moonlight Cinemas
- Virtual chat sessions
- Bar Night
- And many more.
For more info or to register, check out our events and activities here
2. LIV Young Lawyers Bootcamp – Preparing for Law School (15-18 Feb)
Law Institute of Victoria (LIV) Young Lawyers connects law students and those early in their legal career to the profession.
The Young Lawyers Bootcamp offers a series of FREE online workshops for students attending law school for the first time and for those of you in your earlier years of a law degree (JD or LLB).
The workshops, and future programs, focus on preparing law students for your formative years at law school while also providing support through mentoring, networking and the promotion of mental health and wellbeing.
For many attendees it will be your first opportunity to connect with your professional organisation and to hear from experts and learn from the experiences of fellow LIV Young Lawyers.
We look forward to welcoming you to this series of workshops to give you a leg-up right from the outset of the 2021 academic year!
3. Startup Failure (Thurs 18 Feb)
Venture-backed startups famously “exit” by going public or selling to another company through an acquisition deal. A different path, however, is far more common – failure.
Despite the large amounts invested in venture-backed startups, and their high average rate of failure, these companies rarely use the formal Chapter 11 bankruptcy process that is embraced by distressed public companies seeking to preserving their going-concern value.
In this discussion, Professor Elizabeth Pollman (Pennsylvania Law School) will provide an account of startup failure, including:
- Why bankruptcy law does not fit the needs of most distressed venture-backed startups
- What we can learn from the rare exceptions and
- How alternative mechanisms serve an important role in the venture capital ecosystem.
Date: Thursday 18 February
Time: 1:00pm – 2:15pm AEDT