Law Student Gazette

1. The 3rd International Conference of Undergraduate Research (ICUR)

Final call for abstract submissions and applications

ICUR is a Monash-Warrick Alliance endeavour, spanning two days with conference presenters from across the world linked together by cutting-edge video conferencing technology. It is an exclusively undergraduate forum designed to showcase the best in undergraduate research from across the globe, and to provide a supportive yet critical environment for talented young scholars. The theme of the conference is “Current research issues in your discipline or area”. Submissions are welcomed from all disciplines and perspectives that contribute to that conference theme.

This is the final call for papers for the ICUR hosted by the Monash-Warrick Alliance.

Closing deadline for abstract submissions and applications is midnight on Friday 22nd May.

For more information download the ICUR 2015 Call for Papers

Download the student fellowship guidelines

2. Breaking down the silos- Health – Justice Partnerships– the new model for improving access to justice

Presenter Linda Gyorki, Senior Project Manager and Lawyer at Inner Melbourne Community Legal will present the findings of her Churchill Fellowship which saw her travel to the USA, UK, Canada in 2014 to research the practical and ethical barriers of integrating legal assistance into a health-care setting.

Event Details

Date: Wednesday 17th June 2015

Time: 6pm

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

RSVP: By Thursday 11th June to law-marketing@monash.edu

Cost: Free

Download the flyer here

3. Book Launch – Proof of Birth by Melissa Castan and Paula Gerber

Australia has not yet achieved universal birth registration, which means that many people without a birth certificate struggle to enjoy the benefits of citizenship. In particular, people from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, rural and remote communities and culturally and linguistically diverse communities, are overrepresented in the number of unregistered births.

This book draws together the work of a range of experts from diverse fields who present recent developments and strategies designed to overcome the barriers to accessing the birth registration systems. This event will be launched by Professor Megan Davis, Professor of Law, Director, Indigenous Law Centre, UNSW and Chair of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues.

Date: Thursday 28th May 2015

Time: 6pm

Venue: Melbourne Town Hall, Swanston Hall, 120 Swanston Street Melbourne

RSVP: by Thursday 21 May to law-marketing@monash.edu (essential for catering purposes)

Download the flyer for more details

4. Access to Justice Symposium

ACJI & AIJA Symposium:  Access to Justice – taking the next steps

The Australian Centre for Justice Innovation at Monash University and the Australasian Institute for Judicial Administration are hosting a one-day Symposium that will bring together senior judicial officers, researchers and policy-makers from around Australia to explore and discuss the opportunities and challenges arising from the Productivity Commission’s Access to Justice Arrangements Inquiry report.

The Symposium will consider how the issues of costs, timeliness, obligations and processes impact upon accessing the justice system as well as examining issues relating to Legal Aid and Legal Centres. The Symposium will feature keynote speakers and panel discussions from senior judicial officers, administrators and researchers, including Dr Warren Mundy, Commissioner, Productivity Commission, His Honour Deputy Chief Magistrate Andrew Cannon AM, Adelaide Magistrates Court, The Honourable Justice John Middleton, Federal Court of Australia, and Mr Mark Woods, Chair of the Law Institute of Victoria’s Access to Justice Committee.

Date: Friday 26 June 2015

Time: 8.45am – 5.00pm

Venue: Monash University Law Chambers

Special Price: $300 (inc GST) for Monash Staff and Student (Equal to the Speaker rate – Normal rate $495)

If you would like to attend as a delegate or as a speaker, please forward your Expression of interest to:nina.massara@monash.edu.

Registration closes 5.00pm, Friday, 12 June 2015

**Places are limited!**

1. The 3^rd International Conference of Undergraduate Research (ICUR)

Final call for abstract submissions and applications

ICUR is a Monash-Warrick Alliance endeavour, spanning two days with conference presenters from across the world linked together by cutting-edge video conferencing technology. It is an exclusively undergraduate forum designed to showcase the best in undergraduate research from across the globe, and to provide a supportive yet critical environment for talented young scholars. The theme of the conference is “Current research issues in your discipline or area”. Submissions are welcomed from all disciplines and perspectives that contribute to that conference theme.

This is the final call for papers for the ICUR hosted by the Monash-Warrick Alliance.

Closing deadline for abstract submissions and applications is midnight on Friday 22^nd May.

For more information download the ICUR 2015 Call for Papers

Download the student fellowship guidelines

2. Breaking down the silos- Health – Justice Partnerships– the new model for improving access to justice

Presenter Linda Gyorki, Senior Project Manager and Lawyer at Inner Melbourne Community Legal will present the findings of her Churchill Fellowship which saw her travel to the USA, UK, Canada in 2014 to research the practical and ethical barriers of integrating legal assistance into a health-care setting.

Event Details

Date: Wednesday 17^th June 2015

Time: 6pm

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

RSVP: By Thursday 11^th June to law-marketing@monash.edu

Cost: Free

Download the flyer here

3. Book Launch – Proof of Birth by Melissa Castan and Paula Gerber

Australia has not yet achieved universal birth registration, which means that many people without a birth certificate struggle to enjoy the benefits of citizenship. In particular, people from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, rural and remote communities and culturally and linguistically diverse communities, are overrepresented in the number of unregistered births.

This book draws together the work of a range of experts from diverse fields who present recent developments and strategies designed to overcome the barriers to accessing the birth registration systems. This event will be launched by Professor Megan Davis, Professor of Law, Director, Indigenous Law Centre, UNSW and Chair of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues.

Date: Thursday 28^th May 2015

Time: 6pm

Venue: Melbourne Town Hall, Swanston Hall, 120 Swanston Street Melbourne

RSVP: by Thursday 21 May to law-marketing@monash.edu (essential for catering purposes)

Download the flyer for more details

4. Access to Justice Symposium

ACJI & AIJA Symposium:  Access to Justice – taking the next steps

The Australian Centre for Justice Innovation at Monash University and the Australasian Institute for Judicial Administration are hosting a one-day Symposium that will bring together senior judicial officers, researchers and policy-makers from around Australia to explore and discuss the opportunities and challenges arising from the Productivity Commission’s Access to Justice Arrangements Inquiry report.

The Symposium will consider how the issues of costs, timeliness, obligations and processes impact upon accessing the justice system as well as examining issues relating to Legal Aid and Legal Centres. The Symposium will feature keynote speakers and panel discussions from senior judicial officers, administrators and researchers, including Dr Warren Mundy, Commissioner, Productivity Commission, His Honour Deputy Chief Magistrate Andrew Cannon AM, Adelaide Magistrates Court, The Honourable Justice John Middleton, Federal Court of Australia, and Mr Mark Woods, Chair of the Law Institute of Victoria’s Access to Justice Committee.

Date: Friday 26 June 2015

Time: 8.45am – 5.00pm

Venue: Monash University Law Chambers

Special Price: $300 (inc GST) for Monash Staff and Student (Equal to the Speaker rate – Normal rate $495)

If you would like to attend as a delegate or as a speaker, please forward your Expression of interest to:nina.massara@monash.edu.

Registration closes 5.00pm, Friday, 12 June 2015

**Places are limited!**

5. Wellbeing in the Law 2015

Monash Law Students are cordially invited by Mr Lloyd England to attend Wellbeing in the Law 2015.

Panel Session – hosted by Monash University Law Faculty

Tuesday May 12, 2015 from 6.30 – 8.30 PM

• The Honourable Justice Shane Marshall – Federal Court of Australia
• Mr John Canning – Partner, King & Wood Mallesons
• Professor David Copolov OAM – Pro Vice-Chancellor, Monash University
• Chaired by Professor Bryan Horrigan – Dean, Monash Law Faculty
• Special Guest Mrs Marie Jepson – Tristan Jepson Memorial Foundation

Plus exciting launch of new wellbeing initiatives for Law Students and Faculty Staff

Refreshments available. RSVP essential.

For further information download the flyer

1. Access to Justice Symposium

ACJI & AIJA Symposium:  Access to Justice – taking the next steps

The Australian Centre for Justice Innovation at Monash University and the Australasian Institute for Judicial Administration are hosting a one-day Symposium that will bring together senior judicial officers, researchers and policy-makers from around Australia to explore and discuss the opportunities and challenges arising from the Productivity Commission’s Access to Justice Arrangements Inquiry report.

The Symposium will consider how the issues of costs, timeliness, obligations and processes impact upon accessing the justice system as well as examining issues relating to Legal Aid and Legal Centres. The Symposium will feature keynote speakers and panel discussions from senior judicial officers, administrators and researchers, including Dr Warren Mundy, Commissioner, Productivity Commission, His Honour Deputy Chief Magistrate Andrew Cannon AM, Adelaide Magistrates Court, The Honourable Justice John Middleton, Federal Court of Australia, and Mr Mark Woods, Chair of the Law Institute of Victoria’s Access to Justice Committee.

Date: Friday 26 June 2015

Time: 8.45am – 5.00pm

Venue: Monash University Law Chambers

Special Price: $300 (inc GST) for Monash Staff and Student (Equal to the Speaker rate – Normal rate $495)

If you would like to attend as a delegate or as a speaker, please forward your Expression of interest to:nina.massara@monash.edu.

Registration closes 5.00pm, Friday, 12 June 2015

**Places are limited!**

2. Wellbeing in the Law 2015

Monash Law Students are cordially invited by Mr Lloyd England to attend Wellbeing in the Law 2015.

Panel Session – hosted by Monash University Law Faculty

Tuesday May 12, 2015 from 6.30 – 8.30 PM

• The Honourable Justice Shane Marshall – Federal Court of Australia
• Mr John Canning – Partner, King & Wood Mallesons
• Professor David Copolov OAM – Pro Vice-Chancellor, Monash University
• Chaired by Professor Bryan Horrigan – Dean, Monash Law Faculty
• Special Guest Mrs Marie Jepson – Tristan Jepson Memorial Foundation

Plus exciting launch of new wellbeing initiatives for Law Students and Faculty Staff

Refreshments available. RSVP essential.

For further information download the flyer.

1.Exchange Information Session – Sciences-Po, France

Marie Azuelos from Sciences Po, France will be visiting Monash. She will be making a presentation for Exchange at Sciences Po for our students.

Date: Wednesday 29th April

Time: 3-4pm

Venue: 46 Exhibition Walk/R3 – Building 8

If you are interested in attending the session please register at: https://my.monash.edu.au/news-and-events/bookings/mabs/

(you will need to search under ‘Information sessions’)

Download the Sciences Po brochure and Summer School Flyer for more details.

2. The 2015 Voiceless Animal Law Lecture Series – Beyond the Cage: the case for nonhuman rights

Date: Monday 4 May 2015
Time: 6.30pm-8.00pm
Venue: Monash University Law Chambers
Register: www.voiceless.org.au/lecture

The Lecture Series is open to the public and free to attend.

The 2015 Voiceless Animal Law Lecture Series welcomes the President of Nonhuman Rights Project (NhRP) Professor Steven Wise as international keynote speaker to discuss NhRP’s mission to revolutionise the way the law considers nonhuman animals.

Download the 2015 Voiceless Animal Law Lecture Series flyer

1. The Right to be Forgotten in European Data Protection Law: The Google Spain Decision

This seminar considers the extent to which there is a right to be forgotten in European data protection law i.e. to what extent individuals may insist on the removal by search engines such as Google of links to materials on the internet that relate to them.

The seminar will be presented by Professor Maeve McDonagh who is an academic lawyer specialising in information law, including FOI and data protection.

The presentation will have as its focus the May 2014 decision of the Court of Justice of the European Union in Google Spain v Gonzales. The role played in this decision by both the European legal framework for the protection of personal data and the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU will be considered.

Date: 20 April 2015
Time: 5.15-6.15pm

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

RSVP: clars@monash.edu by Thursday 16 April, 2015

For more information go to http://www.law.monash.edu/centres/clars/ or downlaod the flyer

2. Book launch: Towards One World: the memoirs of Judge C.G. Weeramantry Volume III: The international Court and thereafter

Date: Wednesday 29 April 2015
Time: 6.00pm-8.00pm
Venue: Monash University Law Chambers, Auditorium
RSVP: Wednesday 22 April 2015 (essential for catering purposes)
Email: law-marketing@monash.edu or 9905 2630

Join the Faculty to launch Towards One World: the memoirs of Judge C.G. Weeramantry Volume III: The international Court and thereafter

The Honourable Michael Kirby will introduce this third volume and will speak of the issues addressed such as nuclear danger, environmental protection, the rights of future generations, ethical codes for scientists, inter-religious understanding and peace studies.

Judge C.G. Weeramantry seeks answers to these questions in light of six decades of experience. With a Doctor of Laws and a Doctor of Literature from the University of London, former Professor of Law at Monash University, and Judge of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka, Judge C.G. Weeramantry has won international recognition for his work, through such awards as the UNESCO Prize for Peach Education, the Right Livelihood Award (Alternative Nobel Prize) and the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation.

Download the Towards One World Invitation

3. The 2015 Voiceless Animal Law Lecture Series – Beyond the Cage: the case for nonhuman rights

Date: Monday 4 May 2015
Time: 6.30pm-8.00pm
Venue: Monash University Law Chambers
Register: www.voiceless.org.au/lecture

The Lecture Series is open to the public and free to attend.

The 2015 Voiceless Animal Law Lecture Series welcomes the President of Nonhuman Rights Project (NhRP) Professor Steven Wise as international keynote speaker to discuss NhRP’s mission to revolutionise the way the law considers nonhuman animals.

Download the 2015 Voiceless Animal Law Lecture Series flyer

1. Book launch: Towards One World: the memoirs of Judge C.G. Weeramantry Volume III: The international Court and thereafter

Date: Wednesday 29 April 2015
Time: 6.00pm-8.00pm
Venue: Monash University Law Chambers, Auditorium
RSVP: Wednesday 22 April 2015 (essential for catering purposes)
Email: law-marketing@monash.edu or 9905 2630

Join the Faculty to launch Towards One World: the memoirs of Judge C.G. Weeramantry Volume III: The international Court and thereafter

The Honourable Michael Kirby will introduce this third volume and will speak of the issues addressed such as nuclear danger, environmental protection, the rights of future generations, ethical codes for scientists, inter-religious understanding and peace studies.

Judge C.G. Weeramantry seeks answers to these questions in light of six decades of experience. With a Doctor of Laws and a Doctor of Literature from the University of London,former Professor of Law at Monash University, and Judge of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka,

Judge C.G. Weeramantry has won international recognition for his work, through such awards as the UNESCO Prize for Peach Education, the Right Livelihood Award (Alternative Nobel Prize) and the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation.

Download the Towards One World Invitation

2. The 2015 Voiceless Animal Law Lecture Series – Beyond the Cage: the case for nonhuman rights

Date: Monday 4 May 2015
Time: 6.30pm-8.00pm
Venue: Monash University Law Chambers
Register: www.voiceless.org.au/lecture

The Lecture Series is open to the public and free to attend.

The 2015 Voiceless Animal Law Lecture Series welcomes the President of Nonhuman Rights Project (NhRP) Professor Steven Wise as international keynote speaker to discuss NhRP’s mission to revolutionise the way the law considers nonhuman animals.

Download the 2015 Voiceless Animal Law Lecture Series flyer

3. The 3^rd International Conference of Undergraduate Research (ICUR), Sept 29-30, Monash Clayton Campus

Call for papers

ICUR is an opportunity for undergraduates to showcase their research in a formal, yet supportive academic environment.

The theme of the conference – being necessarily broad to accommodate all disciplines and areas from across the university – is: “Current research issues in your discipline or area”.

Closing deadline for abstract submission is Friday 22 May.

For more information download the ICUR 2015 Call for Papers

Scholarship available

All students presenting at ICUR will also be given the opportunity to submit their papers to Reinvention, the Monash-Warwick Alliance international journal for undergraduate studies, for publication

Two competitive scholarships for Monash students are also available. These include an all-expenses paid trip to Warwick (UK) to present their papers.

1. The 3^rd International Conference of Undergraduate Research (ICUR), Sept 29-30, Monash Clayton Campus

Call for papers

ICUR is an opportunity for undergraduates to showcase their research in a formal, yet supportive academic environment.

The theme of the conference – being necessarily broad to accommodate all disciplines and areas from across the university – is: “Current research issues in your discipline or area”.

Closing deadline for abstract submission is Friday 22 May.

For more information download the ICUR 2015 Call for Papers

Scholarship available

All students presenting at ICUR will also be given the opportunity to submit their papers to Reinvention, the Monash-Warwick Alliance international journal for undergraduate studies, for publication

Two competitive scholarships for Monash students are also available. These include an all-expenses paid trip to Warwick (UK) to present their papers.

2. Combined VADR/VARJ CPD Event on “Responding more effectively to workplace grievance and other symptoms of stress”

Date: Thursday, 16 April
Time: 5.00pm for a 6:00pm start
Location: Coopers Inn (2nd floor), cnr Exhibition and Little Lonsdale Street
Cost: Free to current VADR or VARJ members, $20 for non-members. Finger food is provided. Drinks are available at the bar.
CPD Points: 1½

You are cordially invited to a combined VADR VARJ (Victorian Association for Restorative Justice) CPD .

A panel of workplace experts, Murray Bickerdike, Dr Anna Chapman and Zandy Fell, facilitated by Dr David Moore will discuss the topic “Responding more effectively to workplace grievance and other symptoms of stress”.

Currently psychological injury claims constitute 10% of the total number, although they consume around one third of the compensation budget, mainly due to long recovery times. Many in the field believe that the methods used to handle such claims  actually exacerbate stress and delay return to work. Our expert panel discusses ways in which they consider workplace grievances and stress can be handled more effectively in the short-term and reduced over time with more effective decision-making and dispute resolution.

Please note the starting time is earlier than usual. This panel presentation will start at 6:00pm and conclude at 7:30pm.

If you’d like to attend, please email admin@vadr.asn.au or president@vadr.asn.au. Please feel free to pass on details of the event to anyone you think may be interested

1. Combined VADR/VARJ CPD Event on “Responding more effectively to workplace grievance and other symptoms of stress”

Date: Thursday, 16 April
Time: 5.00pm for a 6:00pm start
Location: Coopers Inn (2nd floor), cnr Exhibition and Little Lonsdale Street
Cost: Free to current VADR or VARJ members, $20 for non-members. Finger food is provided. Drinks are available at the bar.
CPD Points: 1½

You are cordially invited to a combined VADR VARJ (Victorian Association for Restorative Justice) CPD .

A panel of workplace experts, Murray Bickerdike, Dr Anna Chapman and Zandy Fell, facilitated by Dr David Moore will discuss the topic “Responding more effectively to workplace grievance and other symptoms of stress”.

Currently psychological injury claims constitute 10% of the total number, although they consume around one third of the compensation budget, mainly due to long recovery times. Many in the field believe that the methods used to handle such claims  actually exacerbate stress and delay return to work. Our expert panel discusses ways in which they consider workplace grievances and stress can be handled more effectively in the short-term and reduced over time with more effective decision-making and dispute resolution.

Please note the starting time is earlier than usual. This panel presentation will start at 6:00pm and conclude at 7:30pm.

If you’d like to attend, please email admin@vadr.asn.au or president@vadr.asn.au. Please feel free to pass on details of the event to anyone you think may be interested

1. Combined VADR/VARJ CPD Event on “Responding more effectively to workplace grievance and other symptoms of stress”

Date: Thursday, 16 April
Time: 5.00pm for a 6:00pm start
Location: Coopers Inn (2nd floor), cnr Exhibition and Little Lonsdale Street
Cost: Free to current VADR or VARJ members, $20 for non-members. Finger food is provided. Drinks are available at the bar.
CPD Points: 1½

You are cordially invited to a combined VADR VARJ (Victorian Association for Restorative Justice) CPD .

A panel of workplace experts, Murray Bickerdike, Dr Anna Chapman and Zandy Fell, facilitated by Dr David Moore will discuss the topic “Responding more effectively to workplace grievance and other symptoms of stress”.

Currently psychological injury claims constitute 10% of the total number, although they consume around one third of the compensation budget, mainly due to long recovery times. Many in the field believe that the methods used to handle such claims  actually exacerbate stress and delay return to work. Our expert panel discusses ways in which they consider workplace grievances and stress can be handled more effectively in the short-term and reduced over time with more effective decision-making and dispute resolution.

Please note the starting time is earlier than usual. This panel presentation will start at 6:00pm and conclude at 7:30pm.

If you’d like to attend, please email admin@vadr.asn.au or president@vadr.asn.au. Please feel free to pass on details of the event to anyone you think may be interested

2. Free Screening of “Beyond Right & Wrong: Stories of Justice and Forgiveness”

Date: Saturday 21 March
Time: 4.30pm (doors open at 4pm)
Location: Cinema NOVA,380 Lygon Street, Carlton VIC 3053
Admission is free

Please join award-winning filmmaker, Lekha Singh, alongside IRA Bombing victim, Jo Berry for the Melbourne free screening of Singh’s award winning documentary.

This transformative documentary shares the uplifting stories of survivors of three major conflicts as they balance forgiveness with the need for justice.

Please stay for a Q&A with filmmaker Lekha Singh and Jo Berry.

Donations to this screening will go to Global Reconciliation.

Bookings essential on 9387 2058 or info@globalreconciliation.org

About Global Reconciliation

Global Reconciliation is an Australian-led initiative promoting dialogues and practical engagements across cultural, political, racial and other differences.  They facilitate research and reconciliation practice, partnerships and learning, both locally and globally.

1. Victorian Association of Dispute Resolution, CPD Event, Geoff Browne: Overview of the ADR jurisdiction of the Small Business Commissioner

Date: Tuesday 10 March, 2015
Time: 5.45pm for 6.15pm start
Location: Coopers Inn (2nd floor), cnr Exhibition and Little Lonsdale Streets
Cost: Free to current VADR members, $20 for non-members. Finger food is provided. Drinks are available at the bar.

You are invited to a VADR CPD presentation where the Small Business Commissioner, Geoff Browne, will speak about the ADR jurisdiction of his Office.

Topics covered will include activity levels and outcomes, the impact of recent changes to legislation, and the policy commitments of the new Victorian Government.  Geoff will also discuss the approach used for mediator appointment and comment on mediation styles as well as the Mediation Agreement used for all mediations conducted through his Office, and issues that have emerged. Some case studies of mediation outcomes and issues arising will also be presented.

RSVP: By Thursday 5 March by emailing admin@vadr.asn or president@vadr.asn.au

For more information download the event flyer