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Events

Monday, March 26th, 2012

1. Symposium – Recent developments concerning the Convention on the Rights of the Child

Date: Tuesday 24 April 2012
Venue: Monash University Law Chambers, 555 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne
Time: 9:00am to 2:45pm

This symposium will consider three important current issues in children’s rights, from Australian and international perspectives.

This informative and thought-provoking event will bring together some of Australia’s leading child rights advocates, academics and organisations. It will be an invaluable occasion for those working or studying in the area, as well as anyone with an interest in children’s rights.

Confirmed speakers:
The Hon Alastair Nicholson AO RFD QC, Chair of Children’s Rights International
Associate Professor John Tobin, University of Melbourne
Associate Professor Paula Gerber, Monash University
Chris Varney, Former Australian Youth Representative to the United Nations

Registration
Registration fees for the symposium are:
Full price: $75
Concession full price: $35

To register and pay online, please go here.

For more information on the event, please see Convention on the Rights of the Child.

2. Ninth Fiat Justitia Lecture

The Province of Legitimate Expectations Defined: the English and Australian Experience.

By Professor Christopher Forsyth, the Professor of Public Law and Private International Law, Cambridge University

Date: Wednesday, 28 March 2012
Time: 6–7pm (followed by refreshments)
Venue: Monash University Law Chambers, 555 Lonsdale St, Melbourne
Cost: Free
RSVP: Wednesday, 21 March 2012, law-marketing@monash.edu or 03 9905 2630

Patron: The Hon. Michael Black AC, Chief Justice of the Federal Court of Australia
Convenors: Professor H P Lee, Sir John Latham Professor of Law, Monash University and Professor Marilyn Pittard, Professor of Law, Monash University

For further information please see here.

3. Victorian Legal Aid

Do you have a passion for social justice? Victoria Legal Aid helps and protects the rights of socially and economically disadvantaged Victorians. With over 600 staff and 14 offices across the state, we are a leading and responsible force for community access to the legal system and for social justice.

Our New Lawyers Program is designed to support first and second year lawyers to develop the knowledge and skills required to effectively represent Victoria Legal Aid’s diverse client base. To hear more about the New Lawyers Program and other employment opportunities at Victoria Legal Aid you are invited to attend;

New Lawyers Program Information Evening:

When: Tuesday 27 March, 2012, 5 pm – 7 pm
Where:
Lionel Murphy Centre, 360 Queen Street, Melbourne
Program:
Hear our legal practice directors talk about the work of their program area, learn about the New Lawyers Program and listen to the experiences of a current participant, and find out about other employment opportunities at Victoria Legal Aid.
RVSP: nlp@vla.vic.gov.au by Friday 23 March, 2012.

The information session will be followed by drinks where you can meet and ask questions of current New Lawyers Program participants and Victoria Legal Aid and Federation of Community Legal Centre staff.

For more see New Lawyers Program or contact Jackie Mansie, Resourcing Co-ordinator, on (03) 9269 0193 or email nlp@vla.vic.gov.au

4. Law Beyond Practice 2012 – Law Careers Beyond Commercial Firms

Date: Thursday 19 April, 2012
Venue: Monash University Law Chambers Auditorium, 555 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne CBD
Time: 6pm – 8pm
Ticket: $10 (Drinks & Canapés provided)

Seats are strictly limited, so be quick to secure your place by booking online.

Thinking about clerkships and the conventional pathway of commercial law firm practice? Having doubts and wanting to know other options for your hard-earned law degree?

Law Beyond Practice 2012 aims to provide ambitious law students with an insight into an array of career opportunities to use your law degree outside commercial practice. Connect with successful professionals who have chosen less traditional law-related careers, from government departments, not-for-profit organisations, to leaders of the criminal law. Hear their ‘100 Second Pitch’ and then have the opportunity to chat with them – in an informal setting – to discuss legal career insights that are rewarding in both the personal and professional sense.

Confirmed speakers so far:
The Hon. Robert Richter QC
Ms Joh Kirby, Executive Director of Victoria Law Foundation
Cr Charlotte Baines, Monash City Council
Senior Sergeant Therese Fitzgerald, Police Prosecutions Division
Madeline Keating, Carina Ford Immigration Lawyers

Events

Monday, March 19th, 2012

1. Symposium – Recent developments concerning the Convention on the Rights of the Child

Date: Tuesday 24 April 2012
Venue: Monash University Law Chambers, 555 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne
Time: 9:00am to 2:45pm

This symposium will consider three important current issues in children’s rights, from Australian and international perspectives.

This informative and thought-provoking event will bring together some of Australia’s leading child rights advocates, academics and organisations. It will be an invaluable occasion for those working or studying in the area, as well as anyone with an interest in children’s rights.

Confirmed speakers:
The Hon Alastair Nicholson AO RFD QC, Chair of Children’s Rights International
Associate Professor John Tobin, University of Melbourne
Associate Professor Paula Gerber, Monash University
Chris Varney, Former Australian Youth Representative to the United Nations

Registration
Registration fees for the symposium are:
Full price: $75
Concession full price: $35

To register and pay online, please go here.

For more information on the event, please see Convention on the Rights of the Child.

2. Ninth Fiat Justitia Lecture

The Province of Legitimate Expectations Defined: the English and Australian Experience.

By Professor Christopher Forsyth, the Professor of Public Law and Private International Law, Cambridge University

Date: Wednesday, 28 March 2012
Time: 6–7pm (followed by refreshments)
Venue: Monash University Law Chambers, 555 Lonsdale St, Melbourne
Cost: Free
RSVP: Wednesday, 21 March 2012, law-marketing@monash.edu or 03 9905 2630

Patron: The Hon. Michael Black AC, Chief Justice of the Federal Court of Australia
Convenors: Professor H P Lee, Sir John Latham Professor of Law, Monash University and Professor Marilyn Pittard, Professor of Law, Monash University

For further information please see here.

3. Meeting Challenges in the Civil Justice System

How has the landscape altered? What are the challenges and opportunities? How does the justice system need to change to stay relevant to the people it serves?

The lecture will focus on current civil justice policy in England and Wales and argue that, as a result of trends over the last fifteen years, the value of a public civil justice system is being challenged, while access to that system is being inhibited both by new procedural and funding measures.

Accompanied by a profound change in civil justice discourse, the relevant interdependent justice policy strands involve the promotion of mediation and the withdrawal of the State from civil disputes; the removal of legal aid from most non-criminal issues; and a reduction in resources for the courts.

For more information please see Critique of Civil Justice Reforms in England.

4. Diversity and Inclusion Week Event: Stepping Into Law

Stepping into Law is a paid internship program designed specifically for university students with disability. These internships are offered at a range of organisations, such as the ATO, Stockland, Spark Helmore Lawyers, Department of Human Services (VIC) and many more.

Come to an information session held by the Australian Network on Disability and find out how you can gain paid work experience in your chosen field.

The internship program not only offers paid experience it also gives students exposure and support throughout the job application and interview process. It also assists with developing a network of contacts within a professional organisation, gaining valuable workplace skills which can be included on your resume and importantly it gives students with disability the opportunity to showcase their abilities.

Many students who have gone through the program have been offered longer term employment, opportunities to transition to graduate programs and confidence to apply for permanent employment.

Take the first step to transitioning to employment and come along:

Date: Tuesday 27 March, 2012
Time:
1pm – 2pm, Clayton campus
Booking and further information:
Here

Events

Monday, March 12th, 2012

1. Symposium – Recent developments concerning the Convention on the Rights of the Child

Date: Tuesday 24 April 2012
Venue: Monash University Law Chambers, 555 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne
Time: 9:00am to 2:45pm

This symposium will consider three important current issues in children’s rights, from Australian and international perspectives.

This informative and thought-provoking event will bring together some of Australia’s leading child rights advocates, academics and organisations. It will be an invaluable occasion for those working or studying in the area, as well as anyone with an interest in children’s rights.

Confirmed speakers:
The Hon Alastair Nicholson AO RFD QC, Chair of Children’s Rights International
Associate Professor John Tobin, University of Melbourne
Associate Professor Paula Gerber, Monash University
Chris Varney, Former Australian Youth Representative to the United Nations

Registration
Registration fees for the symposium are:
Early bird discount: $65 (before 1 March 2012)
Full price: $75
Concession early bird discount (student, unemployed, NGO before 1 March 2012): $30
Concession full price: $35 (1 March 2012 on)

To register and pay online, please go here.

For more information on the event, please see Convention on the Rights of the Child.

2. Ninth Fiat Justitia Lecture

The Province of Legitimate Expectations Defined: the English and Australian Experience.

By Professor Christopher Forsyth, the Professor of Public Law and Private International Law, Cambridge University

Date: Wednesday, 28 March 2012
Time: 6–7pm (followed by refreshments)
Venue: Monash University Law Chambers, 555 Lonsdale St, Melbourne
Cost: Free
RSVP: Wednesday, 21 March 2012, law-marketing@monash.edu or 03 9905 2630

Patron: The Hon. Michael Black AC, Chief Justice of the Federal Court of Australia
Convenors: Professor H P Lee, Sir John Latham Professor of Law, Monash University and Professor Marilyn Pittard, Professor of Law, Monash University

For further information please see here.

3. Non-violent Resistance in the Middle East (Public Lecture-All Welcome)

Date: Monday, 19 March 2012
Time: 6:00pm to 7:30pm
Venue: Monash Conference Centre, Level 7, 30 Collins Street, Melbourne
RSVP: castan.centre@monash.edu or tel. 9905 3327
Full details: Here.

Public Lecture – All Welcome

The power of strategic nonviolent action—which has previously brought down autocratic regimes from the Philippines to Poland and from Chile to Serbia—has made its mark on the Middle East during the past sixteen months, challenging the legitimacy of both pro-Western and anti-Western regimes as well as military occupations in the West Bank and Western Sahara. Indeed, it has been millions of ordinary Arabs—men and women, Muslim and Christian, poor and middle class, young and old—who have challenged the assumptions of both Islamist extremists and Western imperialists on how change can take place as a result of their quest for political freedom and social justice. Professor Zunes, an authority on both Middle Eastern politics and civil insurrections, will examine the recent and ongoing struggles in Tunisia, Egypt, Yemen, Libya, Bahrain, Syria, Western Sahara and elsewhere, their implications for Western powers, and the prospects for democracy.

Events

Monday, March 5th, 2012

1. Symposium – Recent developments concerning the Convention on the Rights of the Child

Date: Tuesday 24 April 2012
Venue: Monash University Law Chambers, 555 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne
Time: 9:00am to 2:45pm

This symposium will consider three important current issues in children’s rights, from Australian and international perspectives.

This informative and thought-provoking event will bring together some of Australia’s leading child rights advocates, academics and organisations. It will be an invaluable occasion for those working or studying in the area, as well as anyone with an interest in children’s rights.

Confirmed speakers:
The Hon Alastair Nicholson AO RFD QC, Chair of Children’s Rights International
Associate Professor John Tobin, University of Melbourne
Associate Professor Paula Gerber, Monash University
Chris Varney, Former Australian Youth Representative to the United Nations

Registration
Registration fees for the symposium are:
Early bird discount: $65 (before 1 March 2012)
Full price: $75
Concession early bird discount (student, unemployed, NGO before 1 March 2012): $30
Concession full price: $35 (1 March 2012 on)

To register and pay online, please go here.

For more information on the event, please see Convention on the Rights of the Child.

2. Ninth Fiat Justitia Lecture

The Province of Legitimate Expectations Defined: the English and Australian Experience.

By Professor Christopher Forsyth, the Professor of Public Law and Private International Law, Cambridge University

Date: Wednesday, 28 March 2012
Time: 6–7pm (followed by refreshments)
Venue: Monash University Law Chambers, 555 Lonsdale St, Melbourne
Cost: Free
RSVP: Wednesday, 21 March 2012, law-marketing@monash.edu or 03 9905 2630

Patron: The Hon. Michael Black AC, Chief Justice of the Federal Court of Australia
Convenors: Professor H P Lee, Sir John Latham Professor of Law, Monash University and Professor Marilyn Pittard, Professor of Law, Monash University

For further information please see here.

3. 2012 Law School Ambassador Program Presents – Speakers Forum: Defended to the End

This event will focus on why it is important to ensure all individuals are defended, regardless of their actions and their standing in public opinion. The justice system is founded upon the rule of law. This can be quickly eroded through show trials or trials perceived as such. Adequate and impassioned defence and representation of unpopular minorities is imperative to maintain the rule of law over public or political priorities

Speakers:
Professor George Hampel AM QC
David Manne RILC Executive Director
Elizabeth O’Shea Maurice Blackburn Lawyers
Robert Stary

MC for the event: Dick Gross

Date: Thursday 8 March, 2012
Time:
6.30pm – 8pm
Tickets:
$25, and can be purchased from here.

Drinks and canapés provided.

4. Non-violent Resistance in the Middle East (Public Lecture-All Welcome)

Date: Monday, 19 March 2012
Time: 6:00pm to 7:30pm
Venue: Monash Conference Centre, Level 7, 30 Collins Street, Melbourne
RSVP: castan.centre@monash.edu or tel. 9905 3327
Full details: Here.

Public Lecture – All Welcome

The power of strategic nonviolent action—which has previously brought down autocratic regimes from the Philippines to Poland and from Chile to Serbia—has made its mark on the Middle East during the past sixteen months, challenging the legitimacy of both pro-Western and anti-Western regimes as well as military occupations in the West Bank and Western Sahara. Indeed, it has been millions of ordinary Arabs—men and women, Muslim and Christian, poor and middle class, young and old—who have challenged the assumptions of both Islamist extremists and Western imperialists on how change can take place as a result of their quest for political freedom and social justice. Professor Zunes, an authority on both Middle Eastern politics and civil insurrections, will examine the recent and ongoing struggles in Tunisia, Egypt, Yemen, Libya, Bahrain, Syria, Western Sahara and elsewhere, their implications for Western powers, and the prospects for democracy.

5. Progressive Law Network Event

The Progressive Law Network is excited to invite you to the Legal (r)Evolution Conference 2012 – People. Planet. System.

Keynote address: The Hon Michael Kirby AC CMG
Panelists include:

David Manne – Executive Director of the Refugee and Immigration Legal Centre;
Felicity Millner – Principal Solicitor, Environment Defenders Office (VIC);
The Hon. Chief Justice Brian Preston – Chief Justice of the NSW Land and Environment Court, NSW.

When: Friday, 16 March from 9.30am to 4.30pm
Where:
Monash Law Chambers, 555 Lonsdale St, Melbourne.
Tickets: Tickets and more information on speakers available at the website.

6. Forensic Foundations

Forensic Foundations are holding two seminars, one entitled ‘Expert Witness Training’, and the other ‘DNA for Legal Practitioners’.  For further information, please see the Forensic Foundations website.

Events

Monday, February 27th, 2012

1. Symposium – Recent developments concerning the Convention on the Rights of the Child

Date: Tuesday 24 April 2012
Venue: Monash University Law Chambers, 555 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne
Time: 9:00am to 2:45pm

This symposium will consider three important current issues in children’s rights, from Australian and international perspectives.

This informative and thought-provoking event will bring together some of Australia’s leading child rights advocates, academics and organisations. It will be an invaluable occasion for those working or studying in the area, as well as anyone with an interest in children’s rights.

Confirmed speakers:
The Hon Alastair Nicholson AO RFD QC, Chair of Children’s Rights International
Associate Professor John Tobin, University of Melbourne
Associate Professor Paula Gerber, Monash University
Chris Varney, Former Australian Youth Representative to the United Nations

Registration
Registration fees for the symposium are:
Early bird discount: $65 (before 1 March 2012)
Full price: $75
Concession early bird discount (student, unemployed, NGO before 1 March 2012): $30
Concession full price: $35 (1 March 2012 on)

To register and pay online, please go here.

For more information on the event, please see Convention on the Rights of the Child.

2. Ninth Fiat Justitia Lecture

The Province of Legitimate Expectations Defined: the English and Australian Experience.

By Professor Christopher Forsyth, the Professor of Public Law and Private International Law, Cambridge University

Date: Wednesday, 28 March 2012
Time: 6–7pm (followed by refreshments)
Venue: Monash University Law Chambers, 555 Lonsdale St, Melbourne
Cost: Free
RSVP: Wednesday, 21 March 2012, law-marketing@monash.edu or 03 9905 2630

Patron: The Hon. Michael Black AC, Chief Justice of the Federal Court of Australia
Convenors: Professor H P Lee, Sir John Latham Professor of Law, Monash University and Professor Marilyn Pittard, Professor of Law, Monash University

For further information please see here.

3. Speakers Forum: Defended to the End

This event will focus on why it is important to ensure all individuals are defended, regardless of their actions and their standing in public opinion. The justice system is founded upon the rule of law. This can be quickly eroded through show trials or trials perceived as such. Adequate and impassioned defence and representation of unpopular minorities is imperative to maintain the rule of law over public or political priorities

Speakers:
Professor George Hampel AM QC
David Manne RILC Executive Director
Elizabeth O’Shea Maurice Blackburn Lawyers
Robert Stary

MC for the event: Dick Gross

Date: Thursday 8 March, 2012
Time:
6.30pm – 8pm
Tickets:
$25, and can be purchased from here.

Drinks and canapés provided.

Events

Monday, February 20th, 2012

1. Public Lecture – All Welcome

The Castan Centre for Human Rights Law and the Human Rights Law Centre invite you to a public lecture with:

Claudio Grossman, Chair, United Nations Committee Against Torture
Fiona McCormack, CEO, Domestic Violence Victoria

“The Relevance of the Convention Against Torture in Preventing and Redressing Violence Against Women”

Date: Wednesday22 February 2012
Time: 5:00pm to 6:30pm
Venue: Lander & Rogers, Level 12, 600 Bourke Street, Melbourne
RSVP: By completing and returning the registration form by 15 February
Cost: $20 / $10 concession (includes drinks and finger food)

Full details including registration form here.

Come along to this seminar and find out how the Convention Against Torture can be used to increase transparency and accountability and improve law, policy and practice in the area of violence against women.

2. Symposium – Recent developments concerning the Convention on the Rights of the Child

Date: Tuesday 24 April 2012
Venue: Monash University Law Chambers, 555 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne
Time: 9:00am to 2:45pm

This symposium will consider three important current issues in children’s rights, from Australian and international perspectives.

This informative and thought-provoking event will bring together some of Australia’s leading child rights advocates, academics and organisations. It will be an invaluable occasion for those working or studying in the area, as well as anyone with an interest in children’s rights.

Confirmed speakers:
The Hon Alastair Nicholson AO RFD QC, Chair of Children’s Rights International
Associate Professor John Tobin, University of Melbourne
Associate Professor Paula Gerber, Monash University
Chris Varney, Former Australian Youth Representative to the United Nations

Registration
Registration fees for the symposium are:
Early bird discount: $65 (before 1 March 2012)
Full price: $75
Concession early bird discount (student, unemployed, NGO before 1 March 2012): $30
Concession full price: $35 (1 March 2012 on)

To register and pay online, please go here.

For more information on the event, please see Convention on the Rights of the Child.

3. Ninth Fiat Justitia Lecture

The Province of Legitimate Expectations Defined: the English and Australian Experience.

By Professor Christopher Forsyth, the Professor of Public Law and Private International Law, Cambridge University

Date: Wednesday, 28 March 2012
Time: 6–7pm (followed by refreshments)
Venue: Monash University Law Chambers, 555 Lonsdale St, Melbourne
Cost: Free
RSVP: Wednesday, 21 March 2012, law-marketing@monash.edu or 03 9905 2630

Patron: The Hon. Michael Black AC, Chief Justice of the Federal Court of Australia
Convenors: Professor H P Lee, Sir John Latham Professor of Law, Monash University and Professor Marilyn Pittard, Professor of Law, Monash University

For further information please see here.

4. CS Networking Evening with Singaporean Law Students (Special Guest: AGC)

Date: Wednesday, 7 March 2012
Time: 6.30pm (Light refreshments provided)
Venue: Melbourne Law School, Room 221, 185 Pelham Street, Carlton
Register: Here.
Enquiries: australia@contactsingapore.sg or call 02 9232 3149.

Are you a Singaporean law student? If so, Contact Singapore and the Attorney-General’s Chambers would like to invite you to an exclusive networking session on law careers in Singapore. You will have the opportunity to meet and network with Daren Tang, Senior State Counsel, International Affairs Division in a casual, intimate setting.

5. Contact Singapore Work-in-Singapore Information Session

Date: Wednesday, 21 March 2012
Time:
1pm to 2pm (Light refreshments will be provided)
Venue: Monash University Clayton, L4, Ground Floor, Building 12
Register: Here.
Enquiries: australia@contactsingapore.sg or call 02 9232 3149.

Interested in a rewarding career in Singapore? Located at the crossroads of Asia, Singapore is an ever-evolving, fast-paced city that offers a harmonious blend of Eastern and Western cultures, cuisines, art and architecture on the island. Contact Singapore invites you to an Information Session to explore the exciting career opportunities that await you in this vibrant city!

Special Guests: Representatives from Freehills will be in attendance!

Events

Monday, February 13th, 2012

1. Progressive Law Network Event

The Progressive Law Network is excited to invite you to the Legal (r)Evolution Conference 2012 – People. Planet. System.

Keynote address: The Hon Michael Kirby AC CMG
Panelists include:

David Manne – Executive Director of the Refugee and Immigration Legal Centre;
Felicity Millner – Principal Solicitor, Environment Defenders Office (VIC);
The Hon. Chief Justice Brian Preston – Chief Justice of the NSW Land and Environment Court, NSW.

When: Friday, 16 March from 9.30am to 4.30pm
Where:
Monash Law Chambers, 555 Lonsdale St, Melbourne.
Tickets: Tickets and more information on speakers available at the website.

2. Ninth Fiat Justitia Lecture

The Province of Legitimate Expectations Defined: the English and Australian Experience

By Professor Christopher Forsyth, the Professor of Public Law and Private International Law, Cambridge University

Date: Wednesday, 28 March 2012
Time: 6–7pm (followed by refreshments)
Venue: Monash University Law Chambers, 555 Lonsdale St, Melbourne
Cost: Free
RSVP: Wednesday, 21 March 2012, law-marketing@monash.edu or 03 9905 2630

Patron: The Hon. Michael Black AC, Chief Justice of the Federal Court of Australia
Convenors: Professor H P Lee, Sir John Latham Professor of Law, Monash University and Professor Marilyn Pittard, Professor of Law, Monash University

For further information please see here.

3. ACCJSI Public Lecture

The Australian Centre for Court and Justice System Innovation (ACCJSI) invites you to a public lecture by Mr Jeremy Gormly SC (NADRAC Chair).

The ACCJSI presents: NADRAC: The latest developments

Date: Monday 20th February, 2012
Time: 6:00 pm
Venue: Monash University Law Chambers, Ground Floor Auditorium, 555 Lonsdale St Melbourne
RSVP: Wednesday, 15 February, 2012 to Nina Massara at nina.massara@monash.edu

Biography:
Mr Jeremy Gormly SC currently practices at the NSW Bar. He was admitted to the Bar in 1985 and became Senior Counsel in 2001. He has appeared in numerous commissions of inquiry as counsel assisting including the CAA-Seaview Aviation Royal Commission, the Thredbo Landslide Inquiry and the Andrew Mallard Murder Conviction Inquiry in Western Australia. Mr Gormly is also a practising mediator, and has mediated numerous commercial, equity and negligence actions. Under a joint Commission from the Commonwealth Attorney-General and the Minister for Science and Personnel he was appointed to and completed the task of concluding outstanding claims arising from the 1964 collision of HMAS Melbourne with HMAS Voyager. Mr Gormly is a member of the Legal Profession Admission Board, the NSW Bar Council, the Chairman of one of the Council’s Professional Conduct Committee and former Chairman and member of numerous other committees and boards.

4. Public Lecture – All Welcome

The Castan Centre for Human Rights Law and the Human Rights Law Centre invite you to a public lecture with:

Claudio Grossman, Chair, United Nations Committee Against Torture
Fiona McCormack, CEO, Domestic Violence Victoria

“The Relevance of the Convention Against Torture in Preventing and Redressing Violence Against Women”

Date: Wednesday22 February 2012
Time: 5:00pm to 6:30pm
Venue: Lander & Rogers, Level 12, 600 Bourke Street, Melbourne
RSVP: By completing and returning the registration form by 15 February
Cost: $20 / $10 concession (includes drinks and finger food)

Full details including registration form here.

Come along to this seminar and find out how the Convention Against Torture can be used to increase transparency and accountability and improve law, policy and practice in the area of violence against women.

5. Symposium – Recent developments concerning the Convention on the Rights of the Child

Date: Tuesday 24 April 2012
Venue: Monash University Law Chambers, 555 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne
Time: 9:00am to 2:45pm

This symposium will consider three important current issues in children’s rights, from Australian and international perspectives.

This informative and thought-provoking event will bring together some of Australia’s leading child rights advocates, academics and organisations.  It will be an invaluable occasion for those working or studying in the area, as well as anyone with an interest in children’s rights.

Confirmed speakers:
The Hon Alastair Nicholson AO RFD QC, Chair of Children’s Rights International
Associate Professor John Tobin, University of Melbourne
Associate Professor Paula Gerber, Monash University
Chris Varney, Former Australian Youth Representative to the United Nations

Registration
Registration fees for the symposium are:
Early bird discount: $65 (before 1 March 2012)
Full price: $75
Concession early bird discount (student, unemployed, NGO before 1 March 2012): $30
Concession full price: $35 (1 March 2012 on)

To register and pay online, please go here.

For more information on the event, please see Convention on the Rights of the Child.

6. Aid and Accountability:  Safeguarding Rights in High-Risk Development Projects

Learning from the ADB and AusAID-Funded Rehabilitation of the Cambodian Railway Project

Presenters
David Pred, Executive Director, Bridges Across Borders Cambodia
Dr. Natalie Bugalski, Human Rights Lawyer, Author of DERAILED report
Eang Vuthy, Development Watch Program Manager, Bridges Across Borders Cambodia

Panellists
Dr. Adam McBeth, Deputy Director, Castan Centre for Human Rights Law, Monash University
Jessica Rosien, Advocacy Coordinator, Oxfam Australia
Matthew Hilton, Chair, Aid/Watch

Moderator
James Ensor, Policy Director, Oxfam Australia

Date: Monday, 13 February 2012
Time: 12:30pm to 2:00pm (Refreshments and finger food to be provided after the event from 2:00pm to 2:30pm)
Venue: Monash University Law Chambers, 555 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne
RSVP: castan.centre@monash.edu or tel. 9905 3327
Full details: Monash Law Website

For further information, including main points of discussion, please see Aid and Accountability.

Events

Monday, February 6th, 2012

1. Public Lecture – All Welcome

The Castan Centre for Human Rights Law and the Human Rights Law Centre invite you to a public lecture with:

Claudio Grossman, Chair, United Nations Committee Against Torture
Fiona McCormack, CEO, Domestic Violence Victoria

“The Relevance of the Convention Against Torture in Preventing and Redressing Violence Against Women”

Date: Wednesday 22 February 2012
Time: 5:00pm to 6:30pm
Venue: Lander & Rogers, Level 12, 600 Bourke Street, Melbourne
RSVP: By completing and returning the registration form by 15 February
Cost: $20 / $10 concession (includes drinks and finger food)

Full details including registration form here.

Come along to this seminar and find out how the Convention Against Torture can be used to increase transparency and accountability and improve law, policy and practice in the area of violence against women.

2. Symposium – Recent developments concerning the Convention on the Rights of the Child

Date: Tuesday 24 April 2012
Venue: Monash University Law Chambers, 555 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne
Time: 9:00am to 2:45pm

This symposium will consider three important current issues in children’s rights, from Australian and international perspectives.

This informative and thought-provoking event will bring together some of Australia’s leading child rights advocates, academics and organisations.  It will be an invaluable occasion for those working or studying in the area, as well as anyone with an interest in children’s rights.

Confirmed speakers:
The Hon Alastair Nicholson AO RFD QC, Chair of Children’s Rights International
Associate Professor John Tobin, University of Melbourne
Associate Professor Paula Gerber, Monash University
Chris Varney, Former Australian Youth Representative to the United Nations

Registration
Registration fees for the symposium are:
Early bird discount: $65 (before 1 March 2012)
Full price: $75
Concession early bird discount (student, unemployed, NGO before 1 March 2012): $30
Concession full price: $35 (1 March 2012 on)

To register and pay online, please go here.

For more information on the event, please see Convention on the Rights of the Child.

3. Aid and Accountability:  Safeguarding Rights in High-Risk Development Projects

Learning from the ADB and AusAID-Funded Rehabilitation of the Cambodian Railway Project

Presenters
David Pred, Executive Director, Bridges Across Borders Cambodia
Dr. Natalie Bugalski, Human Rights Lawyer, Author of DERAILED report
Eang Vuthy, Development Watch Program Manager, Bridges Across Borders Cambodia

Panellists
Dr. Adam McBeth, Deputy Director, Castan Centre for Human Rights Law, Monash University
Jessica Rosien, Advocacy Coordinator, Oxfam Australia
Matthew Hilton, Chair, Aid/Watch

Moderator
James Ensor, Policy Director, Oxfam Australia

Date: Monday, 13 February 2012
Time: 12:30pm to 2:00pm (Refreshments and finger food to be provided after the event from 2:00pm to 2:30pm)
Venue: Monash University Law Chambers, 555 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne
RSVP: castan.centre@monash.edu or tel. 9905 3327
Full details: Monash Law Website

For further information, including main points of discussion, please see Aid and Accountability.

Postgraduate Events

Monday, February 6th, 2012

1. School of MIS research seminar

School of Management and Information Systems Seminar The School of MIS is currently fortunate to have a number of visiting academics who are keen to present and discuss their research with VU staff. Details of the seminar are below and in the attached flyer. If you are interested in attending please RSVP as indicated below, and please see MIS Visiting Professor Seminar for more information.

When: Wednesday 8 February 2012
Time: 2 – 5pm
Where: Victoria University, Room C901, Level 9, City Flinders campus.
RSVP: Smilka Jakobi
Phone: 9919 1295
Email: Smilka.Jakobi@vu.edu.au

Events

Monday, January 23rd, 2012

1. Mediation made in Germany – a Quality Product: Law, Practice and Current Trends

The Australian Centre for Court and Justice System Innovation (ACCJSI) invites you to a public lecture by Professor Dr.iur. Thomas Trenczek, MA

Date: Monday 30 January, 2012

Time: 5.00 pm

Venue: Monash university Law Chambers, 555 Lonsdale St, Melbourne

RSVP: Friday 27 January, 2012 to nina.massara@monash.edu

For further information please see ACCJSI 2012