Law Student Gazette

1. Adjusting to online learning and other things you did not anticipate this year

COVID-19 presents an unprecedented challenge for universities and our students. We’ve all had to change and adjust rapidly. With those changes comes fear, grief and stress. The first step is to acknowledge these feelings, and then take small but tangible actions to work through them. In this article Dr Kelly-Ann Allen, Monash Educational and Development Psychologist, offers some practical advice to help you through these challenges. Learn more

1. Progressive Law Network

The Progressive Law Network (PLN) is a network of students, staff and professionals working to promote social and environmental justice through the law. We run events and programs focused on non-commercial and public interest law. We are both community-oriented and career-oriented, forming connections between students, staff, professionals, and community organisations.

Join us at the PLN by dropping by coming along to our Welcome Drinks on Friday 20 March from 6pm. For more info, get in touch via Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn, and we also welcome emails at pln@monashclubs.org.

In 2020, we look forward to seeing you at our events, including a climate justice panel discussion early in semester 1 as well as a mentoring program later in the year. Stay tuned for more events and activities TBA. Our members also receive a newsletter promoting articles, events, and volunteering and internship opportunities.

2. ABL Takeovers Competition

One of the country’s most prestigious commercial law firms, Arnold Bloch Leibler (ABL), will partner with Monash Law on this year’s Takeovers Competition.

By registering to take part in the Takeovers Competition, you will have an opportunity to demonstrate your skills and knowledge in response to a case study prepared by ABL, involving details of a hostile takeover.

The competition’s winning team will receive a $5,000 cash prize and the runners-up will receive $2,500.

Please form a team of 2 people and register to participate in the ABL and Monash Takeovers Competition by Wednesday 25 March.  Registration and further information can be accessed here.

Please note: both team members must have received a Distinction or High Distinction in Corporations Law or Company Law to be eligible.

3. Want to be a Monash Law social media ambassador?

Monash Law presents an exciting opportunity for creative and social media savvy Monash Law students.

As students, you are a central part of our University culture, as you contribute to a vibrant and lively campus atmosphere.

The Social Media Ambassador Program is a unique and fun opportunity for selected students to gain professional experience representing a brand, pitch ideas and work collaboratively with your faculty and fellow students to highlight what life is like as a student at Monash Law.

So if you’re passionate about social media and eager to get involved with campus life, apply now.

Benefits:

• Build on your resume to showcase to future employers 
• A professional recommendation from Monash Law 
• Make new friends and join a fun team environment

Apply now

1. Information for First Year Law Students

If you are in your first year of Law at Monash, make sure you join the official Monash Law First Year Facebook Group.

This will be your main point of communication with other first years and will contain important announcements from your First Year Officers, Christian and Ruby, and other members of the Monash Law Students’ Society.

It will contain information about the Peer Mentor Program (PMP), which is a program that enables you to be paired up with two Mentors who will provide guidance and help answer any questions. The Program will run social events all throughout the semester.

It also contains important information about the upcoming First Year Law Camp, which is the best way to meet the rest of your 2020 cohort before the year gets fully underway.

2. Want to be a Monash Law social media ambassador?

Monash Law presents an exciting opportunity for creative and social media savvy Monash Law students.

As students, you are a central part of our University culture, as you contribute to a vibrant and lively campus atmosphere.

The Social Media Ambassador Program is a unique and fun opportunity for selected students to gain professional experience representing a brand, pitch ideas and work collaboratively with your faculty and fellow students to highlight what life is like as a student at Monash Law.

So if you’re passionate about social media and eager to get involved with campus life, apply now.

Benefits:

• Build on your resume to showcase to future employers 
• A professional recommendation from Monash Law 
• Make new friends and join a fun team environment

Apply now

1. Want to be a Monash Law social media ambassador?

Monash Law presents an exciting opportunity for creative and social media savvy Monash Law students.

As students, you are a central part of our University culture, as you contribute to a vibrant and lively campus atmosphere.

The Social Media Ambassador Program is a unique and fun opportunity for selected students to gain professional experience representing a brand, pitch ideas and work collaboratively with your faculty and fellow students to highlight what life is like as a student at Monash Law.

So if you’re passionate about social media and eager to get involved with campus life, apply now.

Benefits:

• Build on your resume to showcase to future employers 
• A professional recommendation from Monash Law 
• Make new friends and join a fun team environment

Apply now

2. Sir John Monash Medal – application date extension

Please note: 

• The closing date for nominations for the Sir John Monash Medal has been extended to 5:00 pm on Friday 28 February 2020.
• Students who still have a deferred exam or pending summer A results are welcome to apply.

Each year, the Faculty of Law awards the Sir John Monash Medal for Outstanding Achievement.

The Sir John Monash Medal for Outstanding Achievement is awarded to a student who:

• has completed the academic requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Laws (Honours) and is eligible to graduate;
• is judged to have an excellent academic record; and
• has demonstrated a significant commitment to advancing the University’s goals of social justice, human rights and a sustainable environment.

All nominations must include a letter from the nominator explaining the reason for the nomination and a statement from the nominee addressing how he/she meets each of the eligibility criteria. Please also provide any supporting information which could be of use to the selection committee and permission from the student to have his or her academic records released to the selection committee.

To nominate and to learn more please see the Sir John Monash Medal webpage.

1. Sir John Monash Medal

Each year, the Faculty of Law awards the Sir John Monash Medal for Outstanding Achievement.

The Sir John Monash Medal for Outstanding Achievement is awarded to a student who:

• has completed the academic requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Laws (Honours) and is eligible to graduate;
• is judged to have an excellent academic record; and
• has demonstrated a significant commitment to advancing the University’s goals of social justice, human rights and a sustainable environment.

All nominations must include a letter from the nominator explaining the reason for the nomination and a statement from the nominee addressing how he/she meets each of the eligibility criteria. Please also provide any supporting information which could be of use to the selection committee and permission from the student to have his or her academic records released to the selection committee.

To nominate and to learn more please see the Sir John Monash Medal webpage.

Please note nominations close 5:00 pm on Monday 17 February 2020.

2. Textbook Equity Grants

Every year the Monash LSS, in conjunction with the Law Faculty, aims to provide eligible students with textbook bursaries to assist with the cost of purchasing law textbooks.

These grants are designed to help students struggling to meet the costs of attending university purchase the resources they need.

The grants are open to undergraduate and JD students, and can be used to purchase books at the Monash Bookstore (Clayton) or online, with free delivery to Monash Chambers.

If you have any questions, please contact Lucinda Nadj (Director of Social Justice & Equity) at equity@monashlss.com.

3. The Validator: does your idea have legs?

4. Law Ambassador Program

5. Free psychologist service available at Monash Law Chambers

A clinical psychologist, Linda Russell, will now be available for counselling appointments for students on Tuesdays at Monash Law Chambers, 555 Lonsdale St, Melbourne.

This is a free and confidential service that Monash Law students can access. For further information and to make an appointment, please email linda.russell@monash.edu.

1. Sir John Monash Medal

Each year, the Faculty of Law awards the Sir John Monash Medal for Outstanding Achievement.

The Sir John Monash Medal for Outstanding Achievement is awarded to a student who:

• has completed the academic requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Laws (Honours) and is eligible to graduate;
• is judged to have an excellent academic record; and
• has demonstrated a significant commitment to advancing the University’s goals of social justice, human rights and a sustainable environment.

All nominations must include a letter from the nominator explaining the reason for the nomination and a statement from the nominee addressing how he/she meets each of the eligibility criteria. Please also provide any supporting information which could be of use to the selection committee and permission from the student to have his or her academic records released to the selection committee.

To nominate and to learn more please see the Sir John Monash Medal webpage.

Please note nominations close 5:00 pm on Monday 17 February 2020.

2. Textbook Equity Grants

Every year the Monash LSS, in conjunction with the Law Faculty, aims to provide eligible students with textbook bursaries to assist with the cost of purchasing law textbooks.

These grants are designed to help students struggling to meet the costs of attending university purchase the resources they need.

The grants are open to undergraduate and JD students, and can be used to purchase books at the Monash Bookstore (Clayton) or online, with free delivery to Monash Chambers.

If you have any questions, please contact Lucinda Nadj (Director of Social Justice & Equity) at equity@monashlss.com.

3. The Validator: does your idea have legs?

4. Law Ambassador Program

5. Free psychologist service available at Monash Law Chambers

A clinical psychologist, Linda Russell, will now be available for counselling appointments for students on Tuesdays at Monash Law Chambers, 555 Lonsdale St, Melbourne.

This is a free and confidential service that Monash Law students can access. For further information and to make an appointment, please email linda.russell@monash.edu.

1. Sir John Monash Medal

Each year, the Faculty of Law awards the Sir John Monash Medal for Outstanding Achievement.

The Sir John Monash Medal for Outstanding Achievement is awarded to a student who:

• has completed the academic requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Laws (Honours) and is eligible to graduate;
• is judged to have an excellent academic record; and
• has demonstrated a significant commitment to advancing the University’s goals of social justice, human rights and a sustainable environment.

All nominations must include a letter from the nominator explaining the reason for the nomination and a statement from the nominee addressing how he/she meets each of the eligibility criteria. Please also provide any supporting information which could be of use to the selection committee and permission from the student to have his or her academic records released to the selection committee.

To nominate and to learn more please see the Sir John Monash Medal webpage.

Please note nominations close 5:00 pm on Monday 17 February 2020.

2. Law Ambassador Program

3. Monash University Law Review – Editorial Committee applications now open

The Monash University Law Review is the flagship academic journal of the Faculty of Law at Monash University. It is highly regarded by the legal profession and international law schools.

The 2020 Editors and Faculty Advisors are accepting applications from current LLB and JD students to join the Editorial Committee in 2020. Committee members will receive training to complete 3–4 partial edits of an article during the course of the year. The time commitment per edit is approximately 10 hours. Involvement with the Review provides students with valuable practical skills in legal research, writing and editing, and is highly regarded by law firms and employers.

We are looking for highly committed students with strong time management skills, excellent attention to detail and close familiarity with the AGLC. Applicants with at least one full year of study remaining will be preferred. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students, those with a disability and students from under-represented backgrounds are strongly encouraged to apply, including those supported by Monash under the Equity definitions.

To apply, please send your CV, one-page cover letter and latest unofficial academic transcript to law.review@monash.edu with the subject line ‘2020 Committee Application’. Your cover letter should outline your reasons for applying, suitability for the role and expected graduation date. Applications will close at 5PM on 30 January 2020. Students will be notified if they have progressed to the next stage of the application process — an editing exercise — following the close of applications.

If you have any questions, please contact the Editors at law.review@monash.edu. We look forward to receiving your applications!

4. Free psychologist service available at Monash Law Chambers

A clinical psychologist, Linda Russell, will now be available for counselling appointments for students on Tuesdays at Monash Law Chambers, 555 Lonsdale St, Melbourne.

This is a free and confidential service that Monash Law students can access. For further information and to make an appointment, please email linda.russell@monash.edu .

1. Monash University Law Review – Editorial Committee applications now open

The Monash University Law Review is the flagship academic journal of the Faculty of Law at Monash University. It is highly regarded by the legal profession and international law schools.

The 2020 Editors and Faculty Advisors are accepting applications from current LLB and JD students to join the Editorial Committee in 2020. Committee members will receive training to complete 3–4 partial edits of an article during the course of the year. The time commitment per edit is approximately 10 hours. Involvement with the Review provides students with valuable practical skills in legal research, writing and editing, and is highly regarded by law firms and employers.

We are looking for highly committed students with strong time management skills, excellent attention to detail and close familiarity with the AGLC. Applicants with at least one full year of study remaining will be preferred. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students, those with a disability and students from under-represented backgrounds are strongly encouraged to apply, including those supported by Monash under the Equity definitions.

To apply, please send your CV, one-page cover letter and latest unofficial academic transcript to law.review@monash.edu with the subject line ‘2020 Committee Application’. Your cover letter should outline your reasons for applying, suitability for the role and expected graduation date. Applications will close at 5PM on 30 January 2020. Students will be notified if they have progressed to the next stage of the application process — an editing exercise — following the close of applications.

If you have any questions, please contact the Editors at law.review@monash.edu. We look forward to receiving your applications!

2. Free psychologist service available at Monash Law Chambers

A clinical psychologist, Linda Russell, will now be available for counselling appointments for students on Tuesdays at Monash Law Chambers, 555 Lonsdale St, Melbourne.

This is a free and confidential service that Monash Law students can access. For further information and to make an appointment, please email linda.russell@monash.edu .

3. Trinity College Law Review – Call for Submissions

The Trinity College Law Review (TCLR) is Ireland’s oldest and leading student law journal. The TCLR is now accepting submissions for Volume XXIII of the print edition and the TCLR Online.

Publication in the TCLR represents the culmination of valuable legal research and writing and is widely recognised as a significant achievement. TCLR gladly accepts articles and case notes from undergraduates, postgraduates and graduates, on all areas of law. Numerous prizes are available for successful authors.

The submission deadline for Volume XXIII is 17 January 2020 at 17:00. For more information, including submission guidelines, please see here. 

1. English Connect Summer Workshops

Develop your professional and academic language skills over summer with our most popular workshops.

English Connect Summer Workshops are a great opportunity for you to develop your English language skills in a semi-intensive format.

The workshops run in blocks of 3 hours and you can register for the morning and / or afternoon sessions. Workshops will only run if 25 or more students register.

Register here

2. Free psychologist service available at Monash Law Chambers

A clinical psychologist, Linda Russell, will now be available for counselling appointments for students on Tuesdays at Monash Law Chambers, 555 Lonsdale St, Melbourne.

This is a free and confidential service that Monash Law students can access. For further information and to make an appointment, please email linda.russell@monash.edu .

3. Trinity College Law Review – Call for Submissions

The Trinity College Law Review (TCLR) is Ireland’s oldest and leading student law journal. The TCLR is now accepting submissions for Volume XXIII of the print edition and the TCLR Online.

Publication in the TCLR represents the culmination of valuable legal research and writing and is widely recognised as a significant achievement. TCLR gladly accepts articles and case notes from undergraduates, postgraduates and graduates, on all areas of law. Numerous prizes are available for successful authors.

The submission deadline for Volume XXIII is 17 January 2020 at 17:00. For more information, including submission guidelines, please see here. 

3. Queer Leaders Scholarship 2020 applications now open

The Queer Leaders Scholarship recognises the efforts of an LGBTIQ+ identifying Monash student who contributes to an inclusive culture and assists in promoting awareness and understanding of issues that may affect people of diverse genders and sexualities.

APPLICATIONS CLOSE: Wednesday 6 November

SCHOLARSHIP VALUE: $4000 for one year only

NUMBER OFFERED: One scholarship per year

Learn more