Law Student Gazette

1. Smoking

The rear doors are the only entry to the Law Building until the end of the Law Faculty Entry Remodelling Project in late March. Smoking is prohibited throughout the university within 10 metres of an entrance so there should be no smoking at the rear of building 12. Anyone who smokes anywhere in the university should always place fully extinguished butts in bins.

1. Smoking

The rear doors are the only entry to the Law Building until the end of the Law Faculty Entry Remodelling Project in late March. Smoking is prohibited throughout the university within 10 metres of an entrance so there should be no smoking at the rear of building 12. Anyone who smokes anywhere in the university should always place fully extinguished butts in bins.

1. Student Success Stories

Have you won an award/scholarship, been recognised for community service/leadership, or experienced a significant success whilst studying at Monash Law? If so, we want to hear from you! We would love to feature successful students and alumni in our many publication faculty publications; if you are willing to share your story with us please contact Lauren in the marketing department on either lauren.miller@monash.edu or 9905 2326.

1. Faculty Renovations

Work will commence week beginning 26 November 2012 on the renovations to building 12. Renovations are scheduled to be completed 18 March 2013. Please note the following changes during the period of renovation:

• Mail room moved to G17 (previously Law Review office) on ground level. This room has flash card access.
• Deliveries to the building have been redirected to the Administrative Services Unit in room 202 on Level 2. Deliveries requiring lift access are through Diane O’Neill (55136)
• The Law Review editors will move to G18 until mid December and will then be relocated within the building until the end of the renovations.
• Student Services has moved to room 428 (4th Floor conference room). There are direction signs around the Faculty. Shufen Lin (Manager, Undergraduate Student Services) has moved to room 443.
• The food and drink machines have been relocated to the carpeted foyer area on ground level.
• The student/staff counsellors have moved to the campus centre during the period of renovations.
• Once renovations commence, there will be no access via the front of the building for the duration of the project. There will be an emergency egress only. Access to the building will be via the rear doors on both sides of the building. Staff and students can access upper floors via the rear stairs or the temporary stairs inside the front of the building for access to the Dean’s area and Law Library as well as upper levels. Pedestrian access may vary from time to time so staff and students are requested to note directional signage.
• Noisy works will be carried out outside office hours and on weekends but there will be some construction noise at other times.
• There will be weekly progress reports via the Law School Staff and Student Gazettes. Artist impressions of the project will be posted in the building when available.

If students have any queries regarding the renovation work in the building please contact Diane O’Neill (9905 5136).

2. Malaysia Survey

A huge thank you to all students who completed the survey regarding the Monash Malaysia Program! The survey closes tomorrow; if you haven’t had your say yet, you can complete the short, multiple choice survey here.

3. Student Success Stories

Have you won an award/scholarship, been recognised for community service/leadership, or experienced a significant success whilst studying at Monash Law? If so, we want to hear from you! We would love to feature successful students and alumni in our many publication faculty publications; if you are willing to share your story with us please contact Lauren in the marketing department on either lauren.miller@monash.edu or 9905 2326.

2. Student Success Stories

Have you won an award/scholarship, been recognised for community service/leadership, or experienced a significant success whilst studying at Monash Law? If so, we want to hear from you! We would love to feature successful students and alumni in our many publication faculty publications; if you are willing to share your story with us please contact Lauren in the marketing department on either lauren.miller@monash.edu or 9905 2326.

3. Trinity College Law Review

The Trinity College Law Review is now accepting submissions for publication in Volume XVI. TCLR is Ireland’s leading and oldest student edited law journal. We accept submissions, both articles and casenotes, from all undergraduate students, postgraduate students and graduates, on all areas of law.

The Submission Deadline for Volume XVI is Friday 11th January 2013 at 12pm (noon).

Submissions may be in English, French or German.

Maximum Word Counts:

• English article: 10,000 words
• French or German article: 5000 words
• Casenote: 4000 words

The Gernot Biehler Casenote Competition, open to all Junior and Senior Freshman Students who submit a casenote of 3000 words or less, features the same submission and deadline process as all other TCLR submissions. Casenotes should be 3000 words or less and critique a recent case. Authors who wish their submissions to be considered as part of this competition should indicate this in their submission email and state their year of study. There is a supplementary deadline for this competition, available only to those students that are taking the Foundation Scholarship Examinations in 2013: Friday 18th January at 12pm (noon).

The winning casenote from 2012 can be viewed in the TCLR from that year: “Extra-Territorial Claims for the Irish Constitution – The Supreme Court’s Approach in the Case of Nottinghamshire County Council v B” 15 TCLR 127.

Authors are required to prepare their manuscripts in the House Style of the TCLR, which can be found in the Author’s Guide (available onwww.trinitycollegelawreview.org).The editorial process will be collaborative, with any edits or preparations made with the cooperation of the Authors. We regret that manuscripts cannot be returned. Article selection and editing procedures are summarised in the Author’s Guide. Articles should be submitted by email in DOC or DOCX format to: lawreview.trinitycollege@gmail.com.

The email should contain the Author’s name, year of study or graduation, course and contact details (email, phone number and postal address) in the main body of the email with your article attached. The selection process is entirely anonymous. Other than in the email, please do not include any indications of identity in the submission.

Publication in the Trinity College Law Review represents a significant achievement and the culmination of valuable legal research and writing. As well as this, there are both monetary and internship prizes for the best articles. The Editorial Board looks forward to working with all prospective authors.

1. Nomination Open for Chief Justice’s Medal

Nomination is open for the “Chief Justice’s Victoria Law Foundation Medal for Excellence and Community Service” to be awarded to a LLB/JD student expected to graduate in 2012.

This Medal has been awarded annually since 2003. The award aims to acknowledge and encourage a commitment to community service among law students in Victoria. The award is to a LLB/JD 2012 graduate and who is judged to have demonstrated a commitment to community service throughout their law studies as well as excellence in scholarship. 2012 nominations will be closed on Friday 7th December.

Full details are available on the Monash Law website. Please direct further inquires to shufen.lin@monash.edu

1. Scholarship

In 2013 the Order of Australia Association Foundation will sponsor a scholarship for a Monash student valued at $40,000 and provide an opportunity of an ongoing mentor with a member of the Order of Australia.

The successful applicant must be in the 2nd year of study in a select Law/Business and Economics degrees and demonstrate qualities of leadership, initiative and involvement in community affairs. Students must also be able to demonstrate their need for financial assistance to benefit the completion of their degree.

For full details of the eligibility and selection criteria as well as the application form, see here. For more information about the Order of Australia Foundation, go to their website.

2. Victims of Crime

Victims of Crime Counselling & Compensation Services promotes the rights of victims of crime throughout Australia.

We have a NEWS section on our website which disseminates information relevant to victims of crime. See: www.victimsofcrime.com.au

We would like to invite others to contribute to this site, particularly those with a legal, criminology of psychology background. Topics of interest may include, but certainly not limited to, the effects of trauma, the criminal process and treatment for recovery.

We would like as much support as possible to the dissemination of relevant information to promote the best interest of victims of crime.

Kindly email relevant essays, research and other papers to: voccs@hotmail.com

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1. Monash Mental Health Week

With one in five Australians experiencing some form of mental illness, Monash Mental Health Week, from 8 to 12 October, aims to raise awareness of the importance of mental health at Monash through a great variety of events across each campus.

2. Scholarship

In 2013 the Order of Australia Association Foundation will sponsor a scholarship for a Monash student valued at $40,000 and provide an opportunity of an ongoing mentor with a member of the Order of Australia.

The successful applicant must be in the 2nd year of study in a select Law/Business and Economics degrees and demonstrate qualities of leadership, initiative and involvement in community affairs. Students must also be able to demonstrate their need for financial assistance to benefit the completion of their degree.

For full details of the eligibility and selection criteria as well as the application form, see here. For more information about the Order of Australia Foundation, go to their website.

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1. Law Student Professional Development Workshops

The Student Experience Manager has secured a range of 55 minute ‘bite sized’ PD training opportunities for students and I would like to offer you the opportunity to avail yourselves of them in a range of fascinating and useful areas. These are is now available to you to book via your MyMonash portal, you will find the booking system at: my.monash > News and events tab > Booking systems section > Law Student Professional Development booking system

On offer currently is:

Tuesday 25 September 2012

• 11.00 – 12.00 Noon – “Confident Conversations”, max 15 participants
• 12.00 – 1.00 pm – “Diplomacy, Influence and Persuasion”, max 15 participants
• 1.00 – 2.00 – “Get More Done with Less Effort”, max 12 participants –
• 2.00 – 3.00 – “Ban Procrastination”, max 15 participants –
• 3.00 – 4.00 – “The Art of Mingling at Networking Functions”, max 25 participants

Wed 26 September 2012

• 11.00 – 12.00 – “Assertiveness For Everyday Life, Part 1″, max 10 participants
• 12.00 – 1.00 – “Diplomacy, Influence and Persuasion”, max 15 participants
• 1.00 – 2.00 – “Public Speaking: Presentations Without the Pain, Part 1″, max 10 participants
• 2.00 – 3.00 – “The Art of Mingling at Networking Functions”, max 25 participants
• 3.00 – 4.00 – “Confident Conversations”, max 15 participants

Wednesday 3 October 2012

• 11.00 – 12.00 – “Assertiveness For Everyday Life, Part 2″, max 10 participants
• 12.00 – 1.00 “Get More Done with Less effort”, max 12 participants
• 1.00 – 2.00 – “Public Speaking: Presentations Without the Pain, Part 2″, max 10 participants
• 2.00 – 3.00 – “Ban Procrastination”, max 15 participants
• 3.00 – 4.00 – “Confident Conversations”, max 15 participants

Thursday 4 October 2012

• 11.00 – 12.00 Noon – “Confident Conversations”, max 15 participants
• 12.00 – 1.00 pm – “Diplomacy, Influence and Persuasion”, max 15 participants
• 1.00 – 2.00 – “Get More Done with Less Effort”, max 12 participants
• 2.00 – 3.00 – “Ban Procrastination”, max 15 participants
• 3.00 – 4.00 – “The Art of Mingling at Networking Functions”, max 25 participants

Please note numbers are strictly limited and places will be allocated on a ‘first in, best dressed’ policy.

You are able to find out more information on the content of each session and Register your desired attendance in your myMonash portal. If you are too late and the event is full you will be placed on a waiting list. If you cannot attend an event you have Registered for, please cancel and your fellow student will be bumped from the Wait list to enable them to attend.

Please note the Assertiveness and Public Speaking sessions are both ‘two-parters’; do not Register if you cannot attend both as there is a take home practice task for presentation the following week, in order to fully benefit and practice the skills taught.

I hope you feel these training sessions will come in very useful in both professional and personal life situations. The faculty hopes you find them of benefit.

2. Monash Mental Health Week

With one in five Australians experiencing some form of mental illness, Monash Mental Health Week, from 8 to 12 October, aims to raise awareness of the importance of mental health at Monash through a great variety of events across each campus.

3. Scholarship

In 2013 the Order of Australia Association Foundation will sponsor a scholarship for a Monash student valued at $40,000 and provide an opportunity of an ongoing mentor with a member of the Order of Australia.

The successful applicant must be in the 2nd year of study in a select Law/Business and Economics degrees and demonstrate qualities of leadership, initiative and involvement in community affairs. Students must also be able to demonstrate their need for financial assistance to benefit the completion of their degree.

For full details of the eligibility and selection criteria as well as the application form, see here. For more information about the Order of Australia Foundation, go to their website.

Applications close 5pm (AEST) Friday 19 October 2012. If you have any questions regarding this scholarship, contact the scholarships unit on 9905 3069.

4. Survey

Beginning next week, eSolutions will be sending 6,000 Monash staff and 17,000 students a survey on IT Service Quality.

It is conducted on our behalf by Systems Thinking and contributes to IT service improvement in several ways: it gives us an independent view on our current performance; it provides a time-series view of service quality (5 years currently); and it provides a benchmark with 30+ Australian universities, including most of the Go8.

We would encourage all staff and students to participate.