Law Student Gazette

1. Monash Sport Discovery Day – Sunday 26 Feb from 2pm at Clayton campus

Discovery Day is a showcase of Monash’s support services, clubs and societies. It is hosted by Monash Sport and will provide a fun, interactive approach to how university life can be enjoyed outside lectures and tutorials.

It is an excellent hands on way to experience sport, health and fitness at Monash University, and gives you the opportunity to meet Monash’s sporting and cultural societies, and explore Monash Sport!

Experience our new fitness centres and experience the energy of Group Fitness! For further information on this free event for students please visit Monash Sport.

1. Call for Submissions – Trinity College Law Review

The Trinity College Law Review is now accepting submissions for publication in Volume XV. TCLR is Ireland’s leading and oldest student edited law journal. It is circulated across the English speaking world and throughout mainland Europe. Submissions of both articles and casenotes are open to all undergraduate, postgraduate and recent graduate law students of all universities.

The Submission Deadline for Volume XV is Friday 13^th January 2012 at 12pm (noon) GMT.

Submissions may be in English, French or German.

Maximum Word Counts:

English article: 8000 words

French or German article: 5000 words

Casenote: 2000 words

Authors are required to prepare their manuscripts in the House Style of the TCLR, which can be found in the Author’s Guide (available on www.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.

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1. Call for Submissions – Trinity College Law Review

The Trinity College Law Review is now accepting submissions for publication in Volume XV. TCLR is Ireland’s leading and oldest student edited law journal. It is circulated across the English speaking world and throughout mainland Europe. Submissions of both articles and casenotes are open to all undergraduate, postgraduate and recent graduate law students of all universities.

The Submission Deadline for Volume XV is Friday 13^th January 2012 at 12pm (noon) GMT.

Submissions may be in English, French or German.

Maximum Word Counts:

English article: 8000 words

French or German article: 5000 words

Casenote: 2000 words

Authors are required to prepare their manuscripts in the House Style of the TCLR, which can be found in the Author’s Guide (available on www.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

1. Notice from Undergraduate and Postgraduate Student Services

Copies of Examination Scripts

A new procedure has been put in place for students who wish to request copies of their exam scripts.  At the end of the exam period the relevant application form will be made available on the Law Faculty website:
http://law.monash.edu.au/current-students/resources/forms/index.html

Students must submit the application form and cash payment of $5 per exam by the due date, which will be clearly stated on the form.  NO LATE APPLICATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED.

Requests made after the closing date will need to follow the University Freedom of Information procedures:
http://policy.monash.edu.au/policy-bank/management/governance/freedom-ofinformation-procedures.html

If you have any queries, please contact us as follows:

Undergraduate: Law Student Services, Building 12, Clayton, or by email at law-undergraduate@monash.edu or call 9905 3300.

Postgraduate:  MULC, 555 Londsdale St, City or by email at law-postgraduate@monash.edu or call 99038035

2. Noticeboard Policy

If wanting to post a notice on the boards in the basement area please do the following:

• DO use ONLY black chart pins (if there are not enough available please ask the marketing team on level 2 by calling 52326 on the reception phone)
• DO not use other pins or they will be replaced.
• DO not take pins from other adverts, or take pins from the board when taking an old notice down.
• DO NOT use blue tack, sticky tape or a staple gun to put up notices
• DO NOT place your notices on top of others
• ONLY place notices on the allocated boards, not on other walls and/or windows

In the past few weeks the privilege of the noticeboards has been abused by people taking noticeboard pins. This makes the faculty look messy and disregards other people’s notices.

1. Notice from Undergraduate and Postgraduate Student Services

Copies of Examination Scripts

A new procedure has been put in place for students who wish to request copies of their exam scripts.  At the end of the exam period the relevant application form will be made available on the Law Faculty website:
http://law.monash.edu.au/current-students/resources/forms/index.html

Students must submit the application form and cash payment of $5 per exam by the due date, which will be clearly stated on the form.  NO LATE APPLICATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED.

Requests made after the closing date will need to follow the University Freedom of Information procedures:
http://policy.monash.edu.au/policy-bank/management/governance/freedom-ofinformation-procedures.html

If you have any queries, please contact us as follows:

Undergraduate: Law Student Services, Building 12, Clayton, or by email at law-undergraduate@monash.edu or call 9905 3300.

Postgraduate:  MULC, 555 Londsdale St, City or by email at law-postgraduate@monash.edu or call 99038035

2. Noticeboard Policy

If wanting to post a notice on the boards in the basement area please do the following:

• DO use ONLY black chart pins (if there are not enough available please ask the marketing team on level 2 by calling 52326 on the reception phone)
• DO not use other pins or they will be replaced.
• DO not take pins from other adverts, or take pins from the board when taking an old notice down.
• DO NOT use blue tack, sticky tape or a staple gun to put up notices
• DO NOT place your notices on top of others
• ONLY place notices on the allocated boards, not on other walls and/or windows

In the past few weeks the privilege of the noticeboards has been abused by people taking noticeboard pins. This makes the faculty look messy and disregards other people’s notices.

1. Copies of Examination Scripts

A new procedure has been put in place for students who wish to request copies of their exam scripts.  At the end of the exam period the relevant application form will be made available on the Law Faculty website:
http://law.monash.edu.au/current-students/resources/forms/index.html

Students must submit the application form and cash payment of $5 per exam by the due date, which will be clearly stated on the form.  NO LATE APPLICATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED.

Requests made after the closing date will need to follow the University Freedom of Information procedures:
http://policy.monash.edu.au/policy-bank/management/governance/freedom-ofinformation-procedures.html

Any enquiries regarding obtaining copies of exam scripts can be made in person at the Law Student Services counter:
Email law-undergraduate@monash.edu or calling 9905 3300.

2. Semester 2 SETU Surveys

Please can you make sure that you have completed an online SETU survey for each Semester 2 Unit in which you are enrolled as these close on Friday 28 October. It is very easy to do as you just do it through your my.monash portal.  It is really important that we do get your feedback about what you liked and disliked in your Semester 2 Units including the teaching in the Units. We do value your feedback from the SETU surveys and we use it to help improve our Units.

1. 4^th Gaire Blunt Scholarship – $5000

Business Law Section is offering the 4^th Gaire Blunt Scholarship during 2012.

Attached is a Flyer and an Application Form for the scholarship.  The Section has extended the time for receipt of entries next year from 31 January 2012 to 31 May 2012.

2. ALPSA Essay Competition for Law Students

The competition is open to all undergraduate and postgraduate students currently enrolled at an Australian University. It is a prestigious competition and is judged by a panel which includes Justice Susan Kiefel AC (of the High Court of Australia), Professor Geoffrey Goldsworthy (President of the Australian Society of Legal Philosophy), Professor Wojciech Sadurski (University of Sydney) and Dr Jonathan Crowe (University of Queensland).

Our first place winner will receive $250 and will have their essay published in the Justice and the Law Society’s ‘Pandora’s Box’ law journal. Second place will receive $120 and third place, $70. There is also a selection of new legal philosophy books that will be awarded randomly to entrants.

For further information please see ALPSA Essay Competition

1. 2012 Law Overseas Programs Prato/Malaysia Information Session

Find out how you can study overseas in 2012 at the Prato Centre, Italy or
Sunway Campus, Malaysia without adding any time to your degree.

Listen to students share their experiences from 2011.

Hear about the application process, units offered, funding and more.

These sessions will not be recorded but all information presented will be
available on the updated website from the 18 October.

2. Survey on Attitudes Towards Wrongful Convictions

This information is to invite you to participate in a research project, which examines people’s attitudes about wrongful convictions. This information will help us to determine whether people in the community and those working within the justice system are comfortable with the estimated rates of wrongful convictions. This research is totally funded by Deakin University. The project is being undertaken as part of a Graduate Diploma in Psychology by Jennifer Blyth, Elin Dettmer, Caitlin Redmond, Hana Robinson, and Brittany Taylor.

You have been invited to participate because you are part of a Faculty of Law at an Australian university.

If you agree to take part in the project, you will be asked to complete an online questionnaire about your attitudes toward wrongful convictions. By completing the questionnaire and submitting your answers online, you indicate that you understand the information and that you give your consent to participate in the research project.

You will be asked to read a brief scenario before answering questions about your attitudes (for example, how comfortable you feel with the estimated rate of wrongful convictions, whether it is better to let guilty people go free than convict innocent people). There are also some general questions about you, to help us interpret the information that you provide. The questionnaire is completely anonymous: you will not be asked to provide your name. The questionnaire should only take about 5 minutes to complete.

There are no anticipated risks if you decide to participate in this research.

All completed questionnaires will be kept for at least 6 years, and then destroyed. Withdrawal from the project will not be possible once you have submitted your questionnaire, as the questionnaire is completely anonymous.

The results of the project will be used to write students’ Graduate Diploma research reports; they may also be presented at scientific conferences and published in international journals. No participant will be identified in any presentation of the results, as all questionnaires are completely anonymous.

Participants are invited to contact the researchers should they wish to obtain a summary of the results.

A human ethics panel at Deakin University has approved the ethical aspects of this research project. If you have any complaints about any aspect of the research, the way it is being conducted or any questions about your rights as a participant then you may contact Secretary HEAG-H, Dean’s Office, Faculty of Health, 221 Burwood Hwy, Burwood, VIC 3125, Telephone: (03) 9251 7174, Email hmnbs-research@deakin.edu.au.

Please quote project number HEAG-H 47/11

If you require any further information or if you have any concerns regarding this project, you can contact the research supervisor:

Dr. Stefanie Sharman

School of Psychology, Deakin University, Burwood, Victoria 3125.

Telephone: (03) 9244 6485, Email: stefanie.sharman@deakin.edu.au.

The questionnaire can be completed at: : http://www.deakin.edu.au/psychology/research/wrongful_convictions/

Thank you for your time.

1. 2012 Law Overseas Programs Prato/Malaysia Information Session

Find out how you can study overseas in 2012 at the Prato Centre, Italy or
Sunway Campus, Malaysia without adding any time to your degree.

Listen to students share their experiences from 2011.

Hear about the application process, units offered, funding and more.

These sessions will not be recorded but all information presented will be
available on the updated website from the 18 October.

2. New Unit – 2012 Research Practicum

The Faculty will offer a new Research Practicum Unit – an 18 day internship in one of 10 public sector agencies including Victoria Legal Aid, Victorian Auditor General’s Office, State Trustees, Public Interest Law Clearing House and the Red Cross. Dates of the placement are flexible, depending on the agency.

The assessment is completion of a research project under the guidance of a field supervisor and participation in an assessed seminar program to support students’ projects.

ELIGIBILITY:  Later year students (ie those with  48 points (or less) remaining to complete their LLB degree as at 1st March 2012) with a Credit average
CLOSING CLOSING DATE FOR APPLICATIONS : 5pm WEDNESDAY 5th OCTOBER 2011

Application form and further information available at:

http://www.law.monash.edu.au/current-students/study-opportunities/research-practicum/index.html

Further information <kathy.laster@monash.edu>

3. S2 SETU Survey for UG Units

The SETU online surveys for  the S2 UG Units  opened on 30th Sept and will close on Oct 28th so if you are  undertaking an UG Unit can you please note that:

· You will  get an email from the University’s Quality area once the SETU surveys are ready for you to complete. Please can you NOT delete this email or filter it out. You can access the SETU surveys via  your my.monash portal  and they don’t take very long to complete.

· We would really appreciate it if you could please complete a SETU survey for every Unit in which you are enrolled   –  as we do really want to hear your views about your Units and we do use your feedback to continually improve the quality of our Units.

· The online SETU survey has 2 parts – one is for you to rate the actual Unit and the other part is for you to rate the teaching within that Unit. You may also make some comments about the Unit if you wish but please note that there is currently no section in the SETU survey for you to make any comments about the teaching.

· In the Unit comments section we would like you to give us some constructive criticism and suggestions about how to improve the Unit. Please can you make sure that you do not write any comments which

o are of an offensive nature

o may breach the University’s Equal Opportunity Policy which is at http://www.monash.edu.au/equity-diversity/policies/equal-opportunity-policy.html

o refer specifically to individual teachers in a negative way.  If these types of comments are made then the feedback from the SETU survey may not be able to be shared with the teaching team which then makes it harder for us to improve the Unit.

· Comments which refer to the overall teaching in the Unit without naming any individuals are fine.  Positive or complimentary comments are also fine.

Thank you very much for your assistance with this matter. We really do care about what you say and do strive to continually improve our Units based on your feedback to us.

4. University of Cambridge New Law Programme

Introducing the Masters degree in Corporate Law (MCL), launching in the 2012 – 2013 academic year. It is the first Law degree to be established at Cambridge since the 19^th century. It combines practical insights with Academic and theoretical rigor and is ideal for those entering corporate practice or planning an academic career.

For further information please see mcl.law.cam.ac.uk

1. 2012 Law Overseas Programs Prato/Malaysia Information Session

Find out how you can study overseas in 2012 at the Prato Centre, Italy or
Sunway Campus, Malaysia without adding any time to your degree.

Listen to students share their experiences from 2011.

Hear about the application process, units offered, funding and more.

These sessions will not be recorded but all information presented will be
available on the updated website from the 18 October.