1. Law Council of Australia Scholarships: Business Law
Each year the Business Law Section offers three scholarships of $5000 to the writer of the best papers in fields of Competition, Corporations and Taxation Law. The scholarships are targeted to ‘early career’ legal professionals with less than four years of professional experience in the legal field of their paper. In the past winners have come from across academia, business and government sectors.
These scholarships are well suited to any Honours or research student who has previously written on a topic in one of the available fields.
Entries close 31 July 5pm. For more information, please visit here.
2. Start next semester on track and beat procrastination with Leap into Leadership Online
We know it’s hard to manage your time while at university. Balancing study, work, volunteering and other responsibilities can be stressful. Before the start of a busy new semester, now is the perfect time to get organised and develop your skills. That’s why Monash has created Time Management and Prioritisation, a free online module for all students. You’ll learn how to stay focused and avoid procrastination, create an effective to-do list and delegate to your team. It only takes about one to two hours to complete the module, and you’ll receive a personalised certificate and resource pack when you finish.
Time Management and Prioritisation is just one module offered in Leap into Leadership Online: a suite of interactive modules you can complete any time, at any stage of your studies. With modules on communication, teamwork, goal-setting and more, there’s plenty of topics to suit you.
Be ready to start next semester on the right track – enrol in “Time Management and Prioritisation” now.
3. English Connect: Monash University free lessons developing your English
Drop in sessions:
Assistance with academic English in free, one to one “drop in” 20 minute sessions, no booking requires. They operate week 3-13 every semester, Monday – Friday 11am – 3pm daily in Career Connect, starting Monday 8 August.
Sessions include grammar checks, explanations and sample editing, providing grammar resources and directions for self-development. Bring in your academic work with you and talk it through. This is facilitated by Monash students.
English speaking sessions
Structured but flexible fun sessions that operate weekly for one hour for 9 weeks (August – October). This is a great way to make friends, laugh and learn. The content will address common conversation situations, how to make friends and talk to local students, Australian slang and accents as well as having a party at the end of semester! Registration for class is open with the timetable being released in late June.
Visit monash.edu/students/conversational-english or email english.connect@monash.edu for more information.
4. Uni & Chill: how to have a life at university
All first years! As part of Monash University’s student led Mental Health Champions program, we’re excited to bring to you… Uni & Chill! This time together is aimed at helping you learn and reflect upon things that can help you on your university journey. What better way to do this, than in a warm, engaging and safe environment with other uni students!
The dates will be:
Monday 8 August 6:30pm -7:30pm
Monday 15 August 6:30pm -7:30pm
Monday 22 August 6:30pm -7:30pm
Monday 29 August 6:30pm -7:30pm
Broadly, we will be exploring procrastination, self-care, mindfulness, and ways to get the most out of and adjust to university life. Each of these areas has some potential for you to do better or feel better when it comes to your university experience. Yes, grades are important, but what’s just as important is having fun along the way, and creating space in our lives and minds to do this. Register through the Monash Booking System, bookings are essential and places are limited. Register here and join the Facebook event here: .
5. Connecting with Law Short Film Competition
The Connecting with Law Short Film Competition is launching again for 2016.
Open to all Australian law students, the Connecting with Law Short Film Competition is an opportunity for students to get creative, get their name known in law and be in the running to win great prizes.
This year, students are invited to create a 2-5 minute film about what inspires them to study law, that will educate, entertain and engage their fellow law students and help them connect with law.
Please find more information here.
Please note entries close Friday 29 July 2016.
6. theDELINEATOR: facilitated ideation sessions for startups
Lots of people don’t consider themselves entrepreneurs. But it sometimes just takes an ideation session and they have come up with a number of interesting startup concepts in just a few hours.
This is an empowering, exciting and fun event that is great for team building and professional development.
We plan to run sessions in small groups of 10-30 people.
The venue is still TBC but we will advise you of the exact location when it is organised.
Date: Friday 12 August 2016
Time: 9:00am – 12:00pm
Venue: TBA
Light refreshments provided
Register here.
7. Do you need help with your clerkship applications?
If you are after tailored and personal advice relating to CVs, cover letters, applications and interviewing techniques contact clerkshiphelp@gmail.com to organise a one-on-one session.
The sessions are run by final year law students who have clerked at top and mid-tier law firms and received offers from a number of firms.
8. Faculty Managed Internship: EcoPeace, Middle East, Israel
Please find further information here about this three-month internship, taking place from November 2016 to February 2017.
Applications are now open and close Friday 29 July 2016.
Student Mobility Funding may be provided, please see eligibility criteria here.
Queries: law-international@monash.edu
9. Faculty Managed Internship: Herzog Fox & Neeman, Israel
Applications are now open and close Friday 16 September 2016 for the Herzog Fox & Neeman internship in Israel.
The internship will go for a minimum of 4 weeks from mid-January to mid-February 2017.
Further information including Application process & Eligibility details can be found here.
Student Mobility Funding may be provided, please see eligibility criteria.
Queries: law-international@monash.edu
10. Free tax returns for students
Need help lodging your tax return?
Make an appointment with an Australian Tax Office trained volunteer.
Appointments are free and available on Caulfield and Clayton Campus.
For more information and to book your appointment visit http://msa.monash.edu/taxhelp.
11. Inaugural Michael Taussig QC Family Law Essay Awards
The Family Law Section of the Law Council of Australia is pleased to invite law students to participate in the inaugural Michael Taussig QC Family Law Essay Awards.
The Awards commemorate the life and contribution of Michael Taussig QC, one of the Family Law Section’s most outstanding members.
The Family Law Section is the largest of the Law Council’s specialist sections. Since its inception in 1985, the Section has developed a reputation as a source of innovative, constructive and informed leadership in all areas of family law reform and policy development. With a national membership of more than 2,500 family lawyers and related professionals, the organisation is committing to furthering the development of practice in family law for the benefit of the Australian community.
Two Awards will be offered in 2016, one for junior lawyers and the second for law students.
The student Award is open to law students from all Australian Universities, with a prize value of $1,500.
Please find information about eligibility and criteria here.
Please note essays must be submitted by Friday 26 August 2016.
12. International Students Work Rights Legal Service
A new International Students Work Rights Legal Service is now operating in Victoria.
JobWatch Inc, in collaboration with the Study Melbourne Student Centre and Inner Melbourne Community Legal, is operating this new legal service at the Study Melbourne Student Centre every Thursday.
Study Melbourne Student Centre (SMSC) is a free and confidential ‘one stop shop’ where international students in Victoria can access a range of free support, information and welfare services.
As part of the service, a JobWatch lawyer will be based at the Study Melbourne Student Centre each Thursday from 9.00am until 5.00pm to give international students free and confidential legal advice about work-related matters. JobWatch is also available to assist international students with work-related matters during the rest of the week.
Inner Melbourne Community Legal (IMCL) is available to assist international students with general law consultations (not including immigration advice). A lawyer from IMCL will be at the Study Melbourne Student Centre every Thursday afternoon.
The Study Melbourne Student Centre is located at 599 Little Bourke St, Melbourne (close to Southern Cross Station).
For queries please contact the Study Melbourne Student Centre by email (info@studymelbourne.vic.gov.au) or phone 1800 056 449 (free call from landlines).
13. Mid Year Orientation Camp
Missed out on Uni Summer Camps? Want to meet new people or go on a camp with your uni friends?
Host Scheme is a volunteer leadership program that provide orientation events for all Monash Students. Their camps are renowned for their inclusivity and social environment.
Camp ticket includes 2 nights/3 days (22 – 24 July 2016) of dormitory accommodation, private beach access, transport to and from Monash University Clayton, food and activities.
Available to all Monash Students from all Monash Campuses. Must be 18+ to attend.
Purchase Online or at MSA Reception (Level 1, 21 Chancellors Walk)
For more information on Host Scheme see here.
14. 2017 Nygh Internship
Are you a Postgrad student or Law graduate?
Here’s your chance to undertake an internship with Hague Conference on Private International Law in the Netherlands.
Applications for the 2017 Nygh Internship are open until Friday 30 September 2016.
Find more information here.
15. Rhodes Scholarships 2017 – applications now open
Applications for the Rhodes Scholarships for 2017 are now open and will close at 5.00 pm on Thursday 1 September 2016.
The Rhodes Scholarship is one of the oldest and most distinguished scholarships in the world.
Previous winners from Australia include prime ministers Malcolm Turnbull, Tony Abbott and Bob Hawke, Justices Hayne and Heydon of the High Court of Australia, and Justice Elizabeth Hollingworth of the Victorian Supreme Court, pioneer in evidence-based medicine Anna Donald, Director General of CIVICUS Dhananjayan Sivaguru Sriskandarajah, Nobel Prize winners Sir John Eccles and Lord Howard Florey, and infrastructure expert Sir Rod Eddington.
Successful candidates will receive assistance with their travelling expenses to the UK, as well as a monthly allowance to contribute towards their living expenses whilst in Oxford. In addition, all University tuition fees are paid on the scholar’s behalf by the Rhodes Trust.
Rhodes Scholarships are available to those who have completed by 15 June 2017, at least four years’ of university study, such as an outstanding Honours degree, a combined degree or graduate degree, and enjoy success at a range of activities such as sports, involvement in community activities, and have a desire to lead and make a difference in the world. Note that age limits do apply and, for the 2017 round, candidates must not be born before 1 October 1991.
Please find further information about how to apply for a Rhodes Scholarship and more background information.
If you have any further enquiries please email rhodes-info@unimelb.edu.au.
16. Start next semester on track and beat procrastination with Leap into Leadership Online
Balancing study, work, volunteering and other responsibilities can be stressful. Before the start of a busy new semester, now is the perfect time to get organised and develop your skills.
Learn to avoid procrastination and create an effective to-do list with Leap into Leadership Online. It only takes about one to two hours to complete the module, and you’ll receive a personalised certificate and resource pack when you finish.
Be ready to start next semester on the right track – enrol in “Time Management and Prioritisation” now.
17. UNCITRAL-RCAP internship
Internships at UNCITRAL Regional Centre for Asia and the Pacific are now open for application at the United Nations Careers Portal (Job Opening Number: 62835 / Duty Station: Incheon City, Republic of Korea).
The internship positions are for a minimum duration of two months and a maximum duration of six months with various starting dates within the period of 1 October 2016 – 31 March 2017.
Please note applications close Thursday 28 July 2016.
Applicants for the internship must, at the time of application, meet one of the following requirements:
(a) Be enrolled in a graduate school programme (second university degree or equivalent, or higher);
(b) Be enrolled in the final academic year of a first university degree programme (minimum Bachelor’s level or equivalent);
(c) Have graduated with a university degree (as defined in (a) and (b) above) and, if selected, must commence the internship within a one-year period of graduation.
To apply and to find find further details see here.
18. University of Vienna, Austria – January 2017 short term program
Would you like to study in Austria for an intensive one month short-term program?
- No tuition fees paid to the University of Vienna
- Monash Abroad travel grant available plus Travel Insurance
- Only two student places available
- Three short units in Austria for 6 credit points
Eligibility: 65% Law average plus Law Faculty credit point requirements.
To apply: Please submit the Monash Abroad ISP application form together with a copy of your bank statement to law-international@monash.edu by Friday 19 August 2016.
For further information see here.
End of gazette 19/7/2016