1. Training Session
There will be a training session for the Justis database, primarily useful for finding and updating UK cases, on Wednesday September 5, 12.30-2.00pm, in the Law Library’s Training Room 1 (on level 1).
Please book in if you would like to attend:
https://my.monash.edu.au/news-and-events/bookings/library/view/42914/
If you’d like to be more proficient with CaseBase sign up for a free webinar, ‘Leveraging CaseBase for more thorough & efficient legal research’.
Date: Tuesday 10 and Friday 13 July
Time: 10 – 11 am for both.
Topic: Effectively integrating sources.
By using the five different types of legal sources in various ways, from citing through to summarising, you can effectively emphsise your points and respond to counter arguments.
Book on my.monash, from the drop-down menus choose Law Library, Clayton; City campus; and add keyword ‘Law’
Tuesday 5 June, 10 – 11 am.
From thesis statement to conclusion: Learn writing strategies that will make your argument emerge strongly
Find out what an ‘academic voice’ is, and how to establish one; learn to use others’ writing to advance your own argument, not detract from it by overwhelming your own voice.
Tuesday 29 May, 4:30 – 5:30 pm
What is a case note, and how do I write a good one? This session will look at the sample case note provided on the Law Library Guide, and critique its structure, language, and referencing with regard to lecturers’ expectations
Friday 1 June, 1 – 2 pm
Make your language clear and accurate, and learn what to check for in the final stages of preparing your assignment for submission.
Tuesday 29 May 10 – 11 am.
Improve your legal research and writing skills for your winter clerkship or traineeship in this hands-on session. Practise these skills and hear Clerkship experiences. This session has been designed to refine skills which will assist during your clerkship and includes research and writing exercises and transition to work. Law firms use clerkships to identify students to take into their traineeship program. Make yours the best clerkship ever.
Tuesday 22nd May from 12 – 2.00 pm (Law Chambers, City)
Thursday 24th May 12 – 2.00 pm (Law Library, Clayton)
Bookings are now available via the online class booking system.
Learning skills seminars for JDs held at the Chambers.
Monday 21 May 5 – 6 pm,
Tuesday 22 May 5:30 – 6:30 pm
What is a case note, and how do I write a good one? This session will look at the sample case note provided on the Law Library Resources Guide, and critique its structure, language and referencing with regard to lecturers’ expectations.
Bookings are now available via the online class booking system.
Improve your legal research and writing skills for your winter clerkship or traineeship in this hands-on session. Practise these skills and hear Clerkship experiences. This session has been designed to refine skills which will assist during your clerkship and includes research and writing exercises and transition to work. Law firms use clerkships to identify students to take into their traineeship program. Make yours the best clerkship ever.
Tuesday 22nd May from 12 – 2.00 pm (Law Chambers, City)
Thursday 24th May 12 – 2.00 pm (Law Library, Clayton)
Bookings are now available via the online class booking system.
Dates and Times: Monday 14 May, 5 – 6 pm
Tuesday 15 May, 5 – 6 pm
Friday 18 May 1 – 2 pm
Topic: Finding your Voice: the Key to Successful Research Papers
Find out what an ‘academic voice’ is, and how to establish one; learn to use others’ writing to advance your own argument, not detract from it by overwhelming your own voice.
Time: 1 – 2 pm & 4:30 – 5:30 pm
Date: Tuesday, 8 May
and again at;
Time: 12 – 1 pm
Date: Friday, 11 May
Topic: Legal Reasoning and Law Assessment Tasks
Become familiar with the predictable structures of legal assignments (legal problem-solving, argumentative essays, case studies and memos) and develop approaches to planning your writing task.