1. Apply for the LSS Social Justice & Equity Sub-Committee

Applications are now open for SJE sub-committee to help put together the Social Justice & Equity Guide and assist with The Reasonable Observer blog. This is a great opportunity for law students interested in social justice to get involved with the LSS.

Apply now!

If you have any inquiries, feel free to reach out to Aimi Tran at equitypublications@monashlss.com.

Applications close 1 December 2017!

General Notices

1. LSS Exam Revision Seminars

The LSS Revision Seminars are back for 2017!

If you are after a HD or are simply looking to pass and you don’t feel like you can quite yet smash out perfect exam answers at the tip of a hat, these Revision Seminars are just the thing to get you to that point of enlightenment where you’ll be laughing all the way to a cracking score.

The LSS tutors that have been working tirelessly over this semester will be capping off all their endeavours with a 90-minute extravaganza. Why go? Because they’ll be breaking down exam answers bit-by-bit so you know exactly how to issue spot, define concepts and apply the law to a scenario.

For more information and the Seminar Timetable, visit the Facebook event.

2. Lawyers for Animals: Law Week Trivia Night

Monash Law students are warmly invited to participate in Lawyers for Animals’ second annual Law Week Trivia Night. Attendees should enjoy a fun evening in good company, test their general knowledge and help raise money for Edgar’s Mission and Pets Haven: a couple of hard-working animal rescue charities who desperately need the funds.

Please find our invitation attached and feel free to share it far and wide. Participants are welcome to gather their own team (of 6 – 12) or join one of ours. For further details and all bookings please see here.

The basic details are as follows.
Date: Friday 19 May 2017

Time: 6:00pm – 9:00pm (5.30pm registration)

Venue: The Apartment (bar), 401 Little Bourke Street, Melbourne

Price: $11 per ticket + optional $15 vegan dinner box (includes $1.50 booking fee)

RSVP here by 11:00am Friday 12 May if dinner box is required, otherwise by 5:00pm Tuesday 16 May.

If you have any queries, please contact Nichola Donovan at enquiries@lawyersforanimals.org.au.

3. Neighbourhood Justice Centre: ‘Courting Solutions’ Mock Trial

Going beyond business-as-usual ‘blame and sanction’ justice, Courting Solutions shows what happens when treatment services work in a court that applies justice with people, instead of at or for them.

Designed for Law & Welfare students, the event seeks to illustrate how the NJC brings together defence, prosecutions, and case workers (drug and alcohol) within a criminal matter to assist the offender to find the solutions required to break the cycle of offending.

These techniques are unique to the NJC – the only full-service, holistic justice centre of this kind in Australia.

A mock trial illustrating the ground-breaking techniques used by the Neighbourhood Justice Centre’s Client Services and legal practitioners at this one-of-a-kind problem solving court, Courting Solutions is designed for practitioners who want to help their clients break the cycle of offending.

Expertly moderated, Courting Solutions stars Fitzroy Legal Service, Victoria Legal Aid, Victoria Police Prosecutors and NJC’s Client Services case workers and Magistrate.

To book please see here.

JD Notices

1. JD Portfolio Office Hours

The Monash JD LSS office at MULC is open and manned on Mondays to Thursdays from 12pm to 1pm, and then again at 4.30 to 5.30pm, for any enquiries or general legal chitchat.

For any email queries, please contact Isabella at jd.adminactivities@monashlss.com.

General Notices

1. NSW Law Reform Commission – 2017 Winter Internship Program

The NSW Law Reform Commission operates a winter internship program for law students in their final year of study.

While the opportunity is unpaid, it does provide access to a range of professional development opportunities, including working with our Commissioners.

More details of the program can be found here.

Applications are now open and close on Sunday 30 April 2017.

2. LSS Trivia Night

We have a limited number of tables to our annual Trivia Night still available!

Don’t miss out on what will be a great battle for the title of Trivia Champions (and bragging rights with your peers). For more details, please see the Facebook event.

Location: Glenferrie Hotel, 324 Burwood Road, Hawthorn 3122

Date: Thursday 6 April 2017

Time: 7.00pm arrival for a 7.30pm kick-off

Price: $50 for a table of 10 ($1.38 booking fee)

Tickets: Please purchase tickets here (tickets can only be booked as full tables of 10).

3. Michael Shafar – Jewish-ish at MICF

2015 Monash Law grad Michael Shafar is debuting his show Jewish-ish at the Melborurne International Comedy Festival!

Since graduating Michael has performed on SBS’s RAW Comedy, represented Australia in the Laugh Factory’s Funniest Person in the World competition, hosted Channel 31’s The Leak and is currently writing for Channel 10’s The Project.

Jewish-ish explores Michael’s time doing Law, his clerkship experience at a commercial firm and his transition from Law into comedy.

For more information see Michael’s website.

4. Law Council of Australia’s Inaugural ‘Baxt Prize’

The Business Law Section of the Law Council of Australia (BLS) is excited to announce the creation of the Baxt Prize.

Offered for the first time in 2017, the Baxt Prize is named in honour of Professor Bob Baxt AO, among many other things, a founding member of the BLS. The 2017 Baxt Prize will be awarded for a research paper of outstanding quality which is based on the topic of ‘human rights and business law’.

The winner will receive a fully funded package (registration, flights, accommodation, etc) to attend the International Bar Association’s annual conference in Sydney in October 2017. Anyone under the age of 35 is eligible to submit a paper.

For more information and conditions of entry please contact secretary@monashlss.com or danielle.farrell@lawcouncil.asn.au.

Careers

1. LSS Expert Panel – Litigation & Dispute Resolution

With clerkship applications around the corner, this is an opportunity to hear first-hand from partners about Litigation and Dispute Resolution.

The interactive panel will allow you to ask partners and graduates about their work and also gain insight into the inner workings of individual firms, with networking opportunities to follow the panel presentations.

In a first for the LSS, we are excited to announce that one of the panels will be a sit-down breakfast held at Eureka 89, allowing you time to mingle with firm representatives in a casual and intimate manner, while taking in the views of the Melbourne skyline over a hot breakfast.

This panel will be ticketed at a price of $20 per person.

Event details

Topic: Litigation and Dispute Resolution

Date: Thursday 13 April

Time: 7:45AM – 9:45AM

Location: Eureka 89, Eureka Tower Melbourne, 7 Riverside Quay, Southbank VIC 3006

Style: Sit-down breakfast, with a panel presentation

RSVP: For more information and to register your interest please see here.

JD Notices

1. Exams

Good luck to all of our JD students for the T1 Exam Period!

Office hours will resume at the beginning of Trimester 2.

Lots of Love, your LSS xx

LSS General Notices

1. National Student Survey of Sexual Assault & Sexual Harassment

The Australian Human Rights Commission is currently undertaking a survey to gather more comprehensive information about Sexual Assault & Harrassment in Universities across Australia.

The work is being undertaken by Professor Gillian Triggs and the Sex Discrimination Commissioner, Kate Jenkins. All responses will be kept completely confidential – universities will not receive anyone’s responses, and the Commission will not receive anyone’s personal information.

The survey has been sent out to a randomly selected group of students via university emails – please check to see if you have been selected to participate, and if not, feel free to make a submission to the Human Rights Commission via their website: here.

For further information, please contact universitiesproject@humanrights.gov.au

2. Bottled Snail Productions present Crime & Punishment: Cabaret for a Cause

After a smash hit 2014 foray into cabaret with Secret Life of a Lawyer, BottledSnail Productions is proud to return to the ‘scene of the crime’ with its 2016 headline production, Crime & Punishment: Cabaret for a Cause. Cabaret is our major charitable fundraiser for 2016, and a portion of profits will go to the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre.

This original, intimate and above all entertaining evening of music and conversation features a series of interconnected musical and spoken-word vignettes dealing with contemporary issues in relation to justice, civil rights and the law. Through a combination of song and movement, music from a variety of genres, monologues and multimedia, this production will pose questions that resonate long after the lights go out.

Date: Wednesday 19 October – Saturday 22 October 2016

Time: 7.30pm (doors open 7.00pm)

Venue: Ding Dong Lounge, Market Lane, Melbourne

Price: $35 or $30 concession, with gold and silver packages available.

Tickets & more information: Please see here.

LSS Careers Notices

1. Elevate Education – Presenter Positions Available!

Elevate Education is Australia’s largest provider of study skills seminars to secondary school students. We are currently looking for recently finished high school graduates to join our team of presenters in Victoria.

The job involves presenting 60-minute seminars on how to achieve your personal best at high school. There are also lots of international and interstate opportunities with presenters travelling to all corners of Australia as well as to New York, South Africa, Singapore and England every few months!
Other Benefits include:
*         Flexibility – seminars fit around university timetables, freeing up evenings and weekends for study or relaxation
*         Upskilling – build a range of commercially valuable skills such as highly refined public speaking and leadership skills
*         Rewarding – gain a genuine sense of contribution by making a difference in the education of high school students.
*         Remuneration – Ranges from $30 – $40 based on skill & leadership

Elevate is about to conduct a recruitment drive with interviews in Melbourne in mid October! Key criteria are:
*         Strong academic performance at high school
*         Experience in public speaking or performance
*         Love working with young people
*         Outgoing and charismatic personality

To join our Victorian team, please apply online here. In the “how did you find out about this job” please list the LSS Gazette. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact Holly, the Head of Recruitment – holly@elevateeducation.com or 1300 667 945.

2. Victorian Women Lawyers Turns 20

Since 1996, Victorian Women Lawyers has assisted women working in the law and promoted the interests of women through the law, with great success.

Join us for a very special celebration of 20 years!

When: Thursday 20^th October 2016, 6.30PM-10.30PM

Where: The Bank on Collins, 394 Collins Street, Melbourne

Price: VWL/WBA Members – $75

Law Student Members – $50

Non-members – $100

**Price includes entertainment, finger food and drinks throughout the evening

To secure you ticket, visit us online here or contact Judy Nutter, VWL Administrator at contact@vwl.asn.au or (03) 9607 9390

3. Boston Consulting Group – Women@BCG Event

BCG has a rich history of developing outstanding and influential female leaders. The proportion of female leaders at every level of our company is growing, and we are consistently recognised as one of the world’s best company for women to work in. Women@BCG is your opportunity to network with the women of BCG, hear their stories, and gain an insight into what a career at BCG is like.

Date: Thursday 27 October

Time: 6.30-8pm

Venue: Boston Consulting Group, Level 52, 101 Collins Street, Melbourne

Register: Please register for this event here.

Spaces are limited, so you will need to register and submit a copy of your resume by Wednesday 19 October. We will send out invitations to successful applicants on Friday 21 October.

Please contact Mary Katergaris with any queries at katergaris.mary@bcg.com.

4. Pollinate Energy Fellowship

Pollinate Energy is a social business based in Australia and India. We improve the lives of India’s urban poor by providing them with access to sustainable and affordable products that make their lives better. We also focus on engaging and inspiring the next generation of social leaders, which is where our Fellowship program comes in.

The Fellowship is a great opportunity to gain experience working in a successful social enterprise, and you have a real impact not just on the people within the slum communities but also shape the future directions of the company. The Fellowship runs from November 24 – December 16 or January 26 – February 17, 2017.

Please visit pollinateenergy.org/our-programs/ for more information.

5. Careers Connect available to students one year after graduating

Did you know you can still head to Careers Connect to sit down and get resume proof reading and advice, interview tips and help from the Monash University careers team up until 1 year after your final exam? If you didn’t get that grad offer or are stuck in a quarter life career crisis, head on down and make an appointment today!

LSS JD Notices

1. JD Portfolio Welcome and Office Hours

The new Monash JD LSS has now been formed! Our office at MULC is open and manned on Mondays to Thursdays from 12pm to 1pm, and then again at 4.30 to 5.30pm, for any enquiries or general legal chitchat. As new committee members, we look forward to meeting you all and await a successful and eventful year for both our committee and fellow JD students.

For any email queries, please contact Isabella at jd.adminactivities@monashlss.com

2. Monash LSS presents Class of 2016 Valedictory

The hard slog is over. After years of blood, sweat and tears, now is the time to celebrate the end of your law degree! Monash LSS presents the Class of 2016 Valedictory. This event is open to anyone who is completing their studies during 2016, either mid-year or at the end of the year. Partners and/or guests are welcome to attend.

When: Thursday 13 October, 8pm

Where: Alumbra, Central Pier, Docklands

Cost: $60, includes canapes, unlimited drinks and a Class of 2016 memento

Dress: Cocktail

Tickets: on sale now here

Don’t miss your last chance to party on a work night.

End of Gazette 18/10/2016

LSS General Notices

1. Monash LSS presents Class of 2016 Valedictory

The hard slog is over. After years of blood, sweat and tears, now is the time to celebrate the end of your law degree!

Monash LSS presents the Class of 2016 Valedictory.

This event is open to anyone who is completing their studies during 2016, either mid-year or at the end of the year. Partners and/or guests are welcome to attend.

Date: Thursday 13 October 2016

Time: 8.00pm

Venue: Alumbra, Central Pier, Docklands

Price: $60 includes canapes, unlimited drinks and a Class of 2016 memento

Dress: Cocktail

Tickets: on sale now at monashlssvaledictory.getqpay.com

Don’t miss your last chance to party on a work night.

2. Bottled Snail Productions present Crime & Punishment: Cabaret for a Cause

After a smash hit 2014 foray into cabaret with Secret Life of a Lawyer, BottledSnail Productions is proud to return to the ‘scene of the crime’ with its 2016 headline production, Crime & Punishment: Cabaret for a Cause. Cabaret is our major charitable fundraiser for 2016, and a portion of profits will go to the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre.

This original, intimate and above all entertaining evening of music and conversation features a series of interconnected musical and spoken-word vignettes dealing with contemporary issues in relation to justice, civil rights and the law. Through a combination of song and movement, music from a variety of genres, monologues and multimedia, this production will pose questions that resonate long after the lights go out.

Date: Wednesday 19 October – Saturday 22 October 2016

Time: 7.30pm (doors open 7.00pm)

Venue: Ding Dong Lounge, Market Lane, Melbourne

Price: $35 or $30 concession, with gold and silver packages available.

Tickets & more information: Please see here.

3. Monash LSS Mental Health Week Refreshment Stand

The Monash LSS is proud to announce the return of the Library Refreshment Stand!

For some healthy snacks to keep you going while you study make sure you visit the stand, which will be running for the duration of Mental Health Week.

For more details, see the Monash LSS Facebook page.

4. Monash LSS & MULSS Queer Party

The Monash Law Students’ Society has just elected their first ever Queer Officer!

The Melbourne Law Students’ Society decided they wanted to help celebrate – so the MULSS and the MLSS have teamed up to throw a BIG QUEER PARTY!

Join us from 7pm on Thursday October 13^th for drinks at LaDiDa (tab provided!) and get to know your fellow Queer law students and allies alike from different universities across Melbourne.

See the facebook event for more details: https://www.facebook.com/events/1737698816480973/

LSS Careers Notices

1. Elevate Education – Presenter Positions Available!

Elevate Education is Australia’s largest provider of study skills seminars to secondary school students. We are currently looking for recently finished high school graduates to join our team of presenters in Victoria.

The job involves presenting 60-minute seminars on how to achieve your personal best at high school. There are also lots of international and interstate opportunities with presenters travelling to all corners of Australia as well as to New York, South Africa, Singapore and England every few months!
Other Benefits include:
*         Flexibility – seminars fit around university timetables, freeing up evenings and weekends for study or relaxation
*         Upskilling – build a range of commercially valuable skills such as highly refined public speaking and leadership skills
*         Rewarding – gain a genuine sense of contribution by making a difference in the education of high school students.
*         Remuneration – Ranges from $30 – $40 based on skill & leadership

Elevate is about to conduct a recruitment drive with interviews in Melbourne in mid October! Key criteria are:
*         Strong academic performance at high school
*         Experience in public speaking or performance
*         Love working with young people
*         Outgoing and charismatic personality

To join our Victorian team, please apply online here. In the “how did you find out about this job” please list the LSS Gazette. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact Holly, the Head of Recruitment – holly@elevateeducation.com or 1300 667 945.

2. Victorian Women Lawyers Turns 20

Since 1996, Victorian Women Lawyers has assisted women working in the law and promoted the interests of women through the law, with great success.

Join us for a very special celebration of 20 years!

When: Thursday 20^th October 2016, 6.30PM-10.30PM

Where: The Bank on Collins, 394 Collins Street, Melbourne

Price: VWL/WBA Members – $75

Law Student Members – $50

Non-members – $100

**Price includes entertainment, finger food and drinks throughout the evening

To secure you ticket, visit us online here or contact Judy Nutter, VWL Administrator at contact@vwl.asn.au or (03) 9607 9390

3. Pathways and Careers to Social Change Conference

PCSC 2016 is day student-conference, with three thought-provoking forums, light refreshments provided and a networking session at the end of the day. The three forums covering a wide range of social change issues are:
– Purposeful innovation: How, what, who and why?
– Change Through Economic Means
– Sustainable Development in a Developed Nation: SDGs in Australia.

Here are just some of the exciting panelist speakers, see the facebook event (link below) for more speaker announcements:

* Robert Gillies, National Young Australian of the Year Finalist and Social Entrepreneur
* Buzz Palmer, Monash University Director of Entrepreneurship and CEO at STC Australia
* Julie Gibson, HITNET Director of Business & Technology
* Tony Sennitt, Diamond Energy Australia Managing Director
* Brendan Rigby, WhyDev Co-Founder
* Nicholas Gruen, CEO of Lateral Economics and Chair of The Australian Centre for Social Innovation
* Rob Macgauren, Founder of MSG Architects and Steering Committee Member of Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute
* Shirin Malekpour, Interdisciplinary Research Coordinator at Monash Sustainable Development Institute
* Tim Brosnan, Commercial Manager at VisionFund

Unlike other university industry events, PCSC aims to educate and inspire students like you and me to work in organisation creating positive change, or start our own work as social entrepreneurs – and thus continue the movement of using skills and degrees for positive social impact!!

The conference will run 9AM-4PM on Saturday 15 October. The event will provide an amazing platform for students to discover opportunities never before considered, as well as an exciting change to boost their Industry Network.

See the facebook event here for more details and to purchase tickets.

4. Boston Consulting Group – Women@BCG Event

BCG has a rich history of developing outstanding and influential female leaders. The proportion of female leaders at every level of our company is growing, and we are consistently recognised as one of the world’s best company for women to work in. Women@BCG is your opportunity to network with the women of BCG, hear their stories, and gain an insight into what a career at BCG is like.

Date: Thursday 27 October

Time: 6.30-8pm

Venue: Boston Consulting Group, Level 52, 101 Collins Street, Melbourne

Register: Please register for this event here.

Spaces are limited, so you will need to register and submit a copy of your resume by Wednesday 19 October. We will send out invitations to successful applicants on Friday 21 October.

Please contact Mary Katergaris with any queries at katergaris.mary@bcg.com.

5. Pollinate Energy Fellowship

Pollinate Energy is a social business based in Australia and India. We improve the lives of India’s urban poor by providing them with access to sustainable and affordable products that make their lives better. We also focus on engaging and inspiring the next generation of social leaders, which is where our Fellowship program comes in.

The Fellowship is a great opportunity to gain experience working in a successful social enterprise, and you have a real impact not just on the people within the slum communities but also shape the future directions of the company. The Fellowship runs from November 24 – December 16 or January 26 – February 17, 2017.

Please visit pollinateenergy.org/our-programs/ for more information.

6. Careers Connect available to students one year after graduating

Did you know you can still head to Careers Connect to sit down and get resume proof reading and advice, interview tips and help from the Monash University careers team up until 1 year after your final exam? If you didn’t get that grad offer or are stuck in a quarter life career crisis, head on down and make an appointment today!

LSS JD Notices

1. JD Portfolio Welcome and Office Hours

The new Monash JD LSS has now been formed! Our office at MULC is open and manned on Mondays to Thursdays from 12pm to 1pm, and then again at 4.30 to 5.30pm, for any enquiries or general legal chitchat. As new committee members, we look forward to meeting you all and await a successful and eventful year for both our committee and fellow JD students.

For any email queries, please contact Isabella at jd.adminactivities@monashlss.com

2. Monash LSS presents Class of 2016 Valedictory

The hard slog is over. After years of blood, sweat and tears, now is the time to celebrate the end of your law degree! Monash LSS presents the Class of 2016 Valedictory. This event is open to anyone who is completing their studies during 2016, either mid-year or at the end of the year. Partners and/or guests are welcome to attend.

When: Thursday 13 October, 8pm

Where: Alumbra, Central Pier, Docklands

Cost: $60, includes canapes, unlimited drinks and a Class of 2016 memento

Dress: Cocktail

Tickets: on sale now here

Don’t miss your last chance to party on a work night.

End of Gazette 11/10/2016

LSS General Notices

1. Monash LSS presents Class of 2016 Valedictory

The hard slog is over. After years of blood, sweat and tears, now is the time to celebrate the end of your law degree!

Monash LSS presents the Class of 2016 Valedictory.

This event is open to anyone who is completing their studies during 2016, either mid-year or at the end of the year. Partners and/or guests are welcome to attend.

Date: Thursday 13 October 2016

Time: 8.00pm

Venue: Alumbra, Central Pier, Docklands

Price: $60 includes canapes, unlimited drinks and a Class of 2016 memento

Dress: Cocktail

Tickets: on sale now at monashlssvaledictory.getqpay.com

Don’t miss your last chance to party on a work night.

2. Bottled Snail Productions present Crime & Punishment: Cabaret for a Cause

After a smash hit 2014 foray into cabaret with Secret Life of a Lawyer, BottledSnail Productions is proud to return to the ‘scene of the crime’ with its 2016 headline production, Crime & Punishment: Cabaret for a Cause. Cabaret is our major charitable fundraiser for 2016, and a portion of profits will go to the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre.

This original, intimate and above all entertaining evening of music and conversation features a series of interconnected musical and spoken-word vignettes dealing with contemporary issues in relation to justice, civil rights and the law. Through a combination of song and movement, music from a variety of genres, monologues and multimedia, this production will pose questions that resonate long after the lights go out.

Date: Wednesday 19 October – Saturday 22 October 2016

Time: 7.30pm (doors open 7.00pm)

Venue: Ding Dong Lounge, Market Lane, Melbourne

Price: $35 or $30 concession, with gold and silver packages available.

Tickets & more information: Please see here.

3. Monash LSS Mental Health Week Refreshment Stand

The Monash LSS is proud to announce the return of the Library Refreshment Stand!

For some healthy snacks to keep you going while you study make sure you visit the stand, which will be running for the duration of Mental Health Week.

For more details, see the Monash LSS Facebook page.

LSS Careers Notices

1. Boston Consulting Group – Women@BCG Event

BCG has a rich history of developing outstanding and influential female leaders. The proportion of female leaders at every level of our company is growing, and we are consistently recognised as one of the world’s best company for women to work in. Women@BCG is your opportunity to network with the women of BCG, hear their stories, and gain an insight into what a career at BCG is like.

Date: Thursday 27 October

Time: 6.30-8pm

Venue: Boston Consulting Group, Level 52, 101 Collins Street, Melbourne

Register: Please register for this event here.

Spaces are limited, so you will need to register and submit a copy of your resume by Wednesday 19 October. We will send out invitations to successful applicants on Friday 21 October.

Please contact Mary Katergaris with any queries at katergaris.mary@bcg.com.

2. Pollinate Energy Fellowship

Pollinate Energy is a social business based in Australia and India. We improve the lives of India’s urban poor by providing them with access to sustainable and affordable products that make their lives better. We also focus on engaging and inspiring the next generation of social leaders, which is where our Fellowship program comes in.

The Fellowship is a great opportunity to gain experience working in a successful social enterprise, and you have a real impact not just on the people within the slum communities but also shape the future directions of the company. The Fellowship runs from November 24 – December 16 or January 26 – February 17, 2017.

Please visit pollinateenergy.org/our-programs/ for more information.

3. Careers Connect available to students one year after graduating

Did you know you can still head to Careers Connect to sit down and get resume proof reading and advice, interview tips and help from the Monash University careers team up until 1 year after your final exam? If you didn’t get that grad offer or are stuck in a quarter life career crisis, head on down and make an appointment today!

4. Australian Centre for Health Law Research Symposium PHD opportunities

The Australian Centre for Health Law Research based at the Faculty of Law, QUT, Brisbane is offering law students interested in health law an opportunity to attend the Centre’s Higher Degree Research Symposium in October 2016.

Two successful students will be offered a bursary of up to $750 to attend this event.

Interested students can find more information about the symposium and how to apply here.

LSS JD Notices

1. Office Hours

The JD campus at Law Chambers operates a pop-up office out of the Kitchen on level 2.

Please contact Jenny at jd.adminactivities@monashlss.com for an up to date list of office opening times.

End of Gazette 4/10/2016

LSS General Notices

1. Monash LSS presents Class of 2016 Valedictory

The hard slog is over. After years of blood, sweat and tears, now is the time to celebrate the end of your law degree!

Monash LSS presents the Class of 2016 Valedictory.

This event is open to anyone who is completing their studies during 2016, either mid-year or at the end of the year. Partners and/or guests are welcome to attend.

Date: Thursday 13 October 2016

Time: 8.00pm

Venue: Alumbra, Central Pier, Docklands

Price: $60 includes canapes, unlimited drinks and a Class of 2016 memento

Dress: Cocktail

Tickets: on sale now at monashlssvaledictory.getqpay.com

Don’t miss your last chance to party on a work night.

2. Bottled Snail Productions present Crime & Punishment: Cabaret for a Cause

After a smash hit 2014 foray into cabaret with Secret Life of a Lawyer, BottledSnail Productions is proud to return to the ‘scene of the crime’ with its 2016 headline production, Crime & Punishment: Cabaret for a Cause. Cabaret is our major charitable fundraiser for 2016, and a portion of profits will go to the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre.

This original, intimate and above all entertaining evening of music and conversation features a series of interconnected musical and spoken-word vignettes dealing with contemporary issues in relation to justice, civil rights and the law. Through a combination of song and movement, music from a variety of genres, monologues and multimedia, this production will pose questions that resonate long after the lights go out.

Date: Wednesday 19 October – Saturday 22 October 2016

Time: 7.30pm (doors open 7.00pm)

Venue: Ding Dong Lounge, Market Lane, Melbourne

Price: $35 or $30 concession, with gold and silver packages available.

Tickets & more information: Please see here.

LSS Careers Notices

1. Leo Cussen Practical Legal Training Information Session

Take a tour of the Leo Cussen Centre for Law’s training facilities in the heart of Melbourne CBD and listen to presentations about our comprehensive and highly respected Practical Training Course. Learn more about the Leo Cussen experience and how you will learn to practise law in a very professional, yet friendly and engaging environment. Our 5 month course is offered both onsite and online with a part-time option commencing in January each year (over 10 months).

You will also have the chance to meet with current Leo Cussen Centre for Law trainees, along with graduates who are now practising law. Light refreshments will be provided.

Date: Tuesday 4 October

Time: 5.00-7.00pm

Venue: Leo Cussen Centre for Law, 360 Little Bourke St, Melbourne

Register now here!

2. Boston Consulting Group – Women@BCG Event

BCG has a rich history of developing outstanding and influential female leaders. The proportion of female leaders at every level of our company is growing, and we are consistently recognised as one of the world’s best company for women to work in. Women@BCG is your opportunity to network with the women of BCG, hear their stories, and gain an insight into what a career at BCG is like.

Date: Thursday 27 October

Time: 6.30-8pm

Venue: Boston Consulting Group, Level 52, 101 Collins Street, Melbourne

Register: Please register for this event here.

Spaces are limited, so you will need to register and submit a copy of your resume by Wednesday 19 October. We will send out invitations to successful applicants on Friday 21 October.

Please contact Mary Katergaris with any queries at katergaris.mary@bcg.com.

3. Pollinate Energy Fellowship

Pollinate Energy is a social business based in Australia and India. We improve the lives of India’s urban poor by providing them with access to sustainable and affordable products that make their lives better. We also focus on engaging and inspiring the next generation of social leaders, which is where our Fellowship program comes in.

The Fellowship is a great opportunity to gain experience working in a successful social enterprise, and you have a real impact not just on the people within the slum communities but also shape the future directions of the company. The Fellowship runs from November 24 – December 16 or January 26 – February 17, 2017.

Please visit pollinateenergy.org/our-programs/ for more information.

4. Careers Connect available to students one year after graduating

Did you know you can still head to Careers Connect to sit down and get resume proof reading and advice, interview tips and help from the Monash University careers team up until 1 year after your final exam? If you didn’t get that grad offer or are stuck in a quarter life career crisis, head on down and make an appointment today!

5. Australian Centre for Health Law Research Symposium PHD opportunities

The Australian Centre for Health Law Research based at the Faculty of Law, QUT, Brisbane is offering law students interested in health law an opportunity to attend the Centre’s Higher Degree Research Symposium in October 2016.

Two successful students will be offered a bursary of up to $750 to attend this event.

Interested students can find more information about the symposium and how to apply here.

LSS JD Notices

1. JD Mindfulness Seminar

Mindfulness is about enhancing performance and is a skill that all law students and future lawyers can find helpful.

As future lawyers, we face workplace environments where we may be subject to long, stressful hours, distressing subject matter and high conflict situations. It is likely at some point in your career, you may experience extreme mental stress.

Brought to you by Minter Ellison, a seminar with clinical psychologist and mindfulness expert Dr Richard Chambers will be held at the Monash University Chambers on Wednesday 28 September from 6.00-7.30pm.

All students are welcome and encouraged to attend this free event. Please contact Bianca at jd.equityofficer@monashlss.com with any questions.

2. JD Trivia Night

Leo Cussen and the LSS present the JD Trivia Night.

Whether you’re a “sit back and relax” type person or can’t wait to get your competitive freak on, come along to our Annual JD Trivia Night at the Glenferrie Hotel.

Be sure to expect a night full with laughs, beer and banter.

Date: Thursday 29 September

Time: 7.00pm

Venue: Glenferrie Hotel, 324 Burwood Road, Hawthorn

Price: $15 for LSS members, $20 for non-LSS members (excludes booking fee).

Everyone is welcome, so grab all your friends for a great night out.

Tickets on sale now.

Email jd.functions@monashlss.com for further information.

3. Office Hours

The JD campus at Law Chambers operates a pop-up office out of the Kitchen on level 2.

Please contact Jenny at jd.adminactivities@monashlss.com for an up to date list of office opening times.

End of Gazette 27/09/2016

LSS General Notices

1. Time management and procrastination: 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.

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.

Get your semester on the right track – enrol in “Time Management and Prioritisation” now.

2. Melbourne Lawyers’ Orchestra are looking for musicians

The Melbourne Lawyers’ Orchestra (MLO) is an independent, non-profit orchestra made up of members of Melbourne’s legal community – from judges to law students.

We are one of the permanent projects administered by BottledSnail Productions, which aspires to provide a creative outlet for lawyers and law students through producing concerts, art exhibitions and theatre, among other things.

We are currently interest from all musicians, particularly violin, viola and cello players for our orchestra.

Please email MLO Director, Aimee Nguyen at aimee.nguyen@bottledsnail.com to express your interest.

3. Monash Industry Team Initiative projects now open for application

The Monash Industry Team Initiative (MITI) projects are now open for applications.

This is a fabulous opportunity for students to get work experience, build their CVs and develop their interdisciplinary skills.

Apply now!

LSS Activities Notices

1. Peer Mentor Applications now open

Want to be part of the illustrious PMP network, geared towards helping first years int heir successful and fun transition into Law School?

Are you enthusiastic? Committed? Do you enjoy helping people? Love getting involved?

Applications can be made for either Deputy-Coordinator or Peer Mentor (or both).

Please visit monashlss.com/first-year-program for the job descriptions and application form.

Applications close on Friday 23 September.

2. Monash LSS presents Class of 2016 Valedictory

The hard slog is over. After years of blood, sweat and tears, now is the time to celebrate the end of your law degree!

Monash LSS presents the Class of 2016 Valedictory.

This event is open to anyone who is completing their studies during 2016, either mid-year or at the end of the year. Partners and/or guests are welcome to attend.

Date: Thursday 13 October 2016

Time: 8.00pm

Venue: Alumbra, Central Pier, Docklands

Price: $60 includes canapes, unlimited drinks and a Class of 2016 memento

Dress: Cocktail

Tickets: on sale now at monashlssvaledictory.getqpay.com

Don’t miss your last chance to party on a work night.

LSS Careers Notices

1. Mishpatim Faculty of Law Seminar in Israeli and International Law

The Mishpatim Seminar on Israeli law aims to provide Australian students with an overview of the contemporary Israeli legal system, while enabling them to explore the major challenges it has grappled with in recent years. The seminar is conducted exclusively in English. Accreditation is available for JD and LLM students. Financial assistance is also available from the Australian Friends of the Hebrew University.

The program runs from 8-17 January 2017.

Applications close 1 November 2016 with places limited.

An information night will be held on Monday 26 September at 6.00pm, with location to be confirmed.

Please email studyvic@austfhu.org.au for location and further information.

2. Pollinate Energy Fellowship

Pollinate Energy is a social business based in Australia and India. We improve the lives of India’s urban poor by providing them with access to sustainable and affordable products that make their lives better. We also focus on engaging and inspiring the next generation of social leaders, which is where our Fellowship program comes in.

The Fellowship is a great opportunity to gain experience working in a successful social enterprise, and you have a real impact not just on the people within the slum communities but also shape the future directions of the company. The Fellowship runs from November 24 – December 16 or January 26 – February 17, 2017.

Please visit pollinateenergy.org/our-programs/ for more information.

3. Careers Connect available to students one year after graduating

Did you know you can still head to Careers Connect to sit down and get resume proof reading and advice, interview tips and help from the Monash University careers team up until 1 year after your final exam? If you didn’t get that grad offer or are stuck in a quarter life career crisis, head on down and make an appointment today!

4. Environmental Justice Australia Volunteer Program 2016 – summer internships close 26 September

Environmental Justice Australia (formerly the Environment Defenders Office) is offering a limited number of two-week internships for November 2016 – February 2017 to later-year law students with a genuine and demonstrable interest in environmental issues, social justice issues and environmental law.

Opportunities available include providing paralegal support in court cases, researching and updating publications, and contributing to policy and law reform projects in areas such as air pollution, biodiversity protection and climate change.

Internships are voluntary and based in our office at the 60L Green Building, 60 Leicester Street, Carlton. Applications are due by 5.00pm Monday 26 September 2016. For more information and how to apply, see here.

5. Australian Centre for Health Law Research Symposium PHD opportunities

The Australian Centre for Health Law Research based at the Faculty of Law, QUT, Brisbane is offering law students interested in health law an opportunity to attend the Centre’s Higher Degree Research Symposium in October 2016.

Two successful students will be offered a bursary of up to $750 to attend this event.

Interested students can find more information about the symposium and how to apply here.

LSS JD Notices

1. JD Trivia Night

Leo Cussen and the LSS present the JD Trivia Night.

Whether you’re a “sit back and relax” type person or can’t wait to get your competitive freak on, come along to our Annual JD Trivia Night at the Glenferrie Hotel.

Be sure to expect a night full with laughs, beer and banter.

Date: Thursday 29 September

Time: 7.00pm

Venue: Glenferrie Hotel, 324 Burwood Road, Hawthorn

Price: $15 for LSS members, $20 for non-LSS members (excludes booking fee).

Everyone is welcome, so grab all your friends for a great night out.

Tickets on sale now.

Email jd.functions@monashlss.com for further information.

2. Office Hours

The JD campus at Law Chambers operates a pop-up office out of the Kitchen on level 2.

Please contact Jenny at jd.adminactivities@monashlss.com for an up to date list of office opening times.

End of Gazette 19/09/2016

LSS General Notices

1. Time management and procrastination: 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.

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.

Get your semester on the right track – enrol in “Time Management and Prioritisation” now.

2. 2017 LSS Annual General Meeting

The LSS will be holding its Annual General Meeting on Monday 12 September at 1pm in the L1 lecture theatre. The AGM will run through our director’s report and declaration of financials for the financial year 2016. We will also be proposing some constitutional changes to take effect for next year’s committee including making elections online, and changing the notice requirements for committee members going on exchange.

The 2017 Committee will also be announced. There is free pizza on offer! Don’t miss this opportunity to hear what your LSS has done for you this year, and to welcome in your representatives for next year.

3. Melbourne Lawyers’ Orchestra are looking for musicians

The Melbourne Lawyers’ Orchestra (MLO) is an independent, non-profit orchestra made up of members of Melbourne’s legal community – from judges to law students.

We are one of the permanent projects administered by BottledSnail Productions, which aspires to provide a creative outlet for lawyers and law students through producing concerts, art exhibitions and theatre, among other things.

We are currently interest from all musicians, particularly violin, viola and cello players for our orchestra.

Please email MLO Director, Aimee Nguyen at aimee.nguyen@bottledsnail.com to express your interest.

4. Monash University Self-Defence Workshop

The Monash University Kickboxing Club is running a ‘Self-Defence Essentials’ Workshop for Monash University students and staff at Clayton Campus on Sat 17 Sept (1pm-4pm).

This Workshop is aimed at arming participants with the knowledge and skills to protect themselves, stay safe, and live with confidence!

LSS Members get 50% tickets (wow!) using the promo code “monashlss.” That brings it down to $25 for a 3 hour class!

Go to monashkickboxing.com/monashselfdefence to book tickets now! For more information, visit the Facebook event.

5. Monash Industry Team Initiative projects now open for application

The Monash Industry Team Initiative (MITI) projects are now open for applications.

This is a fabulous opportunity for students to get work experience, build their CVs and develop their interdisciplinary skills.

Apply now!

LSS Careers Notices

1. Careers Connect available to students one year after graduating

Did you know you can still head to Careers Connect to sit down and get resume proof reading and advice, interview tips and help from the Monash University careers team up until 1 year after your final exam? If you didn’t get that grad offer or are stuck in a quarter life career crisis, head on down and make an appointment today!

2. Environmental Justice Australia Volunteer Program 2016 – summer internships close 26 September

Environmental Justice Australia (formerly the Environment Defenders Office) is offering a limited number of two-week internships for November 2016 – February 2017 to later-year law students with a genuine and demonstrable interest in environmental issues, social justice issues and environmental law.

Opportunities available include providing paralegal support in court cases, researching and updating publications, and contributing to policy and law reform projects in areas such as air pollution, biodiversity protection and climate change.

Internships are voluntary and based in our office at the 60L Green Building, 60 Leicester Street, Carlton. Applications are due by 5.00pm Monday 26 September 2016. For more information and how to apply, see here.

3. Practical Legal Training Seminar this Wednesday

Unsure what to do next year? Considering a PLT?

Well come hear from those in the know at our Practical Legal Training Seminar to be held on Wednesday 14 September, 12.00pm in H2 Lecture Theatre, Clayton Campus.

4. Australian Centre for Health Law Research Symposium PHD opportunities

The Australian Centre for Health Law Research based at the Faculty of Law, QUT, Brisbane is offering law students interested in health law an opportunity to attend the Centre’s Higher Degree Research Symposium in October 2016.

Two successful students will be offered a bursary of up to $750 to attend this event.

Interested students can find more information about the symposium and how to apply here.

LSS JD Notices

1. Networking with ease and the benefits to your career in law workshop

Networking is important in a law career. Come along to this Career Connect seminar and find out why networking is beneficial and pick up tips to stay connected.

Date: Wednesday 14 September 2016

Book in through Career Gateway.

2. Office Hours

The JD campus at Law Chambers operates a pop-up office out of the Kitchen on level 2.

Please contact Jenny at jd.adminactivities@monashlss.com for an up to date list of office opening times.

End of Gazette 13/09/2016