Law Student Gazette

1. Changes to Undergraduate Assignment Collection Procedures

1. Changes to Undergraduate Assignment Collection Procedures

Effective from Semester 2, 2013

Academic staff will return students’ marked assignments during class, or via Moodle (if the assignment was submitted online) or via the Administrative Services Unit (ASU) – level 2 Building 12.

For assignments’ collection via ASU, please go to the ASU counter between 9:30 am – 1 pm on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. You will need to show your student ID in order to collect your assignment. If you are unable to collect your assignment in person, you can nominate a proxy who will need to bring an Authorisation for Proxy Assignment Collection Form.

When are assignments available for collection from ASU?

You can find out when your assignment is ready for collection by going to the Faculty website http://www.law.monash.edu/current-students/undergraduate/ where you can see the date for when assignments for particular units (including streams) can be collected from ASU. This information will be updated regularly. This is the preferred method of communication to students who are collecting assignments from ASU.

Assignments can ONLY be collected from the ASU counter on the scheduled times. For all other student enquiries, please contact Student Services, located at level 1, room 121, for assistance.

For more information about assignments collection, please visit here.

.:End Student Gazette 18/9/13:.

1. Changes to Undergraduate Assignment Collection Procedures

Effective from Semester 2, 2013

Academic staff will return students’ marked assignments during class, or via Moodle (if the assignment was submitted online) or via the Administrative Services Unit (ASU) – level 2 Building 12.

For assignments’ collection via ASU, please go to the ASU counter between 9:30 am – 1 pm on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. You will need to show your student ID in order to collect your assignment. If you are unable to collect your assignment in person, you can nominate a proxy who will need to bring an Authorisation for Proxy Assignment Collection Form.

When are assignments available for collection from ASU?

You can find out when your assignment is ready for collection by going to the Faculty website http://www.law.monash.edu/current-students/undergraduate/ where you can see the date for when assignments for particular units (including streams) can be collected from ASU. This information will be updated regularly. This is the preferred method of communication to students who are collecting assignments from ASU.

Assignments can ONLY be collected from the ASU counter on the scheduled times. For all other student enquiries, please contact Student Services, located at level 1, room 121, for assistance.

For more information about assignments collection, please visit here.

.:End Student Gazette 12/9/13:.

1. Exam Viewing Sessions

Now that the NTEU bans have been lifted the Faculty will be running two additional exam viewing sessions.

• Monday 9 September, 11am-1pm in R6
• Thursday 12 September, 11am-1pm in M2

Applications close Thursday 29 August.

.:End Student Gazette 26/8/13:.

Application forms and further information can be found here.

1. Jessup International Law Moot

Applications are now open for the Monash team for the Jessup International Law Moot in 2013-14. Students who are selected as part of the team may be eligible to be enrolled in a 6-point undergraduate unit – LAW 4218 – Jessup Moot Competition.

The Jessup International Law Moot is the largest and most prestigious international mooting competition in the world. More information about the Jessup can be found at jessup.whitecase.com or www.ilsa.org/jessup.

The Monash team will prepare for the competition over summer, with the National Rounds held in Canberra in February and the two best Australian teams competing in the international finals in Washington.

Applications close on Wednesday 28 August.

For more information and an application form, email Adam McBeth: adam.mcbeth@monash.edu.

.:End Student Gazette 19/8/13:.

1. Youth Untitled 20th September 2013

What matters to YOU? What’ve YOU got to say? YOUth Untitled gives YOU the opportunity to voice YOUr concerns, YOUr opinions and allows YOU to make a difference to the challenges facing YOUng people in Victoria. I’m going. Are YOU?

Limited Places Available
Register  here
Date: 20/09/13
Website: www.facebook.com/events/574789165898358/
Contact Email: lfieldgrass@yacvic.org.au

We aim to bring over 100 young people from across the state together with representatives from local and state government and workers in the youth sector, to discuss the core challenges they are facing. This event will provide opportunities for young people to shape the direction of youth affairs in Victoria through providing feedback and recommendations to government that best address the matters affecting young people.

The Youth Affairs Council of Victoria (YACVic) is the state’s peak advisory and advocacy body for youth in Victoria and reports directly to the state government’s Office of Youth. The Youth Reference Group is a subsidiary of YACVic, whose membership is comprised solely of young people between the ages of 15 and 25.

.: End of Gazette 6/8/2013:.

1. Exam Viewing

From Semester 1, 2013, undergraduate students will be able to apply to view both their completed exam script and their exam paper(s) at specified exam viewing sessions. This is a new process that will be trialled and evaluated. Please note that the exam viewing process has replaced the previous option of applying for a scanned, electronic copy of exam scripts.

It is essential that a completed application form is submitted by the due date – the form, and FAQs, can be found under the header ‘Undergraduate Forms’.

Conditions of the exam viewing:

• You must present your valid student ID card to gain entry into the room and to be allowed to view your exam script.
• You can only take to the exam viewing room, your note-paper, student ID card and any sample answers or examiner’s notes which have been provided by your lecturer/tutor.
• Pens or pencils are not to be taken in. Coloured pens will be supplied for note-taking purposes.
• You must not mark the exam paper or your completed script in any way.
• Mobile phones are permitted if you wish to photograph your exam script for future reference

2. Law Student Services Office Closed

The Law Student Services office will be open on Wednesday 17 July 2013 from 2.00 pm to 4.00 pm only due to Mid-Year enrolments.

.:End Student Gazette 3/7/13:.

1. New Semester 2 Undergraduate Unit

A new undergraduate unit will be introduced next semester which may be of interest to some law students. The unit is called “Introduction to Transitional Justice”. It is a cross between international criminal law, international human rights and international relations. It will analyse the way that societies, ranging from Rwanda to South Africa to Egypt, recover from a legacy of human rights abuse. Discussion will include a consideration of prosecutions, truth commissions, reparations programs as well as mechanisms of institutional reform and their relevance to various case studies.

For more information please see the unit page in the handbook.

2. New Semester 2 Elective Unit

A new unit, Tax Policy (LAW 4243), is now available for enrollment for semester 2, 2013. This unit will cover issues such as:

• the role of taxation in a market economy
• who should bear the burden of taxation?
• what should be taxed – income, consumption, wealth, resources?
• the role of taxation in achieving outcomes beyond revenue raising including the role of taxation in the redistribution of resources, and the use of tax expenditures to achieve various social, economic and political outcomes
• the link between the tax and transfer system or, more specifically, the link between taxation and the modern welfare state
• the political influence of individuals and groups in shaping tax policy and legal outcomes.

For more information on this unit please see the handbook entry.

.:End Student Gazette 28/5/13:.