Law Student Gazette

1. Alumni Speaker Series: Mission Accomplished? The Death of Osama Bin Laden and what it means for Global Terrorism

For further information and registration details:
http://www.monash.edu.au/news/events/show/alumni-speaker-series-mission-accomplished-the-death-of-osama-bi

2. “Blame it on the WTO? A Human Rights Critique”

The Castan Centre for Human Rights Law invites you to a book launch by Mr Tim Costello AO CEO of World Vision Australia.

by Professor Sarah Joseph, Director, Castan Centre for Human Rights Law

3. Human Rights Conference 2011

Date: Friday 22 July 2011
Venue: Spring Street Conference Centre, 1 Spring Street, Melbourne

The conference sells out more than a month in advance each year, so be sure to get your tickets early.

Please note Law Faculty Staff are eligible to purchase tickets at the NGO rate of $100, please contact Janice Hugo at janice.hugo@monash.edu for details on how to register.

Registration

Registration costs for the conference are:

• $200 registration fee after that date
• $100 NGOs/Concession (Multiple registrations $80)
• $50 Full-time students (If you are a full-time student and would like to be placed on the waiting list, please email castan.centre@monash.edu)

Registration for the conference is now available online at:
http://ecommerce.law.monash.edu.au/product.asp?pID=188&cID=4&e=1.

Alternatively, credit card registrations can be made by calling 9905 3327 (due to university policy, we can no longer accept registration by fax or email).

Full Details

For full details please visit the conference website at:
http://www.law.monash.edu.au/castancentre/events/2011/conference-2011.html

4. Human Trafficking and Servitude Panel Discussion

The International law Association (Victorian Chapter) and Australian Lawyers for Human Rights invites you

We are delighted to announce the following speakers:

• Federal Agent James Cheshire, AFP – James is the Team Leader, Human Trafficking Team for Melbourne.
• Susan Kneebone, Monash University – Dr Susan Kneebone is a Professor and a Deputy-Director of the Castan Centre for Human Rights Law in the Faculty of Law, Monash University.
• Kristy Fleming, Child Wise – Kristy has a Masters in Development Practice in the field of Community Development and has lived and worked in South East Asia.
• Nick Goodfellow, SISHA – Nick is also an Expert Advisory Group Member of SISHA Anti-Human Trafficking and Exploitation.

For further information about the speakers please see Seminar flyer

1. Governor-General’s Undergraduate Essay Competition

The Governor-General’s Undergraduate Essay Competition is Australia’s most prestigious civics essay competition. It is open to Australian undergraduate students (including LLB, JD and Honours students) studying in all faculties at universities across Australia and includes questions that are related to law, politics and other contemporary issues facing Australia. Now in its eighth year, Australia’s most prestigious essay competition provides university students with the opportunity to be recognised for their academic skill, talent and research.

The 2010 competition final judging was held on July 12^th, 2011. Justice Virginia Bell of the High Court along with five other members of the judging panel interviewed the finalists at the High Court offices in Sydney.

The Constitution Education Fund Australia (CEFA) is delighted to announce the winners of the 2010 Governor-General’s Undergraduate Essay Competition, the media release can be viewed at:
www.cefa.org.au/wp-content/view/278/97/

The 2011 Competition is offering up to $33,000 in cash prizes to the winning authors of 2,500 word essays.

This prestigious competition provides students with the opportunity to be further recognised for their academic skill, talent and research. The Competition website is: www.essaycompetition.com.au

I have attached this year’s questions for your convenience. If you could distribute these to your students and invite them to enter the Competition, it would be greatly appreciated. If you would like additional flyers sent to your university campus, please let me know.

You are also welcome to set identical or similar questions as part of your teaching program for your students, and encourage them to enter the Competition. The Competition closing date is Friday 30^th December 2011 at 5:00pm AEST. Please direct all enquiries to CEFA Project Administrator, Phuong Van, at pvan@cefa.org.au

For further information please see Essay Competition Flyer

1. Examination Timetable for Trimester 2 2011

Examination timetable is available online:
http://www.law.monash.edu.au/jd/students/examination-timetable.html

2. Master of Laws (Juris Doctor) – Allocate+ for Trimester 3 2011

Allocate+ (https://allocate.its.monash.edu.au/) will be open for trimester 3 JD units stream allocation on Friday 22 July 2011 at 12pm.

Students are required to complete the self-allocation online by 12pm Friday 12 August 2011.

Students who fail to complete the self-allocation will be auto-allocated into any available stream by COB Friday 12 August.

Allocate+ will then open again for students to make adjustments between 15-19 August 2011.

Students who require to change stream after the adjustment period, must apply in writing to the Faculty by submitting the Changing streams application form, along with the supporting document by Friday 2 September 2011. Late applications or incomplete applications will not be accepted.

*New commencing students (August 2011 intake): Allocate+ will be open for them on Monday 1 August 2011.

3. Upcoming Postgraduate Units with Places Still Available

LAW7129 Discrimination law, theory and policy
Dr Colin Campbel
Semester long
City Tuesdays, 26 July – 18 October [except 27 September] 9:00am– 11:00am

LAW7246 Privacy and information security law in cyberspace
Associate Professor Moira Paterson
S2 Semi-intensive
City 3, 10,  24, 31 August 9:00am – 4:30pm

LAW7333 Comparative bills of rights
Dr Angela Ward (International Visitor)
S2 Intensive
City 10, 11, 12, 18, 19  August 9:00am – 3:30pm

.: End of Student Gazette 18.07.2011 :.

1. Career seminars – Winter Intensive

One day, six seminars = A kick start to warming up your career.

Wednesday 20 July, 9.15am – 4.15pm, Clayton Campus, Building 8 (Rotunda), Lecture Theatre R2.

For further information please see:
https://careergateway.monash.edu.au/ViewEvent.chpx?id=141543

2. Paid Leadership Opportunity – PASS Leaders in the Faculty of Law, Semester 2, 2011

Are you interested in becoming a paid Peer Leader in Australia’s premier academic mentoring program?

The Faculty of Law and The Office of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education) are introducing the PASS (Peer Assisted Study Session) Program in support of LAW 2102, CONTRACT B.

PASS is an academic mentoring program which targets key 1^st Year units (the “target units”). PASS provides regularly scheduled, out-of-class, peer-facilitated study sessions led by mentors called Peer Leaders for students seeking additional assistance with the target units. PASS is not a remedial program, and all students enrolled in the target units will be encouraged to attend as many sessions as possible.

PASS Leaders attend a two-day training program that focuses on how to facilitate group learning, how to conduct sessions and the concepts of promoting a learning community.

PASS sessions will commence in Week 3 of semester and continue until the end of Week 12 (ten weeks). Leaders must be able to complete a two day training program in July prior to the semester beginning.

PASS Leaders are employed by the University, and are paid approximately $120/week during Semester.  It is possible for students to work as PASS Leaders for several semesters, and leadership positions are available for experienced PASS Leaders.

We are looking to recruit students to become PASS Leaders.  The basic criteria fill the leader positions are as follows:

1. You must have successfully completed at least 48 credit points of study in a Monash bachelor degree.
2. You must have at least 48 credit points of study required to complete your Monash bachelor degree after Semester 1, 2011.
3. You must have achieved a Weighted Average Mark (WAM) of at least 60 to date across your course.
4. You must have achieved a Distinction or better in Law 2101, Contract B.
5. You should possess excellent communication, interpersonal and organisational skills.
6. You must be able to attend the compulsory PASS Leader Training Program at Clayton on Thursday – Friday, 21^st – 22^nd July.
7. You must be able to commit to up to five hours per week to the PASS program during Semester.

Students interested in applying to be a PASS Leader should e-mail the following documents to Adrian Devey, the Monash PASS Coordinator, at adrian.devey@monash.edu by 9.00am on Monday 18 July 2011.

1. A brief cover letter that explains why you want to be a PASS Leader in the Faculty of Law (one page maximum). Applications are especially encouraged from students receiving Centrelink, Youth Allowance, Austudy, ABSTUDY, are living out of home, are first generation in their family undertaking a degree, or can demonstrate financial hardship. Please include this information in your application.
2. A copy of your CV.  Please focus on demonstrating leadership and communication skills through relevant experience, such as tutoring or coaching, positions of responsibility in clubs and societies, or work in the retail or hospitality industries (two pages maximum).
3. A complete copy of your latest academic transcript, including results from Semester 1, 2011 and the units in which you are enrolled in 2011 (the “unofficial” WES transcript is acceptable).

Applications that are either late or are incomplete (i.e. do not include the three documents specified above) will not be considered.

If you have further questions about being a Law PASS Leader, please e-mail Adrian Devey at the e-mail address above.

3. Presenting as a Professional

Learn how to impress employers face-to-face. Presenting as a professional is a 1-day program supporting students and recent graduates in their preparation for professional employment. There are only 90 places available.

Thursday 21 July, 9.15am – 5.00pm, Caulfield Campus.

For further information please see:
http://www.careers.monash.edu.au/students-grads/events/presenting-as-a-professional.html

4. Upcoming Careers Seminars

Making a Great Seasonal Clerkship/Traineeship Application at Clayton

If you are currently in your penultimate or final year of Law and need help in what and what not to include as well as tips and tailoring your application for Clerkships or Traineeships, this is the seminar for you!

Tuesday 19 July, 12 – 1pm

https://careergateway.monash.edu.au/ViewEvent.chpx?id=147273

OR

Wednesday 27 July, 11am – 12pm
https://careergateway.monash.edu.au/ViewEvent.chpx?id=147274

Applying for Alternative routes to “Admission to Practice” at Clayton

Penultimate or final year students who are seeking alternative routes into the Law industry should attend. We will be covering how to find opportunities and how to make a great application.

Wednesday 27 July, 12.30 – 1.30pm
https://careergateway.monash.edu.au/ViewEvent.chpx?id=141392

1. Alumni Speaker Series: Mission Accomplished? The Death of Osama Bin Laden and what it means for Global Terrorism

For further information and registration details:
http://www.monash.edu.au/news/events/show/alumni-speaker-series-mission-accomplished-the-death-of-osama-bi

2. “Blame it on the WTO? A Human Rights Critique”

The Castan Centre for Human Rights Law invites you to a book launch by Mr Tim Costello AO CEO of World Vision Australia.

by Professor Sarah Joseph, Director, Castan Centre for Human Rights Law

1. Call for Papers – Federal Law Review

The Zines Prize for Excellence in Legal Research – ANU College of Law

The Federal Law Review is pleased to announce an annual prize to be awarded for excellence in legal research. The prize will be awarded to an author whose is published in the Federal Law Review.

The intention of the prize is to encourage and reward outstanding legal scholarship in Australia and to recognise the many contributions Professor Zines has made to the better understanding of areas of law of interest to the Federal Law Review.

The inaugural winner of the prize was Dr Patrick Emerton, for his article ‘Political Freedoms and Entitlements in the Australian Constitution – An example of Referential Intentions Yielding Unintended Legal Consequences’ (2010) 38Federal Law Review 169.

We welcome submissions to: flr.law@anu.edu.au

2. Call for Papers – Law and Its Accidents: Melbourne Doctoral Forum on Legal Theory

Thursday 15 – Friday 16 December, 2011

The fourth annual workshop will again bring together higher research students and early career researchers, who in different disciplines and across diverse fields of scholarship, engage with law and its theoretical and methodological questions.

This year we embark on an investigation of law and its accidents, because to critically engage with legal theory is not only to track the modalities of law, but also to probe its interstices. It is to expose law’s fault-lines and its exceptions, its interruptions and its crises, but also its coincidences and serendipities. This workshop will try not just to prod those fragile points where law buckles and sways, but attempt to build new jurisprudential approaches to understanding the happenstances of law.

Relevant areas of law may include (this list is not exhaustive): law and culture, law and technology, law and the humanities, environmental law, employment law, tort law, international law, military law, migration law, and law and economics.
A limited number of bursaries will be available for interstate and international presenting participants who are unable to claim funding to cover the full cost of travel from their home institution. The bursaries are intended to contribute towards travel expenses. Please indicate in your application whether you would like to be considered for a bursary.

For further information and possible topics please see Law and Its Accidents

Conference Organisers: Jake Goldenfein, Laura Petersen and Marc Trabsky

Send abstracts of 500 words and biographies of 100 words to law-mdflt@unimelb.edu.au by Monday 19 September, 2011.

3. Mental Health First Aid

Mental health first aid is the help given to someone with a mental health problem before they get professional help.

Training in mental health first aid

The training for Monash staff and students will help you:

• Help people in the early stages of mental health problems
• Recognise the signs and symptoms of these problems
• Know where and how to get help

Understand what types of help are effective

Faculty is offering to pay for Mental Health First Aid Training if you are a 2011 Peer Mentor.

This is a two day course and participants will receive a certificate upon completion.

More information is available at:
http://www.monash.edu.au/health-wellbeing/staff/mental-health-first-aid.html

Please email expressions of interest to lloyd.england@monash.edu if you would like to take part and a date will be arranged early in Semester 2.

4. The Victoria Law Foundation’s Small Grants Now Available

The Victoria Law Foundation’s Small Grants are available to organisations for legal projects and programs in Victoria.

Grants of up to $5000 may be used for law-related projects that will benefit the people of Victoria including:

• reprinting of legal publications;
• seed funding;
• community education programs; and/or
• other projects in relation to the law that benefit Victorians.

Small Grants have a rolling deadline with applications accepted any time throughout the year. The application form is easy to complete and decisions are usually made within two weeks.

For more information and an application form visit:
www.victorialawfoundation.org.au

If you have an idea for a project, please contact the Grants and Awards Manager on 9604 8100 to discuss.

Upcoming Postgraduate Units with Places still available:

LAW7246 Privacy and information security law in cyberspace
Associate Professor Moira Paterson
S2 Semi-intensive
City 3, 10,  24, 31 August 9:00am – 4:30pm

LAW7333 Comparative bills of rights
Dr Angela Ward (International Visitor)
S2 Intensive
City 10, 11, 12, 18, 19  August 9:00am – 3:30pm

LAW7087 Local government law
Mr Mark Hayes
S2 Intensive
City 11, 12, 15, 16 August 9:30am – 4:30pm

1. Animal Law – Offered for a Second Time

Due to demand, animal Law is being offered a second time as an undergraduate subject at Melbourne University in Semester 2, 2011. Enrolment is open to undergraduates and cross-institutional enrolment is also available. The second offering of this subject mimics the popularity of animal law studies at international universities including Harvard, Columbia and McGill Universities.

Cross institutional enrolment is available.

Guest speakers will include world renowned ethicist Professor Peter Singer of Princeton University, who will deliver the second lecture.

The subject will critically examine several areas including the state of Animal Law in Australia, the rights of advocates and protesters and the future of animal welfare law reform. Several recent high profile issues will be analysed such as the impending federal government’s challenge to Japanese whaling before the International Court of Justice, live exports and factory farming.

Classes will be a 2 hour seminar per week with assessment likely being a 90% research essay of 5,000 words. 10% may be class participation/ attendance..

Interested students are advised contact the Law School directly, or alternatively to visit www.undergraduate.law.unimelb.edu.au and navigate to “Administration” (under Current Students), then to Complementary Course Enrollments.

.: End of Student Gazette 11.07.2011 :.

1. Career seminars – Winter Intensive

One day, six seminars = A kick start to warming up your career.

Wednesday 20 July, 9.15am – 4.15pm, Clayton Campus, Building 8 (Rotunda), Lecture Theatre R2.

For further information please see:
https://careergateway.monash.edu.au/ViewEvent.chpx?id=141543

2. Legal Sector Internship Program

Victoria Law Foundation

The legal sector internship program is an exciting opportunity for law students to gain exposure to the broader legal sector, particularly in legal policy and related areas.

The internship takes place over 20 days either during university holidays or during the semester.

Students are placed with organisations that range from government departments and the courts to advocacy groups and community legal centres.

To apply you must be a current law student at a Victorian university undertaking either an undergraduate law degree or a juris doctorate.

In the application package, you will find information about the internship program and application guidelines.

Applications are now open for placements in two seasons: summer 2011/12 and winter 2012.

For further information please see: www.victorialawfoundation.org.au

3. Presenting as a Professional

Learn how to impress employers face-to-face. Presenting as a professional is a 1-day program supporting students and recent graduates in their preparation for professional employment. There are only 90 places available.

Thursday 21 July, 9.15am – 5.00pm, Caulfield Campus.

For further information please see:
http://www.careers.monash.edu.au/students-grads/events/presenting-as-a-professional.html

4. Professional Transitions – Law Program

In semester 2, attend a new career development program designed exclusively for Law students. It is a certificated program focusing on job applications, interview and career management. This program is specifically targeted to assist you in applying into the legal profession within Victoria with speakers from graduate recruiters from top tier firms, paralegal recruitment agencies and legal professional associations.

For further information please see:
https://careergateway.monash.edu.au/BrowseEvents.chpx
and click ‘view all’ under ‘Career programs’.

Furthermore, announcing a new Law careers resource – check out the Open Access Blackboardsite with downloadable resources to help you in your job search, such as sample resumes and cover letters for seasonal clerkship and traineeship applications: http://tinyurl.com/law-blackboard or find it on the Law blackboard site.

1. Alumni Speaker Series: Mission Accomplished? The Death of Osama Bin Laden and what it means for Global Terrorism

For further information and registration details:
http://www.monash.edu.au/news/events/show/alumni-speaker-series-mission-accomplished-the-death-of-osama-bi

2. “Blame it on the WTO? A Human Rights Critique”

The Castan Centre for Human Rights Law invites you to a book launch by Mr Tim Costello AO CEO of World Vision Australia.

by Professor Sarah Joseph, Director, Castan Centre for Human Rights Law

3. “Promoting VCAT as an ADR Centre of Excellence”

On Tuesday 12 July, VADR will be hosting a presentation by Justice Iain Ross, President of VCAT who is to speak on the topic: “Promoting VCAT as an ADR Centre of Excellence”. A recent review of ADR processes at VCAT has given the organisation the opportunity to re-examine its future directions.  Justice Ross has had a long career in the law and dispute resolution and we’re very glad he has agreed to discuss this very interesting topic.