Law Student Gazette

1. Library Learning Skills Seminars

Skills Sessions: Weeks 5 and 6: Case law.

This seminar is a combined learning skills and research session, focusing on how to search for a case online and how to prepare a case note.

Sessions will be held in the Law Library’s level 1 computer lab on:

• Monday 28 March 12 -1pm
• Tuesday 29 March 1 – 2 pm
• Thursday 31 March 1 – 2 pm.

On Monday 28 March there will be another session in L5, and you’ll need to bring or share a wireless-enabled laptop.

There will be two sessions the following week on:

• Tuesday 5 April 1 – 2 in L2
• Thursday 7 April in L5.

Note: Please bring or share a wireless-enabled laptop for these lecture room sessions.

Skills Sessions: Week 6. Assignments – Where the marks come from.

Understanding the difference between an adequate answer and an evaluative one.  what styles to use, and what structures work best for different assignments.  Covers reports, problem-solving and general assignments.

• Monday 4 April 12 – 1pm in the Law Library Meeting Room on level 3
• Repeated in L5 on Monday 4 April 1 – 2 pm in L5.

1. Learning Skills

Postgraduate law students are invited to contact Rosemary Shaw – Learning Skills Adviser – to arrange a consultation to discuss their assessment tasks and law studies in general. A number of classes are also offered at the Law Chambers.

For more information, please visit the website at: http://www.lib.monash.edu.au/classes/law/learning-skills.html

2. Master of Laws (Juris Doctor) Examinations – Trimester 1, 2011

Reminder: The JD Trimester 1 exam period starts from Monday 4 April 2011. Detailed exam timetable is available online at: http://www.law.monash.edu.au/jd/students/examination-timetable.html

3. Master of Laws (Juris Doctor) – Updated 2011 Class Timetable

An updated 2011 Master of Laws (Juris Doctor) Class Timetable is now available online: http://www.law.monash.edu.au/current-students/t-tables/index.html

4. Submission of assessments

AN IMPORTANT REMINDER that release and submission of assessments in the postgraduate programs is to be via Blackboard in 2011.

Research assignments and take-home examinations must be submitted with a completed assessment task coversheet, which can be downloaded form:

http://www.law.monash.edu/forms/assessment-cover-sheet.pdf
or http://www.law.monash.edu.au/forms/assessment-cover-sheet.doc

For Blackboard support, please refer to: http://www.monash.edu.au/muso/support/students/index.html

.: End of Student Gazette 28.03.2011 :.

1. 2011 Law Malaysia Program – Applications Now Open!

• Monash Sunway campus in Malaysia, located near Kuala Lumpur
• 4 July – 26 August
• Full semester of law studies
• Applications are now open and the closing date has been extended to Thursday 31 March 2011
• Monash Abroad travel grants will be available. For further information see http://www.monash.edu.au/students/studyabroad/grants/short-term/travel.html
• Small classes, with students from partner universities, including Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia and Paris
• Taught by academic staff from Monash and overseas universities
• Further information including application form – http://www.law.monash.edu.au/internships/overseas-study-programs/overseas-study-programs-prato-malaysia.html

2. REMINDER: Allen & Overy Hong Kong Information Session Tomorrow Lunchtime!

Are you interested in working in Hong Kong in an International Legal Practice?

If you are considering pursuing a long term legal career in Hong Kong, a June/July 2011 summer placement with Allen & Overy may be the very best place to start.  A & O is an international law firm with more than 36 offices in 26 countries across the world.  Allen & Overy is looking for Monash University law students interested in participating in a first-class training programme, gain global experience, work on cutting-edge deals and learn from lawyers who are leaders in their field of practice.

Prior to the Information Session – from 12.30 until 1 pm – there will also now be a mini-exhibition hosted by AOHK’s Graduate Recruitment Manager, Julia Sheng, in the law basement.  Come along and receive some information about the summer placement program, talk to Julia and find out more from two past A & O interns, Alice Zhang and Cameron Harvey who will also be there to answer your questions.

To find out more about this exciting career opportunity, you are invited to attend an information session:

We hope to see you there!

For more information about Allen & Overy Hong Kong, please see A&O Information Session flyer and visit www.allenovery.com/careers and select ‘Hong Kong’

3. Scholarship – The Aurora Native Title Internship Program

The Aurora Native Title Internship Program places law, anthropology and other social science (archaeology, cultural heritage, environmental management,  human geography, history and sociology) students and graduates from Australian universities at Native Title Representative Bodies (NTRBs) and other organisations involved in policy development, social justice and Indigenous affairs.   The program introduces candidates to career opportunities in native title and Indigenous affairs and at the same time provides assistance to under-resourced and over-worked organisations.

Applications for the upcoming Winter 2011 round of Aurora internships will be open from Monday 7 March to Friday 1 April, 2011. Applications can be submitted on-line via the Aurora website at www.auroraproject.com.au.

For further information please see Aurora Legal Internships Flyer

1. Garma Festival 2011

The Castan Centre for Human Rights Law invites Monash students to apply to participate in the Garma Festival, to be held from Friday 5 – Monday 8 August, 2011.

‘The Annual Garma Festival is Australia’s Leading Cultural Exchange event.  It is held annually onsite at remote Gulkula, a traditional meeting ground in Arnhem land.

The Garma Festival is a nationally significant, intimate, spectacular celebration of cultural traditions and practices – dance, song, music, and art (including presentations, collaborations, sales) – and the annual venue for a major Key Forum on Indigenous issues.

As well as the Key Forum and integrated academic presentations on language and culture, Key Forum participants also have the opportunity to watch the daily bunggul and music performances, enjoy Garma art exhibitions and projects, and participate in evening and night activities.’

Yothu Yindi Foundation, Organisers of Garma Festival.

The Key Forum for the Garma Festival 2011 is Academic Excellence and Cultural Integrity.  Daily seminars will touch upon many issues, including ones of a legal nature.  In addition to the daily seminars, informal talks will be held for Monash students to gain further insight into cultural, historical and contemporary Indigenous issues.  Successful applicants will be expected to attend and participate in both the formal seminars and informal talks during both the days and evenings of the Festival.  The Castan Centre group will comprise of approximately 10 students accompanied by Melissa Castan and other staff.

Law students may be eligible to gain *6 credit points* for attending the Garma Festival 2011 and subsequently submitting a supervised research paper on a related issue (see handbook for LAW 4174).  Non-law students should raise issues of credit with their relevant Faculty.

Information session on the Garma Festival:

Application forms will be available at the session and from the Law Student Services counter.  Applications are due by Thursday 21 April, 2011.  Applicants are required to write a 300-500 word statement outlining their motivation for wanting to attend the Garma Festival 2011.  It would be beneficial for prospective applicants to view the Garma website (www.yyf.com.au) prior to applying and to read the ‘Background Notes’ provided on the website. For further information, please contact Sarah Griffin: scgri1@student.monash.edu.au .

Please note: This is a self-funded trip, with costs estimated at $2,200.  This includes flights, accommodation, transfers, Festival ticket and all meals.

2. Vanessa Zimmerman, Legal Advisor to Professor John Ruggie the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative on Business and Human Rights

Presented by the Castan Centre for Human Rights Law; “Business and Human Rights at Home and Abroad: an Update on the Work of the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative on Business and Human Rights”

For further information please see Background Information

3. Victorian Association for Dispute Resolution

On Tuesday 22 March, Amie Cousins, Conciliation Manager from the Financial Ombudsman Service, will be speaking at a VADR CPD presentation on the topic : “Strategies for Power Imbalances. Case study, the Financial Ombudsman

This information has relevance for any mediator, lawyer or body dealing with power imbalances in mediation on a regular basis, dealing with consumers or dealing with conflicts between organisations and individuals.

People who wish to attend can email
admin@vadr.asn.au or president@vadr.asn.au

Details are also available on the website www.vadr.asn.au and see Dispute Resolution. Please feel free to pass on details of the event to anyone you feel may be interested.

4. Will the Revolution be Tweeted? The Role of Social Media in Promoting and Protecting Human Rights

You are invited to the public forum by the Castan Centre for Human Rights Law and the Human Rights Law Resource Centre

Panelists

• Professor Sarah Joseph, Director of the Castan Centre for Human Rights Law
• Simon Sheikh, National Director of GetUp!
• Jonathan Green, Editor of The Drum, ABC
• Alex Pagliaro, Refugee Campaign Coordinator, Amnesty International Australia

In an influential article in The New Yorker, entitled “Small Change: Why the Revolution will not be Tweeted”, Malcolm Gladwell argues that, far from supporting social movements and social change, social media may actually undermine them. Social media creates weak ties and can contribute to “networked authoritarianism” just as much as to progressive social change, Gladwell says.

In response, Clay Shirky, Professor of New Media at NYU, argues that social media can be used as a critical tool for the sharing of information and enhanced social engagement and mobilisation, empowering “loosely coordinated publics to demand change”. He points to the role of social media in recent revolutions from Tunisia, to Egypt, to Libya.
Join our expert panel to debate these views and discuss the opportunities and challenges associated with the use of social media to promote and protect human rights.

Further information please see:
http://www.law.monash.edu.au/castancentre/events/2011/social-media.html

NB: If this particular educational activity is relevant to your immediate or long term needs in relation to your professional development and practice of the law, then you should claim one ‘unit’ for each hour of attendance.

1. AIAL Essay Prize in Administrative Law

The Australian Institute of Administrative Law Inc (AIAL) is inviting entries for the 2011 AIAL Essay Prize in Administrative Law.

The essay may be on any topic relating to administrative law. The length of the essay is to be 6,000 – 8,000 words. The amount of the prize is A$2,000.

Entries must be submitted by 1 May 2011 to the AIAL at : PO Box 3149, BMDC, ACT 2617 or to linda.crebbin@act.gov.au.

For further information and rules please see AIAL Essay Prize Information

2. Call for Submissions

The UCL Human Rights Review is a student-run academic journal edited by The UCL Student Human Rights Programme at the University College London and published by the UCL Institute for Human Rights.

The Review publishes articles and essays in the field of human rights from faculty, judges, practitioners and students working in law, public policy, political science and related disciplines.  Past volumes have included articles on topics as diverse as war crimes, affirmative action, freedom of speech, anti-terrorism legislation, realist and idealist approaches to rights, and socio-economic rights and equality.

We are currently accepting submissions for our fourth volume, to be published in October 2011.

Papers published by the Review should be between 5,000 and 10,000 words in length including footnotes; articles exceeding the word limit may be considered in exceptional circumstances.  The review follows the OSCOLA citation format (see http://www.ukessays.com/essay–writing–help/oscola–referencing.php for further information).

The deadline for submissions is Friday 15 April, 2011.

Early submission is strongly advised, and papers will be considered on a rolling basis.

Due to the high number of submissions received, we are unable to provide individual feedback.

Please submit your essay by e-mail attachment in Microsoft Word or rtf format to hrreview.submissions@uclshrp.com

If you have any questions please feel free to get in touch with the Review at hrreview@uclshrp.com

3. Castan Centre New and Upcoming Events

If you want to keep abreast of Castan Centre news and upcoming events, become a member by clicking on the link below. Membership is free.  Members receive emails about all centre events and other developments in the field.

The centre also runs a very active social media program on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and WordPress, and you can check them all out at the addresses below.

• Sign up as a member: http://yum.law.monash.edu.au/ccmembers2/apply.aspx

• Follow us on Twitter:  http://twitter.com/CastanCentre

• Like us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/TheCastanCentre
• Watch us on Youtube:
  http://www.youtube.com/user/CastanCentre?feature=creators_cornier-http%3A//s.ytimg.com/yt/img/creators_corner/YouTube/40x40_yt_white.png

• Read us on WordPress: http://castancentre.wordpress.com/

• Read our Global Interns on WordPress:
  http://castanglobalinterns.wordpress.com/

If you have any queries about the Castan Centre or its programs, please contact 9905 3327 or castan.centre@law.monash.edu.au.

1. LAW1101 Court Report Classes in Week 4

A reminder that the Law Library is running LAW1101 Court Report classes in Week 4. This one hour class is designed to assist you to complete your Court Report assignment.  The classes are practical hands-on sessions held in the Law Library’s Level 1 computer lab. To check the times and to book go to the Library Class Booking System 

2. Library Learning Skill Seminars

Seminar 4: Reading for Critical Analysis

Following the initial context reading, then analyse and evaluate the reading materials. This gives you the best results, in both exams and assignments.
This session is held in the Law library 3rd floor meeting room (limited capacity) Monday 21 March,
from 12 – 1 pm, then repeated from 1 – 2 pm in L5.

Seminar 5: Case Law – Finding Cases and Writing a Case Note.

This is a combined research and wriitng session, focusing on how to search for cases online and how to prepare a case note.  This session will be presented 6 times in weeks 5 and 6.  Please check for venues and times on the bookings link.

Bookings for both sessions on www.lib.monash.edu/learning-skills/ Follow the links using Law as a keyword.

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1. Are you interested in working in Hong Kong in an International Legal Practice?

If you are considering pursuing a long term legal career in Hong Kong, a June/July 2011 summer placement with Allen & Overy may be the very best place to start. A & O is an international law firm with more than 36 offices in 26 countries across the world. Allen & Overy is looking for Monash University Asian Law students interested in participating in a first-class training programme, gain global experience, work on cutting-edge deals and learn from lawyers who are leaders in their field of practice.
To find out more about this exciting career opportunity, you are invited to attend an information session:

For more information about Allen & Overy Hong Kong, please see A&O Information Session flyer and visit www.allenovery.com/careers and select ‘Hong Kong’

2. Bingham McCutchen LLP – Trainee Solicitor Vacancy

A rare opportunity has arisen to develop your career by undertaking your training contract in Bingham’s Hong Kong office. Working as part of our team of corporate and finance lawyers, you will benefit from a bespoke training programme with a high level of partner involvement.

For further information and applications please see Hong Kong Recruitment

3. 2011 Law Malaysia Program – Applications Now Open!

• Monash Sunway campus in Malaysia, located near Kuala Lumpur
• 4 July – 26 August
• Full semester of law studies
• Applications are now open and the closing date has been extended to Thursday 31 March 2011
• Monash Abroad travel grants will be available. For further information see http://www.monash.edu.au/students/studyabroad/grants/short-term/travel.html
• Small classes, with students from partner universities, including Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia and Paris
• Taught by academic staff from Monash and overseas universities
• Further information including application form – http://www.law.monash.edu.au/internships/overseas-study-programs/overseas-study-programs-prato-malaysia.html

4. REMINDER: Linklaters’ Clerkship Presentation – Wednesday

For ten years, the internationally recognized and prestigious law firm Linklaters (which has its headquarters in London) has been taking some of Australia’s most talented and enthusiastic law students and exposing them to the challenges and rewards of life in a global law firm. Most of them go on to join, train and practise with Linklaters after their clerkship.

Come and hear more about Linklaters’ clerkship opportunities in London for penultimate-year law students at their employer presentation:

Staff from Linklaters will discuss its people and culture, as well as the work it is doing in an increasingly challenging market. Following the presentation there will be an opportunity to answer any questions students may have about pursuing a career in London and working for this truly global law firm.

For more information about Linklaters, and to apply, please visit:
www.linklaters.com/ukgrads

5. Scholarship – The Aurora Native Title Internship Program

The Aurora Native Title Internship Program places law, anthropology and other social science (archaeology, cultural heritage, environmental management,  human geography, history and sociology) students and graduates from Australian universities at Native Title Representative Bodies (NTRBs) and other organisations involved in policy development, social justice and Indigenous affairs.   The program introduces candidates to career opportunities in native title and Indigenous affairs and at the same time provides assistance to under-resourced and over-worked organisations.

Applications for the upcoming Winter 2011 round of Aurora internships will be open from Monday 7 March to Friday 1 April, 2011. Applications can be submitted on-line via the Aurora website at www.auroraproject.com.au.

For further information please see Aurora Legal Internships Flyer

1. Hong Kong Law Cocktail Evening

The Hong Kong Law Cocktail Evening provides students with the opportunity to engage in quality dialogues in a vibrant social atmosphere with representatives from some of the leading firms operating in Hong Kong today. Firm representatives include managing partners, associates and HR recruiters. The evening aims to facilitate networking amongst firms and students, and to enable attendees to mingle. Light refreshments will also be on offer.

Event Program

The Global Law Students Association of Melbourne University invites LLB, JD as well as law students from other universities to join us on this evening.

Tickets are purchased by registering for the event by emailing glsa-careers@unimelb.edu.au include your Name, Contact #, Email Address, University and the Quantity of Tickets you are buying (If buying for more than one person, be sure to list the names of the people that you are purchasing for, so that they can get in on the night!). Alternatively, register by visiting the GLSA office on Level 2 of the Law Building, 185 Pelham Street, Carlton VIC 3053. All enquiries can be directed to glsa-careers@unimelb.edu.au.

Places are limited to ensure a ratio of one firm representative to two students, so register now! Hope to see you there!

2. International Humanitarian Law and the Young Lawyer

Presented by the Castan Centre of Human Rights Law and Friends of International Humanitarian Law (of the Red Cross)

For further information please visit –
http://www.law.monash.edu.au/castancentre/events/2011/ihl.html

Please join us for a career forum on opportunities for young lawyers and law students to gain practical experience overseas. Hear from a range of speakers about their personal stories and impressions of internships at the international tribunals and studying IHL and ICL overseas.

There will be a chance to ask questions about what skills and experience you need to develop in order to be successful in applying for an internship or overseas study placement yourself.

3. Vanessa Zimmerman, Legal Advisor to Professor John Ruggie the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative on Business and Human Rights

Presented by the Castan Centre for Human Rights Law; “Business and Human Rights at Home and Abroad: an Update on the Work of the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative on Business and Human Rights”

For further information please see Background Information

4. Will the Revolution be Tweeted? The Role of Social Media in Promoting and Protecting Human Rights

You are invited to the public forum by the Castan Centre for Human Rights Law and the Human Rights Law Resource Centre

Panelists

• Professor Sarah Joseph, Director of the Castan Centre for Human Rights Law
• Simon Sheikh, National Director of GetUp!
• Jonathan Green, Editor of The Drum, ABC
• Alex Pagliaro, Refugee Campaign Coordinator, Amnesty International Australia

In an influential article in The New Yorker, entitled “Small Change: Why the Revolution will not be Tweeted”, Malcolm Gladwell argues that, far from supporting social movements and social change, social media may actually undermine them. Social media creates weak ties and can contribute to “networked authoritarianism” just as much as to progressive social change, Gladwell says.

In response, Clay Shirky, Professor of New Media at NYU, argues that social media can be used as a critical tool for the sharing of information and enhanced social engagement and mobilisation, empowering “loosely coordinated publics to demand change”. He points to the role of social media in recent revolutions from Tunisia, to Egypt, to Libya.
Join our expert panel to debate these views and discuss the opportunities and challenges associated with the use of social media to promote and protect human rights.

Further information please see:
http://www.law.monash.edu.au/castancentre/events/2011/social-media.html

NB: If this particular educational activity is relevant to your immediate or long term needs in relation to your professional development and practice of the law, then you should claim one ‘unit’ for each hour of attendance.

5. Victorian Association for Dispute Resolution

On Tuesday 22 March, Amie Cousins, Conciliation Manager from the Financial Ombudsman Service, will be speaking at a VADR CPD presentation on the topic : “Strategies for Power Imbalances. Case study, the Financial Ombudsman

This information has relevance for any mediator, lawyer or body dealing with power imbalances in mediation on a regular basis, dealing with consumers or dealing with conflicts between organisations and individuals.

People who wish to attend can email
admin@vadr.asn.au or president@vadr.asn.au

Details are also available on the website www.vadr.asn.au and see Dispute Resolution. Please feel free to pass on details of the event to anyone you feel may be interested.

1. Legal (r)Evolution Conference

The Progressive Law Network is holding its inaugural conference focusing on four themes for social justice and law reform: Asylum Seekers, Gender, Environment and Indigenous Law.

Speakers include: Julian Burnside AO QC, Dr Susan Kneebone, Brian Walters SC, Professor Caroline de Costa, Mr Simon Molesworth AM QC, Professor Ian Lowe AO, Senator Elect Larissa Waters, Dr Bronwyn Naylor, Dr Paula Gerber, Dr Stephen Gray and more.

This conference will showcase individuals and organisations that have made and continue to make important contributions to the ongoing quest for a fair and just society using their legal skills and advocacy.

Tickets are now available at our website www.progressivelawnetwork.org.au

Legal (r)evolution. A symposium of legal ideas for a better world.

.: End of Student Gazette 14.03.2011 :.

1. Aurora Internships

The Aurora Native Title Internship Program places law, anthropology and other social science (archaeology, cultural heritage, environmental management,  human geography, history and sociology) students and graduates from Australian universities, at Native Title Representative Bodies (NTRBs) and other organisations involved in policy development, social justice and Indigenous affairs.   The program introduces candidates to career opportunities in native title and Indigenous affairs and at the same time provides assistance to under-resourced and over-worked organisations.

Applications for the upcoming winter 2011 round of Aurora internships will be open from Monday 7 March to Friday 1 April, 2011.

Applications can be submitted on-line via the Aurora website at www.auroraproject.com.au.

2. Faculty Managed Internship

Zaid Ibrahim & Co. – Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Applications are now open and close Friday 11 March, 2011.

Minimum of 4 weeks from end June (after exam period) to end July.

Application & Eligibility details –
http://www.law.monash.edu.au/internships/zaid-ibrahim-internships.html

Student Mobility Funding may be provided, please see eligibility criteria –
http://www.law.monash.edu.au/internships/student-mobility-fund-2.html

Queries:  cathy.meredith@monash.edu or (03) 9905 3311

3. 2011 Law Malaysia Program – Applications Now Open!

• Monash Sunway campus in Malaysia, located near Kuala Lumpur
• 4 July – 26 August
• Full semester of law studies
• Applications are now open and the closing date has been extended to Thursday 31 March, 2011
• Monash Abroad travel grants will be available. For further information see http://www.monash.edu.au/students/studyabroad/grants/short-term/travel.html
• Small classes, with students from partner universities, including Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia and Paris
• Taught by academic staff from Monash and overseas universities
• Further information including application form – http://www.law.monash.edu.au/internships/overseas-study-programs/overseas-study-programs-prato-malaysia.html

4. Linklaters’ Clerkship Presentation

For ten years, the internationally recognized and prestigious law firm Linklaters (which has its headquarters in London) has been taking some of Australia’s most talented and enthusiastic law students and exposing them to the challenges and rewards of life in a global law firm. Most of them go on to join, train and practise with Linklaters after their clerkship.

Come and hear more about Linklaters’ clerkship opportunities in London for penultimate-year law students at their employer presentation:

Staff from Linklaters will discuss its people and culture, as well as the work it is doing in an increasingly challenging market. Following the presentation there will be an opportunity to answer any questions students may have about pursuing a career in London and working for this truly global law firm.

For more information about Linklaters, and to apply, please visit: 
www.linklaters.com/ukgrads