Law Student Gazette

1. Global Legal Hackathon – 22-24 February

2. Making Wellness Core Business 14 – 15 February 2019

1. Global Legal Hackathon – 22-24 February

2. Making Wellness Core Business 14 – 15 February 2019

1. Editorial Committee Applications for the Monash University Law Review Now Open

2. Sir John Monash Medal – nominations now open

• has completed the academic requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Laws and is eligible to graduate;
• is judged to have an excellent academic record; and
• has demonstrated a significant commitment to advancing the University’s goals of social justice, human rights and a sustainable environment.

1. The Native Title Act 25 Years On

Date: Tuesday 13 November

Venue: RMIT City Campus, Building 80, Level 1, Lecture/Cinema room 2

Time: 6:00pm – 7:00pm

Tickets: FREE event – registration essential here

You are warmly invited to attend the Bundyi Girri Seminar Series with Guest Speaker Professor Michael Lavarch.

2018 marks the 25th anniversary of the passage of the Native Title Act. Since that time, the Aboriginal land estate has grown to touch on some 40% of the Australian landmass over which some form of Aboriginal or Torres Strait right or title is held by various First Nations peoples. Yet Aboriginal people remain the most economically and socially disadvantaged in the nation.

In this special guest lecture Professor Michael Lavarch, Emeritus Professor of Law at QUT, will reflect on the Native Title regime, its achievements and disappointments and canvass the future developments on the issue of compensation for validation of past titles in light of the recent High Court hearing in Griffiths v The Northern Territory.

What is the Seminar Series?

The Bundyi Girri Seminar Series aims to bring together a broad range of the RMIT community and members of the Victorian community to engage with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspectives, histories and cultures, to ignite conversation around relevant issues and to spark change.

2. Technological Innovation in Corporate Financing: Regulatory Challenges for the Fintech Era

Date: Monday 12 November 2018

Time: 9:00am

Venue: Monash Law Chambers, 555 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne

Tickets:  Student price $80 / Full price $420 Buy tickets here

Over the past few years technical innovations in the financial sphere have transformed the way we “do” finance and the economic opportunities that this offers.

The “Fintech” transformation of the traditional financial sector has offered both opportunities and presented challenges for those engaged in the financial sector, those who rely on the financial sector to undertake economic endeavours and regulators that have been tasked with the increasingly complex oversight of financial activity since the crisis.

Learn more about this Fintech symposium.

Topics to be discussed include:

• Expansion of peer-to-peer and equity crowdfunding as a source of funding for start-ups and small-to-medium enterprises.
• Use of blockchain technology for the purposes of fundraising, for instance, through ICOs.
• Other technological financing innovations that are emerging and how these are promoting economic growth and development.

Confirmed speakers include:

• Prof. the Hon. Marilyn Warren AC QC, Vice-Chancellor’s Professorial Fellow, Office of the VC & President, Monash University [Opening Address]
• Luca Enriques, Allen & Overy Professor of Corporate Law, Oxford University [Keynote]
• John Price, Commissioner, ASIC, member of Council of Financial Regulators and sponsor of ASIC’s innovation hub
• Stan Roche, Senior Adviser – Financial Services and FinTech, International Operations, Austrade
• Steve Kourabas, Lecturer, Monash University Law School

3. Monash Law Breakfast: Investor Choice in Global Security Markets

Monash Faculty of Law is proud to be hosting Luca Enriques, Allen & Overy Professor of Corporate Law, Oxford University to present on the issue of investor choice in global security markets.

Hear about Professor Enriques’ recent paper, which forms part of the first phase of the New Special Study of the Securities Markets Project, explores how globalisation has affected the operation of securities markets and the challenges this poses for their regulation.

Date: Wednesday 14 November 2018

Time: 7:30 am – 8:30 am

1. Indigenous Law Students’ Clerkship – February/March 2019

The Victorian Bar is offering up to three paid clerkship positions to Indigenous law students.

What is involved?

The clerkship will take place on mutually agreed dates in February and March 2019, depending on university timetables.

The clerkship involves 3 consecutive weeks with rotations as follows:

• One week at the Victorian Bar;
• One week at the Federal Court of Australia; and
• One week at the Supreme Court of Victoria.

Application process

Applications are to be made by submitting the form under the ‘Indigenous Clerkship Program’ section to Susan Lawrence (susan.lawrence@vicbar.com.au) or via mail to:

Susan Lawrence

Finance Manager

Victorian Bar Inc.

Level 5, 205 William St,

Melbourne VIC 3000

Applications close at 5.00pm on Friday 16 November 2018. Learn more

2. Event: Modern Legal Careers – Embracing Change

Date: Wednesday 21 November

Time: 6:00pm – 7:45pm

Venue: EngineHouse, 105 Wellington St, St Kilda 3182

Tickets: FREE event – registration essential here

Change is the one constant in modern legal careers.

Legal roles are changing, the client is at the centre of every decision and technology is increasingly intertwined with legal practice.

LegalVision is hosting a panel event at co-working space EngineHouse, a short walk from Windsor station on Chapel Street.

Come and join in the discussion about defining what career success means for you, meet like-minded colleagues and enjoy some sweet tunes while you mingle and snack.

Our panellists are sharing their insights and answering your questions about:

• Taking career risks;
• Professional pivot points;
• Learning from setbacks and successes throughout your career;
• Developing resiliency;
• Adjusting expectations and setting new goals;
• What our panellists’ most valuable and transferable skills are; and
• How to stay well in a demanding career.

Learn more here.

1. NILS Business & Human Rights Moot Court Competition – Netherlands 2019

1. Clerkship Masterclass

Date: Friday 16 November

Time: 10:00am – 3.30pm (times will be confirmed)

Venue: Monash Law Chambers, 555 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne

Registrations are now open for the next Clerkship Masterclass to be held on Friday 16 November at the Monash Law Chambers in the City.

The Masterclass has been designed to deliver essential, practical skills relating to research, writing, preparing memos and tips to work effectively during the Clerkship. The sessions are presented by lawyers from top Law Firms, expert staff from the Law Library, academics from the Law Faculty and staff from other legal organisations.

Preference is given to students who have secured a clerkship or equivalent.

Please note that we usually start the Masterclass at approximately 10:00am and conclude by 3.30pm. Note that as this is a practical session, we ask that you bring along a laptop or mobile device, if possible.

A more detailed breakdown of the day will be provided once the program has been finalised.  A light lunch is provided.

If you wish to attend, please register here. 

Please contact Caroline (Caroline.Knaggs@monash.edu) if you have any queries.

2. Indigenous Law Students’ Clerkship – February/March 2019

The Victorian Bar is offering up to three paid clerkship positions to Indigenous law students.

What is involved?

The clerkship will take place on mutually agreed dates in February and March 2019, depending on university timetables.

The clerkship involves 3 consecutive weeks with rotations as follows:

• One week at the Victorian Bar;
• One week at the Federal Court of Australia; and
• One week at the Supreme Court of Victoria.

Application process

Applications are to be made by submitting the form under the ‘Indigenous Clerkship Program’ section to Susan Lawrence (susan.lawrence@vicbar.com.au) or via mail to:

Susan Lawrence

Finance Manager

Victorian Bar Inc.

Level 5, 205 William St,

Melbourne VIC 3000

Applications close at 5.00pm on Friday 16 November 2018. Learn more

1. Technological Innovation in Corporate Financing: Regulatory Challenges for the Fintech Era

Date: Monday 12 November 2018

Time: 9:00am

Venue: Monash Law Chambers, 555 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne

Tickets:  Student price $80 / Full price $420 Buy tickets here

Over the past few years technical innovations in the financial sphere have transformed the way we “do” finance and the economic opportunities that this offers.

The “Fintech” transformation of the traditional financial sector has offered both opportunities and presented challenges for those engaged in the financial sector, those who rely on the financial sector to undertake economic endeavours and regulators that have been tasked with the increasingly complex oversight of financial activity since the crisis.

Learn more about this Fintech symposium.

Topics to be discussed include:

• Expansion of peer-to-peer and equity crowdfunding as a source of funding for start-ups and small-to-medium enterprises.
• Use of blockchain technology for the purposes of fundraising, for instance, through ICOs.
• Other technological financing innovations that are emerging and how these are promoting economic growth and development.

Confirmed speakers include:

• Prof. the Hon. Marilyn Warren AC QC, Vice-Chancellor’s Professorial Fellow, Office of the VC & President, Monash University [Opening Address]
• Luca Enriques, Allen & Overy Professor of Corporate Law, Oxford University [Keynote]
• John Price, Commissioner, ASIC, member of Council of Financial Regulators and sponsor of ASIC’s innovation hub
• Stan Roche, Senior Adviser – Financial Services and FinTech, International Operations, Austrade
• Steve Kourabas, Lecturer, Monash University Law School

2. Monash Law Breakfast: Investor Choice in Global Security Markets

Monash Faculty of Law is proud to be hosting Luca Enriques, Allen & Overy Professor of Corporate Law, Oxford University to present on the issue of investor choice in global security markets.

Hear about Professor Enriques’ recent paper, which forms part of the first phase of the New Special Study of the Securities Markets Project, explores how globalisation has affected the operation of securities markets and the challenges this poses for their regulation.

Date: 14 November 2018

Time: 7:30 am – 8:30 am

1. Future Work Future Leaders conference

Prepare for the future of work at the Future Work Future Leaders conference on Thursday 13 September, at Clayton campus.

Hear from Google, EY, Thankyou Group, Marita Cheng and others who can help you make sense of global megatrends.

You could also win an iPad mini by joining our competition on the day! Find out more and register here.

2. Mocha Is Not Coffee! Fringe Festival play written and directed by Monash Law student

Mocha Is Not Coffee! is a new work written and directed by Verity Norbury which follows the story of four highly competitive (and self-destructive) law students. It’s all fun and terror until one goes missing!

This performance is being used as part of the playwright’s Honours Thesis, which is looking at the ways in which performance methodologies may open up a conversation around mental health and law school.

Event details

Date: 24 September – 27 September

Time: 7:30pm-8:40pm

Venue: Chapel Off Chapel The Mezzanine Space

Cost: Preview $12.50; Full $20.00; Student/Pensioner/Concession/Group $15.00

To purchase tickets see here

3. Prato and Malaysia Programs 2019- Information Sessions

Thinking of studying in the Prato or Malaysia Law Program 2019? If you want to find out more, you are warmly invited to come along to one of these information sessions. No RSVP required.

Postgraduate Information Session

Date: Tuesday 16 October

Time: 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

Venue: Monash University Law Chambers, Seminar Room 2.

Undergraduate Information Session

Date: Wednesday 17 October

Time: 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

Venue: Room 331, Learning and Teaching Building, Clayton Campus.

1. Commonwealth Parliament internship opportunities

Applications for 2019 close at midnight on 30 September 2018. To apply or learn more information see here.

2. EcoPeace Middle East Internship – Israel

Do you have a passion for policy, sustainable development, protecting the environment and promoting dialogue and peace-building? Would you like to expand your global experience and knowledge beyond a typical internship?

The Faculty of Law has an agreement with EcoPeace Middle East, Israel for 1 student (either UG or PG) to intern for 12 weeks, approximately December to February.

The successful student will be required to work on policy, external communication, resource development, research and education within the organisation. Please note that EcoPeace is not a law firm and the successful student will not be working in the legal department.

For more information see here.