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The NSW Law Reform Commission operates a winter internship program for law students in their final year of study.
While this opportunity is unpaid, it provides access to a range of professional development opportunities, including working with our Commissioners.
Applications close Monday 11 April 2016.
Details of the program can be found here.
The English Connect program is Monash’s new English language assistance program. It is aimed at international undergraduate and postgraduate students. English Connect is an expanded version of the Conversational English program trialled last year.
A new website will be up soon, but at the moment, program dates and times can be found on the old website here.
The free programs consist of:
The Library also maintain a Building English Skills guide, available here.
Applications are now open and close Thursday 14 April 2016 for a three month internship from September to November 2016.
For further information please see application process and eligibility criteria.
Student Mobility Funding may be provided. Please see eligibility criteria.
Offered exclusively to Monash students, Leap into Leadership Online (LiLO) is a suite of free, self-paced online modules designed to maximise your employability and understanding of the skills, knowledge and behaviours required to be an effective leader.
Modules take about 1 to 2 hours to complete, and you can do them any time, at any stage of your degree.
Modules on offer:
After completion, you’ll receive a personalised certificate outlining your new skills, which you can then add to your CV.
Don’t wait – Leap into Leadership now and get started!
More info can be found here.
The Editorial Board of the International Trade and Business Law Review (‘the Review) are now inviting submissions for Volume XX of the Review.
The Review publishes leading articles consisting of original research, case notes, comments, and book reviews concerning international trade and business law, arbitration law and comparative law.
Academic staff and students now have the opportunity to make a submission to the Review.
Please find more information including submission details in this letter here.
Please note submissions close Friday 1 July 2016.
For more details contact Editor Tracy Albin: tracy.albin@student.curtin.edu.au
Registrations are now open for the Monash Entrepreneurship and Commercialisation lecture series.
Interested undergraduate and postgraduate students and staff are all welcome to attend the lectures.
Further information on topics, speakers and registration can be found here.
Is your career freaking you out?
generationYOU is a one day event that aims to help you stand out of the crowd and become the exception to the rule, not the stereotype.
Meet community and industry speakers who run hands-on and honest sessions around employer expectations and skills such as problem solving, networking, building a personal brand, communication and more.
Featuring speakers from companies such Etsy, Australia Post, Ashurst, Arup, Melbourne University, The Foundation for Young Australians and more.
Date: Friday 22 April 2016
Time: 8.30am – 4.30pm
Location: Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre
Price: Concession $75; Full $99
More info here and generationyou.com.au
Uganda’s February elections saw President Yoweri Museveni win his fifth term as president, extending an uninterrupted 30-year stint in office.
Worsening restrictions on freedom of speech and assembly in the lead up to the elections cast serious doubt over whether they were conducted in a free and fair manner.
Join Ugandan human rights lawyer Nicholas Opiyo and Human Rights Watch Senior Africa Researcher Maria Burnett as they examine Uganda’s failure to make progress on human rights issues, and what can be done to ensure its citizens can freely exercise fundamental human rights.
Date: 19 April 2016
Time: 6.00pm to 7.15pm
Venue: Monash University Law Chambers, Seminar Room 3, Level 2, 555 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne
RSVP: castan.centre@monash.edu or telephone 03 9905 3327
For full details please click here.
Published by the Journal of Professional Legal Education in 1991, Sue Campbell’s Blueprint for a Clinical Program highlighted the benefits of clinical legal education to both students and staff alike.
At the time of publication there were only two full-scale clinical legal education programs operating in Australian Law Faculties – one at Monash, established in 1975 and the context of Sue’s discussion, and one established in 1981 at the University of New South Wales.
Since that time, however, over 70% of Australia’s thirty-six law schools have developed clinical programs, with Sue’s article – and the strategies it offered other faculties – truly serving as a blueprint for this expansion. Not only has clinical legal education expanded greatly in Australia, it has now spread throughout the world.
The Susan Campbell Oration will review the state of clinical legal education in Australia and elsewhere; evaluate the impact of the strategies that Sue set forth; discuss where clinical legal education is today; and suggest a blueprint for a robust and innovative future.
Date: Wednesday 11 May 2016
Time: 5:30-7:30pm
Venue: Monash Law Chambers, 555 Lonsdale St, Melbourne
RSVP: Wednesday 4 May 2016, register HERE
Light refreshments will be provided.
For further information please click here.
Applications are open for Clinical Period 3 2016 of the Professional Practice Elective Unit which takes place at Monash Oakleigh Legal Service, next to Clayton campus.
Clinical Period 3 2016 dates are:
Applications close on 15 April 2016.
Applications are not done via Wes.
See all further information about the Application process and dates on the Clinical Legal Education website or consult Student Services.
You may be wondering what the new card you received with your membership keyring is.
It is an exciting new initiative with all Victorian LSSs to create one discount card to be used across Melbourne.
On Clayton campus, the card is accepted at Artichoke & Whitebait and Taste Baguette for a 10% discount.
For a full list of discounts, visit thevlcard.com.
After selling out at Perth’s Fringe World, 3 Course Comedy debuts at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival featuring Monash law graduate Michael Shafar and current student David Rose.
Between them they have made two RAW Comedy State Finals, written for Cracked.com, hosted the TV show The Leak and failed Torts B.
Use the discount code ‘LSS’ for a 20% when booking online here.
Each year the Business Law Section offers three scholarships of $5000 to the writer of the best papers in fields of Competition, Corporations and Taxation Law.
The scholarships are targeted to ‘early career’ legal professionals with less than four years of professional experience in the legal field of their paper. In the past winners have come from across academia, business and government sectors.
These scholarships are well suited to any Honours or research student who has previously written on a topic in one of the available fields.
Entries close Sunday 31 July at 5.00pm.
For more information please click here.
This series will allow penultimate students to hear from partners from two different practise areas: Transactional and Advisory and Litigation.
The panels will involve a one hour question and answer format with the chance to mingle afterwards.
The Corporate Transaction Law seminar will attended by Ashurst, Corrs Chambers Westgarth and King & Wood Mallesons.
Date: Tuesday 19 April 2016
Time: 6.00pm – 8.00pm
Location: Monash University Law Chambers, Level 1, 555 Lonsdale St, Melbourne
The Litigation/Dispute Resolution seminar will be attended by Baker & McKenzie, Gilbert + Tobin, Herbert Smith Freehills, Allens and Minter Ellison.
Date: Wednesday 27 April 2016
Time: 6.00pm – 8.00pm
Location: Monash University Law Chambers, Level 1, 555 Lonsdale St, Melbourne
To register for either seminar please click here.
Please note: you must be a LSS member to register, and will only be able to attend one of the two seminars. Preference will be given to penultimate students. Confirmation emails will be sent after registrations are processed.
2016 sees the return of Charity Dinner, supporting the Tristan Jepson Foundation. It will include dinner, drinks and entertainment.
Date: Thursday 28 April 2016
Time: 7.30pm
Venue: La Di Da, 577 Little Bourke St, Melbourne
Ticket sales will occur on Tuesday 5 April 2016 from 9.00am in the Law Basement, Clayton Campus.
Do not miss this event. For more information, please refer to the Facebook event.
Domestic violence features heavily in the media every week, with at least 1 in 3 women across the world facing domestic violence in their lifetime.
However, many of us do not understand what domestic violence is in a legal context. What is family violence? How does the law operate to prevent it? What can we do as lawyers to help victims of abuse?
The LSS has organised an informative seminar to educate you of these matters.
Date: Tuesday 5 April 2016
Time: 1.00pm
Location: E6, 23 College Walk (Building 60 – Engineering), Monash Clayton Campus
VWL will be presenting a panel discussion with Maurice Blackburn on legal responses to non-consensual distribution of private sexual material.
This is an issue that disproportionately affects women, and which many of us have only recently begun to understand as an emerging form of family violence and sexual assault.
Proposed reforms to the law intend to make it unlawful to share, or threaten to share, private sexual material.
Our speakers will discuss such reforms and invite you to consider legal amendments.
Date: Wednesday 6 April 2016
Time: 5.30pm registration for a 6.00pm start
Location: Maurice Blackburn, Level 10, 456 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne
For more information and to register for the event please click here.
Do you want to be mentored by a legal professional?
Are you a keen Monash JD student looking for guidance from some of the most brilliant legal minds in Australia?
If yes, then this program is for you! Places are limited so don’t waste time!
The JD Professional Mentoring Program is back for its third year running, following on from its huge success in previous years.
The program will commence with a Networking evening on Wednesday 25 May 2016 (Location TBC), where mentors and successful mentee applicants will be invited to meet and greet.
Registration is now open.
Students of all year levels are invited to apply, but preference will be given to penultimate year JD students.
Register here.
The JD LSS office hours are as follows:
Monday: 12.00pm – 5.00pm
Wednesday: 12.00pm – 5.00pm
Thursday: 11.00am – 3.00pm
During these times memberships and event tickets can be purchased.
However if these times do not suit you please contact jd.adminactivities@monashlss.com
The NSW Law Reform Commission operates a winter internship program for law students in their final year of study.
While this opportunity is unpaid, it provides access to a range of professional development opportunities, including working with our Commissioners.
Applications close Monday 11 April 2016.
Details of the program can be found here.
The Aurora Internship Program places law, anthropology and other social science students and graduates at Native Title Representative Bodies (NTRBs), Prescribed Bodies Corporates (PBCs) and at other organisations involved in policy development, research and social justice, all working to support the broader Indigenous sector Australia-wide.
The Program introduces candidates to career opportunities in native title and the Indigenous sector and at the same time provides assistance to under-resourced and over-worked organisations.
The on-line application period for the Winter 2016 round of internships closes on Friday 1 April 2016.
Applications and more information about the Program can be accessed via the Aurora website.
Nearing the end of your degree and considering LLM/Masters? It could take you to Hong Kong.
Applications are now open for the Master of Laws Global Scholarship 2016-17 at the Chinese University Hong Kong (CUHK) Faculty of Law.
Positions are available for 3 students globally to study in the LLM programme in 2016-17.
Each scholarship is worth up to HK$191,120 (approx. AUD$32,000), covering basic tuition fees and a living stipend.
Find more information here and here.
If you think you’d make a good candidate, please email Kathy Alden by Monday 28 March 2016: kathy.alden@monash.edu.
The English Connect program is Monash’s new English language assistance program. It is aimed at international undergraduate and postgraduate students. English Connect is an expanded version of the Conversational English program trialled last year.
A new website will be up soon, but at the moment, program dates and times can be found on the old website here.
The free programs consist of:
The Library also maintain a Building English Skills guide, available here.
Applications are now open and close Thursday 14 April 2016 for a three month internship from September to November 2016.
For further information please see application process and eligibility criteria.
Student Mobility Funding may be provided. Please see eligibility criteria.
Would you like to graduate with a qualification from Monash University and King’s College London?
The Faculty of Law offers a pathway opportunity to study the Master of Laws (LLM) at the Dickson Poon School of Law, King’s College London (King’s) for outstanding Monash students enrolled in either:
If successful, you will begin your studies at King’s in September/October. At that time you must have no more than four (4) elective units left to complete in your Monash qualification.
For further details including eligibility and application process please see the Monash-King’s College Degree pathway website.
Applications close Thursday 31 March 2016.
Offered exclusively to Monash students, Leap into Leadership Online (LiLO) is a suite of free, self-paced online modules designed to maximise your employability and understanding of the skills, knowledge and behaviours required to be an effective leader.
Modules take about 1 to 2 hours to complete, and you can do them any time, at any stage of your degree.
Modules on offer:
After completion, you’ll receive a personalised certificate outlining your new skills, which you can then add to your CV.
Don’t wait – Leap into Leadership now and get started!
More info can be found here.
The Editorial Board of the International Trade and Business Law Review (‘the Review) are now inviting submissions for Volume XX of the Review.
The Review publishes leading articles consisting of original research, case notes, comments, and book reviews concerning international trade and business law, arbitration law and comparative law.
Academic staff and students now have the opportunity to make a submission to the Review.
Please find more information including submission details in this letter here.
Please note submissions close Friday 1 July 2016.
For more details contact Editor Tracy Albin: tracy.albin@student.curtin.edu.au
Situating privacy within the context of political philosophy, Associate Professor Janice Richardson’s Law and the Philosophy of Privacy highlights the way in which struggles concerning the meaning of privacy have always been political. Different conceptions of privacy are here shown to involve diverse assumptions about ontology: our conceptions of self, culture, society and communication.
Date: Wednesday 30 March 2016
Time: 6.30pm-8.00pm
Venue: Monash Law Chambers, 555 Lonsdale St, Melbourne
RSVP here by Wednesday 23 March
More information about the book and the event can be found here.
Registrations are now open for the Monash Entrepreneurship and Commercialisation lecture series.
Interested undergraduate and postgraduate students and staff are all welcome to attend the lectures.
Further information on topics, speakers and registration can be found here.
Is your career freaking you out?
generationYOU is a one day event that aims to help you stand out of the crowd and become the exception to the rule, not the stereotype.
Meet community and industry speakers who run hands-on and honest sessions around employer expectations and skills such as problem solving, networking, building a personal brand, communication and more.
Featuring speakers from companies such Etsy, Australia Post, Ashurst, Arup, Melbourne University, The Foundation for Young Australians and more.
Date: Friday 22 April 2016
Time: 8.30am – 4.30pm
Location: Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre
Price: Concession $75; Full $99
More info here and generationyou.com.au
Applications are open for Clinical Period 3 2016 of the Professional Practice Elective Unit which takes place at Monash Oakleigh Legal Service, next to Clayton campus.
Clinical Period 3 2016 dates are:
Applications close on 15 April 2016.
Applications are not done via Wes.
See all further information about the Application process and dates on the Clinical Legal Education website or consult Student Services.
On Monday 21 March 2016, the Monash LSS will be holding a Special General Meeting to discuss our financial reports from financial year 2015.
Following this, a meet and greet will be held to allow our newer members to get to know their committee and ask questions. Pizza will be provided!
Date: Monday 21 March 2016
Time: 1.00pm
Location: Menzies Building, H6 Theatre, Monash Clayton
You may be wondering what the new card you received with your membership keyring is.
It is an exciting new initiative with all Victorian LSSs to create one discount card to be used across Melbourne.
On Clayton campus, the card is accepted at Artichoke & Whitebait and Taste Baguette for a 10% discount.
For a full list of discounts, visit thevlcard.com.
After selling out at Perth’s Fringe World, 3 Course Comedy debuts at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival featuring Monash law graduate Michael Shafar and current student David Rose.
Between them they have made two RAW Comedy State Finals, written for Cracked.com, hosted the TV show The Leak and failed Torts B.
Use the discount code ‘LSS’ for a 20% when booking online here.
The “What is Consulting Workshop” is an annual event aimed at providing an opportunity for students to learn about the management consulting profession from an industry expert.
The workshop is extremely relevant to law students, who are increasingly viewing management consulting as an alternative career path, due to its emphasis on analytical and problem solving skills.
Date: Thursday 24 March 2016
Time: 12.00pm – 1.00pm
Location: Menzies Building, H1 Theatre, Monash Clayton
If you have been wondering what opportunities there are for you beyond the top-tier sphere, come and engage with the culture of these specialist firms.
Our expert panellists are the best and brightest from small and boutique law firms, here to answer all your questions about daily practice.
Speakers will include representatives from Studio Legal, Justicia, Kelly Hazell Quill and Hive Legal.
Date: Wednesday 23 March 2016
Time: 12.00pm – 1.00pm
Location: 16 Rainforest Walk, Building 25, S9 Theatre, Monash Clayton
You are invited to witness the cream of the crop battle it out at the Client Interview Grand Final 2016.
The final will be held at Corrs Chambers Westgarth, with judges provided by the firm.
Date: Monday 21 March 2016
Time: 6.00pm for a 6.30pm start (light refreshments provided)
Location: Corrs Chambers Westgarth, Level 25, 567 Collins St, Melbourne
The General Moot, sponsored by King Wood & Mallesons (Senior Division) and Ashurst (Junior Division) begins this April, with registration opening Monday 21 March 2016.
It is the premier mooting competition offered by the LSS. It’s like a mock trial, but the essential issue isn’t the facts – it’s the application of legal principles.
The competition tests both students’ research, formulation of legal argument and public presentation skills. Get in quick and registration will fill up fast!
Senior Division – REGISTER HERE
Junior Division – REGISTER HERE
All International and Exchange Students are welcome to come by and get a coffee and pastries at Taste Baguette, Monash Clayton.
This is also a great opportunity to meet and mingle with other international, exchange and domestic students!
Date: Tuesday 21 March 2016
Time: 3.15pm – 4.00pm
Location: Taste Baguette, bottom of the Menzies Building, Monash Clayton (accessible through the revolving door from the law quad)
Do you want to be mentored by a legal professional?
Are you a keen Monash JD student looking for guidance from some of the most brilliant legal minds in Australia?
If yes, then this program is for you! Places are limited so don’t waste time!
The JD Professional Mentoring Program is back for its third year running, following on from its huge success in previous years.
The program will commence with a Networking evening on Wednesday 25 May 2016 (Location TBC), where mentors and successful mentee applicants will be invited to meet and greet.
Registration is now open.
Students of all year levels are invited to apply, but preference will be given to penultimate year JD students.
Register here.
The JD LSS office hours are as follows:
Monday: 12.00pm – 5.00pm
Tuesday: 1.00pm – 2.00pm
Wednesday: 12.00pm – 5.00pm
Thursday: 11.00am – 3.00pm
During these times memberships and event tickets can be purchased.
However if these times do not suit you please contact jd.adminactivities@monashlss.com