1. Allens & Linklaters Clerkship Seminar
As you may know, Allens and Linklaters entered into an integrated alliance in May 2012. Linklaters is a UK-based Magic Circle firm and while the two firms remain independent, they work together for the benefit of clients across the world, and on initiatives such as recruitment.
Linklaters will be visiting Australia to promote their 2014 Australian clerkship recruitment programme. As part of Linklaters’ visit, Allens and Linklaters will be hosting two events in Melbourne, on Tuesday 18 March, 2014 for law students in their penultimate year. These events will be a great opportunity for students to hear more about the two firms, the alliance and our respective clerkship and graduate programmes. There will also be an opportunity to network and meet representatives from Allens and Linklaters.
For further information please see the invitation
2. Eleventh Fiat Justitia Lecture
The Access to Justice Imperative: Rights, Rationalisation or Resolution?
Presented by The Honourable Chief Justice Marilyn Warren AC, Supreme Court of Victoria
How have the twin forces of the global human rights movement and economic rationalism affected local efforts to guarantee equal access to justice? The Honourable Chief Justice Warren discusses the current challenges in preserving access to justice reforms and outlines how the courts may respond.
Patron: The Hon. Michael Black AC, Chief Justice of the Federal Court of Australia 1991-2010
Convenors: Professor H P Lee, Sir John Latham Professor of Law, Monash University and Professor Marilyn Pittard, Professor of Law, Monash University
Date: Tuesday 25 March, 2014
Time: 6-7pm
Venue: Monash University Law Chambers, 555 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne
RSVP: Wednesday 19 March, email law-marketing@monash.edu or call 9905 2630
Invitation available here
3. Green Steps Training and Internship Opportunity
Interested in how Australian organisations will operate in the future? Most likely, it won’t be ‘business as usual’!
Grow your sustainability knowledge and leadership skills through a hands-on program that has helped launch the careers of many Monash alumni. Green Steps @ Monash involves two intensive training weekends with a selected group of students from different study areas, where you’ll learn the practical tools to help make businesses more sustainable. You’ll then get experience working on real projects with organisations to boost your future employability.
Applications close midnight Sunday 30 March, 2014.
Apply now for the Green Steps @ Monash program – spaces are limited!
For more information see the flyer
Green Steps is run by the Monash Sustainability Institute and is free for selected students from any faculty at Monash’s Victorian campuses.
4. National Commercial Law Seminar: Personal Property Securities Act: Beyond the Transitional Period
Date: Tuesday 18 March 2014
Time: 5:15-6:15pm
Venue: Federal Court of Australia, Owen Dixon Commonwealth Law Courts Building, 305 William Street, Melbourne
RSVP: Tuesday 11 March, 2014 to commercial.law.group@monash.edu or (03) 99054135
Click here for invite: Personal Property Securities Act: Beyond the Transitional Period
5. Noel Pearson: Reconciliation, Recognition and Justice
The prominent Indigenous Australian activist Noel Pearson will be delivering a special Melbourne lecture on the movement for constitutional recognition of Indigenous Australians.
This event is free for students: registration required.
Date: Tuesday 8 April, 2014
Time: 6:45 PM
Venue: St Kilda Town Hall, corner of Carlisle Street and Nepean Highway
Register here
Flyer available here
6. Public Lecture with Kenneth Roth Executive Director of Human Rights Watch
The Castan Centre for Human Rights Law is proud to present:
Kenneth Roth, Executive Director of Human Rights Watch Surveillance and “The Right to Privacy in a Digital Age”
Date: Wednesday, 2 April 2014
Time: 1pm-2pm
Venue: Monash University Law Chambers, 555 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne
RSVP: castan.centre@monash.edu or telephone 03 9905 3327
Full details available on the website
Kenneth Roth is the executive director of Human Rights Watch, one of the world’s leading international human rights organizations, which operates in more than 90 countries. Prior to joining Human Rights Watch in 1987, Roth served as a federal prosecutor in New York and for the Iran-Contra investigation in Washington, DC. A graduate of Yale Law School and Brown University, Roth has conducted numerous human rights investigations and missions around the world. He has written extensively on a wide range of human rights abuses, devoting special attention to issues of international justice, counterterrorism, the foreign policies of the major powers, and the work of the United Nations.
7. Winning at Mediation: The ICC Competition
The Australian Centre for Justice Innovation at Monash University invites you to an event led by Director, Professor Tania Sourdin, showcasing the successful Monash University mediation team who won Silver at the prestigious International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Mediation Competition in Paris on 12 February this year.
Join us in celebration of this prestigious achievement.
Date: Thursday 20 March, 2014
Time: 5.45 pm for a 6pm start with light refreshments
Venue: Auditorium, Monash University Law Chambers, 555 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne
RSVP: Before Monday 17 March 2014 email: acji@monash.edu
For further information see the invite