Law Student Gazette

1. 2014 Peer Mentor Program

It is an excellent opportunity to give back to the Law School and enhance your resume. There are three positions available in 2013: Peer Mentor, Super Mentor and Deputy Peer Mentor Co-ordinator. More information about the positions can be found on www.monashlss.com

We encourage all Law Students to apply, particularly for the new role of Deputy Peer Mentor Co-ordinator as it is anticipated that the holder of this position will become the Peer Mentor Co-ordinator in 2015.

To apply: Please complete the form, which can be located on www.monashlss.com.
Submit it to: peermentor@monashlss.com.
Applications close on Friday 13 September (end of week 7) 2013.
Apply early as positions are limited!

2. Encounter Europe Scholarships

Scholarships are available for ‘Encounter Europe – Visit Germany – A DAAD Seminar for students from Australia and New Zealand at the European Academy of Otzenhausen’ from 1-14 December 2013.

Please see attached for full details.

Applications close Friday 30 August.

3. R U OK? Day

R U OK? Day is our national day of action and dedicated to reminding people to regularly check in with family and friends.

The Law Faculty will be holding a morning tea on Thursday 12 September, 2013 from 10.30 am to 11.30 am in the basement, building 12.

We ask that staff and/or students please bring yellow food for morning tea ie. Yellow cup cakes, macaroons, yellow fruit or lollies. Use your imagination! Could you also please wear a touch of yellow. Some staff/students will still have the R U OK? T’shirts from last year and we ask that you wear this on the day.

The Monash University R U OK? Day committee are organising a Cake Competition. Cakes will be judged by photo (no tasting required). Please be creative, keep the R U OK? Day theme in mind. We will take a photo of your cake at the morning tea and enter it into the University competition. The Law Faculty will also judge any cakes entered into the competition by Law staff or students for two Gold Class movie tickets.

We hope you can all join us to spread the awareness of this very important message.

4. S2 SETU Surveys

The online Student Evaluations of Teaching & Units (SETU) survey is now open for some Units:

• LLM Units in S2-01 – the SETU survey opens on 2 Aug and closes on 23 Aug
• JD Units in T2-58 – the SETU survey opens on 12 Aug and closes on 29 Aug
• LLM Units in T3-57 – the SETU survey opens on 2 Aug and closes on 23 Aug
• Prof Prac Unit in T2-58 – the SETU survey opens on 12 Aug and closes on 29 Aug
• Neg Med Unit in Winter – the SETU survey opens on 5 Ag and closes on 26 Aug.

The University will email you instructions on how to access SETU surveys online. SETU is the online survey of students each Semester which helps the University and Faculty to monitor and continually improve the quality of teaching and learning. This is your opportunity to be heard and to provide us with some constructive and helpful feedback about your experience in your Units and also with the teaching staff. Please do have your say and help us to keep on improving the quality of our Units and teaching.

5. Vis Moot Applications

21st Annual Willem C Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot

Formal applications for students interested in the Willem C Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot for 2013/14 held in Hong Kong and Vienna next March and April are now invited.

Participation can count for your degree as a 6 point subject. The subject is an intensive and practical introduction to problem based learning and legal analysis in a small group environment. It develops strategic thinking and provides experience in a simulated international commercial arbitration. It is not just for those interested in commercial law. Law firms recognize and highly value the skills provided by the Vis moot.

Past students frequently comment that it was the “best thing I did in law school”. Only a small number of participants will be selected. Please note that you may apply for both Jessup moot and Vis moots, but please indicate this when applying.

If you are interested, please consult the email sent last week to all students, and visit the following page for more information and the application form, which is due by 28 August 2013. Please also see this flyer for more info.

1. Antipodeans Abroad

Antipodeans Abroad invites your students to participate in an international UniBreak volunteer project during their semester break.

UniBreak provides quality, researched volunteer projects abroad in areas of education, healthcare, environmental conservation, community development, sports coaching and more. Students travel to destinations such as Nepal, India, Cambodia and Zambia.

What is the benefit of participation?

• Students gain valuable personal and professional experience during semester breaks
• Tailored placements help students gain experience in their chosen field of study
• Immerse themselves in another culture
• Students get to make a worthwhile contribution to sustainable development

Places are limited for the November 2013 and January 2014 placements. Apply online today!

1. Jessup International Law Moot

Applications are now open for the Monash team for the Jessup International Law Moot in 2013-14. Students who are selected as part of the team may be eligible to be enrolled in a 6-point undergraduate unit – LAW 4218 – Jessup Moot Competition.

The Jessup International Law Moot is the largest and most prestigious international mooting competition in the world. More information about the Jessup can be found at jessup.whitecase.com or www.ilsa.org/jessup.

The Monash team will prepare for the competition over summer, with the National Rounds held in Canberra in February and the two best Australian teams competing in the international finals in Washington.

Applications close on Wednesday 28 August.

For more information and an application form, email Adam McBeth: adam.mcbeth@monash.edu.

.:End Student Gazette 19/8/13:.

1. Costello Lecture: “Alienation – Alien Nation”

Speaker: Monash alumnus, Mr Julian Burnside AO QC (BEc 1972, LLB 1973)

Introduced by Rev Tim Costello AO (BJuris 1976, LLB 1978, Dip Ed 1979), CEO, World Vision Australia.

We are mostly a lucky country, but some among us are aliens. Aliens because we are isolated by bad luck, or by our background, or by our means of arriving here, or alienated because we cling to values not shared by the majority. Aliens in our society receive a special kind of mistreatment, in the hope that they will disappear

Mr Julian Burnside AO QC joined the Bar in 1976 and took silk in 1989. While specialising in commercial litigation, Mr Burnside has acted pro bono in many human rights cases, in particular concerning the treatment of refugees.

Date: Wednesday 18 September, 2013
Time: 6pm – 7.15pm
Venue: Monash Law School Chambers, 555 Lonsdale St, Melbourne
RSVP: law-marketing@monash.edu or (03) 9905 2630
Cost: Free

Further information: www.law.monash.edu.au/about-us/events/index.html

1. Cancer Council Merchandise for Sale

The following merchandise is available from the Law Student Services counter, Clayton until 6 September 2013.
Pens, pins, bull dog clips and ‘Dougal’ the bear!
Your generosity helps the Cancer Council fund cancer research, prevention and support.

1. Disruptions to Library Services

The Library is upgrading its management system. There will be an impact on some services including loans, holds, renewals, reading lists and Search, between Saturday 17 August and Wednesday 4 September.

Holds
All holds will be cancelled automatically and you will be notified via email. No new holds can be placed before Wednesday 4 September.

Renewals
You may not be able to renew items during this period.

Fines
Fines will not be applied from Wednesday 28 August to Sunday 1 September.

Search
Holds, renewals and your e-shelf may be unavailable in Search. From 29 August, information about the availability of items in Search may be out of date.

SMS
Courtesy notices, overdue and hold notifications will be discontinued from 17 August. Monitor your loans to avoid fines via Search or my.monash portal.

Please contact the Law Library if you have any concerns or questions.

.:End Student Gazette 12/8/13:.

1. 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, human rights, all with an Indigenous focus.   The program introduces candidates to career opportunities in native title and Indigenous affairs more generally and at the same time provides assistance to under-resourced and over-worked organisations.

The application period for the summer 2013/14 round of internships is open from 9am AEDT Monday 29th July through 5pm AEDT Friday 23rd August 2013.

For further information and to submit an application visit here

2.Colin Biggers & Paisley Traineeship

Applications close on Sunday 18 August 2013
Interviews will commence from Monday 26 August 2013
Offers for traineeships will be made from Monday 23 September 2013

Further information can be found here

3. Faculty Managed Internship Opportunities

Friends of the Earth Middle East, Israel
Applications are now open and close Friday 23 August, 2013
From mid November to mid February (3 months)
Further information including Application process & Eligibility details  visit here

Skrine, Malaysia
Applications are now open and close Friday 23 August, 2013
Minimum of 4 weeks from mid November to mid February
Further information including Application process & Eligibility details visit here

Herzog Fox & Neeman, Israel
Applications are now open and close Friday 13 September, 2013
Minimum of 4 weeks from mid January to mid February
Further information including Application process & Eligibility details visit here

Student Mobility Funding may be provided, please see eligibility criteria here

Queries:  cathy.meredith@monash.edu or 9905 3311

4. NSW Law Reform Commission – Summer Internships 2013/14

The NSW Law Reform Commission operates a summer internship program for law students in their final year of study, or entering their final year of study in 2014. While this opportunity is unpaid, it does provide access to a range of professional development opportunities including working with our Commissioners. For further information visit the Law Reform Website

5. Student Exchange to China

Opportunity for undergraduate and postgraduate students –  exchange to China in 2014 with Government and University Support. Please attend the Monash Abroad info session on the 6th of August. (1-2pm, R4, Building 8, Clayton Campus).

Students will be able to select from a range of units taught in English. Exchange to China allows students to explore the culture and history of China and to enhance their employment prospects, with China one of Australia’s key trading partners and influential global economic power.

Every student receives:
· $2,500  Monash Abroad Travel Scholarship
· Monash University comprehensive travel Insurance coverage

Students may also be eligible for:
· $5,000 AsiaBound Scholarship
· $7,500 OS-HELP loan up to
· $1,000 OS-HELP loan for language preparation

Please see flyer for further information: China Exchange Program

1. Complementary Study – Hebrew University of Jerusalem

The Australian Friends of the Hebrew University is holding an Information evening to advise students about the Mishpatim-Seminar in Israeli & International Law) program offered in English at the Hebrew University in January 2014.

An information session is being held
Date: Wednesday 14 August
Time: 7.30pm
Venue: The Lamm Jewish Library of Australia, 304 Hawthorn Road, Caulfield
RSVP studynsw@austfhu.org.au  or (02) 9389 2825

Monash Law undergraduate students receive credit for undertaking these units as Complementary Study.  Monash application process information can be found here

Further information about the program can be found here

1. The International Women, Peace and Security Agenda: Australian Leadership, Australian Research

Castan Centre for Human Rights Law and Women Peace and Security Academic Collective, proudly presents:

Mr Noel Campbell, Assistant Secretary, International Organisations Branch, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Dr Sharon Pickering, Professor of Criminology and Australian Research Council Future Fellow on Border Policing, Monash University
Dr Ronli Sifris, Monash University Law School Lecturer and Castan Centre for Human Rights Law Associate
Dr Lesley Pruitt, McKenzie Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Melbourne

Date: Thursday, 15 August 2013
Time: 5pm for 5.30pm start
Venue: Monash University Law Chambers, 555 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne
RSVP: Tuesday, 13 August 2013, castan.centre@monash.edu, 03 9905 3327
Refreshments provided. Please note, places are limited.
Cost free
Full details can be found here

Public forum – All welcome