{"id":2631,"date":"2011-09-05T08:59:47","date_gmt":"2011-09-04T21:59:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test-blogs-monash-edu.pantheonsite.io\/lawstudentbulletin\/?p=2631"},"modified":"2011-09-05T17:32:20","modified_gmt":"2011-09-05T06:32:20","slug":"events-67","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.monash.edu\/lawstudentbulletin\/2011\/09\/05\/events-67\/","title":{"rendered":"Events"},"content":{"rendered":"

1. 2011 Costello Lecture \u2013 Enlarging Our Vision of Rights<\/span><\/h4>\n

Speaker <\/strong>Monash Alumnus, Mr Brian Walters SC, prominent barrister and human rights advocate (BA\/LLB 1977) <\/strong> Introduced by <\/strong>Tim Costello AO (BJuris 1976, LLB 1978, DipEd 1979), CEO, World Vision Australia Last year the Rudd Government rejected the recommendation of the National Human Rights Consultation Committee for a Human Rights Act. Not the Victorian Charter is under challenge. Is it asking too much to have human rights protection in Australia? Or do we in fact ask too little? With dangerous climate change now a reality, perhaps it is not merely the rights of humans we should seek to recognise and protect. Brian Walters SC <\/strong>is a Melbourne senior counsel. He is a former president of Liberty Victoria and has written and spoken widely on human rights issues. He has also had a long involvement in environmental issues, including co-founding \u2018Wild\u2019 \u2013 Australia\u2019s wilderness adventure magazine \u2013 and campaigning on numerous environmental issues from the Franklin River to the forests of East Gippsland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Venue: <\/strong><\/td>\nMonash University Law Chambers, 555 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Date:<\/strong><\/td>\nThursday 15 September, 2011<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Time:<\/strong><\/td>\n6.00 pm \u2013 7.15 pm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
RSVP:<\/strong><\/td>\nby Friday 9 September, 2011 law-marketing@monash.edu or (03) 9905 2630<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

2. Monash Law School\u2019s 18th\u00a0Lucinda Lecture<\/span><\/h4>\n

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“Interpreting the Constitution – Words, History and Change\u201d The Honourable Robert French AC Chief Justice of The High Court of Australia<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Venue: <\/strong><\/td>\nBuilding 08\/R5 Monash University, Clayton Campus<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Date:<\/strong><\/td>\nTuesday 20 September, 2011<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Time:<\/strong><\/td>\n1.00 pm \u2013 2.00 pm<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
RSVP:<\/strong><\/td>\nby Friday 9 September, 2011 law-marketing@monash.edu or (03) 9905 2630<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

For further information please see Lucinda lecture<\/a><\/p>\n

3. <\/span>Registration for the workshop \u201cRights and Realities: Children and the Australian State\u201d is Now Open<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n

\"5.9.11-children\"<\/a>
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<\/strong> This multidisciplinary one day proposes to bring together academics, researchers and practitioners working on Children\u2019s Rights in Australia to exchange ideas and promote collaboration. It is necessary to examine how collaboration across disciplines can bring Australian children\u2019s rights from the realm of theory into reality. The motivation behind the workshop is the belief that shared knowledge, concentrated academic research and excellence can help bring about social policy change. While the workshop is concerned with children\u2019s rights as a whole, it will particularly focus on the child\u2019s relationship with the Australian State–that is, their legal and political rights. The workshop will be held at the Crawford School, ANU, Canberra on 18th<\/sup> November 2011. More information about the workshop is available at\u00a0www.rightsandrealities.com<\/a>. Registration can be completed online. For further information please see (5.9.11-Children and the Australian State Workshop.pdf) For queries about the workshop, please contact\u00a0Mhairi.cowden@anu.edu.au<\/a> or\u00a0joanne.c.lau@anu.edu.au<\/a><\/p>\n

4. The Rule of Law<\/span><\/h4>\n

<\/span><\/strong> Proudly presented by the Australasian Institute of Judicial Administration <\/strong>and Monash University Faculty of Law<\/strong> <\/strong> To be delivered by The Rt Hon the Lord Igor Judge Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Venue: <\/strong><\/td>\nMonash University Law Chambers, 555 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Date:<\/strong><\/td>\nMonday 5 September, 2011<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Time:<\/strong><\/td>\n5.30pm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
RSVP:<\/strong><\/td>\nPlease phone (03) 9905 3357 or alternatively email law-marketing@monash.ed<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

5. <\/span>\u201cThe Success and Challenges of Transitional Justice in Sierra Leone\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n

The\u00a0Castan Centre for Human Rights Law\u00a0and the\u00a0The Victorian Bar\u00a0invite you to this public lecture with\u00a0Emmanuel Saffa Abdulai,founder of The Society for Democratic Initiatives, Sierra Leone<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Venue: <\/strong><\/td>\nMonash University Law Chambers, 555 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Date: <\/strong><\/td>\n6:00pm to 7:30pm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Time: <\/strong><\/td>\nArgument structure and cohesion<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
RSVP:<\/strong><\/td>\ncastan.centre@monash.edu or tel. 9905 3327<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Full details: <\/strong> <\/strong>http:\/\/www.law.monash.edu.au\/castancentre\/events\/2011\/sierra-leone.html<\/a><\/p>\n

Sierra Leone, a country that experienced ten years of one of the most brutish civil wars between 1991 and 2002, can offer answers at least to some of the myriad of accountability questions raised in transitional justice arena. \u00a0 Sierra Leone essentially established two institutions: a Truth and Reconciliation Commission (SLTRC) and the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL). The SLTRC assembled together under single roofs many perpetrators of atrocities during the war and victims of the same war, as well as those who could have created the sociological, political and economic environment that led to the war in the first place. The SCSL is a unique hybrid tribunal of local and international law, established to indict, prosecute, and convict those who bear \u2018greatest responsibility for war crimes\u2019 committed within the country during the period of the Sierra Leonean civil war. \u00a0This presentation will look at the political, sociological as well as legal successes and challenges of the SLTRC and SCSL, discussing the ramifications of setting up those two mechanisms simultaneously and the financial implication of setting up the court.<\/p>\n

Emmanuel Saffa Abdulai<\/strong> is a lawyer by profession, whose only brother was abducted and killed by rebel forces when Sierra Leone exploded into civil law. In 2003, he established The Society for Democratic Initiatives (SDI) in Sierra Leone, a non-government organization working to entrench democratic governance and to protect and promote human rights. SDI plays a critical role towards democratic development in Sierra Leone given issues arising in the wake of a one-party governing system and a decade long civil war. Although the war officially ended in February 2002, socio-economic progress remains extraordinarily difficult to achieve in a political climate of corruption, harassment, violence and intimidation. Good governance by leaders with the interests of the common people at heart is the key to progress, and SDI\u2019s unflinching commitment to this goal increases the prospect that history does not ever repeat itself. During Sierra Leone\u2019s transition, Emmanuel worked at both the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and the Special Court for Sierra Leone.<\/p>\n

The Victorian Bar kindly acknowledge Travel Bar who have sponsored Emmanuel Saffa Abdulai\u2019s travel to Australia<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

NB: If this particular educational activity is relevant to your immediate or long term needs in relation to your professional development and practice of\u00a0the\u00a0law, then you should claim one ‘unit’ for each hour of attendance.<\/em> <\/strong><\/p>\n

6. Voice of Experience \u2013 Women in Law Cocktail Night<\/span><\/h4>\n

Gaining insight about what leading female professionals now know about success in the legal profession.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Venue: <\/strong><\/td>\nMonash University Law Chambers, 555 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Date:<\/strong><\/td>\nWednesday 21 September, 2011<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Time:<\/strong><\/td>\n6.00pm \u2013 9.00pm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Price:<\/strong><\/td>\n$10, food, beer and wine provided<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ticket Selling: <\/strong><\/td>\nLaw Basement in week 4, 5, and 6 except Friday (from 1-2 pm)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

<\/strong> Keynote Speakers<\/strong> \u2022\tHonourable Rosemary Anne Balmford <\/strong>\u2013 Victoria\u2019s first female Supreme Court Judge \u2022\tHonourable Felicity Hampel<\/strong> \u2013 Judge of County Court \u2022\tBronwyn Lincoln<\/strong> \u2013 Partner at Freehills Students will be able to ask any questions from the attending legal professionals as we aim to have a ratio of 1:3, legal professionals to students. The legal professionals will include judges, barristers and partners from major law firms (such as Baker and McKenzie, Minter Ellison, Norton Rose, Middletons, Arnold Bloch Leibler etc, just for a sneak peak!). For JD students who wish to attend, please email monashlawambassadors2011@gmail.com to arrange tickets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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