{"id":510,"date":"2010-04-27T10:29:43","date_gmt":"2010-04-26T23:29:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test-blogs-monash-edu.pantheonsite.io\/lawstudentbulletin\/?p=510"},"modified":"2010-04-27T12:37:48","modified_gmt":"2010-04-27T01:37:48","slug":"events-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.monash.edu\/lawstudentbulletin\/2010\/04\/27\/events-14\/","title":{"rendered":"Events"},"content":{"rendered":"

1. Legal Aid Matter: Legal Aid Rally <\/span><\/h4>\n

Australian lawyers and social welfare organisations have come together to address the current crisis in legal aid funding. The crisis is affecting the delivery of justice for some of society’s most vulnerable members, many of whom are children caught up in family law disputes.<\/p>\n

Our aim is to achieve:
\nAn adequately funded legal aid system
\nA cooperative, nationally consistent and fair approach to provision of legal aid
\nAccess to justice for all<\/p>\n

Come and join the Rally on the Crisis in Legal Aid Funding<\/p>\n

Date:<\/strong> Wednesday 28 April, 2010
\nTime:<\/strong> 9.15am \u2013 10am
\nVenue:<\/strong> Forecourt, County Court,
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0corner William and Lonsdale Streets,
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Melbourne<\/p>\n

Speakers include:
\nFormer Chief Justice, Family Court, Alastair Nicholson; VCOSS CEO Cath Smith;
\nLIV President Elect Caroline Counsel and Victorian barrister Robert Richter, QC.<\/strong><\/p>\n

For more information see:\u00a0
\n100428 Legal Aid rally flyer<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

2. R v Mocilovic: Human Rights Victory or Individual Injustice?<\/span><\/h4>\n

The Castan Centre for Human Rights Law presents <\/strong>Michael Croucher, the barrister, who appeared for Vera Mocilovic in the recent Victorian Court of Appeal case of R v Mocilovic.\u00a0 The judgment in that case contained the first judicial declaration that a law is incompatible with the Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities Act 2006 (Vic).\u00a0<\/p>\n

Mr Croucher will consider how the Momcilovic \u00a0decision impacts on the right to the presumption of innocence and whether the case delivered justice for Vera Mocilovic.\u00a0 He will also explore the court’s understanding of the Charter’s interpretation and declaration powers, and how this decision may affect litigation strategy.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u00a0This ia a free public lecture and everyone is welcome.<\/p>\n

Date: <\/strong>Wednesday 28 April, 2010
\nTime: <\/strong>6 pm – 7 pm
\nVenue:<\/strong> Monash University Law Chambers,
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0472 Bourke Street, Melbourne
\nRSVP<\/strong>: castan.centre@law.monash.edu.au<\/a>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 or 9905 3327<\/p>\n

For more information see:
\nwww.law.monash.edu.au\/castancentre\/events\/2010\/croucher-lecture.html<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

3. The Great Law Week Debate<\/span><\/h4>\n

Witness internationally-respected Monash Law Alumni battle it out with current Monash Law students, over this highly controversial topic at the annual Great Law Week Debate. Grand Finalist of the Commonwealth AAT Moot.<\/p>\n

Amit Golder (Law\/Arts) will lead the student team to argue \u2018Criminals don\u2019t deserve the same human rights as everyone else\u2019, supported by Natalie Devitsakis (Law\/Arts), who has been ranked in the top ten of Australasian British Parliamentary Women\u2019s Debating Championships and Sashi Balaraman (Law), a Grand Finalist at the Australasian Intervarsity Debating Championships.<\/p>\n

But proving this point won\u2019t be easy against the Monash Alumni team lead by one of Melbourne\u2019s most respected QCs David Galbally (BJuris 1972, LLB 1974) and team mates Dick Gross AM (BA\/LLB 1980) author and former three-time Mayor of the City of Port Phillip and Kate Metcalf (BJuris 1977, LLB 1979) a lawyer with three decades of experience gained inside businesses ranging from global household names to one-woman micro-businesses.<\/p>\n

Overseeing the Great Law Week Debate as moderator is Monash Law graduate Will Fowles (BCom\/LLB 2004), who in 2005 became the youngest ever member of the Melbourne Cricket Club Committee and in 2008 ran for Lord Mayor of Melbourne.<\/p>\n

Date:<\/strong> Wednesday 19 May, 2010
\nTime: <\/strong>6 pm \u2013 7:30 pm
\nWhere: <\/strong>State Library of Victoria,
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Theatrette,179 Latrobe St,\u00a0
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Melbourne (Entry 3)
\nCost: <\/strong>Free
\nRSVP: <\/strong>By Wednesday 12 May, 2010
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0marketing@law.monash.edu.au<\/a>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 or (03) 9905 2630<\/p>\n

For further information see:<\/strong>
\nwww.law.monash.edu.au\/news\/events\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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