{"id":5285,"date":"2014-10-20T12:56:41","date_gmt":"2014-10-20T01:56:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test-blogs-monash-edu.pantheonsite.io\/lawstudentbulletin\/?p=5285"},"modified":"2014-10-21T16:21:25","modified_gmt":"2014-10-21T05:21:25","slug":"events-196","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.monash.edu\/lawstudentbulletin\/2014\/10\/20\/events-196\/","title":{"rendered":"Events"},"content":{"rendered":"

1. 2014 Costello Lecture<\/span><\/strong> <\/strong><\/h4>\n

\u201cHow does fairness fare?\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The role of an Ombudsman is to redress the imbalance of power between individual and state \u2013 a fundamentally unfair relationship.\u00a0With jurisdiction over more than 1,000 public bodies, the Victorian Ombudsman Deborah Glass will reflect on fairness and the role of her office in ensuring it.<\/p>\n

Speaker: <\/strong>Monash alumna, Ms Deborah Glass OBE (BA 1980, LLB 1982), The Victorian Ombudsman<\/p>\n

Introduced by: <\/strong>Rev. Tim Costello AO (BJuris 1976, LLB 1978, Dip Ed 1979), CEO, World Vision Australia<\/p>\n

Date:<\/strong> Tuesday 21 October, 2014
\nTime:<\/strong> 6pm \u2013 7.15pm (followed by refreshments)
\nVenue:<\/strong> Monash University Law Chambers, 555 Lonsdale St, Melbourne
\nCost:<\/strong> Free
\nRSVP:<\/strong> law-marketing@monash.edu<\/strong><\/a> or (03) 9905 2630<\/p>\n

Further information available from the\u00a0website<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

2. Book Launch –\u00a0\u201cThe Good Lawyer\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/strong> <\/strong><\/h4>\n

By Prof Adrian Evans<\/strong><\/p>\n

To be launched by\u00a0Mr Michael McGarvie, <\/strong>Legal Services Commissioner and CEO, Legal Services Board Victoria.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Good Lawyer\u201d<\/em> explores the ethical and professional challenges that confront people who work in the law \u2013 or are considering it \u2013 and offers principled and pragmatic advice about how to overcome such challenges.<\/p>\n

This book takes a holistic approach that begins with your innate humanity. It urges you to examine your motives for seeking a career in law, to foster a deep understanding of what it means to be \u2018good\u2019, and to draw on your virtue and judgement when difficult choices arise, rather than relying on compliance with rules or codes.<\/p>\n

The Good Lawyer analyses four important areas of legal ethics \u2013 truth and deception, professional secrets, conflicts of interest, and professional competence \u2013 and explains the choices that are available when determining a course of moral action. It links theory to practice, and includes many examples, diagrams and source documents to illustrate ethical concepts, scenarios and decision making.<\/p>\n

Date: <\/strong>Wednesday, 12 November 2014
\nTime: <\/strong>5.30pm\u00a0(for 6pm start)<\/em> \u2013 7pm
\nVenue: <\/strong>Monash University Law Chambers, <\/strong>555 Lonsdale St Melbourne
\nRSVP: <\/strong>Wednesday,5 November to law-marketing@monash.edu or 03 9905 2630\u00a0(for catering purposes)<\/em><\/p>\n

Further information available on the\u00a0website<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

3. Book Launch – “Human Rights in closed environments”<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n

By Bronwyn Naylor, Julie Debeljak & Anita Mackay
\n<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

La Trobe and Monash University present the launch of Human Rights in Closed Environments edited by Bronwyn Naylor, Julie Debeljak and Anita Mackay and published by Federation Press.<\/p>\n

Professor Gillian Triggs, President of the Australian Human Rights Commission will officially launch the book.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Human Rights in Closed Environments stems from an Australian Research Council Linkage grant examining the implementation of human rights in six specific Australian \u2018closed environments\u2019 \u2013 prisons; police cells; forensic psychiatric institutions; closed mental health units; closed disability units; and immigration detention centres.<\/p>\n

The publication highlights rights concerns common across the different types of environments, such as the vulnerability of persons held in detention the tension between respect for rights and safety concerns, and securing a human rights culture in the context of significant power imbalances. It also draws comparisons between the same closed environments in different jurisdictions, examining the \u2018value add\u2019 of formal rights instruments.<\/p>\n

Finally, it considers the role of external monitoring mechanisms (such as, Ombudsmen and Human Rights Commissions) in securing rights respecting environments, in the context of Australia signing, but not yet ratifying, the Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture (OPCAT).<\/p>\n

Date: <\/strong>Tuesday 25 November, 2014
\nTime: <\/strong>5:30pm (for 6pm start)
\nVenue: <\/strong>La Trobe city campus, Floor 20, 360 Collins Street Melbourne
\nCost: <\/strong>Free
\nRSVP: <\/strong>Tuesday 18 November, 2014, latrobe.edu.au\/business\/ human-rights-book<\/p>\n

<\/strong><\/p>\n

For further information please see the website<\/a><\/p>\n

4. Public Lecture: \u201cIP in Transition: desperately seeking the Big Picture\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n

Presented by Melbourne Law School in conjunction with the Institute of Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys of Australia<\/p>\n

Date:<\/strong> Wednesday 12 November
\nTime:<\/strong> 6:15-7.45pm
\nVenue:<\/strong> Melbourne Law School, 185 Pelham Street, Carlton<\/p>\n

For further information please see the flyer<\/a><\/p>\n

5. VADR: Mental Health Complaints Commissioner<\/span><\/strong><\/strong><\/h4>\n

You are cordially invited to a VADR CPD event will take place on\u00a0Tuesday 28 October, 2014<\/strong>when Lynne Coulson Barr, the new Mental Health Complaints Commissioner will speak on the topic \u201cNew approaches to resolving mental health services complaints.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

The need for an independent specialist mental health complaints body was identified from community consultations and feedback in the context of mental health legislative reforms consultations. The Mental Health Complaints Commissioner was established under the Mental Health Act 2014, and commenced operation on\u00a0Tuesday 1 July, 2014<\/strong>. Lynne Coulson Barr is Victoria\u2019s first Mental Health Complaints Commissioner and will provide an outline of the role of the office and approaches to resolution of complaints about mental health services.<\/p>\n

Date:<\/strong> Tuesday 28 October
\nTime:<\/strong> 5.30pm for a 6pm start
\nVenue:<\/strong> 2014 Coopers Inn (2nd floor), corner of Exhibition and Little Lonsdale Streets
\nCost:<\/strong> Free to current VADR members, $20 for non-members. Finger food is provided. Drinks are available at the bar.<\/p>\n

If\u00a0you would like to attend, please email\u00a0admin@<\/strong><\/a>vadr.asn<\/strong><\/a> or\u00a0president@<\/strong><\/a>vadr.asn.au<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Further details are provided in the\u00a0flyer<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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