Join over 300 attendees from the law, civil society, academia and business at Australia’s only annual human rights conference. Limited student rate tickets are available.<\/p>\n
Speaker line up so far includes:<\/p>\n
Date: <\/strong>Friday 22 July 2016<\/p>\n Time: <\/strong>9.00am – 5.00pm<\/p>\n Venue: <\/strong>The Edge, Federation Square, Corner Swanston and Flinders Street, Melbourne<\/p>\n Full details on the\u00a0Castan Centre website<\/a>. Check it out for up-to-date speaker line up.<\/p>\n The Clerkship Masterclass has been designed to assist students build essential skills for your Clerkship.<\/p>\n To attend you should have preferably secured a Seasonal Clerkship or equivalent.<\/p>\n Presented by lawyers from top law firms and expert staff from the Law Library, these workshops are designed to deliver essential, practical skills relating to research, writing, preparing memos and tips to work effectively during the Clerkship.<\/p>\n If possible please ensure that you bring a laptop with you. Law firms use Clerkships to identify students to take into their Traineeship programs. Make yours the best Clerkship ever!<\/p>\n A light lunch will be provided.<\/p>\n Please register through the\u00a0Library Class Booking System<\/a>. A more detailed program will be available once the program has been finalised.<\/p>\n Date:<\/strong> Friday 24 June<\/p>\n Time: <\/strong>10.00am \u2013 3.30pm (approx)<\/p>\n Venue: <\/strong>Monash Law Chambers, 555 Lonsdale St, Melbourne<\/p>\n During a mediation, decisions have to be made by the parties in order to settle their dispute and process decisions also need to be made by the mediator.<\/p>\n As people form judgments and make decisions they fall prey to predictable and consistent errors which can impact on the quality of decisions and escalate conflict.<\/p>\n Professor Jill Klein from the Melbourne Business School will speak on the topic\u00a0‘Cognitive Biases in Decision Making’<\/a>.<\/p>\n The presentation will provide a discussion of cognitive biases and how we can manage them in order to make optimal decisions.<\/p>\n Date: <\/strong>Tuesday 14 June 2016<\/p>\n Time:<\/strong> 5.45pm\u00a0(socialising)\u00a0for\u00a06.15pm to\u00a07.15pm\u00a0presentation<\/p>\n Venue:<\/strong> Heritage Room, Coopers Inn (2nd floor), cnr Exhibition St & Little Lonsdale St<\/p>\n Cost: <\/strong>Free to VADR members (non-members $20)<\/p>\n RSVP: <\/strong>please email Alison at\u00a0admin@vadr.asn.au<\/a><\/p>\n Finger food will be provided and drinks are available at bar prices.<\/p>\n Professors Pearce and Geddes observe that \u201cno matter how obscure an Act or other legislative instrument might be, it is the inescapable duty of the courts to give it some meaning\u201d.<\/p>\n Practitioners are faced with this very task on a daily basis.<\/p>\n Our speakers will aim to provide insight to an important topic that is often overlooked. Our speakers will explore various aspects of statutory interpretation, including:<\/p>\n Please find more information\u00a0here<\/a> and\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Date: <\/strong>Wednesday 8 June 2016<\/p>\n Time:<\/strong> 5.15pm \u2013 6.15pm<\/p>\n Venue: <\/strong>Monash University Law Chambers, 555 Lonsdale St, Melbourne<\/p>\n Cost: <\/strong>Free<\/p>\n RSVP\u00a0here<\/a><\/strong> by\u00a0Monday 6 June<\/strong> (unless booked out prior)<\/p>\n Registrations are now open for the Monash Entrepreneurship and Commercialisation lecture series.<\/p>\n Interested undergraduate and postgraduate students and staff are all welcome to attend the lectures.<\/p>\n Further information on topics, speakers and registration can be found\u00a0here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n The concept of \u201cthe People\u201d holds an important place in the history of ideas. It features prominently in the United States Constitution but, in some important respects, has not influenced the constitutional jurisprudence of the United States, whereas in the Australian Constitution its exiguous presence has proved to be a fertile source of judge made law.<\/p>\n2. Clerkship Masterclass<\/h2>\n
3. Cognitive Biases in Decision Making<\/h2>\n
4. Commercial CPD Seminar – Statutory Interpretation<\/h2>\n
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5. Entrepreneurship and Commercialisation Lecture Series<\/h2>\n
6. ‘The People and the Constitution’ by The Honourable Justice Patrick Keane AC, High Court of Australia<\/h2>\n