{"id":8331,"date":"2021-02-12T10:34:54","date_gmt":"2021-02-12T00:34:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test-blogs-monash-edu.pantheonsite.io\/lawstudentbulletin\/?p=8331"},"modified":"2021-03-05T12:11:34","modified_gmt":"2021-03-05T02:11:34","slug":"events-333","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.monash.edu\/lawstudentbulletin\/2021\/02\/12\/events-333\/","title":{"rendered":"Events"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"g-group l-mar-bot-6 l-sm-mar-bot-4\">\n<div class=\"structured-content g-cell g-cell-10-12 g-cell-md-1-1\">\n<div class=\"has-user-generated-content\" data-automation=\"about-this-event-sc\">\n<div class=\"structured-content-rich-text structured-content__module l-align-left l-mar-vert-6 l-sm-mar-vert-4 text-body-medium\">\n<h2><span style=\"font-family: arial, sans-serif\">1. MSA Events &amp; Activities for new and returning students (12-22 Feb)<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: arial, sans-serif\">Monash Student Association&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com.au\/o\/monash-student-association-13953137008\">Week 0 events and activities<\/a> are now on! <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: arial, sans-serif\">Established in 1973,<i>\u00a0<\/i><i>MSA Camps and Events<\/i> is a volunteer leadership program that provides all Monash students with an opportunity to meet other students prior to Week 1. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: arial, sans-serif\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com.au\/o\/monash-student-association-13953137008\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The events we run<\/a> are fun and inexpensive, with the aim of providing safe spaces where students can meet other students, who they may never have bumped into otherwise. Events and activities include:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, sans-serif\">Camps<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, sans-serif\">Campus tours<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, sans-serif\">Virtual Game Nights<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, sans-serif\">Scavenger hunts<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, sans-serif\">Moonlight Cinemas<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, sans-serif\">Virtual chat sessions<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, sans-serif\">Bar Night<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, sans-serif\">And many more. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><span style=\"font-family: arial, sans-serif\">For more info or to register, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com.au\/o\/monash-student-association-13953137008\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">check out our events and activities here<\/a><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>2. LIV Young Lawyers Bootcamp \u2013 Preparing for Law School (15-18 Feb)<\/h2>\n<p>Law Institute of Victoria (LIV) Young Lawyers connects law students and those early in their legal career to the profession.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.liv.asn.au\/Membership\/Young-Lawyers\/LIV-Young-Lawyers-Bootcamp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Young Lawyers Bootcamp<\/a> offers a series of\u00a0<strong>FREE online workshops<\/strong>\u00a0for students attending law school for the first time and for those of you in your earlier years of a law degree (JD or LLB).<\/p>\n<p>The workshops, and future programs, focus on preparing law students for your formative years at law school while also providing support through mentoring, networking and the promotion of mental health and wellbeing.<\/p>\n<p>For many attendees it will be your first opportunity to connect with your professional organisation and to hear from experts and learn from the experiences of fellow LIV Young Lawyers.<\/p>\n<p>We look forward to welcoming you to this series of workshops to give you a leg-up right from the outset of the 2021 academic year!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.liv.asn.au\/Membership\/Young-Lawyers\/LIV-Young-Lawyers-Bootcamp#1\"><strong>Session 1 Workshop: Using the library 101 (Monday 15 Feb)<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.liv.asn.au\/Membership\/Young-Lawyers\/LIV-Young-Lawyers-Bootcamp#2\"><strong>Session 2 Workshop: Reading and understanding the law (Tuesday 16 Feb)<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.liv.asn.au\/Membership\/Young-Lawyers\/LIV-Young-Lawyers-Bootcamp#3\"><strong>Session 3 Workshop: Study management (Wednesday 17 Feb)<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.liv.asn.au\/Membership\/Young-Lawyers\/LIV-Young-Lawyers-Bootcamp#4\"><strong>Session 4 Workshop: Study and practice of law (Thursday 18 Feb)<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"listing-hero-title\" data-automation=\"listing-title\">3. Startup Failure (Thurs 18 Feb)<\/h2>\n<p>Venture-backed startups famously \u201cexit\u201d by going public or selling to another company through an acquisition deal. A different path, however, is far more common \u2013 failure.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the large amounts invested in venture-backed startups, and their high average rate of failure, these companies rarely use the formal Chapter 11 bankruptcy process that is embraced by distressed public companies seeking to preserving their going-concern value.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com.au\/e\/clars-law-business-seminar-series-startup-failure-tickets-132199344799\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">In this discussion<\/a>, <strong>Professor Elizabeth Pollman (Pennsylvania Law School) <\/strong>will provide an account of startup failure, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Why bankruptcy law does not fit the needs of most distressed venture-backed startups<\/li>\n<li>What we can learn from the rare exceptions and<\/li>\n<li>How alternative mechanisms serve an important role in the venture capital ecosystem.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Date:<\/strong> Thursday 18 February<\/p>\n<p><strong>Time:<\/strong> 1:00pm &#8211; 2:15pm AEDT<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com.au\/e\/clars-law-business-seminar-series-startup-failure-tickets-132199344799\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">RSVP essential here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1. MSA Events &amp; Activities for new and returning students (12-22 Feb) Monash Student Association&#8217;s Week 0 events and activities are now on! Established in 1973,\u00a0MSA Camps and Events is a volunteer leadership program that provides all Monash students with an opportunity to meet other students prior to Week 1. 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