August 2008

Graduate Study Information Sessions – Australia and New Zealand
Tuesday, 5/08/08
The University of Melbourne is holding information sessions across Australia and New Zealand. Come along and learn how we can help you go further, faster. Register now!

September 2008

2009 Melbourne Law Masters program
The Melbourne Law Masters offers outstanding programs for both law and non-law graduates. 2009 subjects, including timetable information, now available!

October 2008

Melbourne Law Masters international visiting lecturers – October 2008
Wednesday, 1/10/08
In 2008, more than 50 international scholars and practitioners will be teaching in the Melbourne Law Masters, sharing their international expertise with our graduate students.

Melbourne Law School Lunchtime concert Series
Monday, 13/10/08 1:00 PM
This is the first in a series of free lunchtime musical performances hosted by the Postgraduate Law Students' Society.

Prosecuting Cartel Conduct under s45 of the TPA: A Brief Outline of the Visy Case and its Aftermath (Guest Lecture Series)
Tuesday, 14/10/08 12:45 PM
A series of weekly lectures on current issues in law and legal practice for Melbourne Law School students.

International Criminal Court - recent developments
Tuesday, 14/10/08 1:00 PM
The Deputy Prosecutor will outline developments in the situations and cases currently before the Court - Northern Uganda, DR Congo, Darfur Sudan and the Central African Republic.

Commonwealth v Tasmania.
Tuesday, 14/10/08 6:30 PM
The Tasmanian Dam Case Retrospective - 25 years later

Sport: A Political Football - The 18th Annual ANZSLA Conference
Wednesday, 15/10/08
The Australian and New Zealand Sports Law Association's 18th Annual Conference will be held in Melbourne during October 2008.

Careers Information Seminar : Victoria Legal Aid’s New Lawyers Program
Wednesday, 15/10/08 1:00 PM
Victoria Legal Aid if no longer offering Articles. Instead they have developed the New Lawyers Program.

Labour Law Seminar - Looking for the Hook: The Problem in Proving Race Discrimination'
Wednesday, 15/10/08 1:00 PM
Dr Jennifer Nielsen will discuss the difficulties involved in proving complaints of race discrimination, arguing that anti-discrimination jurisprudence is informed by 'white' ways of thinkin

Upcoming Melbourne JD Information Sessions
Wednesday, 15/10/08 6:00 PM
Learn more about the Melbourne JD - the law degree for graduates.

Careers Information Seminar: Rural careers - balancing lifestyle with a successful legal career
Thursday, 16/10/08 1:00 PM
Justin Serong from Maddens Lawyers, Warrnambool, will present a seminar on the advantages of rural career paths.

Conversation with Judge Dennis Davis
Monday, 20/10/08 5:00 PM
Join a discussion with a prominent Judge from the South African High Court.

CCCS Seminar: Bicameralism and the British House of Lords
Tuesday, 21/10/08 1:00 PM
CCCS invites you to a seminar by Dr Meg Russell, Reader in British and Comparative Politics, University College, London on 'Bicameralism and the British House of Lords.'

Meeting with the Associate Dean (Undergraduate)
Wednesday, 22/10/08 1:00 PM

Asian Law Centre Occasional Seminar
Wednesday, 22/10/08 1:00 PM
Mr Stanley Yosep Adi Prasetyo, Commissioner at the Indonesian National Human Rights Commission, will speak about the disasterous Sidoarjo mudslide, which has been flowing since May 2006.

Careers Information Seminar: Taking your law degree in surprising directions
Thursday, 23/10/08 1:00 PM
John Daley, Managing Director of E*TRADE Australia, will present a seminar on alternative legal career paths.

10 Years of Reform in Indonesia: Reflections from a Human Rights Commissioner
Thursday, 23/10/08 5:30 PM
The Asian Law Centre and Indonesia Forum is pleased to announce a free public lecture by Yosep Stanley Adi Prasetyo, a Commissioner for the Indonesian Human Rights Commission.

Competition Law Overview - Saturday 25 October in Sydney
Saturday, 25/10/08
This one day seminar, taking place in Sydney, is designed to give a general understanding of competition law and the provisions of Part IV of the Trade Practices Act 1974.

Careers Information Seminar: Careers in Media Law
Thursday, 30/10/08 1:00 PM
Elizabeth Beal, Editorial Legal Counsel of the Herald & Weekly Times, will present a seminar on a career path in the media.

Melbourne Law Masters Information Evening
Thursday, 30/10/08 6:00 PM
Find out about our outstanding programs for law and non-law graduates. You can even apply on the night!

November 2008

Tokyo War Crimes Trial Conference
Monday, 10/11/08 5:00 PM
Major international conference and public lecture to commemorate the 60th Anniversary of the Judgment in the Tokyo War Crimes Trial: The future of international law and the law of war crimes

PUBLIC LECTURE: The Tokyo War Crimes Trial: Humanity’s Justice or Victors’ Justice?
Monday, 10/11/08 6:00 PM
Professor Fujita will provide an overview of the international legal significance of the Tokyo War Crimes Trial from a Japanese perspective. This public lecture will open the the conference

Rare Books Evening: Early English Law Reporting
Wednesday, 12/11/08 5:30 PM
Melbourne Law School Library presents an evening of Rare Books on the subject of 'Early English Law Reporting'

2008 Labour Law Teaching Workshop
Thursday, 13/11/08 2:00 PM
To provide a forum for teachers of labour law subjects, broadly construed to include employment & industrial law to discuss the challenging questions we face in our teaching, such as....

Centre for Islamic Law and Society: Islamic Studies Postgraduate Conference
Monday, 17/11/08 9:00 AM
CILS will host its 4th annual Islamic Studies Postgraduate Conference - to bring together postgraduate students around Australia who are researching topics relating to Islam.

IILAH Doctoral roundtable with Professor Hilary Charlesworth (Australian National University)
Wednesday, 19/11/08 12:30 PM
IILAH will host a Doctoral Student Roundtable with Professor Hilary Charlesworth (ANU). Students interested in presenting at the roundtable should contact IILAH by September 30, 2008.

Thailand's Constitutional Watchdogs: More Bark than Bite?
Wednesday, 19/11/08 1:00 PM
Peter Leyland will discuss the various bodies which act as constitutional watchdogs in Thailand, assessing their performance, taking into account Thai values and the constitutional context.

Talking to Ourselves: Should International Lawyers Take a Break from Feminism?
Wednesday, 19/11/08 6:00 PM
IILAH is pleased to invite you to a public seminar delivered by Professor Hilary Charlesworth (ANU) with Melborune Law School's Dr Ann Genovese and Prof Dianne Otto acting as respondents.

Annual CMCL Conference - Media, Communications and Public Speech
Thursday, 20/11/08 9:00 AM
This is the major annual academic conference for the Centre for Media and Communications Law with plenary speakers from Singapore, South Africa, UK, USA and Australia.

Traineeship Workshop
Tuesday, 25/11/08 6:00 PM
The Traineeship Workshop is designed to help provide students with all they need to know to prepare themselves for traineeship and seasonal clerkship applications.

December 2008

Full Court of the High Court sits in Melbourne (December)
Tuesday, 2/12/08
The Full Bench of the High Court is expected to sit during the first two weeks of December, commencing Tuesday 2 December at 9.30am.

In Search of Authority, Rebellion and Action
Thursday, 18/12/08
A two day Postgraduate and Early Career Researchers Workshop on Methodological Approaches to Legal Scholarship organised by PLSA and IILAH.

February 2009

Commercialising Inventions - What's the Story
Tuesday, 17/02/09
IPRIA and the AIC are hosting a one-day conference in February 2009 on commercialising inventions. This conference will feature the results from several national surveys of inventions.

Comercialisin Inventions - What's the Story?
Thursday, 19/02/09
IPRIA and the AIC are hosting a one-day conference in February 2009 on commercialising inventions. This conference will feature the results from several national surveys of inventors.

March 2009

The Melbourne BCL Scholarship at Oxford 2009/2010
Melbourne and Oxford Universities jointly fund an annual scholarship for a Melbourne University Law graduate to study for the Bachelor of Civil Law at Oxford. Applications are now open.