July 2008

Melbourne Law Masters international visiting lecturers – July 2008
Tuesday, 1/07/08
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.

Upcoming Melbourne JD Information Sessions
Learn more about the Melbourne JD - the law degree for graduates.

Obligations IV Conference 2008: 'The Goals of Private Law'
Wednesday, 23/07/08
Melbourne Law School, National University of Singapore and the Singapore Academy of Law will co-host the 4th Obligations Conference 'The Goals of Private Law' in Singapore in 2008

Judges and Juries (Guest Lecture Series)
Tuesday, 29/07/08 12:45 PM
A series of weekly lectures on current issues in law and legal practice for Melbourne Law School students.

Asian Law Centre and Centre for Islamic Law and Society Research Seminar: 'Faith and the State: A History of Islamic Philanthropy in Indonesia'
Wednesday, 30/07/08 1:00 PM
Amelia will argue that although political circumstances do influence the development of Islamic philanthropy, the state cannot successfully control it.

IILAH Twilight Seminar: Law and Development in Practice – the Dutch Development Bank - 30th July 2008
Wednesday, 30/07/08 5:00 PM
This seminar is about development finance and provides an overview of how FMO (the Dutch development bank) assists the private sector in emerging country economies...

DELIMITING ACCOUNTABILITY: WRITING HISTORY OUT OF TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE
Thursday, 31/07/08 5:45 PM
This seminar, with Vasuki Nesiah, Ann Genovese and Gerry Simpson, examines the embrace of history by the field of transitional justice.

August 2008

The High Court - Applications for Special Leave
Friday, 1/08/08 9:30 AM
The High Court will be sitting in Melbourne to hear Applications for Special Leave.

Full Court of the Federal Court of Australia sits in Melbourne
Monday, 4/08/08 9:30 AM
The Full Court of the Federal Court of Australia will be sitting in Melbourne from 4 to 27 August 2008 commencing at 9.30am.

CCCS Seminar:
Monday, 4/08/08 5:30 PM
CCCS invites you to attend a seminar by Professor Sanford Levinson, Professor of Government, The University of Texas, USA: "Thinking about 'constitutional dictatorship.'"

Senate Standing Committee on Economics (Public Hearing in Melbourne)
Tuesday, 5/08/08

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!

Law Institute of Victoria Traineeships Information session
Wednesday, 6/08/08 1:00 PM
Michael Brett Young, Law Institute of Victoria CEO will be presenting an information session on the changes in the Traineeship requirements that come into effect in 2008.

Can (and How Can) Lawyers Distinguish Between High Quality Work and Its Converse Among Psychological Experts? (Public Lecture)
Thursday, 7/08/08 6:00 PM

Islam and Economic Underdevelopment: Legal Causes of Organizational Retardation
Monday, 11/08/08 1:00 PM

Careers Seminar - Shane Tyrell, Criminal Barrister, Victorian Bar
Tuesday, 12/08/08 5:30 PM
Shane Tyrell, a criminal barrister with the Victorian Bar, will be presenting a lunchtime seminar on the subject of his career.

Career pathways in legal academia
Wednesday, 13/08/08 1:00 PM
Melbourne Law School academics will be presenting a lunchtime seminar on career pathways in the field of legal academia.

Human Rights Forum Lunchtime Lecture Series: Working with an NGO from the South: Experiences from India
Wednesday, 13/08/08 1:00 PM
Having spent 2007 working for a pan-Commonwealth NGO based in Delhi, India. Gudrun Dewey will describe the day-to-day of working in a small international NGO.

Practical Legal Training Providers - Leo Cussen and College of Law
Thursday, 14/08/08 1:00 PM
Speakers from the Leo Cussen Institute and College of Law will speak about pathways to admission to practice.

Open Day 2008
Visit the Melbourne Law School on Sunday 17 August and learn more about our Melbourne JD program and our extensive Melbourne Law Masters and Melbourne Law Doctorates programs.

Inaugural Nathan and Pamela Jacobson Lecture: “The Many Faces of the International War on Terrorism"
Tuesday, 19/08/08 6:00 PM
Visiting Melbourne as the Inaugural Guest Speaker for the Nathan and Pamela Jacobson Oration, International Law expert, Dr Yoram Dinstein, will explore this topic for a public audience.

Celebrating 50 years of the Allen Hope Southey Memorial Lecture at Melbourne Law School: 'The Torture Team: The Responsibility of Lawyers for Abusive Interrogation '
Thursday, 21/08/08 6:00 PM
Professor Philippe Sands lays out the story behind the human-rights abuses sanctioned by the most senior lawyers in the Bush Administration and the terrible consequences of their actions

Legal career pathways in the Arts industry
Wednesday, 27/08/08 1:00 PM
Leigh Mackay, Head Corporate Office and Secretary to the Council of Trustees, National Gallery of Victoria, will present a lunchtime seminar on the subject of alternative legal career paths.

September 2008

IILAH Lunch-time Seminar: The Governance of International Refugee Law: Time for a Change?
Thursday, 18/09/08 12:45 PM
The Institute for International Law and the Humanities will host a lunch-time seminar presented by Martin Jones, PhD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School (Canada).

October 2008

2008 Protecting Human Rights Conference
Friday, 3/10/08 8:30 AM
The CCCS invites you to attend a one day National Conference on Australian Bills of Rights focussing on developments in relation to legislative protection of human rights.

'Unleashing the Tiger? Competition Law in China and Hong Kong' A Melbourne Law School - Gilbert + Tobin Conference, supported by ANZSOG and Asian Competition Forum
Saturday, 4/10/08 8:30 AM
A one day conference on the emergence of competition law in China and Hong Kong.

Careers at Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Thursday, 9/10/08 1:00 PM
The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade will be presenting a seminar on career opportunities for law graduates.

Careers Lunchtime Seminar - A career in rural private practice
Thursday, 16/10/08 1:00 PM
Justin Serong from Maddens Lawyers, Warrnambool, will present a seminar on career paths within private practice.

Alternative legal career pathways
Thursday, 23/10/08 1:00 PM
John Daley, Managing Director of E*TRADE Australia, will present a seminar on alternative legal career paths.

Career pathways within Corporate Media Counsel
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.

November 2008

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....

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

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.