Orientation
The Melbourne Law Masters provides a range of opportunities for orientation of new students, tailored to their different needs. Download the Orientation Guide here (pdf).
Orientation week for full-time students
Semester 1: 20-23 February
Semester 2: 16-19 July
During Orientation Week students will:
- Meet the rest of the full-time student cohort
- Finalise subject choice and enrol
- Be introduced to Australian law and legal institutions and to the research and learning skills necessary in the MLM
- Be briefed on the resources that MLS has to offer and introduced to key personnel
- Be given the opportunity to make contacts in legal practice.
- Download the Orientation Program for semester 1 2012 (pdf)
- Download the Legal Writing and Research Skills Series Schedule (pdf)
Orientation presentations 2012
Orientation Lecture: Back in Your Box: Big Tobacco's Legal Challenges to Plain Packaging in Australia - 20 February
- Download the flyer for the 'Back in Your Box' lecture on 20 February (pdf)
- Download the 'Back in Your Box' lecture overheads by Professor Andrew Mitchell (pdf)
- Download the paper by Professor Andrew Mitchell and Professor David Studdert, 'Plain Packaging of Tobacco Products in Australia: A Novel Regulation Faces Legal Challenge', JAMA, January 18, 2012—Vol 307, No. 3 (pdf)
Orientation Week overheads
- Orientation Overview - Professor Cheryl Saunders (ppt)
- Assessment - Profesor Cheryl Saunders (ppt)
- The Mentor Program - Professor Cheryl Saunders and Ms Helen Green (ppt)
- The Law Library - Ms Carole Hinchcliff (ppt)
- IT for Students - Mr Hamish McLean (pptx)
Orientation Day overheads (for part-time students)
Orientation Day for part-time students
Semester 1: Saturday 18 February, from 9.15 am
This day is designed to introduce part-time students to the nature of study in the MLM, the various assessment requirements and the support and other services that the Law School offers MLM students. A library tour and a briefing on information technology support are included.
Part-time students are also welcome to:
- Attend the Orientation Lecture
- Participate in the Legal Writing and Research Skills seminars
- Make an appointment with a staff member to discuss MLM subject choice.
Orientation for part-time students based outside Melbourne
MLM students unable to attend Orientation Day:
- Can access all the relevant documentation on line
- Are welcome to discuss orientation and subject-choice by phone or email
- Should consider spending an extra day in Melbourne, when taking a subject, to familiarise themselves with the services that the Law School offers MLM students, including the Library and Careers Office
- Are welcome to participate in the Law Library’s webinar series on legal research.