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LLB NEWSLETTER
Edition 14, 2007 (12 September 2007)
Welcome to the fourteenth edition of the Melbourne LLB Newsletter for 2007. The purpose of this publication is to inform you of key issues and events related to your studies. If you need any further clarification on anything, please contact the Undergraduate Studies Office on 8344 4475, or the contact listed.
The Fair Trade Movement: Does it Assist a Wider View of Economic Development in Low Income Countries?
Speaker: Associate Professor Brett Inder, Monash University
When: Thursday 13 September 2007 at 1:05 to 2:00pm
Where: G14, Melbourne Law School
law institute of victoria 2007 commercial law conference
Key Note Speaker: Adrian Anderson, General Manager, Football Operations, AFL
Adrian will present the key note address discussing the process behind the operation of the AFL Tribunal, the AFL's drug policy and the Laws of the Game.
This half day afternoon program will also address current issues in commercial law including, law firms listing on the stock exchange, case law and legislation update, the ATO legal practitioner's relationship project and bench marking the practice of commercial law.
When: Thursday 20 September 2007 at 12:30 to 4:45pm
Where: RACV Club, 501 Bourke Street, Melbourne
Cost: $45 tertiary students and academic staff (includes conference materials and afternoon tea)
For more information and to register, please click here.
Professional Development
Law Institute of Victoria
Email: cpd-liv@hoo.com.au
Tel: 03 9607 9377
university of melbourne human rights forum: public lecture
UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People
The University of Melbourne Human Rights Forum is hosting a public lecture by Professor Mick Dodson, Director of the National Centre for Indigenous Studies, on the topic of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People.
Professor Dodson is a member of the Yawuru peoples, the traditional Aboriginal owners of land and waters in the Broome area of the southern Kimberley region of WA. He is currently Director of the Australian National University’s National Centre for Indigenous Studies. Professor Dodson was Australia’s first Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner with the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission. For over a decade, he has participated in the drafting of the text of the Draft Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples at the United Nations.
When: Tuesday 2 October 2007 at 6:00pm (drinks), 6:30 to 7:30pm (lecture)
Where:
Melbourne Law School
All Welcome! Please RSVP to human-rights@unimelb.edu.au
melbourne law masters information evening
Find out how you can gain a professional edge.
The Melbourne Law Masters offers a broad range of general and specialist masters and graduate diplomas available for both law and non-law graduates.
The 2008 Melbourne Law Masters guide, including all details of the 2008 program, will also be available.
Register now!
When: Tuesday 30 October 2007 at 6:00pm
Where:
Melbourne Law School
Contact Charlotte Holden, Marketing Manager, Melbourne Law Masters
Email: c.holden@unimelb.edu.au
Tel: (03) 8344 6190
commonwealth scholarships in the uk
Applications for Commonwealth Scholarships in the UK for the 2008/9 academic year are now open. These awards support students from Commonwealth countries who wish to undertake postgraduate study or research in the United Kingdom. More information and an application form and prospectus are available online.
The application closing date is 5:00pm on Tuesday 18 September 2007. Applications should be submitted to the Melbourne Scholarships Office.
We are delighted to announce the release of the case for the 2007–2008 global Moot Court Competition on the Law of the World Trade Organization (WTO) run by the European Law Students’ Association (ELSA). We are looking for four enthusiastic students to create the Melbourne Law School team. Applications are due by 5pm on Friday 21 September 2007, as detailed in the flyer.
As you may know, Melbourne Law School performed exceptionally well in this moot in 2006-2007 (the first time Melbourne had entered). Our team of Chian Kee, Dave Heaton, Elizabeth Sheargold and Sarah Kemeny won the entire competition by prevailing in the regional round in Adelaide and the global round in Geneva. These four students, coached by Dr Andrew Mitchell, defeated teams from 64 universities including Duke, Georgetown, Sydney and the London School of Economics. The team’s prizes included scholarships to the summer school in WTO law at the World Trade Institute in Berne.
The WTO Moot Court is a unique opportunity to work intensively with a small team of Melbourne students and staff members, meet students and professionals from Australia and around the world, develop your written and oral advocacy skills, and learn more about the rules governing international trade as well as public international law. Last year’s team found competing in the moot the highlight of their time at university, and we don’t think that was just because they won.
We look forward to your involvement.
Andrew Mitchell & Tania Voon
melbourne university law review
The Melbourne University Law Review is pleased to announce the publication of Volume 31(1). All students are encouraged to pick up a free copy from the Undergraduate or Graduate office.
Volume 31(1)
FOREWORD
Foreword to the 50th Anniversary Edition of the Melbourne University Law Review
The Hon Justice K M Hayne
ARTICLES
REVIEW ESSAY
Breaking the Silence: Law, Theology and Religion in Australia
Paul Babie
BOOK REVIEW
Contested Words: Legal Restrictions on Freedom of Speech in Liberal Democracies by Ian Cram
Katharine Gelber
the indigenous law journal: call for submissions
The Indigenous Law Journal at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law is now accepting submissions for Volume VII (Fall 2008).
The submissions deadline is 7 September 2007.
For full details on the submissions process, please click here.
The Indigenous Law Journal is dedicated to developing dialogue and scholarship in the field of Indigenous legal issues both in Canada and internationally. We encourage submissions from all perspectives. Our central concerns are Indigenous legal systems and legal systems as they affect Indigenous peoples.
Please address questions to Austin Acton and Judith Rae, Coeditors-in-Chief, at submissions.ilj@utoronto.ca
Thinking about going on exchange? The Law Faculty will be holding an exchange information session on:
Thursday 11 October 2007, 1:00 to 2:00pm, G08, Melbourne Law School
To book, please visit the Melbourne Abroad website.
Please do not book unless you are definitely attending as your booking may take a place from another student who might otherwise miss out.
If you cannot attend, please log back into the list and remove your booking as soon as possible.
A Melbourne Abroad representative and the Law Academic Exchange Contact will be on hand to answer all your questions about undertaking an exchange through the Law Faculty. Come along to find out more!
Do you have an opinion about timetables? Exams? Teaching? Student services? Tell us about it. Daily prizes to be won! Further details are available online.
Please send any feedback/comments or suggestions you have about this newsletter to Tom Hewitt-McManus.
previous editions of LLB newsletter
Previous editions of the newsletter are available on the Melbourne LLB website.
