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LLB NEWSLETTER
Edition 16, 2007 (1 November 2007)
Welcome to the sixteenth 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.
law institute of victoria annual legal fun run and power walk
| When: | Monday 19 November 2007 |
| Where: | The race starts at the Tan Track at the Royal Botanic Gardens (starting line at the Pillars of Wisdom opposite the Swan Street Bridge) |
| Time: | Race registration at 5:30 to 6:15pm, race begins at exactly 6:30pm |
As you might be aware from previous years, this event has attracted over 900 members of the legal community.
This year its going to be even bigger and better with Recover Sports Medicine on hand with Physiotherapists and the Gourmet BBQ being held in the Sidney Myer Music Bowl.
Entry Fees (inc GST)
$40 LIV member
$45 Non-member
Includes race entry and gourmet BBQ* and refreshments following the race.
*Only competitors are invited to the gourmet BBQ
How to enter
Please note that you can only enter online.
For more information visit the LIV website.
The annual Articles Workshop will take place this year on 27 November at 6pm in GM15.
This event is organized jointly by the Law School Careers Service and the Law Students Society.
A number of speakers will cover a wide range of topics. These will include interview tips from law firms and Articles experiences in the government sector and in smaller firms. There will also be information relating to the application process and the forthcoming changes to the Articles system.
The presentations will conclude at approximately 8pm, and will be followed by an hour of refreshments and networking opportunities in the Level 1 function space.
research students roundtable with professor peter fitzpatrick
Peter Fitzpatrick is currently Anniversary Professor of Law at Birkbeck, University of London, Honorary Professor of Law in the University of Kent, and Visiting Fellow in the Institute of Advanced Studies, University of Warwick. In 2007 he was awarded the James Boyd White Prize by The Association for the Study of Law, Culture and the Humanities. He has taught at universities in Europe, North America and Papua New Guinea and published many books on legal philosophy, law and social theory, law and racism, and imperialism, the most recent one being Modernism and the Grounds of Law (Cambridge). Outside the academy he has been in an international legal practice and was also in the Prime Minister’s Office in Papua New Guinea for several years. For more information about Peter and his work, click here.
If you would like to attend, please contact Vesna Stefanovski, email law-iilah@unimelb.edu.au, tel 03 8344 6589.
Further details are available in the flyer.
WM tapp studentships in law at gonville and caius college cambridge
The Council of Gonville and Caius College invite applications for WM Tapp Studentships in Law. These are open to candidates who are not already members of the College but who propose to register as graduate students in the University of Cambridge and follow a course in the Law Faculty.
The value of the Studentship will be determined after considering successful candidates' income from other sources. Approved University and College fees will be paid, together with a maintenance award (currently £9,750 for candidates pursuing the LLM and £13,000 for candidates pursuing the PhD respectively) which more than satisfies the Board of Graduate Studies' conditions for entry as a graduate student. An additional college studentship of £500 per annum is paid. A contribution is also made towards expenses of travelling to this country if the student's home is abroad. An allowance may be paid for dependents, and grants are available for research expenses.
Students will be expected to apply for State Studentships or other research awards for which they may be eligible, for example, Gates Awards or Overseas Research Awards. All successful candidates will have the right, if unmarried, to live in College accommodation during their first year of residence in Cambridge. Married students can usually be accommodated in a College flat.
Tenure of a studentship is conditional upon the elected Student being accepted by the Board of Graduate Studies (BGS). Application forms may be obtained from the Secretary, Board of Graduate Studies, 4 Mill Lane, Cambridge CB2 1RZ or online. Candidates must be graduates of any university in the United Kingdom or elsewhere, or be about to graduate not later than August 2008. They will be expected to be of outstanding academic ability.
Application forms for Studentships are available from the Admissions Office, Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge CB2 1TA (tel +44 1223 332440, fax +44 1223 332456, email admissions@cai.cam.ac.uk). The completed form should reach the Admissions Office by 31 December 2007 for entry in October 2008. In awarding the Studentship, first consideration will be given to candidates who nominate Gonville and Caius College as their College of first preference in their application to the Board of Graduate Studies.
The award of a Studentship may be conditional upon the candidate's obtaining satisfactory results in his or her final degree examinations. Successful candidates will become members of the College, and will be expected to come into residence in October 2008. The Studentships are renewable annually up to a maximum of three years, subject to conditions of diligence and progress.
opportunities for research assistants
The Global Sales Law Project
The Global Sales Law Project will bring together people from a number of legal systems to share their legal backgrounds, traditions and experiences with the intention of forging a global view of international sales law today. This work will not only be the most expansive and thorough compilation of basic research in the field of international sales law, but also serve as a reliable source for any practitioner dealing in international commerce. Under the leadership of Professor Ingeborg Schwenzer, LLM, the project is headquartered at the University of Basel, Switzerland.
Research Assistants Required
Opportunities exist for 5 research assistants to join the project in Basel, Switzerland. The positions begin on 1 April 2008 with a gross salary of CHF 34,026.00 per annum. The positions are offered on a part time basis as applicants are expected to undertake Doctoral/PhD studies concurrently. To enrol in the Doctoral/PhD program at the University of Basel, applicants must be able to demonstrate they would be eligible to undertake an equivalent degree in their home jurisdiction.
Applicants should be fluent in English but must also be a native speaker in one of the following official UN languages: Spanish, French, Chinese, Russian or Arabic.
Past participation in the Willem C Vis Moot International Commercial Arbitration Moot will be looked upon favourably.
Successful applicants will be allocated a region of the world (based predominantly on their native language) and will be responsible for compiling country reports. This will involve gathering and analyzing a variety of material namely statutes, court decisions, arbitral awards, standard term contracts and contractual negotiations in the respective legal systems.
Those wishing to apply should send a covering letter and curriculum vitae by email to Christopher.Kee@unibas.ch
Applications must be received by 5pm Monday 19 November 2007 (CET).
Please also include contact details for at least two academic referees.
For further information please contact Pascal Hachem or Christopher Kee.
new legal internship opportunity
If you are considering undertaking a legal internship next year, this new opportunity may interest you.
The Washington Centre for Internships and Academic Seminars is happy to offer students the extraordinary opportunity to participate in our International Leaders Awards. Due to the generous contribution of The Coca Cola Foundation, The Washington Centre has a limited number of scholarships for international students to participate in our programs.
Interested students must apply before 14 November 2007 to qualify for the Spring 2008 semester, and before 13 June 2008 to qualify for the Fall 2008 semester.
The International Leaders Awards provides financial aid to cover the tuition of the program to selected students. Awardees must cover all other expenses, including application fee, housing, airfare, health insurance and living expenses.
When completing The Washington Centre’s application form students must select the International Leaders Awards box, if they are interested in this award.
The Washington Centre is an independent, non-profit educational institution founded in 1975, dedicated to bringing participants to Washington D.C. for internships and academic training. Each year, we receive more than 1,500 participants throughout the country and abroad and we currently have more than 35,000 students and young professionals that have gone through our programs. The Washington Centre receives more than 300 international participants per year. Our participants are either recent graduates that would like to gain work experience or students completing a university degree (we have agreements with over 850 colleges and universities in the US and abroad that allow students to receive academic credit for their program at TWC).
If you are successful in applying for this Internship, you may be interested in undertaking the Melbourne LLB subject Legal Internship in which your Internship experience forms the basis for a 5000 word individually supervised piece of assessment. For more information, please visit the Legal Internship subject page and click on the LMS site link.
nsw law reform commission: summer clerkship 2007-08
Applicants will be required to demonstrate well-developed legal research and writing skills. Please see the Law School Careers website under Articled/Seasonal Clerkships for more information. Note that the closing date has been extended and applications will be considered if received by 7 November 2007.
LLB students are advised that Legal Ethics in Context 730-455 is being offered in January 2008 and serves as an alternative to the usual legal ethics subject, Legal Ethics 730-454. It can be substituted for Legal Ethics 730-454 for the purposes of admission and the compulsory requirement for the law degree. Legal Ethics in Context provides a practical and critical introduction to ethics decision-making for lawyers in the context of a particular practice context.
In Summer 2008 the focus will be legal ethics in the context of criminal legal practice in the US and Australia. It will be taught by Professor Abbe Smith, a well known legal ethicist and criminal defender from Georgetown University, Washington DC. Dr Linda Haller will teach the Trust Accounts component of the subject. The subject will cover core material on legal ethics and professional conduct including:
(a) different moral approaches to legal ethics, focusing on the justifications for and criticisms of the traditional zealous advocacy approach;
(b) the way that lawyers' ethics and conduct are regulated and
(c) the principles of trust accounting.
The core material will be conceptualized by reference to criminal practice in both the US and Australia. Students will focus on the ethical and professional conduct issues raised by the criminal practice context, differences between the ethical context of criminal practice in the US and Australia, and the practical skills necessary for ethical practice in criminal law. For more information, please click here.
Timetable information can be found online on the LLB Timetables webpage by following link to 2008 Summer Semester Provisional Timetable.
LLB honours 2007
Students completing their degrees in 2007 who wish to be considered for Honours must submit an Honours application form to the Undergraduate Studies Office. Any students who wish to be considered for Honours but have not yet submitted an Honours application form to the Undergraduate Studies Office must do so by Friday 2 November 2007 at the latest.
re-enrolment
As you are aware the University expects that you will re-enrol for 2008 between 15 October and 24 November 2007. Some of you will have already done so.
For those who have not done so, this notice contains important information about the re-enrolment process and the decisions you will be required to make.
Course Planning
Students are generally required to complete their compulsory subjects in accordance with the course plans detailed on the Melbourne LLB website. Please make an appointment with a course advisor in the Undergraduate Studies Office (tel 03 8344 4475 or email ugs@law.unimelb.edu.au) if you are considering altering your course plan to facilitate leave of absence, exchange, part-time enrolment or for any other reason.
Consult the Melbourne LLB website for a list of the subjects offered in 2008 and when they will be taught.
Optional Subjects
Handbook
The 2008 Handbook is not yet available but you can access draft subject descriptions via the LLB website.
Timetable
The provisional LLB timetable is available online.
Part-Time Students
If you are undertaking your LLB part-time you should make sure that you discuss your course plan with a course advisor in the Undergraduate Studies Office (tel 03 8344 4475 or email ugs@law.unimelb.edu.au). This need arises as the final intake of students into the LLB was this year (2007) and subjects, particularly compulsory subjects, in the degree will gradually be discontinued.
Please ensure that you complete the re-enrolment process on time and seek advice if you are concerned about any aspect of the process.
chief justice's victoria law foundation medal for excellence and community service
The Victoria Law Foundation administers an annual prize to recognize talented law students committed to serving the community.
The aim of the prize is to encourage a pro bono ethos among the legal profession starting at law school.
Nominations are now sought from the Dean of Law in each Victorian university for 2007 final year students who have, throughout their law studies, demonstrated a commitment to community service and excellence in scholarship.
If you have received excellent academic results throughout your undergraduate course and have demonstrated a commitment to community service then you could be a candidate for this nomination.
Please write to Terri Hanlon, Manager, Undergraduate Studies, Law (t.hanlon@unimelb.edu.au) and submit your application for consideration before 21 December 2007.
The medal, awarded to one recipient each year, is accompanied by a financial prize of $1,000, presented to a not-for-profit organization determined in consultation with the medal recipient.
Guidelines outlining the terms of the prize and the selection process 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.
