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Welcome to the seventh edition of the Melbourne LLB Newsletter for 2008. 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 Melbourne Law School Student Centre on 8344 4475, or the contact listed.
been or going on exchange? need $5,000?
Dr John Kearney, AM, QC, who graduated from the University of Melbourne with the degree of Bachelor of Laws in 1968, and his wife, Mrs Alison Kearney, who graduated from the University of Melbourne with the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1956, have generously established a scholarship program to assist Melbourne Law School students to study overseas.
Five John and Alison Kearney Overseas Scholarships valued at $5,000 each will be awarded annually.
Scholarships will be awarded based on academic results and financial need.
Applicants must:
Applications should include:
Applications should be lodged by email with:
Elena Goodey
Results and Assessments Coordinator
Student Centre
Tel: 03 8344 6169
Email: e.goodey@unimelb.edu.au
Applications close: 29 August 2008
can (and how can) lawyers distinguish between high quality work and its converse among psychological experts?
Public Lecture
Speaker: Professor David Faust, Department of Psychology, University of Rhode Island
Professor David Faust has published numerous journal articles on forensic psychology, neuropsychology and clinical decision making. He is Fellow, Division of Psychology and Law, American Psychological Association, Fellow, Division of Clinical Psychology, American Psychological Association and Fellow, National Academy of Neuropsychology. He is Editor-in-Chief of the forthcoming fourth edition of Ziskin and Faust’s Coping with Psychiatric and Psychological Testimony to be published by Oxford University Press.
When: Thursday 7 August 2008 at 6:00 to 7:00pm
Where: Sunderland Theatre, Medical Building, University of Melbourne
Enquiries: Sarah Drew, tel 03 8344 6377, email sarah@unimelb.edu.au
Climate Change Law and Policy in Australia: What Does the Future Hold?
Speaker: Mr Martijn Wilder, Partner and Head of Global Climate Change and Emissions Trading Practice, Baker and McKenzie
When: Tuesday 12 August 2008 at 1:00 to 2:00pm
Where: GM15, Melbourne Law School
Topic to be Advised
Speaker: Mr Adrian Anderson, General Manager Football Operations, Australian Football League (AFL)
When: Tuesday 19 August 2008 at 12:45 to 1:45pm
Where: G08, Melbourne Law School
Promoting Human Rights Within a Strong Legal Framework
Speaker: The Honourable Robert McClelland, MP, Commonwealth Attorney-General
When: Thursday 21 August 2008 at 12:45 to 1:45pm
Where: GM15, Melbourne Law School
The Guest Lecture Series is a series of weekly lectures in law and legal practice for Melbourne Law School students. Details of all forthcoming guest lectures for Semester 2, 2008, are available here.
university of melbourne human rights forum: public lecture
Working with an NGO from the South: Experiences from India
The first University of Melbourne Human Rights Forum Lunchtime Lecture for Semester 2, 2008, will be held on Wednesday 13 August. Gudrun Dewey will discuss her experiences working for a human rights NGO in India.
Gudrun Dewey, a 2006 Melbourne University Arts/Law graduate, spent 2007 working for a pan-Commonwealth NGO based in Delhi, India. Commencing as an intern with their Access to Justice programme, she co-authored a report addressing the impact of anti-terrorism laws on police powers and accountability around the Commonwealth, and subsequently worked as a programme officer on human rights advocacy and community projects that took her from Delhi to Kenya and Uganda. Returning to Melbourne in March 2008 she now works with the human rights law team at the Victorian Government Solicitor's Office.
Gudrun will speak about her year living and working in Delhi. She will describe the day-to-day workings of a small international NGO mandated to advocate for the prevention of human rights abuses and reflect on the highlights and challenges she faced as she moved from being a student passionate about social justice to the reality of travelling and working in this area.
When: Wednesday 13 August 2008 at 1:00 to 2:00pm
Where:
Moot Court Room, Old Quad Building, University of Melbourne
inaugural nathan and pamela jacobson lecture
The Many Faces of the International War on Terrorism
Speaker: Dr Yoram Dinstein, Professor Emeritus, Tel Aviv University
The 'war on terrorism' has been waged globally since 9/11. Yet it has many faces, domestic and international, legal and political. Even experts often fail to define terrorism, finding it a challenge to distinguish terrorism from ordinary crimes.
The public at large tends to confuse the fighting in Afghanistan or Iraq with terrorist attacks in Bali or London. The lecture will try to unravel the intertwined threads of the ongoing struggle against terrorism.
When: Tuesday 19 August 2008 at 6:00 to 7:00pm
Where: Melbourne Law School
RSVP: law-rsvp@unimelb.edu.au by Monday 18 August 2008.
Sham In Australia After Raftland Pty Ltd v Commissioner of Taxation
Speaker: The Hon Justice Michael Kirby
Melbourne Law School is proud to present the Annual Tax Lecture to be hosted by guest speaker, the Hon Justice Michael Kirby of the High Court of Australia. The Annual Tax Lecture is an annual public lecture hosted by Melbourne Law School to discuss the development of taxation law in the context of its broader legal and historical setting.
When: Wednesday 20 August 2008 at 6:00 to 7:30pm
Where:
GM15, Melbourne Law School
RSVP: law-tax@unimelb.edu.au by 18 August 2008.
allen hope southey memorial lecture
The Torture Team: The Responsibility of Lawyers for Abusive Interrogation
Speaker: Professor Philippe Sands QC, Professor of Law, University College London
In this lecture, 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. Who were the men and women who constructed the policy and provided the rationale for the one-page memorandum signed by Donald Rumsfeld on 2 December 2002 authorizing interrogation techniques prohibited by the Geneva Conventions and amounting to torture under international law?
Drawn from his book Torture Team, Philippe Sands has traced the origins of the memorandum through interview and investigation, and assesses the possibility that lawyers who are complicit in a policy of abuse may expose themselves to the risk of war crimes investigations.
When: Thursday 21 August 2008 at 6:00 to 7:00pm
Where: Melbourne Law School
RSVP: law-rsvp@unimelb.edu.au
connecting with law: short film competition
Enter this Oxford University Press competition to win a $1000 first prize or one of two $200 runner-up prizes.
To enter, students have to create a 2 minute film about Australian law or the study of law. The entry judged the most creative, instructive, and original will be announced the winner in October.
Guidelines and entry forms are available online.
This competition is open to all law students currently enrolled in a law course at an Australian university.
Competition closes Friday 15 August 2008.
university of waikato summer research scholarships
The University of Waikato Summer Research Scholarships are intended as an initiative to support and enhance research at the University. The Scholarships provide promising students, particularly those considering further study, with the opportunity to experience the challenges and rewards of research work. Applications will be considered from students studying at up to, and including, final-year honours degree and first-year masters degree level.
The Summer Research Scholarships are offered in various disciplines during the summer study break. The number of Scholarships offered in any one year will be determined by the availability of funding and appropriate supervision.
Applications close on 30 September 2008.
Further details are available online.
boston consulting group undergraduate scholarship
The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) is currently accepting applications for its Australian and New Zealand Undergraduate Scholarship. The scholarship is worth $10,000 and is designed to assist students as they plan their final year of study.
The scholarship is open to undergraduate students from all academic fields who are an Australia or New Zealand permanent resident and are in their penultimate year of university. Past scholarship holders have come from a range of fields including law, commerce, arts, science and medicine. Students who already hold other scholarships, or intend to undertake a summer internship elsewhere, are eligible and are encouraged to apply (please note that students who hold scholarships from other management consulting firms are not eligible to apply).
The winner of BCG's Undergraduate Scholarship will demonstrate exceptional ability in the following five areas: academics, leadership, creativity, teamwork, and communication. Business experience is not required but a curiosity about business is of benefit. Further details about the scholarship can be found online.
All applications must include a cover letter addressed to the Recruiting Coordinator (marked Ref: BCG Undergraduate Scholarship 2008), resume, and a copy of academic transcripts. When applying online, candidates must select either the Auckland, Melbourne, or Sydney office to process their application, based on their own location (interstate candidates must select the Sydney office).
Applications are due on Wednesday 13 August 2008 by 12 noon.
melbourne journal of international law: volume 9(1)
We are delighted to announce the release of volume 9(1) of the Melbourne Journal of International Law.
This edition draws together theoretical and practical perspectives on a breadth of international law themes including gender, human rights, responses to climate change and international trade. A number of pieces challenge existing jurisprudential frameworks, including the conceptualization of rape in international humanitarian law and the ICJ’s approach to international legal personality. Other pieces contribute to current debates such as the transnational judicial dialogue on the internationalization of domestic law and the intersection between international trade and climate change.
This edition also includes a case note on the decision of the ICJ in the preliminary objections phase of the case concerning Ahmadou Sadio Diallo, which discusses the ramifications on the law of diplomatic protection of corporate and shareholder rights.
Copies of the Journal are available free to Law School students and staff and can be collected from the MJIL office on Level 2 or from the Law Student Centre on the Mezzanine Level.
Rebecca Hughes, May-Ling Low and Zach Meyers
2008 Editors
The last day to add subjects for Semester 2 online was Wednesday 6 August 2008. Any changes after Wednesday 6 August must be done manually in the Melbourne Law School Student Centre. No changes can be made after 5pm on Friday 8 August 2008.
human rights mooting competition: applications close 8 august
The annual Victorian Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities Act Moot will be held again this year in late August and early September. Each law school in Victoria is entitled to submit two teams of 3 persons each playing the roles of senior counsel, junior counsel and instructing solicitor. Students in both the LLB and JD programs are encouraged to apply for selection and place themselves in the running to receive $3,000 for the winning team and $1,000 for the losing team.
Application forms are available from John Tobin electronically and must be submitted in hard copy to John Tobin, Room 941, Melbourne Law School, by Friday 8 August. Some prior knowledge of the Victorian Charter is helpful but not essential and applications will be assessed on a range of criteria including prior mooting experience. All general inquiries should be directed to John Tobin via email or phone (03 8344 7679).
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.
