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MARCH NEWSLETTER:
1. Careers Fair
The 2011 AULSS Legal Careers Fair is being held on Friday 25 March 2011 from 11:30 am – 2:30 pm in Bonython Hall. Various law firms and other organisations from SA and interstate will be available to offer you advice. This is a great opportunity to canvas a variety of career options (and also pick up some free stationery!). Visit the LSS Stall to pick up a Careers Guide and meet some Committee members!
2. Pub Crawl
The first LSS pub crawl for 2011 will be held on Friday 1st April (end of week 5) in the Adelaide CBD! Tshirts will be on sale from Week 4 for $20. Look out for the Facebook event – coming soon with more info.
3. Lockers
The LSS organises the allocation of the lockers in the Ligertwood Building to Law students. If you would like the use of a locker for Semester 1 2011 please register your interest by emailing Claire Wong at admin@aulss.org.au by 12pm on Wednesday 16th March. Allocation will take place that afternoon. If there are more registrations than lockers we will use a random allocation system to decide who will get a locker. Please do not approach the Front Office about lockers!
4. Social Justice: Make Poverty History Action Lab
Do you want to make a difference and help end global poverty? Then get involved in the MAKEPOVERTYHISTORY Action Lab! This amazing opportunity will bring together 100 young campaigners from all over the nation in a weekend summit to be held in Sydney from the 1st to the 3rd of April. You will be able to engage with other young advocates and recieve expert training from some of Australia’s most experienced campaigners as well as leaders of NGO’s. Following the summit you will be part of a 40 day grassroots campaign to defend Australia’s aid budget. Applications close on March 14. Visit http://www.mphactionlab.com.au for more details.
5. Election of First Year Representatives
Every year, in addition to the general LSS positions, there are two ‘First Year Representative’ positions available exclusively for First Year Law students (one boy and one girl). The role of the First Year Representatives is primarily to bring the LSS’s attention to issues that are specific to First Year Law Students. Voting will take place in the Law School Foyer (Ligertwood) over two days in Week 5: 11.00-1.00pm on Wednesday 30 March 2011 and 11.00-1.00pm on Thursday 31 March 2011. To be eligible to nominate and vote you must be enrolled in Torts I from Week 3 onwards. Results of the voting will be sent to students on Monday 4 April 2011 (Week 6).
For more information go to www.aulss.org.au/education/first-year-rep/ and check your emails regularly!
6. Competitions: Non-competitive Volunteer Roles
Sign ups for LSS Competitions have now closed. If you would like to get a taste of what our Competitions are like or just want to get involved, we offer a variety of non-competitive roles, such as acting as a Client or a Witness. For more information email comps@aulss.org.au
7. LSS Answer Bank
If you achieved a High Distinction for an assignment or exam question in 2010, have a typed version and would like to donate it to the LSS’ Answer Bank (available at www.aulss.org.au/education/answer-bank/), please send them toeducation@aulss.org.au.
Recently Daniel Kiley and Chris Shute presented a lecture for first year students on effective study techniques for law school, and in particular how exam notes should come together. Attached are the slides from the lecture.
(Note that this lecture was given twice, on the Wednesday and Thursday of Week 2. These slides are from the Thursday lecture.)
The slides and a recording of the equivalent lecture last year are still available at http://aulss.org.au/2010/03/first-year-lecture-on-exam-notes-recording-and-slides/
The Western Australian Supreme Court is inviting applications for the positions of 3 x Associate and 2 x Research Associate to the Judges hearing the appeal of CACV 52 of 2009 Westpac Banking Corporation (in liq) v The Bell Group Ltd.
The first instance decision of Owen J is the longest judgment ever published in Australia, dealing with an enormous range of banking and finance, insolvency and corporate law issues (see [2008] WASC 239).
For more information, see the job advertisement here.
For those students who are completing their law degree this semester, you may be interested in getting a head start on your practical legal training.
The College of Law’s next PLT intake in Victoria commences 6 December 2010.
Full-time students could complete their coursework in March 2011and part-time students in July 2011.
For any questions, please call 1300 856 111 or visit www.collaw.edu.au/plt.
WHEN: Tuesday 12 October
WHERE: Moot Court
TIME: 12:15 – 1:15
Come along to the Moot Court to hear a little bit about JusticeNet SA and how you can help others through pro bono legal assistance.
JusticeNet SA was established in 2009 to help manage, and develop, the growing commitment to pro bono assistance in the South Australian legal profession. Unfortunately, many Australians face significant obstacles in secur…ing access to justice.
JusticNet aims to help individuals and charitable not-for-profit organisations gain access to justice with a network of firms and barristers who provide their services on a voluntary basis.
JusticeNet offers volunteer opportunities to those who are still studying, or have recently graduated, with an interest in pro bono and public interest law. Placements are also available as part of the Law School’s Clinical Legal Education program.
For more information about JusticeNet and the work they do, visit their website at http://www.justicenet.org.au/.
Hope to see you there!
Twosteps.com is a new website that leading law firms across the globe are using for the future of recruiting Lawyers. The website is recruiter free and allows lawyers and law firms to network directly.
The web-based talent bank has just launched, helping law firms to reduce their recruitment costs and find the right candidate quickly and easily.
Law students can register a profile from the day they start a law degree and use it to manage their career, apply for jobs and network with established legal professionals. Whether you become a qualified lawyer or take the route of legal services support staff, there are jobs for you.
Students and graduates can contact employers, read industry news, submit questions and set up personalised job alerts.
Already, some of the world’s biggest law firms and legal employers are on board including Allen & Overy, Linklaters & Credit Suisse.
To search Legal Jobs or register a profile please use the links provided or visit www.twosteps.com.
NEW for 2010, the Law Students’ Society is sponsoring law students to attend conferences concerning social justice in the law. Two conferences are currently being offered but HURRY as applications close Monday 20 September!
South Australian Model UN Conference (SAMUNC)
22–26 September 2010 (Adelaide)
Sponsorship: $50 pp for up to 4 students.
Eligibility: email your name and student id and 50 words on why you would like to attend SAMUNC to socialjustice@aulss.org.au. Full sponsorship is available for students with genuine financial need.
Conference details: www.auuns.org/conferences/samunc2010
Legal Education: A Way Forward
1-2 October 2010 (Canberra)
Sponsorship: up to $150 pp.
Eligibility: email your name and student id and 50 words on why you would like to attend to socialjustice@aulss.org.au. Students with demonstrated financial will be preferred.
Conference details: law.anu.edu.au/coast/events/indigenous/conf
Graduating soon?
The College of Law, the largest provider of practical legal training in Australasia, will be joining us for an on-campus information session on the 14th September. The College of Law offers Practical Legal Training (PLT) as an alternative admission process to the South Australian GDLP system.
Come along to the Moot Court from 1pm-2pm on Tuesday the 14th of September find out more about:
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* Practical Legal Training through The College of Law’s Graduate Diploma
of Legal Practice
* Admission requirements in South Australia
* 2011 start dates which run throughout the year
* How you can get access to a range of online legal resources
* FEE-HELP student loans
Students from all years are welcome to attend and light catering will be provided. No RSVP is necessary.
If you have any queries, please contact Tyson Reid at careers@aulss.org.au.
In the meantime, you can find out more about the College of Law by contacting Student Services on Ph: 1300 856 111, E: enrolments@collaw.edu.au, or visit www.collaw.edu.
Tickets available from www.salsc.org.au
EQUITY POSITIONS
The Law Foundation of SA is sponsoring 2 gold and 4 silver registrations from each SA law school to students for whom the cost would otherwise be prohibitively expensive. For further information about this opportunity, including to view the application form, contact education@aulss.org.au.
CONFERENCE INFO
Being hosted in Adelaide this year, the 2010 Australian Law Students’ Association (ALSA) Conference is a unique opportunity for Adelaide Law students to attend as General Delegates.
The Conference will see over 500 law students converge to attend the biggest social events, most prestigious competitions, and most stimulating educational forums. Delegates will attend the Opening Gala Dinner, Cocktail Night, Themed Night, and Closing Gala Dinner as well as a battle of the bands, movie nights, quiz nights, wine tours, brewery tours, the Amazing Race Adelaide. There will also be educational forums on pressing legal issues – animal law, global poverty, refugee law and responding to international conflict.
Registration for general delegates closes on June 5.
For more information, see http://www.alsaconference.com.au/
You may also like to watch this promotional video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZyfkGdpqqE
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