Law Students' Notice Board
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(Last Updated = 24 Nov 2009 - 11:28AM)
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| | Message from Head of School: Transitional Arrangements – Conversion of 8uoc Law courses to 6uoc, effective from Semester 1 2009 | |
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| | Gaire Blunt Scholarship | |
| The Business Law Section of the Law Council of Australia is offering the Gaire Blunt Scholarship to commemorate Gaire Blunt who was a leading competition law practitioner and a partner at Allen Allen & Hemsley (now Allens Arthur Robinson) from 1970 – 2005. The scholarship is aimed at persons at a junior stage of their career in Australia. To apply for the scholarship lawyers will need to submit a paper on a competition law topic of no more than 10,000 words by 31 December 2009. Further information about how to apply for the scholarship can be found here.
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| | LAW School End of Session - Take Home and Internal Exams Timetable | |
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| | The Australian Human Rights Centre 2009 Annual Public Lecture | |
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The Australian Human Rights Centre invites you to the 2009 AHRCentre Annual Public Lecture
Religious challenges to human rights - Can secularism contribute to peace-making in the Middle East?
with Professor Frances Raday
Frances Raday holds the Lieberman Chair in Labour Law at the Hebrew University and is Director of the Concord Research Institute for Integration of International Law in Israel. She was Chair of the Lafer Centre for Women Studies and of the Academic Committee of the Minerva Centre for Human Rights and Chief Editor of the Israel Law Review. She has been counsel in key legal proceedings on labour and discrimination issues and from 2000 - 2003, she was an Expert Member of the UN Committee for the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women.
Date: Tuesday, 17 November, 2009
Time: 6.15pm -7.45pm (followed by a reception)
Venue: G04 Theatre, Law Building, University of New South Wales
Cost: FREE
RSVP: ahrc@unsw.edu.au by 13/11/02
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| | History and Theory of International Law-Summer Course | |
| Dr Ulf Linderfalk from Lund University, Sweden will be teaching the course on History and Theory of International Law during summer session with a particular focus on the fragmentation of international law. This course is a postgraduate course but it is also open to a limited number of undergraduate students. Dr Linderfalk is a leading Scandinavian expert on the interpretation of treaties. His book, On the Interpretation of Treaties (Springer Verlag, 2007), was nominated for the European Society of International Law's Book Prize in 2008. Dr Linderfalk's current research focuses on international law and the use of force, and the concept of peremptory international law (jus cogens). For further information on the course see the attached information bulletin or download the course outline from http://www.law.unsw.edu.au/future_students/summer_2009-10.asp
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| | LawMSN Wants YOU to be a mentor in 2010 | |
| Apply to be a lawMSN mentor and assist first year law students to adjust to law school.
The LawMSN program aims to ease the transition of new students into the UNSW Law School environment. It seeks to increase awareness about the unique culture of Law School and build confidence by creating opportunities to meet new people. As a mentor you will meet with students on a regular basis and play a vital role in the transition of new students. Its also an awesome way to meet new people, both in terms of other mentors and a bunch of first year law students. Go to www.unswlawsoc.org and click the LawMSN link to apply to become a mentor for 2010 before 7pm, 9th October 2009.
All current law students are encouraged to apply, especially first-year students and graduate law students.
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| | BEIJING WINTER SCHOOL - 2010 | |
| Celebrating 10th Anniversary
LAWS2123 Chinese Legal System (8uoc)
Enrolment in Summer Term 2010 at UNSW
This 8UOC course will be offered in Beijing from 4 -15 January 2010. It will be taught in English by law professors from the China University of Political Science and Law (CUPL), a leading law school located in Beijing. Please note: This will be a 6UOC course effective from Semester 1 2010.
Application is now available at http://www.law.unsw.edu.au/current_students/forms/index.asp#ug-forms and will close on Friday 30 October 2009
Please direct all queries to Anna at a.nguyen@unsw.edu.au
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| | Student writing competition | |
| GET PUBLISHED AND WIN $500 CASH
The EDO and Maddocks invite tertiary students to submit an article for publication in the EDO's national legal journal IMPACT!
The topic of the next edition of IMPACT! will be "Native Vegetation Management".
For more information and suggested essay topics, go to www.edo.org.au/edonsw.
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| | HONOURS NOMINATION INFORMATION FOR SEMESTER 2 2009 AND SUMMER 2010 | |
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Honours Nomination Form and Information Sheet for students graduating in Semester 2 2009 or Summer 2010 is now available to download at:
http://www.law.unsw.edu.au/Current_Students/honours/index.asp
Please note the deadline to submit Honours Nomination is 30 November 2009. For any enquiries, please contact Anna Nguyen at a.nguyen@unsw.edu.au.
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| | Law School Summer Semester Courses 2009-2010 | |
| The following courses are scheduled to run over the UNSW Summer Semester which runs from 23 November 2009 to 29 January 2010. Timetable details are not yet available but will be posted on the website as soon as they are final. Cross-institutional enrolments are welcome.
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