McKinsey & Company in Australia is offering an annual scholarship for Women in Leadership.  Open to female students in their penultimate year of university, the scholarship it designed to help them plan for their final year. One winner will be awarded $10,000 and the opportunity to intern with McKinsey & Company’s Australian office.  Full details are available at:  http://www.mckinsey.com/locations/australia/careers/women_in_leadership/

Applications close on 1 August 2012

Remember to include the Melbourne Law School Mentor Program on your CV!

With seasonal clerkship applications now open, if you have participated in the MLS Mentor Program, remember to include it on your CV.

 Always seek your mentor’s permission to include them by name.  Even if you don’t mention them by name, you can use words along the lines of:

• Participated in the 2011 Melbourne Law School Mentor Program.  Run by the MLS Careers Office, this  program supports students’ formal academic training by providing a link to the profession and the practical realities of working in the law.

• Mentored by (eg) senior executive at a high profile mining company/ senior partner in a law firm/senior barrister

 Include the type of activities you have been involved in with your  mentor eg attending court or conferences, job shadowing, meetings with clients or general career planning discussions.  Can you make a link between your mentoring experience and why you are interested in a particular area of practice or law firm?  If so, this will make a great impression on your cover letter.

Be prepared to speak about your mentoring experience at interview.

Finally, why not ask your mentor if they are happy to be a referee for you?

Have you seen the High Court in session? It is a great opportunity.305 William Street Melbourne, Commonwealth Law Courts. Commences at 9.30am.

Tuesday 14 August 2012

5.30-7.00pm, Level 1 Function Space

Melbourne Law School

Interested in a career in social justice??

Then this Fair is for you! Come and meet representatives from 22 organisations that operate in the not-for-profit, government and community legal sector. Ask about career direction, opportunities and volunteer work - specifically in law!

Participating organisations are:

Australian Conservation Foundation

Beyond Blue

Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions

Department of the Premier and Cabinet

Energy and Water Ombudsman

Environmental Defender's Office

Federation of Community Legal Centres

Legal Services - University of Melbourne Student Union

Maurice Blackburn - public interest litigation

McCabe Centre for Law and Cancer

Office of Public Prosecutions

Office of the Victorian Privacy Commissioner

Red Cross

Reprieve

Social Security Rights Victoria

Teach for Australia

Victorian Government Solicitor's Office

Victoria Law Reform Commission

Victoria Legal Aid

Women's Legal Service Victoria

World Vision

The Blackstrikes Fellowship has been established to celebrate Reprieve Australia's tenth year of working against the death penalty. The fellowship will be a full-time position for a period of 9 months and will be based at Louisiana Capital Assistance Center in New Orleans, Louisiana. Reprieve will provide the successful candidate with a stipend of AUD$15,000.00 to cover the basic costs of the fellowship.   Full details here:  http://reprieve.org.au/16788850/reprieve-australia-blackstrikes-fellowship.htm.  Applications close on 31 August.