Please note that there was an error in the advertisement for the MLS Internship Program opportunity at Flemington & Kensington Community Legal Centre.  This internship is open to JD and LLB students who will be entering their penultimate or final year in 2012 (not 2011 as originally stated).

The Full Court of the Federal Court will be sitting in Melbourne from 31 October to 25 November.  Melbourne Law School students are welcome to attend these sittings.  A full listing including case details can be found in the 'Resources' section of this site.

With the summer period fast approaching, 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 2009 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 e.g. 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 e.g. attending court or conferences, job shadowing, meetings with clients or general career planning discussions.

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?

The Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet is seeking students interested in gaining experience in an organisation that has a unique role in providing advice and support to the Prime Minister and the Cabinet in the effective development and delivery of policy across the whole of government.

Full details and applications procedures on the PM&C wesite:  http://dpmc.nga.net.au/cp/index.cfm?event=jobs.checkJobDetailsNewApplication&returnToEvent=jobs.listJobs&jobid=a1646e13-52c3-3a2e-8e1c-64f56621d506&CurATC=EXT&CurBID=3624B1ED%2DC197%2D4DE2%2D8743%2D9DB401362E6B&JobListID=22FC4F47%2DE994%2D46A3%2DB8C9%2D9BC901269F43&jobsListKey=251f1fe8%2D518a%2D44a1%2D810f%2D8a9892e877c7&persistVariables=CurATC,CurBID,JobListID,jobsListKey&lid=14016920006

JD students who have recently been through the Seasonal Clerkship recruitment process are invited to complete the JD Clerkship Survey:  https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/2JLF8QK

The Law School is interested to gather as much information as possible about students’ experience going through this process so that we develop initiatives to prepare students in the future.

The survey is anonymous and the data gathered will only be used in the Law School’s planning.