Victorian Women Lawyers is inviting all female second year law Melbourne Law School students to participate in the 2011 Law Student Mentoring Program.

Now in its fourth year, the Program has developed into a celebrated vehicle for encouraging the next generation of female lawyers to gain valuable insights into the legal profession.

This year, registration will occur online via thewebsite: www.vwl.asn.au with registration open until 8 April.

Please contact Kate Ashmor (kate.ashmor@gmail.com or 0403 334 245) if you have any queries.

The Castan Centre is proud to announce that registrations are now open for its annual conference:

Human Rights 2011

Date: Friday 22 July 2011
Venue: Spring Street Conference Centre, 1 Spring Street, Melbourne

The conference sells out more than a month in advance each year, so be sure to get your tickets early.

Registration

Registration costs for the conference are:

$170 Full registration - "early bird" rate until 23 May ($200 registration fee after that date)
$100 NGOs (Multiple registrations $80)
$50 Full-time students and concession (limited no of seats available, ID will be requested at the conference)
Registration for the conference is now available online at - http://ecommerce.law.monash.edu.au/product.asp?pID=188&cID=4&e=1.


Alternatively, credit card registrations can be made by calling 9905 3327 (due to university policy, we can no longer accept registration by fax or email).

Speakers

Mr Jeffrey L. Bleich, United States Ambassador to Australia
Topic: Corporate Social Responsibility and the Right to Connect

Associate Professor Megan Davis, Director of the Indigenous Law Centre at the University of New South Wales and member of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues.
Topic: Recognising Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People in the Constitution

Mr Rex Wild QC, Barrister and co-author of the Little Children are Sacred report into child abuse in the Northern Territory
Topic: Intervention, Interference or Invasion? Dealing with Indigenous rights in the Northern Territory, 2007-2011

Professor Tim McCormack, Professor of Law at the Melbourne Law School and the Special Adviser on International Humanitarian Law to the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court in The Hague.
Topic: The international criminal court: successes and challenges (title to be confirmed)

Brigadier Lyn McDade, Director of Military Prosecutions for the Australian Defence Force
Topic: Military justice and human rights

Dr Charlie Corke, Senior Specialist in the Intensive Care Unit at Geelong Hospital, author of the book Saving Lives and subject of the recent documentary In the End.
Topic: Surrogate Decision Making - More Complicated than a Legal Authority

Dr Alex Wodak, President of Australian Drug Law Reform Foundation and Director of the Alcohol and Drug Service at St Vincent's Hospital in Sydney.
Topic: a Human Rights Approach to Drugs

Professor Samina Yasmeen, Director of the Centre for Muslim States and Societies at the University of Western Australia.
Topic:  Islamophobia and Multicultural Australia

Full Details

For full details please visit the conference website at - http://www.law.monash.edu.au/castancentre/events/2011/conference-2011.html

Sponsors

Major Sponsor

Corrs Chambers Westgarth Lawyers

Conference Bag Sponsor

Holding Redlich Lawyers

Lunch Sponsor

List G Barristers

Sponsor

Victoria Legal Aid

Supporters

Australian Lawyers Alliance
Futureye

Minter Ellison Lawyers

Melbourne Law School Mentor Program – first year JD students

Update and Reminder – compulsory briefing session

Students who applied for the program will be advised of the outcome of their application shortly.

A compulsory briefing session for all mentees will be held on Tuesday 5 April at1pm in GM15.

Students will be addressed by the Associate Dean, Professor Pip Nicholson and our guest speaker and mentor, Ms Robyn Campbell, Campbell and Dean Management Consulting. Robyn will speak to students on “Professional skills and the mentoring experience”, sharing many of her own experiences and providing some invaluable insights.

All enquiries to Helen Green (h.green@unimelb.edu.au)

A great way to network with like-minded people in the legal profession.

The conference focuses on areas of law reform including: refugee/asylum seekers, gender law reform, equal/same-sex marriage, environmental law reform, and Indigenous rights.

Saturday 19 March 2011

8.30am - 5.30pm

Monash University Law Chambers, 472 Bourke Street Melbourne

Tickets from www.progressivelawnetwork.org.au

Keynote Speech - Adam Bandt MP
 
Panel 1 – Seeking Asylum in the 21st Century
Julian Burnside AO QC, Prof. Susan Kneebone, Brian Walters SC - facilitator
 
Panel 2- Gender (r)Evolution
Prof. Caroline de Costa, Dr Bronwyn Naylor, Dr Paula Gerber
 
Panel 3 – Environment for Change
Prof. Simon Molesworth AM QC, Senator Elect Larissa Waters, Prof. Ian Lowe AO FTSE
 
Panel 4 – Indigenous legal (r)Evolution
Munya Andrews, Dr Stephen Gray,

Jill Prior and Paul Pitsaris Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service Co-operative Limited (VALS)
 
The Progressive Law Network (PLN) are a not for profit volunteer organisation. The PLN was founded in 2010 by a group of Monash University Law students frustrated by the lack of information and facilitation for students wishing to pursue progressive career paths. Our aim is to become a whole-of-profession organisation linking professionals, students, advocacy organisations and community groups to ensure that passionate and dedicated practitioners find their way to work that is meaningful and rewarding, and that effects positive social change. www.progressivelawnetwork.org.au