The Brief | Week 12 S2 2012 | 1 2012 | Semester 2, Week 12 UNSW Law Society Publication Editors: Derek Lim and Rishika Pai Contact: [email protected]Administration Vice-President: Nathan Huynh Tuesday 9 October Beginners Negotiation Competition Grand Final, LAWS101, 6:30pm Monday 14 October Anti-Poverty Week commences Thursday 18 October UNSW Law Society Annual General meeting, Law Theatre G04, 1pm Wednesday 31 October Launch of NSW Young Lawyers Criminal Law Careers Guide, Law Society, 170 Phillip Street, Sydney, 6pm Contents Upcoming Highlights……………..………..… 1 UNSW Law Faculty Announcements……….2 Events Board………………………….….........3 Careers Board………………………….….......4 Competitions Board…………...…………….. ..8 From the Editors Welcome to Week 12! With only two weeks left of university, it’s time to knuckle down and prepare for the dreaded exam period. It also indicates that there are only a couple of weeks to take advantage of LawSoc events and other happenings. Don’t miss the Grand Final of the Beginners Negotiation Competition this Tuesday – refreshments will be provided but make sure you RSVP! A number of CAPS workshops are also being held this week. Law Society executive application are still open, to be submitted by this Friday. To be filled in on all of the above and more, read on! Rishika Pai | The Brief Editor
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The Brief | Week 12 S2 2012 | 1
2012 | Semester 2, Week 12
UNSW Law Society Publication Editors: Derek Lim and Rishika Pai Contact: [email protected] Administration Vice-President: Nathan Huynh
Tuesday 9 October Beginners Negotiation Competition Grand Final, LAWS101, 6:30pm Monday 14 October Anti-Poverty Week commences Thursday 18 October UNSW Law Society Annual General meeting, Law Theatre G04, 1pm Wednesday 31 October Launch of NSW Young Lawyers Criminal Law Careers Guide, Law Society, 170 Phillip Street, Sydney, 6pm
Contents
Upcoming Highlights……………..………..… 1
UNSW Law Faculty Announcements……….2
Events Board………………………….….........3
Careers Board………………………….….......4
Competitions Board…………...…………….. ..8
From the Editors Welcome to Week 12! With only two weeks left of university, it’s time to knuckle down and prepare for the dreaded exam period. It also indicates that there are only a couple of weeks to take advantage of LawSoc events and other happenings. Don’t miss the Grand Final of the Beginners Negotiation Competition this Tuesday – refreshments will be provided but make sure you RSVP! A number of CAPS workshops are also being held this week. Law Society executive application are still open, to be submitted by this Friday. To be filled in on all of the above and more, read on! Rishika Pai | The Brief Editor
The UNSW Law Society’s General Meeting (AGM) will be held on Thursday October 18 at 1:00PM in the Law Theatre (G04). The AGM will consist of:
1) Delivery of the following Annual Reports:
Presidents' Report, which will detail reports from the Activities, Administration, Careers, Competitions, Education, JD, Social Justice; and
The Treasurer's Report 2) Formal induction of the 2012 Cabinet
and the Grievance Officer: Co-President (Male): Nathan Huynh
Co-President (Female): Kara Grimsley
Vice President (Activities): Benjamin Heenan
Vice President (Administration): Derek Lim
Co-Vice Presidents (Careers): Brian Lee & Edmond Lo
UNSW LAW SOCIETY EXECUTIVE APPLICATIONS ARE OPEN
The UNSW Law Society is now taking applications for the 2013 Executive Team. All students are strongly encouraged to apply, regardless of what stage of their degree they are at, or whether they have previous experiences within the UNSW Law Society. Due date: Friday 12 October 2012 COB Please see here for more information.
Week 11 Time Management Tuesday 2nd Oct 2-3pm Room 2008
Week 11 Postgraduate Journey Friday 5th Oct 1.30-4pm Room 2008
Week 12 Preventing Procrastination
Tuesday 9th Oct 2-3pm Room 2008
Week 12 Improving Mood Wed 10th Oct 2-3pm Room 2008
Week 12 Exam Preparation/Stress
Thurs 11th Oct 2-3pm Room 2008
Week 13 Relaxation & Meditation Tuesday 17th Oct
2-3pm Room 2008
Week 13 Exam Anxiety Fri 19th Oct 2-3pm Room 2008
To register, please click here and follow the links: For Students/Workshops & Seminars/Workshops UNSW ANTI-POVERTY WEEK
Anti-Poverty Week is a nationwide event that was born here in UNSW around 10 years ago, and we (the Social Justice Project in the Law Faculty) run the events here in UNSW. This year we are running an exciting Speaker’s Forum for the first time, with two politicians
(including the Deputy Leader of the Opposition), an Emeritus Professor and the CEO of Australia’s oldest charity speaking! Anti-Poverty Week will be held from the 14th to 20th October 2012. More info can be found here.
NSW YOUNG LAWYERS - HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE
The NSW Young Lawyers Committee consists of a diverse and active group of young lawyers and volunteers who all share a commitment to affecting change within the areas of Human Rights. . One of the projects the Committee is currently in the process of undertaking is assisting ‘Save the Children’, an independent organisation that is committed to breakthroughs in the way the world treats children. If you have an interest in child rights and would like to be involved in helping Save
the Children analyse the concluding observations of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child and start to plan to put those concluding observations into action, then please contact Nathan Kennedy at [email protected] The Committee meets on the second Wednesday of every month at the Law Society Building, 170 Phillip Street Sydney. The next meeting will be held on Wednesday, 10th October 2012 at 6pm. For further information, please visit our website here.
LAUNCH OF THE NSW YOUNG LAWYERS CRIMINAL LAW CAREERS GUIDE
You are invited to attend the launch of the NSW Young Lawyers Criminal Law Careers Guide! The Honourable Justice Ian Harrison will give a brief address on pursuing a career in criminal law. The Guide is a great resource for young lawyers and students exploring their employment options in criminal law. The Guide features prosecutors, defence, court staff and researchers explaining what it is like to work in their positions. We have obtained
profiles from 34 organisations including community legal centres, investigators and academics. Come along and pick up your free copy of the Guide! Where: Law Society of NSW 170 Phillip Street, Sydney When: Wednesday 31 October 2012 at 6pm. RSVP: [email protected] by 26 October 2012
2012 CLAYTON UTZ BEGINNERS NEGOTIATION COMPETITION - GRAND FINAL INVITATION
The grand final of the Clayton Utz Beginners Negotiation Competition will be held at 6:30pm on Tuesday 9th October in Law101 at UNSW. The grand finalists for 2012 are:
Cecily Zhu and Francis Yuan
Katherine Buchan and Natalie Hodgson Everyone, whether you have competed or not, is welcome to attend. Catering will be provided, and it is for this reason that we ask you to please RSVP here. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact us by email at [email protected]. APPLICATIONS FOR THE INTERNATIONAL INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW MOOT HAVE OPENED
Applications open for the International Intellectual Property Law Moot! This competition is held by the Oxford Intellectual Property Research Centre. The 2013 problem addresses the functions that are performed by different forms of intellectual property protection, especially when these overlap. In particular, the Problem raises the question of the extent to which trade mark protection should be available to a drug manufacturer following the expiry of a pharmaceutical patent. UNSW Law Society will be sending a team of two competitors. Participation in the oral rounds is by invitation only, on the basis of two written memorials prepared by teams by the 14th of December 2012.
THE NSW YOUNG LAWYERS ENVIRONMENT AND PLANNING LAW COMMITTEE ESSAY PRIZE FOR LAW STUDENTS ENTRIES NOW OPEN!
First prize: $250 plus ‘the environmental law textbook’ by farrier and stein (5th edition)
Runner up prize: bottle of wine plus ‘the environmental law textbook’ by farrier and stein (5th edition.
NSW undergraduate law students are invited to submit to the Committee an essay of no more than 2,500 words by 5pm, Friday, 19 October 2012 via email to [email protected]
Palak Thaker Emily Burke Verity Smith Will Maher Ava Hurley
Social Justice Officers
Mary Azzi Non-Corporate
Careers Director
Louisa Tan Court of
Conscience Editor
Rohit Sud Vice-President (Competitions)
TBC Mooting Director
Elena Ng Skills Director
Arthur Wang Jose Brummert
External Competitions
Directors
Thomas Ellicott JD Competitions
Officer
Andrew Arulanandam Tram Nguyen
Lyndon Goddard Hazel Pais
Libby Mulcahy Akaash Aggarwal
Michael Tran Bob Liang
Li Lin Annabel Pang Lisa Nguyen
Regan Nathan
Alan Coorey
Phillip Wong
Chira Song Competitions Coordinators
James Skelton Vice-President (Juris Doctor)
Charles Crane Treasurer
Ashvini Thilakeswaran Secretary
Leslie Phung Angela Kintominas
Immediate Past Presidents
Brendon Green Grievance Officer
Cabinet
Broader
Executive
For a complete list of executive contact details visit our website: www.unswlawsoc.org The Law Society is always looking for volunteers and we encourage you to contact us and get involved!
