The Brief | Week 13 S2 2012 | 1 2012 | Semester 2, Week 13 UNSW Law Society Publication Editors: Derek Lim and Rishika Pai Contact: [email protected]Administration Vice-President: Nathan Huynh Sunday 14 October Anti-Poverty Week commences Monday 15 October OBITER applications close 11:30pm 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 13, the final week at university for this semester. Remember that the Annual UNSW Law Society AGM will be held this Thursday 18 th October at 1pm in LAW G04. A new Vice-President (International Careers) will be voted in and we strongly encourage all students to attend. In this last week of university, don’t forget to check out the NEXUS publication available on the law society website at http://www.unswlawsoc.org/Nexus/Nexus_2012.pdf for some information on many opportunities that you may want to think about engaging in next year. Also don’t forget to check out OBITER applications which have opened. Derek Lim | The Brief Editor
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2012 | Semester 2, Week 13
UNSW Law Society Publication Editors: Derek Lim and Rishika Pai Contact: [email protected] Administration Vice-President: Nathan Huynh
Sunday 14 October Anti-Poverty Week commences Monday 15 October OBITER applications close 11:30pm 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 13, the final week at university for this semester. Remember that the Annual UNSW Law Society AGM will be held this Thursday 18th October at 1pm in LAW G04. A new Vice-President (International Careers) will be voted in and we strongly encourage all students to attend. In this last week of university, don’t forget to check out the NEXUS publication available on the law society website at http://www.unswlawsoc.org/Nexus/Nexus_2012.pdf for some information on many opportunities that you may want to think about engaging in next year. Also don’t forget to check out OBITER applications which have opened. Derek Lim | 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
BUSINESS FOR THE MEETING
1. OPENING OF MEETING
2. CONFIRMATION OF MINUTES OF PREVIOUS AGM HELD
Motion: THAT the minutes of UNSW Law Society AGM held on 17 October 2011 are accepted as a true and accurate record
3. CONSIDERATION OF THE ANNUAL REPORTS:
a. Presidents’ Report
b. Treasurer’s Report
Motion: THAT the UNSW Law Society’s Annual Reports for the 2012 calendar year be adopted
4. AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION
a. Annexed in Schedule 1 of the Notice of AGM
Motion: That the proposed amendments to the UNSW Law Society annexed in
Schedule 1 of the Notice of AGM dated 3 October 2012 be adopted
5. NOMINATION AND VOTING FOR VACANT POSITION (VICE PRESIDENT CAREERS)
6. FORMAL INDUCTION OF THE 2013 CABINET AND GRIEVANCE OFFICER
a. Co-President (Male): Nathan Huynh
b. Co-President (Female): Kara Grimsley
c. Vice President (Activities): Benjamin Heenan
d. Vice President (Administration): Derek Lim
e. Co-Vice Presidents (Careers): Brian Lee & TBC
f. Vice President (Mooting): Lyndon Goddard
g. Vice President (Skills): Alan Coorey
h. Vice President (Education): Cecily Zhu
i. Vice President (JD): Charles Crane
j. Vice President (Social Justice): Jacqueline Fetchet
k. Treasurer: Geoffrey Zhang
l. Grievance Officer: Brendon Green
We strongly encourage students to turn out to the AGM on Thursday 18 October 1:00PM in the Law Theatre G04 and have their voices heard, and we hope that those of you who are interested in becoming a member of the 2013 Cabinet will think seriously about putting forward a nomination for this vacant position. Please don’t hesitate to contact anyone from the 2012 Cabinet to ask questions about what this role might entail.
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CAPS WORKSHOPS – OCTOBER 2012
Week WORKSHOP/SEMINAR DATE TIME ROOM
Week 12 & 13
Kensington Campus Mindfulness Meditation
Monday 8th and 15th Oct
2012
12-1pm
Kensington Campus, G027
ground flr, Quad
Week 11 & 12
College of Fine Arts
Mindfulness Meditation
Thursday 4th and 11th Oct
2012
12-1pm
College of Fine Arts
Room F408, level 4, F Block
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. INVITATION TO AUSTRALIAN RED CROSS IHL CONFERENCE: TOWARDS ELIMINATING NUCLEAR WEAPONS
Australian Red Cross is pleased to invite you to the Towards Eliminating Nuclear Weapons Conference, to be held Saturday 3 and Sunday 4 November 2012 in Adelaide.
In conjunction with Flinders University and with the support of the Bob Hawke Prime Ministerial Centre at UniSA, this high profile conference will advance the debate on the urgent need to develop a legally binding tool to prohibit and ultimately eliminate nuclear weapons, drawing together leading academics and experts from around the world to explore a range of themes. These include:
the legality of the use of nuclear weapons;
their devastating humanitarian and environmental impacts and
the role of governments, advocacy groups and civil society in furthering the debate.
The keynote speaker is Judge C.G. Weeramantry, Panel Judge on the 1996 International Court of Justice “Legality of use or threat of use of Nuclear Weapons” Advisory Opinion.
To read more about the Program and Speakers and, the very affordable registrations costs and to register online, visit http://www.redcross.org.au/conference.aspx.
OBITER APPLICATIONS HAVE OPENED
OBITER is an intercollegiate law journal, run by students for students. We are a platform that seeks to set you apart from the crowd. Have your voice heard by your peers, leading academics, and professionals in the legal industry - across Australia. For the second issue, the ‘blog’ will officially go live and print issues will be distributed to 7 law schools in Sydney, Canberra and Melbourne. Work closely with Australia's most engaged and motivated law students as either a writer, editor, designer, photographer, campus or IT officer for our print edition and/or on our online blog. To submit an online application, click here. For more information, visit the applications page on our website. Applications close Monday 15 October 2012 at 11.30pm .
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
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
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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!
