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A very warm welcome back to uni and Semester 2 for 2013! We hope you all enjoyed the mid-year break and are sufficiently refreshed to
take on another 13 weeks of class, a packed calendar of LawSoc
events (including the annual UNSW Law Ball—more details to come in the following week but get excited in the meantime), and general fun
times!
Have a great week and see you around!
Carol Sin & Yi Lu
The Brief Editors
Editors’ Note
Upcoming This Week
Wed 24 July Mid Year OWEEK Thu 25 July Mid Year OWEEK
Fri 26 July Mid Year OWEEK
JD Welcome Drinks Mon 29 July Semester 2 Commences
UNSW Law Faculty Announcements
2
LawSoc Announcements
3
Careers 6
Events 7
Competitions 10
2013 Cabinet 11
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Careers at the Bar Are you a young barrister or thinking about becoming a barrister? Find out all you need to know and network with a barrister who can give you ad-vice to get you started and progress your career! Come along to find out more: http://ow.ly/n4H8H
Wednesday 31 July 18:30 Gilbert + Tobin Level 37, 2 Park Street Sydney, 2000
Law Soc Speakers' Forum and Young Alumni Award: Rachel Davis Keeping the big guys honest is all in a day’s work for UNSW Law Alumna Rachel Davis (BA/LLB 03) who has won the 2013 UNSW Young Alumni Award. Rachel has spent the last decade ad-vancing human rights as a United Na-tions advisor and later as the founder and Managing Director of Shift.
Rachel's clients extend from govern-ment, such as those of the United States, Sweden, Germany and Peru, to giant multi-nationals such as Coca-Cola and Ericsson. Her most recent project involves helping Hitachi to roll out training on the Guiding Principles and implementing respect for human rights, including in its Chinese opera-tions. The Dean Professor David Dixon will
present the UNSW Young Alumni Award to Rachel on behalf of the Chancellor at this event.
Thursday 8 August
18:30-20:00
Council Room. The Chancellery, UNSW Kensington Campus
Click here for more details and to RSVP: http://www.law.unsw.edu.au/events/2013-08-08-083000-2013-08-08-100000/law-soc-speakers-forum-and-young-alumni-award-rachel#sthash.CuRNm6bX.dpuf
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ALSA Scholarships
Applications for ALSA scholarships are now open! Three scholarships available: - Equity Scholarship - Competitors' Scholarship - Community Involvement Scholarship Applications close 16 August, 2013. All
law students are welcome to apply!
Please see http://alsa.net.au/news/116-alsa-
news/387-applications-open-for-
inaugural-alsa-scholarships for more
details.
Young Lawyers Environment and Planning Law Committee Essay Competition It’s here! The moment you’ve all been waiting for has finally arrived! The 2013 Young Lawyers Environment and Planning Law Committee Essay Compe-tition is now launched! See here for questions, suggestions, guidelines and PRIZES! Remember: · The deadline for entries is 5pm Mon-day 31 October 2013;
· Entries are open to all undergraduate and postgraduate students and lawyers meeting the criteria for membership in Young Lawyers; and · Justice Craig will be presenting the win-ners with their awards at an official cere-mony at the Committee’s Annual Trivia Extravaganza. Get writing!
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College of Law Info Session The College of Law is holding an infor-mation session on Wednesday 7 August about their full-time on campus course at St Leonards. Many students enjoy this course as it suits their learning style and because they benefit from the additional face to face time with their
lecturers and fellow students. For inter-national students, this course also com-plies with the requirements of an inter-national student visa.
Wednesday 7 August 2013 6pm – 7.15pm The College of Law Sydney City Cam-pus Level 16, St James Centre, 111 Eliza-beth St, Sydney
For more information and to RSVP go to www.collaw.edu.au/events/information-seminar-plt-on-campus-course/
McKinsey & Co Mentoring Program EOI A team of dedicated professionals in-cluding those from McKinsey & Co. are gauging interest for a possible work-shop/ mentoring program for under-grad law students for future careers in management consulting and financial services. To submit your expression of interest please send your CV and a
brief "statement (100 words) on why you are interested in management consulting/financial services to [email protected]" Please note that the details of the work-shop/program have not been finalised yet and we appreciate your patience.
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JD Welcome Drinks As a welcome to all JD students in Se-mester 2 2013, the Law Society is holding a JD Welcome Drinks during OWEEK. The night starts at 7 so there's plenty of time for those studying at the CBD campus or working in the City to make your way down to Kingsford. Please join us on the night to catch up with or meet the people you'll be stud-
ying with for the next few years. We look forward to seeing you there. Friday 26 July From 7pm Regent Hotel. Kingsford
AYAD—Info Session
Liquid Learning presents the Women in Law Leadership Summit 2013 - explore the challenges that make it difficult for women to access and acquire these senior positions and explore the overall changes that need to occur in the pro-
fession to assist women to advance. The Summit will provide both emerging and existing leaders with the expert advice necessary to overcome common hurdles, and the practical strategies to improve their leadership capabilities and advance their careers. Inspiring
stories from female leaders in Law will uncover the success, satisfaction and career rewards to be gained from a career in the legal profession. UNSW law students are eligible to a
25% discount on standard tickets to the summit. For more information, click here. Click here for the summit guide.
Women in Law Leadership Summit
The Australian Youth Ambassadors for Development (AYAD) Program provides skilled young Australians the opportuni-ty to volunteer overseas in Asia, the Pacific and Africa. The AYAD interna-tional volunteer program is an Australi-an Government, AusAID initiative sup-porting the Millennium Development Goals. Our volunteer work is committed to achieving sustainable development through capacity building, skills ex-change and institutional strengthening. The Spring Information sessions is an excellent opportunity for you to learn
more about the AYAD Program. Panellists of returned volunteers and Austraining staff will be sharing their experiences and stories, as well as advice about applying and what to ex-pect if successful. Guests will also have an opportunity to network with re-turned volunteer speakers. • Sydney, NSW – Monday, September 16 There’s also a webinar version of the information session on Monday Sep-tember 23. Click HERE for details and to register.
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UNSW at ALSA 2013
Congratulations to the 2012 Court of Conference Editor Louisa Tan and her team for winning 'Best Equity Publica-
tion' for 2012/2013 at the ALSA Confer-ence! Congratulations also go to the UNSW LawSoc competitors at the ALSA Con-ference! Daniel Reynolds made it to the Grand Finals for Paper Presenta-tion, Melissa-Ann Gillies and Bec Stan-ley made it to the Semi-Finals for Client Interviewing, Benjamin Hee-nan and Connor Taylor made it to the Quarter Finals for Negotiations, Stepha-nie Lee made it to the Quarter Finals for Witness Examination and Alisha Mathew and Tim Clark made it to the Quarter Finals for the International Humanitarian Law Moot. Outstanding work was also put into the Champion-ship Moot by Maddie Hall, Will Rosewarne and Simin Yang.
And finally, thank you to our Co-President, Kara Grimsley who led the UNSW delegation to Perth!
Oxford University Press Competition To enter the Oxford University Press Competition, students are asked to create a 2 - 5 minute film around their top tips for studying law to educate, entertain and engage other law stu-dents. The winners will be those judged to be the most creative, instructive and original - anything that helps other stu-dents to connect with the study of law. Entries close Friday July 26, and there are some great prizes to win – with $1500 for first, $500 second and $250 third.
For more information, contact: Stephanie Swain: Higher Education direct +613 9934 9173 | switch +613
9934 9123 | fax +613 9934 9100 [email protected] | http://www.oup.com.au/
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Position Name Email
Co-Presidents Nathan Huynh Kara Grimsley
Activities (VP) Benjamin Heenan [email protected]
Administration (VP) Derek Lim [email protected]
Australian Careers (VP) Brian Lee [email protected]
International Careers (VP) Reyna Ge [email protected]
Mooting Competitions (VP) Lyndon Goddard [email protected]
Skills Competitions (VP) Alan Coorey [email protected]
Education (VP) Cecily Zhu [email protected]
Juris Doctor (VP) Charlie Crane [email protected]
Social Justice (VP) Jacqui Fetchet [email protected]
Treasurer Geoffrey Zhang [email protected]
Secretary Natasha Ng [email protected]
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