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From the Editors Welcome to the first week of 2012! Whether you’re scrambling to find last minute cheap textbooks or have just returned from a 3-month holiday to South East Asia where you lived like a king, you can look forward to this year because we’ve packed an array of social events that you‘ll be talking about for the next 5 years, or until you graduate and start working full time (oh dear-5 full days a week…although on the bright side you get to suit up!) Also a big welcome to those new to the UNSW Law School! Things you should look out for include Law camp tickets (sold out after 4 hours of sale!) Lawkipedia (a first year’s cheat sheet to UNSW Law school) and of course, your weekly edition of The Brief. We hope that all members (new and old) get involved in 2012! Get excited for a great year UNSW Law Society! Derek Lim and Rishika Pai | The Brief Editors UNSW Law Society 2012

2012 | Week 1 Edition

Contents

Upcoming Highlights……………..………..… 1

UNSW Law Faculty Announcements…....... 2

Careers Board………………………….….......3

Competitions Board…………...…………….. 4

Monday 27 February Law camp tickets go on sale at 1pm at Level 1 of the Law Building Thursday 1 March Deadline for the 2011-2012 Trandafir International Business Comp Friday 2 March SRO Student Ambassador Applications close. Friday 16 March Registration for UNSW Law Student Ambassadors closes Tuesday 20 March International Law Careers Fair Saturday 24 March Registration for Salvos Legal Lecture Series closes

UNSW Law Society Publication Editors: Derek Lim and Rishika Pai Contact: thebrief@unswlawsoc.org Vice-President (Administration): Nathan Huynh

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UNSW LAW AMBASSADORS (PURPLE SHIRT) RECRUITMENT 2012:

The UNSW Law faculty is currently recruiting new ambassadors to join the team for 2012.

To be considered you must be:

In second year or above

Confident, enthusiastic and happy talking to all kinds of people

Active in life at Law School

A team player willing to help with the less glamorous side of events

Proud to be part of UNSW Law Student Ambassadors are paid $26.62 per hour and receive AHEGS recognition. Please note: Student Ambassadors working for SRO this year are not eligible to apply. Applications: Apply by emailing your CV to katie.parkinson@unsw.edu.au no later than 16 March 2012. Visit www.law.unsw.edu.au for more information. SUMMARY OF OPPORTUNTIES AVAILABLE

1 Law ‘Purple Shirts’ Student Ambassador team – closes 16 March

2. Student Recruitment Office Student Ambassador team – closes 2 March

3. ASPIRE Student Ambassador team – closes 24 March (though they might accept late applications if you run this on Monday)

All information for these can be found on the law website in the student notices section: http://www.law.unsw.edu.au/news/category/student-notices

UNSW SPEAKERS FORUM PRESENTS LILLIAN DANG AND AMRITA KAPUR

To coincide with this event, we will be launching the Government and Public Careers Guide just in time for applications for graduate positions for students interested in careers with a social justice focus. Details: Date: Thursday 1 March (Week 1) Venue: Law G23 Time: 1-2pm

Bio of the speakers: Lillian Dang is the Law Program Officer for the Access to Justice Program at The Asia Foundation in Timor-Leste. Since June 2010, she has worked closely with the Foundation’s local legal aid partner organisations, the Ministry of Justice, the United Nations, and civil society organisations to promote a sustainable legal aid sector within Timor-Leste’s nascent justice system. She was previously a Research Officer at Pact Cambodia in Phnom Penh, a Special Projects Coordinator at the Diplomacy Training Program, and a Tax and Legal Consultant at KMPG. She was also a Legal Research Intern at the South Asia Human Rights Documentation Centre, in New Delhi, India. She graduated from UNSW with a BCom/LLB in 2008 and was admitted as a lawyer in 2009. Amrita Kapur is International Legal Adviser to the Women’s Justice Unit, Justice System Monitoring Programme in Dili, Timor-Leste. She was previously: a consultant for the International Development Law Organisation, working on gender equality in customary land law in Mozambique and Tanzania; Human Rights Fellow at the Centre for Transitional Justice in New York; and intern at Human Rights Watch in NYC and at the Prosecutor’s Office at the International Criminal Court. She has also worked at the NSW DPP and the Legal Aid Commission. At UNSW, she teaches international humanitarian law and criminal law.

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UNSW INTERNATIONAL LAW (ASIA) CAREERS FAIR:

London, Singapore, Hong Kong. Shanghai, A World of opportunities for lawyers starts here! Visit the UNSW International Law Careers Fair 2012. The International Law Careers Fair provides a fantastic opportunity to meet representatives from firms across Asia and provides students with an insight on what the application process is like, what working in that particular firm is like and the opportunities available within those firms. Who: Any law student interested in a clerkship/graduate position in Asia, Cantonese and Mandarin are not required, but it will prove to be an advantage for some firms. Where: Leighton Hall Scientia Conference & Events Centre. When: 20th March 12:00-2:30pm

SALVOS LEGAL LECTURE SERIES

We are just 4 weeks out from our next Lecture

Series and spots are filling up fast. Register now,

so that you don't miss out on hearing our brilliant

speakers. The line up for this Lecture Series is as

follows:

9.30-10.30am - Mock mediation with Steve

Lancken (and a special guest commentator)

conducted as an interactive session (with actors)

10.50-11.50am - The Hon. Justice Foster, Federal

Court of Australia - Competition and Consumer

Act: Après Metcash,le déluge?

12.00-1.00pm - The Hon. Murray Wilcox AO, QC -

Putting a price on carbon, the new Clean Energy

Act.

2.00-3.00pm - The Hon. Michael Kirby AC, CMG –

Australian Law and Discrimination; creating a new

paradigm

3.00pm-4pm - The Hon. Kevin Lindgren QC -

Current trends in the construction of contracts

Date: Saturday, 24 March 2012 Location: The Salvation Army, 140 Elizabeth Street, Sydney (opposite the Downing Centre) Registration: http://salvos.org.au/salvoslegal/salvos-legal-humanitarian/salvos-legal-lecture-series/registration-form/ (or by phone during business hours on 02 9213 3902) Cost: However much or little you can afford, by way of donation made either online (follow the link on the registration page), or on the day by cash, cheque or credit card / EFTPOS. Points: 1 CLE / CPD point can be claimed per

Lecture for Solicitors / Barristers (per the notice on

the Registration page online).

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2011-2012 TRANDAFIR INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS WRITING COMPETITION

Topic: Any topic of contemporary international

business or economic concern with a legal nexus.

Award: Publication and CASH PRIZE of $2,000

The winning essay will be published in

Transnational Law & Contemporary Problems, a

journal of the University Of Iowa College Of Law.

Eligibility: All students currently enrolled in a law

or graduate degree program from any institution in

the world are eligible.

Deadline: All mail entries must be postmarked no

later than March 1, 2012.

For more information and contest rules, see

http://www.uiowa.edu/~tlcp/trandafir_competition.h

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MICROSOFT IMAGINE CUP

Do you want to…

Learn new skills

Test yourself against the brightest students around the world

Make new friends

Win great prizes

Gain access to Microsoft staff and technologies

Help make the world a better place

Get recognized as a future leader Imagine Cup is a global competition open to students, designed to combine inspiration with technology to tackle some of the world’s toughest problems. For more information visit the website at www.microsoft.com/australia/imaginecup Register your interest in participating in Imagine Cup before 2 March 2012 at www.imaginecup.com.au.

William House Eunice Park

Co-Presidents

Saravanan Somaskanthan Vice-President

(Activities)

Ben Heenan Events Director

Jessie Holgersson JD Events Director

Emily Pfeiffer Activites Director

Mark Selim Music Director

Van Armorta Sports Director

Shaun Croner Edmund Lo

Vice-Presidents (Careers)

Cindy Xian Asia Careers

Vice-President

Joyce Lai Asia Careers

Director

James Healey Stephanie Lee

Chris Michaelides Kartini Saddington Careers Directors

Lyndon Goddard Careers

Publications Director

Claire Li

Vice-President (Education)

Shamila Vijayamanohr

Leah Munk Publication Directors

Greemn Lim Leslie Phung Akshay Rao

Preeta Seshachari Chiraag Shah

LawPLUS Coordinators

Nathan Huynh Vice-President

(Administration)

Karina Ko Design &

Promotions Director

Jessica Wong Raymond Roca

Jenny Du Design &

Promotions Coordinators

Jessica Lee IT Director

Phillip Chan Assistant IT

Director

Derek Lim Rishika Pai

'The Brief'Editors

Simon Cho Vice-President (Social Justice)

Kara Grimsley Social Justice

Program Coordinator

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 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!