MacKillop Law Students' Society

O WEEK LAW LECTURE

Moot Court
Room 532.5.16

11-11:45
12-12:45

The Hon Barry O’Keefe Memorial Lecture is virtual this year and there is still time to RSVP.

https://www.acu.edu.au/about-acu/events/2021/february/the-annual-hon-barry-okeefe-virtual-memorial-lecture

The Guest speaker this year is Professor Michael Dodson AM.

Mick Dodson is a Yawuru man from the Broome area in Western Australia. He was the first Indigenous Australian to receive a law degree following studies at Monash University in Melbourne. A proud, courageous and humble Aboriginal leader, Dodson has served in a wide range of challenging roles and has been an enthusiastic advocate for social justice. He joined the Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service in 1976 and became a barrister at the Victorian Bar in 1981. He was counsel assisting the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody in the late 1980s and was appointed Australia’s first Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner in 1993.

Professor Dodson was formerly the Director of the National Centre for Indigenous Studies at the Australian National University and is currently the Northern Territory Treaty Commissioner.

Presenting the 2021 MAKLSS Committee.
To contact the team send us a message on instagram, facebook or email us at: [email protected]

From MAKLSS to all Law Students we just want to say a huge welcome to 2021!⚖️ With only less than a month till the start of semester 1 we are getting prepared for an exciting year ahead full of fun events and opportunities for all students!! Follow us for updates and we hope you enjoy the rest of your break🌟

We’d like to wish the best of luck to Lara Smetannikov and Elaine Doan. Tonight they represent ACU tonight against USYD tonight in their Criminal Moot at 6pm.

If anyone would to spectate this evening please email the below or DM us for the link.

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The Great ACUR Undergraduate Research Writing Project
A thought-experiment for undergraduate researchers to write about during the time of Covid-19.
Topic
The impacts of Covid-19 on a field of your choice.
Submission
A 500-word piece, or A3 poster, on the impacts of Covid-19 on or in a field of your interest. For example, someone in the field of microbiology could discuss the potential decrease of nosocomial bacterial infections, due to the increase in hand- and personal hygiene in hospitals. Perhaps psychology students would want to talk about the impact of self-isolation caused by Covid-19. The scope includes economic impacts, historical impacts; any field expected to be impacted is eligible to be written about. It’s up to you!
First Prize
The First prize of $500 will be awarded to the submission considered to be the overall best entry in “The Great ACUR Undergraduate Research Writing Project”

The Great ACUR Undergraduate Research Writing Project - Australasian Council of Undergraduate Research A thought-experiment for undergraduate researchers to write about during the time of Covid-19. The Topic The impacts of Covid-19 on a field of your choice. The Submission A 500-word piece, or A3 poster, on the impacts of Covid-19 on or in a field of your interest. For example, someone in the field o...

Feel like nothing is happening? Why not get happening? Sign up to moot by following the link;
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScwEjstj_IwY-WqEplcNknczM9CkU0tKMJFGC9x-18pbOP6IQ/viewform

We are delighted to report that we have arranged for 19 TMLS students (Melbourne and North Sydney) to complete a 'virtual' pro bono engagement with the Capital Punishment Justice Project. (CPJP).
CPJP stands for a world without the death penalty and works to develop legal and policy solutions that will help save lives.
Our TMLS students will be working on a toolkit to accompany the Asia-Pacific launch of 'Gulity' later this year. It is hoped that the launch will be a simultaneous one. It is possible that the launch will be hosted from the TMLS in North Sydney. This is a very exciting opportunity for the Thomas More Law School!!

APPLICATIONS CLOSE THURSDAY 9 JULY 2020

INTERCHANGE 2020 is a FREE employability, skill building program and now open to all Australian Catholic University local and international students.

INTERCHANGE 2020 is an exclusive Virtual Challenge that leads students through an action-packed learning journey.

You work with a virtual team, solve real-world problems, and apply the latest technology tools.

Are you ready to hone in and discover that you can actually become an entrepreneurial go-getter!

Join the virtual team and show us what you've got. You will also be in the running to win some awesome prizes!

Equip yourself for the future of work
Meet and work with students from 6 other educational institutions
Become an entrepreneurial thinker and doer
Develop your problem-solving skills
Fast track your way to success!
You will work with a virtual team of students from other educational institutions and together you will contribute to identifying and solving real-world problems. You will get to listen to expert guest speakers in a TEDx style Virtual Summit and you will be guided by an accomplished business mentor. You and your team will be expected to develop a video pitch and deliver a presentation of your idea at the Virtual Pitch Night.

This is a breakthrough Virtual Employability and Entrepreneurship
Challenge!! ... and it will help you to become a confident and capable go-getter, with
excellent communication, innovation, networking and leadership skills. This is going to look FANTASTIC on your resume as well!

Interchange has run in previous years to great success. Our student participants have raved about the skills they have developed and the friendships they have made, calling them "lifelong friendships" and "the best experience I had while studying in Australia"

For more information and to apply: https://unihub.acu.edu.au/students/infopages/detail/3.

APPLICATIONS CLOSE THURSDAY 9 JULY 2020

https://unihub.acu.edu.au/students/infopages/detail/3?fbclid=IwAR3zlHmBeunNL-0L87lJ5PfTNx7IVeko8rEugzd3RTpz6mL0G28gkAMDVFU

UniHub Login If you have already registered with ACU UniHub and have forgotten your username and/or password please contact Student Services [email protected]

Dear Students

A number of your fellow TMLS students have now submitted their pro bono projects for the Global Legal Hackathon Challenge run by the Financial Times.

Here is a link to an article in the Financial Times on 21 May 2020 which details this exciting challenge https://www.ft.com/content/b1bb689e-99dd-11ea-871b-edeb99a20c6e.

The Global Legal Hackathon Challenge involved more than 2,500 participants from over 70 countries and nearly 300 projects.

The completion of these innovative projects has enabled numerous TMLS students to complete their pro bono commitments during the COVID-19 lockdown.

Wishing all of our TMLS teams the best of good fortune as the winners are announced!

FT-GLH Challenge Today, with the COVID-19 crisis forcing businesses, governments, legal systems and individuals in every jurisdiction to confront challenges of greater scale, complexity, and severity than most have ever faced, we call upon legal innovators in every country on every continent to help develop solution...

ATTENTION ALL GRADUATING STUDENTS!!
Register now!
https://unihub.acu.edu.au/s/careerhub/events/Detail/2719121/college-of-law-practical-legal

Though it may appear Covid-19 has disrupted everything, it has not halted the ever nearing end to your studies. Ensure you emerge from the depths of isolation prepared and ready, not still lost as to what week it is. (Hint; it's week 11 so you better be exam prepping)

Join this event tomorrow from 1:00 to 2:00 pm to find out more about the requirements for The College of Law Practical Legal Training and the new ACU PLT course offered from July 2020 for those ACU students nearing the end of their Law degree.

Register now!
https://unihub.acu.edu.au/s/careerhub/events/Detail/2719121/college-of-law-practical-legal