Adelaide Law School
Annual Learning and Teaching Report 2014
Contents Welcome from the Dean Introduction to 2014 Annual Learning and Teaching Report
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TEACHER INNOVATION AND DEVELOPMENT Teaching Staff Associate Teacher Programme Teacher Development and Innovation Building International Relationships with Teaching ‘Teaching the Law’ Seminar series Conference presentations Teaching Awards
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STUDENT SUPPORT Lex Salus Next Steps seminar series Induction Day International Students Indigenous Law success stories
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UNDERGRADUATE AND POST GRADUATE TEACHING International Law Study Tour Study Abroad opportunities with Law Arid Recovery Reserve Field Trip Clinical Legal Education Adelaide Law School Internships Programmes Mooting at Adelaide Law School Post Graduate Teaching Introduction Postgraduate Research Degrees Adelaide Law School PhD Scholars 2014 PhD completions in 2014 Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice (GDLP)
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STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTS Scholarships and Awards Annual Prize Ceremony
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CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SPONSORS CONTACT INFORMATION
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Welcome from the Dean It is my pleasure to introduce the 2014 Learning and Teaching Report for the Adelaide Law School. This report provides a window on the extensive and innovative activities with which staff and students of the School have been engaged. As always reflection on a year passed provides an opportunity to recognise notable successes. On the international front, the building of teaching links with Canada, Malaysia and Singapore detailed within, spring to mind. Innovative teaching methodologies, drafted to enhance teaching experiences and make the University’s Beacon of Enlightenment initiative a reality Professor John Williams for students, provide a further highlight. The graduation of a number of PhD students, Franc de Zwart, Jennifer Paxton, Mark Giancaspro, Samaneh Hassanli and Adam Webster represented a grand achievement for them and their supervisors. Dr Franc de Zwart was also awarded the Dean’s Commendation for Doctoral Thesis Excellence. Amongst the highlights, the success of our students warrants special mention. The victory of Mark Giddings and Tomas Macura at the prestigious Asia Pacific International Humanitarian Moot Court Competition in Hong Kong, the awarding of an Endeavour Scholarship and Visiting Research Fellowship at Columbia University in New York to Tamsin Paige, a PhD candidate, prize winners, Manuel Solis and Dwayne Coultard, and the achievements of Gabrielle Golding, Cathryn Somerville, Jack Rabi, Susan Dixon and Mark Hautop, all provided cause for celebration. Additionally, the success of Sarah Ahern and Desislava Ganchera in the Red Cross IHL Moot was welcomed. Amongst the staff, the work of Associate Professors Anne Hewitt and Matthew Stubbs has been deservedly rewarded with an Executive Dean’s Award for Excellence in Teaching 2014. The work of the Lex Salus and the Next Steps Teams has continued to support the welfare and career aspirations of students and encourage a rich engagement with the life of the Law School. Finally, no reflection on 2014 would be complete without acknowledgment of the work of the staff of the Law School, whose interest, engagement and hard work has generated the activity described in the following pages. I would particularly like to thank the Acting Deans of the Law School, Professor Melissa de Zwart and Associate Professor David Brown, for leading the Law School in 2014. I would also like to thank Dr Suzanne Le Mire and Kerrin Maratos for their significant role in putting this report together.
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Introduction to 2014 Annual Learning and Teaching Report In 1873 Benjamin Disraeli, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, described the ideal university to the House of Commons as a place ‘of light, of liberty and of learning’. As I introduce the 2014 Annual Learning and Teaching Report for the Adelaide Law School, the activities described in the report amply live up to that ideal. The exhortation to ‘seek light’ has become a familiar catchphrase for the University of Adelaide and has encouraged a push for teaching excellence and innovation. In 2014, a number of Law School activities have captured Dr Suzanne Le Mire this dimension of university life. The Small Group Discovery Experience implemented in Principles of Public Law, the adoption of online teaching initiatives in Constitutional Law and the Professional Legal Skills modules and the introduction of a number of international teaching activities and study tours all indicate that Law School staff are seeking new and better ways to enhance the experiences of their students. The Law School is also a place that values individual liberties. The focus on social justice within the curriculum can be seen in the provision of a number of electives that explore the dilemmas of our time. Examples include the internships that provide our students with practical understandings of the work of NGOs working to advance human rights. Clinical Legal Education at the Adelaide Magistrates Court that delivers legal assistance to the most needy in our community provides a further example. Our ongoing work to encourage and support our indigenous students also fits with this commitment to individual liberty. Finally, for learning, the entirety of the activities described within the report indicates the profound commitment made by both students and staff within the Adelaide Law School to lifelong learning. The engagement with all aspects of university life from undergraduate (LLB), post-graduate by coursework (LLM), post-graduate by research (LLM and PhD) and professional skills training (GDLP and CPD) bear testimony to this commitment. The engagement with topics as diverse as Strategic Space Law and Medical Law and Ethics indicates the broad range of interests that can be advanced within the Law School programmes. Of course, this report does not purport to cover the field of Law School endeavours. Research and other activities continued apace alongside these extensive teaching and learning accomplishments. None of this would have been possible without the dedication and commitment of the professional and academic staff of the Law School. Special thanks are also due to Kerrin Maratos, the Academic Support Officer, whose hard work compiling this report has been exemplary, and those members of staff who uncomplainingly responded when asked for their contributions. I would add my personal thanks to Associate Professor David Brown who preceded me as Associate Dean to July 2014 and who championed many of the initiatives detailed herein. Looking back over 2014 it is perfectly clear that much has been accomplished. It is also evident that there is momentum for a year of ‘light, liberty and learning’ in 2015. Adelaide Law School Annual Learning and Teaching Report 2014
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Teacher Development at Adelaide Law School
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Adelaide Law School Teaching Staff 2014 DEAN / HEAD OF SCHOOL
Paul Leadbeter
Professor John Williams
Dr Suzanne Le Mire
Associate Professor Melissa de Zwart (Acting, Semester 1) Associate Professor David Brown (Acting, Semester 2)
Kathleen McEvoy
PROFESSORS Professor Ngaire Naffine Professor Andrew Stewart Professor Rosemary Owens ASSOCIATE PROFESSORS Associate Professor John Gava Associate Professor Anne Hewitt Associate Professor Bernadette Richards
Dr Matthew Stubbs Dr Alex Wawryk Helen Wighton Nigel Wilson David Wright LECTURERS Domenic Carbone David Caruso Dr Mark Giancaspro Dr Franc de Zwart Wendy Ng Dr Beth Nosworthy
Associate Professor Alex Reilly
Dr Anna Olijnyk
Associate Professor Dale Stephens
Allan Perry
Associate Professor Christopher Symes
*Letizia Raschella-Sergi Manuel Solis John Tretola
EMERITUS FELLOW
Kellie Toole
Emeritus Fellow Ian Leader-Elliott
Sylvia Villios Dr Adam Webster
SENIOR LECTURERS
*Keith Wilson
Dr Gabrielle Appleby Dr Peter Burdon Dr Paul Babie
*Indicates visiting academics or lecturers from the Legal Profession.
Dr Judith Bannister Margaret Castles Dr Laura Grenfell Dr Joanna Howe Cornelia Koch Rebecca LaForgia
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2014 Sessional Teachers In addition to our full and part-time academic staff a number of sessional teachers taught within the Adelaide Law School in 2014. Many of these are post graduate students or members of the legal profession in Adelaide or elsewhere. The Adelaide Law School is grateful for their continuing contribution to our teaching program. A list of our sessional teachers in 2014 appears below. We are enormously proud that so many of our sessional teachers have successfully completed a course on teaching in higher education offered by Adelaide Law School, and qualified for the title of ‘Associate Teacher, Adelaide Law School’. That programme is part of our continued commitment to excellence in teaching within our school. Kerry Antoniou
Kos Lesses
Michael Riches
Margaret Barron
Francis Loh
Giovina Rocconi
Amy Bettcher
Sonia Mascolo
ConnieSanchez
Kate Borrett
Paula Meegan
Harley Schumann
Pasqualina Callea
Siegfried Mends
Skye Schunke
Brenton Charnley
Enrico Mercuri
Kevin Simpson
Kylie Covark
Sonia Misiajlo
Rebecca Smith
Marc Dawes
Dave Moen
Manuel Solis
Megan Devenish
Kristie Molloy
Holly Stanley
Alison Doecke
Ben Mylius
James Stewart
Ashley Files
Kathrine Nicol
Jennifer Thom
Michael Foundas
Sean O'Flaherty
Julie Van der Velde
Jennifer Fuller
Kim Owers
Beatrix Van Dissel
Mark Giddings
Tamsin Paige
Alexander Vial
Gabrielle Golding
Daniel Pallaras
Kate Watson
Paul Gordon
Jessica Pengelly
Stefanie Wilkins
Christian Haebich
Martin Penhale
Tanya Wundke
John Harrison
William Phillips
Kyung Yoo
Stacey Henderson
Dan Ralph
David Zhang
Nicola Julius
Aaron Read
Brett Zimmerman
Peter Kassapidis
Evan Richards
Paula Zito
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Associate Teacher Programme Since 2010 an “Associate Teacher” programme has been offered by the Law School as a means of providing teacher training and support to our sessional teachers. The Associate Teacher Programme involves completing the following components:
Attendance at an introductory teaching workshop in the Law School;
Meetings with an academic mentor to discuss teaching related issues;
A process of peer observation of teaching, in which the sessional teacher’s teaching is observed by their mentor and vice versa;
Maintaining a reflective journal about their teaching experiences across a semester; and
Completion of three self directed modules regarding teaching at university.
We are delighted to report that in 2014 nine more sessional teachers qualified for the title ‘Associate Teacher, Adelaide Law School’. The Law School is delighted to congratulate them on successful completion of the Programme, and we hope they will continue to contribute to our teaching for many years to come. Our new 2014 Associate Teachers are: Kylie Covark Marc Dawes Jennifer Fuller Peter Kassapidis Kim Owers William Phillips James Stewart Stefanie Wilkins David Zhang
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Innovative Teaching at Adelaide Law School
The first page of the Professional Legal Skills module on Interpreting Legislation.
2014 saw continued innovation in teaching and learning across Adelaide Law School's programs. Some of the highlights included: Online Professional Legal Skills Course In 2014, Adelaide Law School students were given access to an online course in Professional Legal Skills. The project was led by Associate Professors Anne Hewitt and Matthew Stubbs. 10 modules were developed in the Articulate Storyline program, each addressing a key legal skill required by students, and each relating to the teaching and/or assessment in a particular course in the LLB. The aim of the project was to provide flexible and relevant support to students as they learn critical professional legal skills throughout their degree. In recognition of the quality of the learning experience created, Associate Professors Hewitt and Stubbs were awarded a 2014 Faculty of the Professions Executive Dean's Award for Excellence in Teaching. Small Group Discovery Experience In pursuit of the goals of the University's Beacon of Enlightenment Strategic Plan, 2014 saw the first implementation at Adelaide Law School of a Small Group Discovery Experience. Students in Principles of Public Law were immersed in small group research projects, under the careful guidance of Adelaide public law scholars Dr Gabrielle Appleby, Cornelia Koch, Associate Professor Matthew Stubbs and Dr Adam Webster. After undertaking intensive research training, 120 small groups of 34 students researched and wrote scholarly papers addressing critical contemporary public law issues. Adelaide Law School Annual Learning and Teaching Report 2014
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Innovative Teaching at Adelaide Law School Blending Learning in Public Law Classrooms Two public law courses were transformed in 2014 with video content in a project led by Associate Professors Gabrielle Appleby and Matthew Stubbs. In Principles of Public Law, traditional lecture content was made available to students entirely on video, freeing up class time for interaction and engagement - the 'flipped classroom'. In Australian Constitutional Law, students were given access to videos each week that examined a critical case in detail, providing analysis and critical perspectives. For more information about the project on blending learning in public law classrooms, see the poster at http://www.gtcentre.unsw.edu.au/sites/ gtcentre.unsw.edu.au/files/appleby_and_stubbs_poster.pdf. To learn more about the flipped classroom experience in Principles of Public Law, see the video at http:// www.adelaide.edu.au/learning/teaching/development/TL-videos.html Matthew Stubbs interviewing Chief Justice Christopher Kourakis for the flipped classroom videos in Principles of Public Law
Putting Human Rights into Practice As part of a national team, working with the support of a $220,000 Innovation and Development Grant from the Commonwealth's Office for Learning and Teaching, Associate Professor Matthew Stubbs developed a human rights simulation for Adelaide Law School's Principles of Public Law course. The idea behind the simulation is to give students a more realistic experience of how human rights law translates into achieving social justice outcomes in practice. Students were challenged to consider the situation of a blind person denied a secret ballot in South Australia, and to respond through not only applying the law but also considering how advocacy might be more effective in achieving a resolution to the problem. To learn more about the human rights simulation developed in Principles of Public Law, see the video at http://www.adelaide.edu.au/learning/teaching/development/TL -videos.html Adelaide Law School Annual Learning and Teaching Report 2014
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International Teaching Relationships Associate Professors Dale Stephens and Melissa De Zwart co-host Strategic Space Law Course in Montreal In late October/early Nov 2014, Associate Professors Dale Stephens and Melissa de Zwart travelled to Montreal, Canada to teach a strategic space law workshop. The University of Adelaide Law School, in partnership with the McGill University Institute of Air and Space Law, hosted the workshop. It attracted maximum attendance with students from numerous countries and a wide range of professional backgrounds. In addition to Associate Professors Stephens and de Zwart, presenters came from academic institutions, government agencies and private enterprise in Australia, Canada and the US. It was the first workshop/course of its type, dealing with the strategic legal framework governing contemporary space operations. It covered a full spectrum of topics critical to understanding this growing field, including the civil and commercial regulatory framework of space activities, relevant rules on state responsibility and liability, and applicable law of armed conflict to space based activities (including associated international criminal law). It is becoming clear that the existing legal regime that was largely developed in the late 1960s to regulate space activity may not be capable of dealing with the fast growing private sector development of space capability, nor with the types of strategic weaponry and defence capacities that have been developed since that time. There are strong calls for reform in this area and this event provided an ideal venue for considering these potential legal reforms and for permitting a wide-ranging dialogue on the legal and policy issues underpinning space activity. The Montreal program was run as a one-week intensive, interactive workshop. The
Adelaide course will be largely identical in scope and will be run as a graduate (and assessable) course as part of the Adelaide Masters program in the week of 29 June – 3 July 2015. The course was an overwhelming success and with Adelaide hosting the 68th International Astronautical Congress in 2017, it marks a very positive and timely contribution by the Law School into this burgeoning field. Adelaide Law School Annual Learning and Teaching Report 2014
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International Teaching Relationships Visit to Singapore Associate Prof Melissa de Zwart presented an Accredited Continuing Professional Development seminar for the Singapore legal profession on ‘Surveillance, Algorithms and Big Data: The Impact on Privacy Law’. During her visit, she also presented at classes taught by the Singapore Management University, School of Law, on copyright and information technology, for the IT Law class, (pictured here with Assistant Professor Warren Chik, SMU) and on whistleblowing, for the Media Law class. Adelaide University has an Exchange Agreement with SMU.
Visit to Malaysia
During the week of 30 June to 4 July Acting Dean, Dr Melissa de Zwart, visited a number of Colleges in Malaysia to talk to prospective Business, Economics and Law students. At Taylor’s College she gave a presentation on Constitutional Law to the students undertaking Legal Studies in the SA Year 12 program. The students were very interested to learn more about Adelaide and Australia. Dr de Zwart also gave a presentation on Copyright, Social Media and Online Games at the Management and Science University that was attended by over 100 students.
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‘Teaching the Law’ Seminar Series
Se ng the scene ‐ first seminar strategies to lay the groundwork for a produc ve semester Date: Wednesday 19 February 2014 As a new teaching year rolls towards us, the spectre of new classes, full of new students in new courses looms. A new class is full of promise and possibilities. It has the potential to become be a wonderful teaching experience working with enthusiastic and dedicated students. Or it could become a difficult and frustrating experience, the emotional equivalent of going into battle on a weekly basis. However, we can be comforted that the outcome is not a matter of pure chance. There are a variety of strategies and tools we can implement in the first class/es to ensure each class is on the positive end of this spectrum.
Ar culate Storyline Date: Friday 4 April 2014 In November/December 2013 a number of academics in the Law School secured Articulate Storyline licenses. Articulate is software which allows the creation on an online learning environment for students. This seminar will provide an opportunity for you to learn more about the software and the projects to use it which are currently underway in the Law School. Speakers: Dr Matthew Stubbs, Anne Hewitt and Kellie Toole, Rebecca La Forgia and David Brown
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‘Teaching the Law’ Seminar Series
Smart Casual—An OLT funded project to facilitate excellence in sessional teaching Date: 28 May 2014 A presentation about the OLT funded ‘Smart Casual’ project which has developed a series of three self-directed development modules for use by sessional law teachers around Australia. The presentation provided an opportunity to:
Hear about the methodology that informed these resources;· See them demonstrated; and Ask questions regarding their implementation.
Speakers: Associate Professor Anne Hewitt, Adelaide Law School Adelaide and Associate Professor Mary Heath, Flinders University of South Australia
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Conference presentations and publications Corporate Law Teachers’ Association Conference In 2014 the Corporate Law Teachers Association (CLTA) Conference was hosted by the Adelaide Law School at the University of Adelaide’s National Wine Centre. The theme for the conference was ‘From Corner Shop to Large Multinational: The Governance, Regulation, and Rescue of Corporations’. Participants were invited to submit papers for a number of streams. These were regulators and regulation; the future of corporate law; corporate governance; insolvency; and ethics in the corporate sphere. Over 48 abstracts were submitted and 85 scholars attended the mix of keynote presentations, papers by participants, and panel discussions that formed the conference programme. As always a vibrant community of corporate law scholars was present from Australia and overseas. Traditionally the afternoon before the conference provides an opportunity to meet and discuss teaching issues faced by corporate law academics. In recent years the demand for PhD supervision, examination and completion in the field of corporate law has expanded and it was this area that was considered in the opening teaching workshop held on 2 February. Professor Stephen Bottomley of ANU, Professor Ian Ramsay of the University of Melbourne, Professor Ellie Chapple of QUT, and our own Dr Beth Nosworthy led the discussion of common problems and targeted solutions that would respond to the needs of higher degree students exploring topics related to corporate law. Associate Professor Chris Symes and Dr Suzanne Le Mire chaired the session.
The Conference was held at The National Wine Centre. Photo courtesy National Wine Centre
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Teaching Awards Congratulations to Adelaide Law School academics Associate Professor Anne Hewitt and Dr Matthew Stubbs who were recently awarded the Faculty of the Professions Executive Dean’s Award for Excellence in Teaching 2014. The prize relates to an innovative project which Matthew and Anne have been working on to ensure all law students have access to flexible and engaging opportunities to develop essential professional skills. During 2014, Law Students have been exposed to the product of the project – as a series of ten online learning modules have been rolled out across the LLB curriculum (and also for coursework postgraduate students). Anne and Matthew’s work is innovative in that it is: employing a curriculum-wide approach to skills teaching across the LLB program; facilitating flexible and accessible learning (anytime, anywhere, at each student’s own pace); providing instantaneous feedback through formative assessment; increasing student engagement with complex cognitive skills; boosting student satisfaction and comfort with their skills acquisition; and harnessing the power of online pedagogies to efficiently deliver skills teaching. The traditional view that professional legal skills cannot be taught at all has been convincingly displaced by the success of situational learning environments. However, face-to-face skills development is notoriously inflexible which is a significant problem for those students who face conflicting commitments to which formally-scheduled skills teaching is unresponsive. It is also not readily accessible for revision purposes, or to students who have transferred from other institutions or whose degree progression is non-traditional for some other reason. The new online modules, made using Articulate Storyline software, respond to these challenges by offering self-directed learning opportunities which students can undertake at the time, place and pace of their choice. And it seems the idea is working. As one student commented: ‘I found it very useful and enjoyable to learn besides going to the lectures and seminars’. This ensures that the skills teaching within our Law School is effective and accessible to a diverse range of students, catering for the individual needs of each student far better than a traditional face-to-face skills learning environment.
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The International Bridging program is run each semester for the arriving International students. It is held for both UG and PG Law students. The program assists international students to develop an understanding of the fundamentals of the Australian law system, and how civil and common law systems differ. There is also an important educational component, ad students learn about variations in cultural learning styles, expectations of study in Australia and about the different forms of teaching and assessment they can expect to encounter during their legal studies. The programme also incorporates a tour of the Law Library, and an opportunity to meet many of the Law School academic staff, especially those involved with the post graduate programme. However, the conclusion of the bridging programme is not the end of the support which the Law School offers to its international students. International students are encouraged to contact Pat Yong throughout the year if they encounter aby academic difficulties. Pat, who has been an international students herself, provides individual support to students. For example, pat assists many students with their written communication skills as assessments loom. The students are also able to attend the Law School Writing Centre. Pat also runs a workshop citation early in first semester to assist international students develop a good understanding of the Law School citation style before their first assignments are due.
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Lex Salus (law and wellbeing) at Adelaide Law School Following on from a highly successful launch in 2013, the Lex Salus team, supported by the broader Law School, undertook a number of initiatives to promote its health and well-being focus. Work started early, with Kellie Toole and Mark Giancaspro presenting at the National Wellness for Law Forum hosted by Queensland University of Technology on February 6-7. The presentation focussed on the findings drawn from the surveys administered to student participants in the inaugural Lex Salus week in August 2013, and the initiatives which took place during this period. It was alarming to discover that the data, compiled by Student Advisor and Lex Salus co-founder Corinne Walding, indicated that Law School was having a demonstrably negative impact on student mental health. The findings sadly mirrored those in countless other studies conducted in other Australian and international law schools. Students also reported feeling ill-informed as to where to attain help or information concerning physical and mental health and well-being. It was also interesting to note that Adelaide was the only law school that had introduced a practical program in order to encourage staff interaction and promote student cooperation and well-being. The other institutions had been focusing on integrating well-being topics into the curriculum and undertaking research into the nature of the problem with mental health issues. Other institutions responded very positively to the reports of the knitting circle, meditation classes, yoga, dress-up days, barbecues and spin classes that Adelaide was delivering. The Lex Salus week was reported as having made a highly positive impact; lifting morale, introducing a vibe of fun and vitality into the Law School, and providing students with the support and information they required regarding mental health issues. Critically, 9 out of 10 of our law students report that the Lex Salus initiative is directly assisting them in maintaining good mental and/or physical health during their studies. ‘Team Lex’ has committed itself to harvesting a culture of fun, warmth and support between students and staff members of the Law School, and survey results indicate that we are on the right track.
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Lex Salus (law and wellbeing) at Adelaide Law School Continued from page 18. In 2014 we continued the program with an additional focus on communal meals. We purchased a barbecue so that we could run sausage sizzles on a regular basis and introduced regular pizza lunches, which proved very popular. A major change in focus was to increase the level of participation from student volunteers through the formation of ‘Team Lex’. All law students were invited to join the Team and be involved in suggesting, planning and delivering events. This has had multiple benefits in terms of making sure activities are appropriate to students, and giving volunteers an opportunity for a leadership role within the School and the chance to meet students from their own and incoming cohorts of students. The other main initiative from 2014 was to mainstream the Lex Salus activities by building them into the formal induction of new students. Students are now welcomed to the Law School by the Well-Being Officer and a range of Team Lex student volunteers and given the chance to ‘befriend’ Lex Salus on Facebook during the welcome talk.
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‘The Next Steps’ Seminar Series for our Law Students to start their career
Dr Joanna Howe (Adelaide Law School), Heather Stokes (Legoe Chambers); Sean Richter (Mitchell Chambers); Jane Abbey (Len King Chambers); and Stephen Mitchell (Anthony Mason Chambers). Nicholas Lee (AULSS rep).
This semester the Next Steps Seminar Series has been a prominent feature of the Law School timetable. This Series is convened by Dr Joanna Howe, in conjunction with the AULSS, and seeks to provide our students with the inside knowledge on how to best pursue their professional careers post Law School and with crucial contacts and networking opportunities with legal practitioners. With three Law Schools in South Australia, this program aims to provide our students with an edge in the marketplace and with confidence on how to transition from Law School to the profession. We have held four seminars this semester, with each attracting a strong turnout of between 70-90 students. The first seminar in the Next Steps series for semester two was a special evening session on the topic of ‘Women and the Law’. The Moot Court was packed to capacity to hear our panel of six distinguished South Australian practitioners: Judge Sue Cole (District Court), Claire O’Connor (Anthony Mason Chambers), Kerry Morrow (Laity Morrow), Leah Marrone (Legal Service’s Commission and Young Workers Legal Service), Rose-Marie Read (Elliot Johnston Chambers) and Michelle Evans (Santos). Many students commented on how refreshing it was to hear women practitioners share openly about their career trajectories and the associated highs and lows. The session concluded with an opportunity for our students to meet the panel over wine and cheese. Adelaide Law School Annual Learning and Teaching Report 2014
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‘The Next Steps’ Seminar Series for our Law Students to start their career A third Next Steps seminar was held on the topic of ‘From Law School to Solicitor – Making the Transition’. This session sought to demystify the journey from Law School into the profession and provided practical advice on job seeking, the MCPD program and GDLP requirements. The Law Society’s Education Manager, Graeme Jobling provided crucial information on these topics, ably assisted by the Acting Dean of Law, David Brown who provided insight into how our graduates can be more career-ready at the time of their graduation. Two former Adelaide Law School graduates, Gabrielle Golding and Sam Hooper of Tindall Gask Bentley Lawyers, provided invaluable personal stories of their transition from Law School into the profession. In the fourth event of the Next Steps series “Going to the Bar”, students were invited to attend an evening with four prominent South Australian barristers. Attendees were able to mingle with each other and the barristers over a drink before a panel, hosted by AULSS representative Nicholas Lee, allowed each barrister to give their perspective on going to the bar. Heather Stokes opened the evening with advice about the practicality of going to the bar for new lawyers, touching on practicing certificates and the bar readers course. She also regaled our students with stories from her high profile cases, including those of Kelly Lee Pearman and Zialloh Abrahimzadeh. Sean Richter followed on from Heather reiterating the enjoyment and challenges of being a barrister predominantly in criminal law. Sean’s analogy to a barrister being a surgeon and a solicitor being a GP seem to resonate well with our students and cut through some of the confusion between the roles of each position. Jane Abbey gave a paced and well-reasoned speech on her journey to the bar, which countered parts of the previous speaker’s personalities and beneficial claims of being an extrovert. She continued by giving crucial advice about the importance of practical experience being both necessary, and complementing a legal education. Stephen Mitchell finished off the panel with a talk on his journey as a young lawyer who transitioned from firm to chambers including the associated risk and excitement this provided. He also vocalised issues of the current job market affecting recent and upcoming graduates as well as the need to seek out involvement in as many relevant areas as possible. All in all, the Next Steps seminar series has been very busy this semester but gratefully received by the student body. We have greatly appreciated the support from the South Australian legal profession which has made this series possible.
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Induction Day welcome for first year Law Students On 27 February 2014 the Adelaide Law School welcomed its new Law students with the First Year Induction Day. The morning started with a welcome by the Acting Dean of Law, Associate Professor Melissa de Zwart, followed by their preliminary lecture in Foundations of Law with Dr Joanna Howe. The next lectures covered the practicalities of the Law School experience. The Student Advisor, Rose Cecere, discussed the ‘nuts and bolts’ of the law degree and the serious issue of Academic Integrity was examined by Dr Matthew Stubbs. Kellie Toole introduced the students to the Lex Salus initiative and Priya Pavri from the Law Students’ Society told first years about what they could look forward to in terms of social activities, law balls, competitions and other student -led activities. Students were then introduced to a careers panel ably led by Associate Professor Chris Symes. We had four panellists from the profession in attendance and the students were fascinated to see where their law degree could take them post Law School. Adam Webster led a large group activity which got the students moving in the Scott Theatre via an interactive trivia quiz. He was assisted by the Lex Salus team and Eagles mentors. The final part of the day was a showcase of extracurricular law-related activities held in the courtyard of the Law School.
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Bridging the Gap for our International Students Each semester Adelaide Law School offers an International Bridging program for international students arriving to begin their undergraduate or postgraduate law degrees. The program Pat Yong provides international Adelaide Law School students with a Legal Referencing workshop assists international students to develop an understanding of the fundamentals of the Australian law system and the key differences between civil and common law systems. Students also learn about variations in cultural learning styles, expectations of study in Australia and about the different forms of teaching and assessment they can expect to encounter during their legal studies. The programme incorporates a tour of the Law Library, and an opportunity to meet many of the Law School academic staff, especially those involved with the post graduate programme. A number of the Law School academic staff have studied at foreign universities and hence they have some first-hand understanding of the challenges facing international students. The bridging programme is just the beginning of the support which the Law School offers to its international students. If international students encounter any academic difficulties, they are encouraged to contact either the Director of International students (Rebecca La Forgia in 2014) or Pat Yong, a law school consultant. For example, Pat assists many students on a one-to-one basis with their written communication skills as deadlines for assessments approach. Pat also runs a citation workshop early in each semester to assist international students to develop a good understanding of the Law School citation style before their first assignments are due. In addition, the Law School offered all first year international students a peer mentor as part of the Law School’s Legal Eagles Peer Mentoring Programme. Senior peer leaders share their experiences about adjusting to Law School in Adelaide and give tips on things like where to buy cheaper books, relevant services and entertainment and countless other things that aren’t necessarily written down. International first year students are automatically included in this programme unless they decide to opt out. Amongst the senior peer leaders are international students who understand the challenges of adjusting to a new cityas well as a different learning approach. Anecdotally the Law School has received positive feedback on this programme.
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Bridging the gap for our International Students Canadian Students Moving to Adelaide to Study Law The Adelaide Law School offers Canadian university graduates a seamless transition into the study of law in Australia. Because of Australia and Canada’s shared Common Law heritage, students are able to study Law at the University of Adelaide–the Australian Bachelor of Law (LLB) is the equivalent of the Canadian JD. Therefore, upon graduating from the Adelaide Law School and completing the necessary accreditation activities through the Federation of Canadian Law Societies, National Committee on Accreditation (NCA), students that study in Adelaide are eligible to practise Law in Canada. The Adelaide Law School also offers scholarships for Canadian students wanting to move to Adelaide and study Law. Studying Law in Adelaide Written by Jackson Taylor I have recently moved from Canada to Adelaide to pursue my dream of studying Law. To date, I have had a great time in Adelaide. Before I arrived I definitely had concerns. I was most concerned about being overwhelmed by schoolwork and adjusting to a new country. I have found that the Adelaide Law School and Adelaide as a city have made that transition fairly seamless. It is a very easy city to navigate and there is no shortage of things to keep me occupied during school breaks,. it is known as the ‘Festival State’, and there is always something to see. I’ve been to a range of AFL (Australian Football) sporting events, festivals and concerts. There are also a bunch of great cafes and lunch spots around the city, not to mention the on campus Unibar which is an awesome spot to drink some beers with friends after class! One big thing I have noticed about the Law School is all the extra help available, and the general caring nature of the professors. It is easy to tell that they all have a strong passion for the legal profession, love to teach, and want to see students excel and reach their true academic potential. There are also peer assisted study sessions every week, and upper year student mentors available to assist in every first year law course. I found these resources to be very helpful in transitioning into Law, which is definitely a very different strain of thinking than anything I have done before (I did my undergraduate degree in political science). Adelaide Law School Annual Learning and Teaching Report 2014
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International Students’ Dinner 2014
The international student dinner held on 30 October 2014 was a great success. The dinner was hosted by the Associate Professor David Brown, Acting Dean of the Adelaide Law School, Students from a range of countries were able to attend the evening along with academics from the law school. Professor Ivan Shearer, adjunct Professor at Adelaide Law School, warmly welcomed the students and spoke of the wonderful opportunities that university life and study generate. The evening ended with Associate Professor David Brown, thanking the students for being a part of Adelaide Law School and giving a special acknowledgment to the students at the dinner who would be graduating.
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Indigenous students success stories 2014 was a successful year for Adelaide Law School's cohort of around 20 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander law students. The year began with Adelaide Law School hiring one of its Aboriginal students as a Cadet, employed part-time by the University, who also receives Commonwealth support through its Indigenous Cadetship Support program. This cadetship is a great opportunity to gain work experience while they study and receive financial support to assist them during their time at Adelaide Law School. In June 2015, four students from Adelaide Law School attended the World Indigenous Legal Conference (incorporating the National Indigenous Legal Conference) in Brisbane. In early August, Adelaide Law School hosted a Workshop on Contemporary Indigenous Legal Issues, at which students presented on important topics arising from the conference. In July, Adelaide Law School held its inaugural Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Law Student Careers Fair. The Hon Margaret Nyland opened the fair, at which a wide range of employers provided our current Indigenous students with the opportunity to network and explore career opportunities. Adelaide Law School student Dwayne Coulthard was honoured with the NAIDOC SA Scholar of the Year award, an enormous achievement, and worthy recognition of his success as a student and his many contributions to the community, including as a youth ambassador for the Recognise This movement advocating for constitutional recognition for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander law students also assisted with recruiting the next generation of students by taking part in Marni Wingku, a University event which brought Aboriginal school students from around the State to the University to learn about the opportunities available to them when they complete year 12. At the end of 2014, Associate Professor Matthew Stubbs completed 8 years' service as Indigenous Student Liaison Officer. From 2015, Dr Franc de Zwart assumes that role, while Associate Professor Laura Grenfell has been appointed the inaugural Associate Dean (Diversity and Inclusion) for the Faculty of the Professions.
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International Law Study Tour 2014
The United States study tour was a further offering in international law inspired electives at Adelaide University Law School. The objective of the tour was to take a select group of students to sites where international law can be seen in action. International law is a dynamic subject and any deep engagement with the topic requires a tangible study of how it is created, how it is justified and how it manifests itself on the ground. With this as the academic ethos, the tour was an extraordinary venture into the heart of International Law’s formation and conflicts. Visiting Washington DC the students were taken to the United States Institute of Peace followed by the National Counter-Terrorism Centre, The Australian Embassy, The US State Department, the Pentagon and the Washington Headquarters of the International Committee of the Red Cross. The Washington DC leg of the tour observed the formation and debates around the theory and meaning of security and legitimate response by the state to security interests. The students departed to New York City to visit New York University and Columbia University. Here leading academics reflected on core debates around theories of compliance and the need for transparency around the use of drones and extraterritorial targeted killings. The next stop was Harvard University to hear from internationally prominent academics on the subject of the future of international law and state responses under international law to threats to national security. Our final stop was the US Navel War College in Newport, Rhode Island where a panel of expert speakers addressed the students on the issue of sovereignty and jurisdiction particularly relevant to ongoing disputes in the East and South China Seas. The details of the locations visited, the debates engaged in, the academics and practitioners heard from are all available on the Study Tour Blog. The generosity of those we visited made the experience truly unique and an extraordinary learning experience for the law students at Adelaide University. Adelaide Law School Annual Learning and Teaching Report 2014
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Study Abroad Opportunities with the Adelaide Law School The Adelaide Law School provides students with the opportunity to partake in our study abroad program. This has allowed many students to move overseas for either one and two semesters, all whilst gaining credit towards their Adelaide Law degree. Read below to learn about Brittany Law’s exchange experience at the University of Alberta. In 2014 I was on exchange in Edmonton, Canada studying Law at the University of Alberta – and it has been AWESOME! In Canada, Law is a graduate degree. So, all the students in my classes have already completed a degree prior to sitting an LSAT exam, in order to be accepted into law school. The classes also seem to be more ‘practical’ here. Although there are closed book exams and 10,000 word papers, many of the courses base assignments on visits to the courtroom, ‘field trips’ arranged by the Professors to law firms as well as role-play scenarios in class. So, these courses will definitely make me more prepared and well-practiced for work/life when I return to Australia. Some interesting differences between Canada and Australia include there is a law enforced that requires companies to label their products in both English and French. This can get a little confusing when you have the product facing the French side… There are also many clubs at the University of Alberta. So far I have joined the Outdoors Club, the Ski and Snowboard Club, the Hide and Seek Club and I also went to the Cheer Team tryouts! I went on a trip with the Outdoors Club to Jasper (which is in the Rockie Mountains). The mountains look so surreal – it was amazing!! It had snowed the week prior to the trip, which made the view from the top of our 13km hike even more beautiful. There were also plenty of wildlife (mainly squirrels, deer and elk), which was pretty cool! Read more about Brittany’s experience at http://blogs.adelaide.edu.au/ law/2014/10/13/study-abroad-opportunities-with-the-adelaide-law-school/
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Study Abroad Opportunities with the Adelaide Law School China Student Exchange experience Samuel Mugford reports on his student exchange experience from Shanghai Jiao Tong University Law School: During my third year in law school I was lucky enough to be the first exchange student from the University of Adelaide accepted to study English courses in Chinese law and Chinese political economy at Shanghai Jiao Tong University. With classes only numbering around 15, the courses offered incredible access to our Chinese professors, who were also alumni from universities like Yale and UC Berkeley. On top of this, I was able to study courses that most Western lawyers would have no idea about and brought me a wealth of knowledge about the law from an international perspective.
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The campus where the brand new law school is located is in the center of the old French Concession in Shanghai, likened by many to Manhattan. Right outside of campus you can find a multitude of tourist attractions (including the house where Mao Zedong convened the first meeting of the Chinese Communist Party) as well as arguably one of the best bar and club scenes in the world. There is a reason they call it the “Paris of the East� (hint: because it is awesome). From a career perspective, Shanghai brought me innumerable opportunities to meet Australian and Chinese business people and lawyers. During my time in Shanghai I was lucky enough to intern with a top tier Australian law firm and still maintain many connections and friendships I gathered over my year there. If you chose to study in Shanghai or China in general you will certainly not regret it. Adelaide Law School Annual Learning and Teaching Report 2014
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Arid Recovery Reserve Law Field Trip In the mid semester break in April 2014 Environmental Law lecturer, Paul Leadbeter, (with support of colleagues, Kellie Toole and Renato DeAndrade) took a group of 13 environmental law students on a 5 day field trip to the Arid Recovery Reserve which is just north of Roxby Downs and then Wilpena Pound in the Flinders ranges. Arid Recovery is an ecosystem restoration initiative centred around a 123km² fenced reserve in the arid region of northern South Australia. It was established in 1997,and under the program feral cats, rabbits and foxes have been eradicated from a total of 60km² and this has provided an area of complete protection into which four species of locally extinct mammals have so far been re-introduced. Arid Recovery is a successful partnership between industry (BHP Billiton), government (SA Department of Environment and Natural Resources), education (The University of Adelaide) and the local community. Arid Recovery is a good example of initiatives to conserve Australia’s biodiversity and hence an example of Australia meeting its various obligations under the International Convention on Biological Diversity,1992. In particular it gives students cause to consider the requirements for in situ and ex situ conservation, native vegetation retention and the regulatory controls in relation to pest plants and animals. The guided nocturnal tour to see some of the reintroduced and endangered species in their habitat was a highlight. The reserve is an examplar of the new approach to conservation where much conservation now occurs on private land rather than by the reservation of publicly held lands. Students and staff also had the opportunity to see and be part of some of the conservation initiatives undertaken in the reserve through participation on one afternoon as volunteers replacing some of the ever vital fence line. A tour of the BHP Olympic dam mine site was also undertaken with observations made about the use of Indenture agreements to encourage industry to develop within South Australia and the environmental impact assessment processes required under both state and federal legislation for the proposed massive mine expansion. Everyone who participated thought the trip worthwhile and very enjoyable. It was a excellent way to see the practical application of a range of environmental laws and policies as well as meet and get to know other students from the course and the Law School staff members who attended. Adelaide Law School Annual Learning and Teaching Report 2014
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Clinical Legal Education in 2014 2014 was a year of expansion for the CLE program. With the introduction of a fractional part time Clinic Supervisor position, we were able to consolidate services at the Magistrates Court Legal Advice Service, and the Adelaide Legal Outreach Service, under the supervision of solicitors CLE students and clinic supervisor Paula Meegan at the Paula Meegan and Ross Mediation Information CPD in 2014 Savvas. We also entered a partnership with Adelaide Central Community Legal Service’s new Credit and Consumer Legal Service, sharing resources and CLE students with that initiative. Our partner firm, Lipman Karas, now attends the MCLAS once a fortnight, rather than once a month. The Clinical Legal Education program is developing an evidence based research platform, with a focus on Justice Access and Self Represented Litigants. In 2014 we commenced a series of student led research projects into the needs of SRLs and effective ways of communicating information about rights and process. This has resulted in a range of multimedia initiatives for the community, which can be seen on the Free Legal Clinics page of the Law School webpage. We have also taken an active role in Continuing Professional Development within the Adelaide legal community, including:
CPD with MCLAS partner firm Lipman Karas on recent research undertaken by Griffith Law School’s Jeff Giddings as part of a large OLT grant;
CPD for the Adelaide legal community on the new initiatives for mediation in the Magistrates Court;
Both of these events were very well attended by members of the judiciary and the legal community. Highlights of 2014
MCLAS partnership with ACCLS in the new Credit and Consumer Legal Service in SA
Workshop and Continuing Professional Development seminar by Professor Giddings from Griffith University on research and practice for supervising junior solicitors
Information session and CPD in partnership with Magistrates Court on new mediation initiatives
Development of evidence based online resources for self represented litigants
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Adelaide Law School Internship Programmes Gaining first-hand legal experience: Internship courses at the Adelaide Law School The Law School offers a suite of three elective internship courses which engage law students in work-integrated learning and supervised research through internship placements. In 2014, a total of 29 students undertook these internship courses. Testimony of one 2014 Human Rights intern, Megan Lowe: Having returned home from five amazing months interning in the Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda in The Hague, I cannot emphasise enough just how invaluable this experience was for my education. Not only has it enabled me to think laterally, and learn legal skills in a fast paced environment, but it has enabled me to broaden my horizons, gaining experience in a truly multicultural workplace, and gain insight into a network of International Criminal Lawyers from all over the world. The three internship electives are as follows: 1. The Human Rights Internship (est 2002) in which students complete a full-time unpaid human rights internship anywhere in the world. In 2014, students undertook internships for periods ranging from two-to-five months in Accra, Bangkok, the Hague, Los Angeles, Malaysia and New Delhi. Many of these students were assisted by funding from the Law Foundation of SA Inc, the Dame Roma Mitchell Scholarship and Short Term Mobility Programme grants awarded in 2014 by the Federal Government. 2. The Native Title Internship (est 2008) in which students spend up to six weeks working full-time with a native title representative body or Indigenous Policy organisation in Australia. In 2014, 5 students undertook the course after completing a native title internship in Adelaide, Sydney and remote WA and three of these students benefitted from financial assistance from the Law Foundation of SA Inc. 3. The Public Law Internship (est 2009) in which students gain practical experience working part time over a semester or five weeks over summer with a public law institution at the state or national level. In 2014, the course facilitated the internships of 18 students. Of these internships, 14 were based in Adelaide while 4 took place interstate. This included 3 students who interned with the Canberra Office of the Australian Information Commissioner. These three students were financially supported by the SA Chapter of the Australian Institute of Administrative Law; following his internship, one of these students has ygg Adelaide Law School Annual Learning and Teaching Report 2014
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Adelaide Law School Internship Programmes Continued from page 34 secured a graduate position with the OAIC. In addition, one student undertook an internship with the Australian Human Rights Commission in Sydney. The courses are designed to work with the internship experience and allow students to complete research arising out of the internship to gain academic credit towards their law degree. It presents a unique opportunity for students to get hands-on legal experience and to hone their research skills under supervision.
Grants for International Human Rights Internships Through its International Human Rights Internship Programme, the Adelaide Law School is committed to helping students to undertake international internships in the field of human rights law. Dr Laura Grenfell has successfully secured federal funding (through the Federal Government’s Overseas Short Term Mobility Programme (STMP) and with the assistance of the Global Learning office) to assist ten Adelaide law students to work with human rights organisations anywhere in the world as part of the Law School’s Human Rights Internship Programme. The first recipient of these STMP grants, worth $2000 each, is Ms Phoebe McCallum who spent four months over second semester at the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Thailand. Phoebe worked on resettlement issues and has been able to work alongside an Adelaide graduate, Amy Twinch. The Law School is expecting that these STMP grants will spur on many more students to undertake international internships. For more information about the International Human Rights Internship Programme, please see the Global Learning Program page https:// studyabroad.adelaide.edu.au/index.cfm?
Phoebe McCallum together with Amy Twinch.
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Mooting at Adelaide Law School On Monday 2 June the Red Cross/ AULSS sponsored the International Humanitarian Law (IHL) Moot Competition Grand Final. Acting for the Prosecution were Ms Alexandra Lontos and Mr Patrick Leeson and acting for the Defence were Ms Sarah Ahern and Ms Desislava Gancheva. The judges for the event were Ms Stacey Henderson, Dr Rebecca LaForgia and Associate Professor Dale Stephens. The event witnessed a huge turnout of spectators Ms Sarah Ahern and Ms Desi Gancheva with and supporters. their Red Cross certificates together with Associate Professor Dale Stephens.
The competition this year was fierce and the standard of advocacy throughout the competition was exemplary. 24 teams competed in the 2014 competition, a significant increase from the numbers the year before. The moot problem used this year involved a consideration of numerous IHL issues including those of civilian protection and its loss through direct participation in hostilities, the definition of military objective, precautionary measures, proportionality analysis and the question of autonomous weapons systems and their compliance with the laws applicable to armed conflict. The winning team was Sarah Ahern and Desislava Gancheva. Ms Petra Ball, the IHL officer of the SA Red Cross, awarded certificates to the winners and runners up. Both Sarah and Desi will now represent Adelaide University at the forthcoming ALSA IHL Moot competition in Brisbane.
Back Row: Ms Petra Ball (SA Red Cross), Ms Stacey Henderson, A/Prof Dale Stephens, Dr Rebecca LaForgia. Front Row: Ms Desislava Gancheva, Ms Sarah Ahern, Ms Alexandra Lontos, Mr Patrick Leeson and Ms Priya Pavri (AULSS President).
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Mooting at Adelaide Law School Recent Adelaide University graduates Mark Giddings and Tomas Macura have won the prestigious Asia Pacific International Humanitarian Law Moot Court Competition, held in Hong Kong on 13-15 March, beating teams from top universities in the Asia Pacific region including those from Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam and Japan. The competition is sponsored by the Red Cross and deals exclusively with Photo Mark Giddings and Thomas Macura International Humanitarian Law. This is Copyright ICRC/ Y. Sun the twelfth year the competition has been run, with 24 teams from 18 countries participating. This marks the first time since 2007 that an Australian team has won the championship. The final round between Adelaide University and the National Law University of Jodhpur (India) took place in the Hong Kong High Court in front of a five-judge bench including the Hon Mr Justice Patrick Chan, a former Chief Judge of the Court. The victory was awarded by unanimous decision with the Adelaide team being commended by one judge for “An almost perfect performance”. Mark and Tomas qualified for the competition through their win in the 2013 Australian Law Student’s Association national International Humanitarian Law Moot held in Perth last year. The pair also participated in the University’s inaugural International Humanitarian Law and Advocacy course launched by Associate Professor Dale Stephens CSM in 2013. Associate Professor Stephens was naturally delighted with the win and with the ability of Mark and Tomas to expertly develop and apply the principles of IHL covered during the course, stating that “This is truly an amazing achievement. Mark and Tomas are two outstanding graduates of our law school and their win is a reflection upon their talent and hard work.” Assisting the team was researcher Ms Sarah Brown who was instrumental in the preparation of the written submissions. The team received the awards for Best Defendant Memorial and Runner-up Best Prosecution Memorial. The win comes amidst a period of recent high-achievement for the University in student advocacy, with Adelaide teams having made it into the finals or having won several national moot competitions over the last few years.
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Mooting at Adelaide Law School As a component of the Moot Court course’s teaching programme, designed to develop advanced oral and written advocacy skills, selected students participate in various national mooting competitions. In 2014 students participated in the Michael Kirby Contract Law Moot Competition organised by the College of Law and Justice, Victoria University, Melbourne. Adelaide’s team consisted of Sarah Dickins, Lawrence Ben, Tina Halikias, and Alex Holmes, and was supervised by Daniel Pallaras and assisted by Adjunct Professor John Doyle. Participating in the competition were a total of twenty-six teams from seventeen Australian universities making it the largest moot competition in Australia. The competition structure consists of an initial General Round in which every team participates in 4 moots to determine the finalists. The Adelaide team finished as the 2nd highest scoring team in the General Round. Unfortunately they were eliminated in the final round by the University of Western Australian who won the competition.
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Post Graduate Teaching Welcome to the post graduate section of our Annual Learning and Teaching report The Adelaide Law School presents three programs at Masters level in Law for non-law and law graduates. These are the Master of Laws, Master of Comparative Laws and Master of Business Law. Our programs explore a range of areas to suit both domestic and international students proceeding directly from undergraduate study, as well as experienced graduates and practitioners who wish to further develop their understanding of law and legal processes.
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Each year the Adelaide Law School offers over 20 high-quality courses, each of which have a strong commercial, international and/or comparative focus. Our teaching staff extend beyond members of the Law School to include legal practitioners and visiting academics from interstate and overseas. They have a wealth of knowledge to impart, and the small class sizes provide opportunities for highly interactive learning. Students also have the chance to meet and establish contacts with students from other parts of the world and to benefit from their experiences. In 2014 it was very heartening to see that all our completing students obtained good results which, I believe, is an indication of the significant quality of student learning and the teaching taking place in our post-graduate courses.
Associate Professor Christopher Symes
Nigel Wilson Director 1 July 2014 to 14 April 2015 Postgraduate Coursework Programs Christopher Symes Postgraduate Coursework Programs
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Post Graduate research degrees In 2014, Adelaide Law School offered the following postgraduate research degrees: LLM The Master of Laws is a program developed to provide Law graduates with the opportunity to further their legal studies. The program is one year of full-time study and allows students to select from a wide range of courses. MCL The Master of Comparative Laws is a joint program offered by Adelaide Law School and the University of Mannheim, Germany. It provides Law graduates with a unique opportunity to broaden their understanding and experience of law. Students spend one semester of full-time study in Adelaide and one semester of full-time study on exchange in Mannheim. Upon return to Adelaide, students complete a supervised dissertation in a Comparative Law area. MBL The Master of Business Law suite of programs is designed for postgraduate students who do not hold an undergraduate degree in Law. Students complete foundation law courses which provides them a base to select the remaining units of their program from the wide range of PG Law electives. The suite of programs includes the Masters degree (1.5 years full-time study), Graduate Diploma (1 year full-time study) and the Graduate Certificate (6 months full-time study). M(Phil) and PhD The Master of Philosophy (M(Phil)) and Doctorate of Philosophy (PhD) degrees allow students to complete intense and focussed research, and to develop true expertise in a specialized area. Candidates complete their substantial research thesis within 2 and 3 years respectively.
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Postgraduate research at Adelaide Law School A full-time PhD is usually completed in three years, with a maximum of four years, to submit a thesis not normally exceeding 80,000 words. For Masters, the full-time maximum is two years to submit a thesis of up to 40,000 words. Students undertake extensive research and their theses, that display original and critical thought, are written under the close supervision of a principal supervisor from the Law School’s academic staff, assisted by a panel of one or two co-supervisors. In October 2014 the Law School hosted eight potential PhD students for a full-day workshop. The students were given presentations on the Adelaide Law School HDR program and the facilities that we provide to facilitate their work. They also met with the School Manager, the Dean, current PhD students and potential supervisors who spoke with them about the potential of their project. Following the workshop, 6 of the students have enrolled in our HDR program. Given the success of the workshop, a similar event will be held in 2015 and other schools in the Faculty of Professions have been given the funding to attract their own students. The postgraduate research students contribute to a vibrant research community within the Law School. The full-time research students also play an important role as tutors in our LLB teaching program. Dr Peter Burdon Research Programs Director
Adelaide Law School PhD Scholars, 2014 Adelaide Law School is privileged to have a thriving post graduate research programme. The number of students completing PhDs and masters by research within the School continues to grow, and the contribution of these graduate researchers to the School culture and community has been appreciated by all. A notable aspect of our PhD student community is their collegiality, with initiatives such as a PhD student's reading group ensuring an engaging (and engaged) research culture is being developed from the ground up.
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Adelaide Law School PhD completions in 2014 The following students completed their PhD in 2014 Adam Webster - Defining rights, powers and limits in transboundary river disputes: a legal analysis of the River Murray Francesco de Zwart - Predicting firm sustainability through governance: the relational corporate governance approach. Congratulations also to Franc being awarded a Dean’s Commendation for Doctoral Thesis Excellence for his degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Mark Giancaspro - For Your Consideration: Old Rules, Practical Benefit and a New Approach to Contractual Variation’ Samaneh Hassanli - A Proposal for the implementation of Human Rights Treaty Obligations in Armed Conflict Jennifer Paxton - 'Women and Superannuation - The Impact of the Family Law Superannuation Regime'
Professor Andrew Stewart, Mark Giancaspro, David Brown (Acting Dean), Franc de Zwart, Associate Professor Christopher Symes
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Post Graduate Courses Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice
Advocacy coaching clinic – volunteer members of the legal profession: Back row L to R- His Honour Judge Barrett, District Court, Mr Tony Possingham (Mitchell Chambers), Ms Margaret Kelly (Wright Chambers), His Honour Judge Muscat, District Court, and Mr Paul Charman (Wright Chambers). Middle row L to R – Mr Brian Nitschke (Office of Public Prosecutions), and Mr Arturo Dal Cin (Wright Chambers). Front row L to R – Mr Ed Jolly (Len King Chambers), Mr Neville Morcombe (QC) (Edmund Barton Chambers), Ms Helena Jasinski (Equal Opportunity Commission), Senior Judge McEwen, Youth Court, Magistrate Basheer, Magistrates Court and Ms Carrie Demertzis (Lipson Chambers)
The partnership between the University of Adelaide Law School and the Law Society of South Australia provides LLB graduates with the rewarding experience of a GDLP program with a wealth of opportunities to gain knowledge of the South Australian legal profession. Staff within the GDLP program are drawn from the legal profession, academia and regulators. Key highlights of the program include: Blended delivery 2013-2015 has seen the increase in the use of online delivery to enhance the faceto-face seminar experiences. Continuous improvement in 2015 will ensure the practical skill development features of the GDLP are continuing to reflect legislative changes and the practice standards of an entry level lawyer. Online learning tools continue to be enhanced to increased flexibility. Advocacy coaching at the District Courts of South Australia Members of the South Australian judiciary and senior members of the legal profession volunteer their time to provide coaching clinics which focus on mentoring and coaching future members of the legal profession. Students gain invaluable feedback on their advocacy skills and legal arguments further developing and refining
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Post Graduate Courses Post Graduate Courses Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice continued refining their skills for professional practice. Continuing professional development (CPD) and networking
Advocacy coaching clinic - Thi Set Trieu and Amanda Browning
Students are encouraged to attend industry run CPD events and networking opportunities at the Law Society of South Australia and University of Adelaide. Students are able to hear the latest opinions on legislative change and key policy developments whilst networking with members of the legal profession. Placement The Law Society of South Australia has the networks to assist students with placement. Feedback from students continually reinforces the importance of the GDLP program in preparing them for work. Students on placement consolidate what they have learned in the GDLP program and gain valuable references and networks for future employment opportunities. Mock Conciliation conference at the Workers Compensation Tribunal Bringing employment and industrial relations law to life – students enact a mock conference in front of members of the Workers Compensation Tribunal gaining further networks within the industry. Planning and Environment site visit Students see the facts of a current case in context. Site visits increase students awareness and appreciation of environment and planning matters. Courses of the GDLP Civil Litigation Practice Commercial and Corporate Practice Criminal Law Practice Employment and Industrial Relations
Practice Family Law Practice Foundations of the GDLP
Planning and Environmental Law
Practice Professional Obligations Property Law Practice Wills and Estates Practice
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Prestigious scholarships awarded to Adelaide Law School students Adelaide Law Phd Student awarded the Endeavour Scholarship and the Visiting Research Fellowship Tamsin Paige is a PhD Candidate and Teaching Fellow with Adelaide Law School. Her PhD is a qualitative historical examination of the approaches by the permanent five members of the UN Security Council to the concept of ‘threat to the peace’ under Art 39 of the UN Charter. It is hoped that this research will assist in determining if there is any consistency of approach by the Security Council and thus help predict what decisions will be made in the future. Prior to this Tamsin undertook an MPhil at the Australian National University parsing the role of the law in counter piracy operation through two case studies (European colonial expansion, and Somalia since 2007). She obtained her LLB from the University of Technology, Sydney in 2011 and before that she was a pastry chef at some of Sydney’s most prestigious restaurants.
Tamsin Paige
Recently Tamsin was invited to present a portion of her work on counter piracy at the American Society of International Law Midyear Research Forum at Northwestern University in Chicago. This work was very well received by highly regarded international lawyers from all over the world. While she was in Chicago she was awarded the Endeavour Postgraduate Scholarship by the Australian Federal Government to fund a one year trip to Columbia Law School in New York where she has been invited to attend as a Visiting Research Fellow. The Endeavour Scholarship and the Visiting Research Fellowship will enhance what is likely to be an exemplary PhD dissertation.
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Prestigious scholarships awarded to Adelaide Law School students Gabrielle Golding awarded Australian Labour Law Association’s (ALLA) Research Degree Scholarship Gabrielle Golding, a Higher Degree by Research Candidate from the Adelaide Law School, has been awarded the Australian Labour Law Association’s (ALLA) Research Degree Scholarship for 2014. This scholarship is decided on by the ALLA National Executive and provides full funding for Gabrielle to attend the biennial ALLA 2014 Conference in Manly from 13-15 November. This year, the conference theme is ‘Under the Microscope: The Next Phase of Australian Labour Law?’ Gabrielle will be presenting a paper on ‘Terms Implied by Law: Are they Necessary?’
Gabrielle Golding
Congratulations to Cathryn Somerville – Awarded the inaugural Duncan Basheer Hannon Scholarship Adelaide Law School would like to congratulate Cathryn Somerville, who has been awarded the inaugural Duncan Basheer Hannon Scholarship. This scholarship has been established to benefit a student who is in their second year of their Bachelor of Laws Program. Adelaide Law School would like to thank Duncan Basheer Hannon for their continued generous support of our Adelaide Law School students.
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Prestigious scholarships awarded to Adelaide Law School students Jack Rabl Awarded John Bray Law Network Scholarship The Adelaide Law School would like to congratulate Jack Rabl on being awarded to annual John Bray Law Network Scholarship. This scholarship has been established by the Law Alumni Network of the University of Adelaide to support one student for the final year of their Bachelor of Laws program, with selection based on merit and financial need. John Rabl being awarded the Scholarship
Congratulations to Mark Hautop on receiving the 2014 DA Robertson Scholarship The Adelaide Law School would like to congratulate Mark Hautop on receiving the 2014 DA Robertson Scholarship. This scholarship has been established by a bequest from the Estate of Viney Robertson in memory of her late father, Donald Alexander Robertson, who studied law at The University of Adelaide and graduated in 1934, as well as a gift from Rhona Margaret Seiler, the granddaughter of Donald Alexander Robertson. The scholarship is to benefit a student who is undertaking a program of study in the field of Law at the University of Adelaide and who is in financial need and provides towards a student’s education/living costs. Adelaide Law School Annual Learning and Teaching Report 2014
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Prestigious scholarships awarded to Adelaide Law School students Congratulations to Susan Dixon – Awarded the Johnson Winter and Slattery Scholarship
Joel Parsons (JWS), David Brown (Acting Dean), Susan Dixon (recipient), Roxanne Smith (JWS, Partner) and Ellen Beattie (JWS)
The Adelaide Law School would like to congratulate Susan Dixon on being awarded the 2014 Johnson Winter & Slattery scholarship. This scholarship has been established to benefit a high achieving and financially disadvantaged student for four years during their undergraduate study. The Adelaide Law School would like to thank Johnson Winter & Slattery for their continued generous support of our Adelaide Law School students.
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Adelaide PhD student, Manuel Solis, awarded Best Graduate Student Paper at this year’s IUCNAEL The IUCN Academy of Environmental Law is an international network of environmental law faculties and research centres across some 56 countries worldwide. The 12th IUCNAEL Colloquium was hosted by Universitat Rovira I Virgili in Tarragona, Spain, from 30 June to 5 July 2014 with the theme ‘Energy for a Fair Society on a Safe Planet’. Since 2003, IUCNAEL holds an annual colloquium to gather prominent environmental law researchers, including graduate students, to present and share cutting–edge research in the field. This year’s IUCNAEL Best Graduate Student Paper Award was awarded to Manuel Peter S. Solis, an international PhD student and Teaching Fellow at the Adelaide Law School of The University of Adelaide, where he is supervised by Professor Adrian Bradbrook and Associate Professor Paul Babie. Manuel’s paper was entitled ‘Human Rights versus Human Needs: Debating the Language of Universal Access to Modern Energy Services’. The recognition is significant considering the calibre and number of those who presented and submitted papers to the Colloquium. It is a major achievement that demonstrates the high quality of environmental law scholarship undertaken at the Adelaide Law School and indicates the support provided to international postgraduate students allows them to thrive and gain an international reputation in their chosen field of study.
Adelaide Law student Dwayne Coulthard wins the 2014 NAIDOC Scholar of the Year Award We are delighted to extend the Law School’s congratulations to our final year LLB student Dwayne Coulthard, the 2014 South Australian NAIDOC Scholar of the Year. The award recognises not only Dwayne’s academic achievements, but his work as a cadet at the Legal Services Commission, and his extensive community involvement including through the Australian Indigenous Mentoring initiative (AIME) and as Youth Ambassador for South Australia for the Recognise This Youth campaign for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander constitutional recognition.
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Celebrating excellence— Adelaide Law School Annual Prize Ceremony
2014 Adelaide Law School Prize Sponsors and Student Recipients
The annual Adelaide Law School prize night was held on Wednesday, 25 March 2015. As is the tradition a number of prizes were awarded to the undergraduate and postgraduate students who excelled in their studies during 2014. This year’s occasional oration was given by Professor Rosemary Owens AO. Professor Owens has been a member of the academic staff of Adelaide Law School since 1987. During her academic career she has taken an active role in University and Adelaide Law School administration, including serving as the Dean of Law between 2007 and 2011. Professor Owens is a member of the Australian Academy of Law. We celebrated with a large number of students (current and former), parents, friends, sponsors and Adelaide Law School staff and supporters at the Annual Prize Ceremony. It was a wonderful evening, full of happy and proud faces, and it represents achievements of which the students and staff can be rightly proud. The Dean thanked the sponsors of the prizes in particular for their generous support for Adelaide Law School students. This year’s top prize for undergraduate students, the Stow prizes were awarded to Samantha Graham, David Hunt and Jordan Phoustanis. Pranaav Devnani and Darren Lee shared the remaining prize. All photos of the prize ceremony courtesy of
Adelaide Law School Dean Professor Aspect Photographics John Williams
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2014 Prize Winners Stow Prize
Up to four Stow Prizes are awarded each year to any student for the LLB degree who, at any final examina on has shown excep onal merit in not less than two courses. The 2014 Stow Prize winners are: Pranaav Devnani (shared) Darren Lee (shared) Samantha Graham David Hunt Jordan Phoustanis
RW Bennett Prize
Two annual prizes are awarded for the best performance in a single course. The 2014 RW Benne Prize winners are: Lore a Foran Tahlia Gugusheff The Justin Skipper Prize
The Jus n Skipper Prize (shared) Holly Ritson Charlo e Thomas
Honours Prize Winners
The Angas Parsons Prize Jordan Phoustanis
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2014 Prize Winners Undergraduate Major Prizes
The Turnbull Family Prize (shared) Joshua Andersen‐Ward Dwayne Coulthard The Moo ng Prize for the Best Moot Team (shared) Lawrence Ben The John Bray Law Alumni Network Prize (shared) LexisNexis Prize for Academic Excellence George Bouras The John Bray Law Alumni Network Prize (shared) Thomson Reuters Prize for Academic Excellence Thomas Bristow The John Bray Law Alumni Network Prize (shared) Thomson Reuters Prize for Academic Excellence Joanne Tingey The Arthur J Gallagher Prize for Tort Law LexisNexis Prize for Academic Excellence Danielle Court Hanson Chambers Prize for Advocacy Elizabeth Densley The Hon Christopher Legoe QC Prize for Excellence in Moo ng Thomson Reuters Prize for Academic Excellence Ronald Densley The Illa Gervasi Prize in Property Law Pranaav Devnani The Moo ng Prize for the Best Moot Team (shared) Thomson Reuters Prize for Academic Excellence Sarah Dickins
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2014 Prize Winners The Gilchrist Connell Prize for Medical Law and Ethics Heather Equid Thomson Reuters Prize for Academic Excellence Dean’s Cer ficate – Corporate Gatekeepers (shared) Dylan‐James Fogagnolo The Hon David Bleby QC Prize for Principles of Public Law LexisNexis Prize for Academic Excellence Lore a Foran The Norman Waterhouse Prize for Law of Work The EMA Legal Prize for Workplace Law Dean’s Cer ficate – Clinical Legal Educa on (shared) Aimee Fuller The Roy Frisby Smith Prize LexisNexis Prize for Academic Excellence Isabelle Gatley The HWL Ebsworth Prize for Excellence in Media Law Tahlia Gugusheff The Sheahan Lock Partners Award for Excellence in Corporate Insolvency Law Mark Gustavsson The Moo ng Prize for the Best Moot Team (shared) Stama na Halikias The Moo ng Prize for the Best Moot Team (shared) Alexander Holmes The DW Fox Tucker Lawyers Prize for Income Tax Law The Finlaysons Prize for Secured Transac ons Thomson Reuters Prize for Academic Excellence Dean’s Cer ficate – Corporate Gatekeepers (shared) David Hunt
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2014 Prize Winners The NG Rochow SC Prize for Law and Religion Sco Hunt Lexis Nexis Prize for Academic Excellence Dean’s Cer ficate – Equity (shared) Melissa Jones The Lipman Karas Prize for Excellence in Contracts (shared) Thomson Reuters Prize for Academic Excellence Isabelle Kimber The Lipman Karas Prize for Dispute Resolu on and Ethics (shared) Rebecca McEvoy The Lipman Karas Prize for Dispute Resolu on and Ethics (shared) The Fisher Jeffries Prize for Li ga on Ethics Caitlin Surman The Lipman Karas Prize for Excellence in Contracts (shared) LexisNexis Prize for Academic Excellence Madeleine Thompson The Piper Alderman Prize for Excellence in Contract and Property Law Jake Kri cos The Piper Alderman Prize for Excellence in Equity and Corporate Law Yvonne Whi aker‐Rush The Frederick Penoyre Adams Prize Darren Lee The Howard Zelling Prize for Administra ve Law LexisNexis Prize for Academic Excellence William Maitland Thomson Reuters Prize for Academic Excellence Dean’s Cer ficate – Equity (shared) Daniel Marateo
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2014 Prize Winners The Edmund Barton Chambers Prize for Criminal Law and Procedure Mar n Nguyen The South Australian Bar Associa on Incorporated Prize For Evidence (shared) The Edmund Barton Chambers Prize for Evidence and Proof in Theory and Prac ce (shared) The Cowell Clarke Law Prize Dean’s Cer ficate – Law Reform A / B Jordan Phoustanis The South Australian Bar Associa on Incorporated Prize For Evidence (shared) The Edmund Barton Chambers Prize for Evidence and Proof In Theory and Prac ce(shared) The Adelaide Law Review Associa on Prize for the Senior Student Editors Jerome Squires The Adelaide Law Review Associa on Prize for the Senior Student Editors Dean Cer ficate – Public Law Internship Program (shared) Samantha Graham The Howard Zelling Prize for Cons tu onal Law (shared) LexisNexis Prize for Academic Excellence Gemma Paech The Australian Tax Office Prize for Income Tax Law III Joshua Pascale Thomson Reuters Prize for Academic Excellence Dean’s Cer ficate – Australian Legal History Alexandra Patrick The Thomas Gepp Prize Gregory Reynolds The Law Society of South Australia Centenary Prize Chloe Robinson
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2014 Prize Winners The Howard Zelling Prize for Cons tu onal Law (shared) Thomson Reuters Prize for Academic Excellence Shauna Roeger The Norman Waterhouse Prize for Family Law Ashlee Wachtel LexisNexis Prize for Academic Excellence Dean’s Cer ficate – Equity (shared) Katherine Warner Johnson Winter & Sla ery Prize in Corporate Law LexisNexis Prize for Academic Excellence Sophie Wilksch Undergraduate Dean’s Certificate
Awarded to the most meritorious student in each Law course Interna onal Legal Prac ce: Interpreta ve Approaches Interna onal Humanitarian Law and Advocacy Sarah Ahern Na ve Title Internship Programme Alexis Brassil‐Hedger Legal Aspects of Interna onal Business III Peter Brookes Clinical Legal Educa on (shared) Law Research Disserta on Ellen Calam Environmental Law Jake Cole Human Rights Internship Hannah Hannaford Gunn Commercial Equity Mark Hautop Adelaide Law School Annual Learning and Teaching Report 2014
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2014 Prize Winners Undergraduate Dean’s Certificate continued
Clinical Legal Educa on (shared) Therese McCarthy Clinical Legal Educa on (shared) Adam Osborn Public Law Internship Programme (shared) Michael Schubert Laws Students’ Society Prizes
Lipman Karas Witness Examina on Adrienne Ey Freehills Prize for Client Interviewing Madeline Piochaud Montana Prpic Cowell Clarke Prize for Open Moot Benjamin Bishop Charlie Bruce Charlo e Thomas First Year Moot Soraya Pradhan Clayton Utz Nego a on Skills Compe Edward Satchell John Vaughan‐Williams
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2014 Prize Winners Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice Dean’s Certificates
Awarded in partnership with the Law Society of South Australia Property Law Prac ce Kelly Dyer Civil Li ga on Prac ce Tamara Economou Commercial and Corporate Prac ce Wills and Estates Prac ce Aaron Frolow Criminal Law Prac ce Founda ons of the GDLP (shared) Professional Obliga ons Mark Giddings Founda ons of the GDLP (shared) Family Law Prac ce Shi Ong Employment and Industrial Rela ons Prac ce Sebas an Tonkin Postgraduate Dean’s Certificates
Awarded to the most meritorious student in each Law course Interna onal Trade Transac ons and the Law (shared) Metha Chanchuen Insolvency Law Jus n Courtney
Interna onal Trade Law Kim Dao Water Resources Law (shared) Alexis Henry‐Comley
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2014 Prize Winners Postgraduate Dean’s Certificates
Introduc on to Arbitra on Courtney McDonald Advanced Arbitra on Gabrielle Mewing Public Interna onal Law Military Opera ons Law Raphael Oidtmann Water Resources Law (shared) Mary Scra on Insurance Law Charmaine Siqoza Introduc on to Business Law Bin Xu Postgraduate Major Prizes
The Bonython Prize (shared) Anna Olijnyk Adam Webster The Perry Prize for the Master of Compara ve Law Jerusha Dolan The Baker Scholarship in Law The David Murray Prize in Law John Eldridge
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A successful year - Continuing Professional Development Breakfast Series Date
Presenters
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31 July 2014
David Brown
Personal Property Securities Act under Review
21 August 2014
Lachlan Andrews - The durability of Title to Real Property: Partner, Grope Recent Significant Property Law Hamilton Lawyers & Developments 2012 – 2013. Associate Professor Paul Babie
11 September 2014
23 October 2014
20 November 2014
Hon. Catherine Branson AM, QC, (Adjunct Professor) & Ms Kellie Toole, Lecturer Adelaide law School
Observations on the application of the Uniform Evidence Act and the key differences with the South Australian Evidence Act and the common law.
Paul Leadbeter
Dr. Suzanne Le Mire
The Expert Panel on Planning Reform’s review of the Development Act,1993- What might we expect by way of changes and what does it mean for the legal profession?
Professional Ethics and the role of the Legal Profession Conduct Commissioner
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Thank you to all of our sponsors Adelaide Law School wishes to thank its sponsors for their valuable support and ongoing financial assistance by providing prizes, scholarships and donations. These donations encourage and support our high achieving students who will become the next generation of young lawyers. Hon David Bleby QC
HWL Ebsworth Lawyers
Hon Justice Thomas Gray
Johnson Winter and Slattery Barristers and Solicitors
Hon Christopher Legoe QC Mrs Ruth Lucke
Law Society of South Australia LexisNexis
Hon Margaret Nyland AM Mrs Jenny Perry Dr Melissa Perry QC NG Rochow SC The Turnbull Family
Lipman Karas Lawyers Nicholls Gervasi Lawyers Norman Waterhouse Lawyers Piper Alderman Lawyers SA Bar Association
Arthur J. Gallagher Australian Taxation Office AMPLA Ltd Cowell Clarke Commercial Lawyers
Sheahan Lock Partners Sparke Helmore Lawyers The John Bray Law Alumni Network Thomson Reuters
Clayton Utz DW Fox Tucker Lawyers
Women Lawyers’ Association of South Australia
Edmund Barton Chambers EMA Legal Finlaysons Fisher Jeffries Barristers and Solicitors Gilchrist Connell Hanson Chambers Howard Zelling Chambers
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Contact Us Edited and compiled by Kerrin Maratos and Dr Suzanne Le Mire Adelaide Law School The University of Adelaide ADELAIDE AUSTRALIA 5005 Phone: (08) 8313 5063 Fax: (08) 8313 4344 Email: lawenquiry@adelaide.edu.au
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