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The Jurist Issue 2 2017

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FLSA would like to thank our generous sponsors for supporting us and enabling us to provide valuable services: ANU Legal Workshop Baker McKenzie College of Law Cowell Clarke Finlaysons Johnson Winter & Slattery King & Wood Mallesons Lipman Karas Minter Ellison Thomson Geer

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Contents President’s Welcome

Portfolio Spotlight: Activities

Exam Nerves and How to Challenge Them

Creating a Healthy Mindset

By Vieshnavee Pandiyan Use a F##king Keep Cup

By Hannah Brimstone

International Women’s Day Breakfast with Julia Gillard

By Keelie Bormann Flinders Careers Expo

FLSA Flashbacks: Law Ball 2013

By Jim Coffey

Puzzles

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Editorial

Features Saving the World, One Cup at a Time

By Jacinta Robinson Psychological Distress in Law Students

By Raquel Araya 100 Days of Trump

By Jim Coffey Student-friendly Meal Prep

‘The Judge Can’t Kill You’: Marie Shaw

By Giulia Prosperi-Porta Walk for Justice

By Olivia Hanna Jury Duty

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By Jim Coffey

Editorial

In this spirit, It seems like the perfect time for Welcome to the second issue of the Jurist for FLSA to kick off Wellbeing Week; one week in the 2017! year where FLSA says you need to chill. While you’re at it, take some time to enjoy contributions I can’t believe how fast this semester is flying by; from law students including interviews, articles, It seems like yesterday I was excited to get started advice and more. with uni for the year. This is in sharp contrast to the past few weeks, which I have mostly spent hunched over a desk living on an intravenous drip of coffee, Redbull and liquefied Subway, screaming internally while tackling assignment after assignment. All due too soon because I can only conclude my tutors want me dead from an overdose of pure tedium.

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By Olivia Hanna

President’s Welcome

I have blamed my genetics and my circumstances for a long time, and while these things do contribute Taking good care of your body is a journey to health outcomes, ultimately it is up to me to everyone goes through in their life, and for me make positive changes in my life. I encourage that journey is coming up on ten years. It can those who feel disheartened when their efforts be very difficult as a young person to look very don’t always achieve the results they were hoping different from your peers, and as such I am no for to keep going. Exercising and mindful eating stranger to bullying, self-loathing and crying alone aren’t the only things to consider - I have regular in school toilets. As I’ve moved into my twenties check ups with my doctor and blood tests to and gained some independence, looking after ensure that my blood sugar, blood pressure and my health has become both harder and easier hormone levels are healthy, and I’m now looking than it was during middle and high school. While at ways to get better sleep.

I no longer have a regular schedule and a lunch Having a close group of friends at university has packed by my mother every day, I do have the also really helped my mental health and my overall opportunity to really take responsibility for myself happiness. Have fun, make jokes, get brunch, and my choices. go for walks on the beach, visit animal shelters, I’ve discovered over the past few years what go to op shops. Your support network will make makes me feel at my best and worst. I’ve tried every university something you enjoy, and something fad diet under the sun, from Weight Watchers, you look back on with fond memories.

SureSlim, Atkins and Cohens, to ketosis, fasting ‘Wellbeing’ is somewhat of an elusive concept, diets, liquid diets and protein based diets, and even prescription appetite suppressants. Evidently and in my opinion if you feel good about yourself I haven’t stuck with anything long enough to see a and are enjoying your life, keep doing what you’re lasting impact, however some did have immediate doing! Take care. results, while others caused me to put on weight!

I’ve learned a lot about my health and my body throughout these diets, and have found where most of my problems seem to come from.

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Features

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Portfolio Spotlight: Activities

The Activities team are responsible for organising FLSA’s social events, including law ball, pubcrawls and quiz night. If you have any questions about activities, please contact the Activities Director at activities.director@flsa.org.au, or visit us in the FLSA Office.

So far, the semester one pub-crawl was my favourite event. However, we are currently finishing off the final details to the most highly anticipated Law Ball ever - I can’t wait to see the faces of students when they walk through the doors…

Tayne Redman, Activities Director I am a fourth year Bachelor of Laws and Legal Practice & Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting) student.

Activities Director is my first role with FLSA, in which I only joined the association in December 2016. Being announced into the role at first was slightly terrifying, but I was extremely happy that I was given the opportunity to work with such a great portfolio of creative minds who to this day are continuously messaging through ideas for events; no matter what time it is. Being part of FLSA has really opened my eyes to how much work is put in behind the scenes to give students more fulfilment to their university experience and I can’t recommend being on the committee enough.

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Matilda Brown, Activities Coordinator I am a second year student studying a Bachelor of Laws and Legal Practice as well as a Bachelor of International Relations. I started in FLSA as a First Year Representative and am now part of the Activities portfolio, where I help co-ordinate social activities such as pub crawls, quiz night, and our annual Law Ball.

Joining FLSA has been a great way to get involved at university, make connections, and build on team work and social skills. It has also provided the opportunity to meet and become friends with a number of students from different year levels.

The Activities team are currently organising Law Ball, which is one of our biggest events and is to be held at the South Australian Museum this year.

The Activities portfolio is especially exciting – we have a great team and get to organise the social activities which make university so much fun.

Ryan Parker, Activities Coordinator I am a third year student of a Bachelor of Laws and Legal Practices combined with a Bachelor of Business (Management).

This is my first year as a part of FLSA: I chose to join the Activities Portfolio because, well, who doesn’t want to help organize a pubcrawl?!

Besides, my other likely option was Competitions, but that would have seriously limited my ability to compete in all of them.

Joining FLSA really does provide some great opportunities; working closely together with a few like-minded students to create some fun events has been great, and as well as that, you meet so many new people and get to do some pretty cool stuff.

Currently, we are all focusing on promoting the Law Ball, which is coming up pretty soon! Our first pubcrawl for the year was a huge success, resulting in us making a second order of shirts, which still sold out! So, if you want to join the fun and get LITT, be sure to buy a Law Ball ticket; it’s going to be even bigger and better!

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Sara Shahin, First Year Representative (Activities) I’m studying a Bachelor of Laws and Legal Practice combined with a Bachelor of Business (Advanced Leadership).

I nominated for the role of the First Year Rep for the Activities portfolio because I wanted the opportunity to represent the first years during the organisation of events like the upcoming Law Ball, Pub Crawls and Quiz Night. It’s been fun getting to know the other first year students, and getting the hype up for Law Ball!

It’s a great experience to be involved in the organisation of the Law Ball. There’s so much hard work that goes in behind-the-scenes to make it such an awesome night!

Being a part of FLSA has opened up so many The Publications team would also like to welcome possible future opportunities both within FLSA our newest Editor: Viesh Pandiyan and out, as well as introduced me to so many new people! I’m really looking forward to getting more Hello everyone. I am your new Publications involved as the year progresses.

Editor. I am in my final year of law and I can’t wait to graduate. My hobbies include swimming in the wee hours of the morning in the freezing waters.

It helps condition my body, mind and soul. I am an early riser: I work from 4am to 6pm and I go to bed by 12. This lifestyle is amazing as never before in my life I had so much time. I am looking forward to bringing you bright and quirky articles. I love interviewing and writing - when I say interviewing I mean interviewing prominent people, not client interviewing!

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Saving the World, One Cup at a Time

by Jacinta Robinson FUSA Environment Officer

As much as I love the environment, environmental issues can sometimes seem overwhelming.

Don’t worry though, with just small changes we can make an enormous difference. I have put together seven simple tips that will not only help the environment, but will also save you some money.

What can you do to reduce your carbon footprint (and save some $$)?

1. KeepCups/reusable coffee mugs

• Did you know that Australians use one BILLION disposable coffee cups each year, and most of these cannot be recycled? Reduce the amount of waste you make by purchasing a KeepCup! They are cheap to buy (FLSA now have some!) and can be used for years before needing to be recycled. How easy is that?!

• A simple swap can also save you money while you are helping the planet. You can save some money on campus with 50c discounts at BonVoyage and Grind and Press.

• If you want to save even more money, consider bringing in a thermos of coffee/tea instead of buying one.

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2. Reusable drink bottles

• While you’re at it, you should probably get yourself a reusable water bottle. Reusable bottles save so much waste from going into landfill! They are another awesome and effortless way to cut down your waste. We have plenty of water refill stations at Flinders with delicious filtered water.

Stop buying those nasty plastic bottles and grab a reusable one!

3. Walk, bike or take public transport:

• When possible, walk, bike or ride to uni.

These are all great ways to reduce your carbon footprint and the ghastly Co2 emissions we produce. Let’s face it, this one will probably save you a lot of time and stress as well (can you even find a park at Flinders?)

• Walking is free and great for your body and mind! Bikes are significantly cheaper than cars to both purchase and maintain, plus you get healthier every time you use one!

• Public transport. Yes, it can take a little bit longer but perhaps you can finish off those tute notes while you travel. You can’t do that when you’re driving, can you?

4. Reusable bags

• In 2009, SA lead the way in banning lightweight, check-out style plastic bags. Don’t let SA down by using single-use plastics! Yuck!

• Consider carrying a reusable shopping bag in your backpack in case you have any expected purchases. You may have some bags at home already, collected from all those O’Week and Careers events you’ve attended. It’s less likely to tear when you’re carrying your cans, and can be used again and again.

bins, rubbish bins, etc. They all have very obvious signs and are different colours but somehow, students still seem to miss them. It takes two seconds. Make it your ‘good deed of the day’.

6. Glass and stainless-steel containers:

• Reusing a stainless-steel container can save thousands of disposable containers from going to landfill. Stainless steel containers and drink bottles can be reused for many years and fully recycled at the end of their life. Glass containers are another great alternative but are a bit more fragile. Maybe better to keep those at home than at the bottom of your backpack.

7. Meatless Mondays.

• The meat industry uses up a vast amount of precious resources, including water and fossil fuels. You don’t have to eat tofu but even a quick, healthy stir-fry is a great way to reduce your carbon footprint. Plus, it is so great for your health!

These are just some simple things you can do to be an eco-friendlier student. A small step is better than no step at all.

5. Recycle (Please!)

• As law students, we have a notorious reputation for paper waste. This one is so simple but yet many people still don’t take advantage of it.

• Yes, you’ve finished that long and daunting Constitutional exam and now you’re about to throw all your paper and notes in the…. recycling bin! It is as simple as that.

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Exam Nerves and How to Challenge Them ‘And then my mind went blank...’

Everyone gets stressed to some extent about exams - including all those other people who look so relaxed! But do you get really stressed, so that by the time the exams come you feel awful and don’t perform the way you want to? There are some things you can do to manage those nerves, feel better and get better results.

Understand what’s happening Because exams are stressful, we automatically react to them with the stress response - the ‘fight or flight’ response. This is fine, up to a point - it pushes us to get going - but beyond that point, if we’re too stressed, it works against us. That’s because the stress response is an old biological survival mechanism that is getting us ready to do something fast and physical, which it does very well, starting with a rush of adrenaline that gets the body all charged up.

But too much tension or worry is not very good

for thinking or memory. When we are too tense or worried, we may forget or make mistakes. That’s what’s happening when you go into an exam, look at the paper and can’t remember things you know perfectly well. Or make really dumb mistakes that you realise as soon as you hand your paper in and walk out.

But this is temporary!!! The knowledge is still there. ‘All you need to do is - Calm down!’

‘Great idea, but how do you do that?’ Here are some practical steps you can take: Do enough preparation - but not too much You can be totally calm and still not get there - if you haven’t done some preparation. But remember - it doesn’t have to be perfect! (More about this later). Knowing you’ve done a reasonable job of preparing is a relief in itself. But it’s important to keep yourself in good shape and not get superstressed before the exams. So - remember to: • Eat well: don’t switch entirely to comfort foods

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-remember body and mind need real fuel! Eat little and often. It will improve your concentration.

• Sleep well: allow yourself enough time - try to stick to a fairly regular schedule - watch the caffeine.

• Take breaks: we need breaks and relaxation to keep us ‘balanced’. It’s not wasting time.

• Exercise: it’s very useful to maintain health, release tension, lift our feelings, and enhance concentration.

by learning something a bit more ‘advanced’, such as a relaxation exercise or meditation. The counsellors can help you with this.

Think realistically and positively about yourself and your goals Our brains are fantastic! We can stress ourselves - or de-stress ourselves - by what we are thinking.

Often we get stuck thinking negatively, actually scaring ourselves:

• ‘I’ll never get it all done! I’ll fail!’

• ‘I don’t understand this part very well! What if • Get help with problems: if something is really it’s on the exam? I’ll fail!’ affecting you, get help - from academics if it’s • ‘I can’t remember the answer to this one! I’ll about the topic, from counsellors if it’s personal fail!’ matters, from doctors if it’s health problems.

• ‘I had trouble with an exam last semester - what if it happens again? I’ll fail!’

Learn and practise some ways to calm yourself When we scare ourselves, we switch on the stress Remember what the ‘stress response’ is doing? response - and there we go again? (By the way, Well, if it’s not helping, learn how to switch it off. notice how a lot of this kind of thinking is either Get better at noticing when you’re stressing out exaggerated - ‘I’m going to fail!’ - or imaginary (breathing getting too fast? Butterflies? Can’t - ‘What if..?’ It’s often completely unrealistic). sleep? Heart racing?)

So - make sure you’re thinking realistically and positively: Then - slow everything down.

• ‘I can understand most things, and I don’t need • Breathe slowly.

100%, so I don’t need to panic.’

• As you breathe out, remind yourself: ‘relax’, or ‘ slow down’, or ‘take it easy’.

• As you breathe out, let your muscles relax and loosen up.

• It may help to walk around slowly as well to give you a “whole body’ slow down. You can do this anywhere, for a few seconds or a few minutes.

Close your eyes, if you feel like it. You can do it:

• when you are about to study - it helps concentration

• when you are about to sit an exam - it helps concentration and memory

• when you are in an exam, can’t think of something and begin to panic.

This is a good, basic approach, especially if you practice it! Many people find that they really benefit

• ‘I can’t remember this one right now, so I’ll answer another one - then it’ll probably come back to me.

• ‘I’m prepared for this one, and I know how to calm myself down if I do get rattled.’

• ‘I can pass.’

So these basic steps - calm down, slow down, think positively - will work for most of us most of the time. But if you are feeling stuck, there is more you can do about it. Talk it over with a counsellor to see what would work better for you.

This article can be found on the Flinders University website.

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Digging Deeper: what causes psychological distress in law students?

By Raquel Araya

note from the outset that her article, or indeed this piece, does not try to engage you in some Everybody in the law, whether student, philosophical argument about the evils, or benefits, professional or teacher, knows of the psychological of neo-liberalism. The point simply made is how distress experienced by law students. Now, this is the political and economic context under which law well established and indeed, it is precisely why schools operate under should not be overlooked law schools and their student bodies have got on in how it may contribute to poor psychological board with initiatives like Wellbeing Week. This wellbeing in addition to all the things we know to year, FLSA have decided to emphasise physical be the culprits (thinking like a lawyer, being placed wellbeing, as good mental health impacts on one’s in an adversarial environment etc.). ability to maintain positive physical wellbeing, a reflection into the cause of poor mental health in Law students cherish their problem-solving skills, law students seemed appropriate. these are skills sought after by employers. Critical thinking however should be as equally cherished.

It can be unambiguously said that supporting For example, many law students eventually students’ physical and mental wellbeing is a flourish into leaders and form the prominent good thing. What seems less clear is the cause voices of society – either as politicians, Prime of the psychological distress being felt. Margaret Ministers themselves or as important go-to-voices.

Thornton from ANU brought my attention to this Therefore, questioning things and pursuing truth small albeit important detail when she suggested is necessary so that laws and policies affecting in an article, ‘Law Student Wellbeing: A Neoliberal society are supported by reasoned judgement Conundrum’, that the neo-liberalisation of higher and not poor evidence, slogans or hyperbole. If education may be an answer to the question. justice is to be a consideration in the development of policies and law, then critical thinking skills Before briefly summarising her points, I should are also important because it allows reasoned The Jurist

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judgement as opposed to emotion to be the driver of those laws/policies.

research are prioritised over teaching (since research may be valued more) and therefore casual teachers come in to fill the availability gap.

Another stressful condition found in the classroom and that is born out of the neo-liberalisation of higher education is large class sizes. Large class sizes are not only stressful alone (at least I claim them to be on the basis that students end up scrambling for space in class rooms sometimes), but students subsequently are made to compete with each other.

Anyway, without further digressing into what essentially has been a long trigger warning, the point of highlighting Thornton’s argument is to make you think about whether the responses to the problem of poor psychological wellbeing in law students are adequate. Make up your mind, or not at all. I have my own thoughts. You may even argue the alternative premise that the structural, political and economic, has no bearing on how law students are affected.

Lack of Diversity in Law School Curriculums The Argument

Neo-liberalism further affects law schools in the way that curriculums have had to largely Thornton states that the neo-liberalisation of higher comprise of ‘narrow doctrinalism’ as to conform education is ‘an underlying causative element [of ‘with the applied approach that [suit] the demands the distress felt by law students] that cannot be of employers in the new knowledge economy’. disconnected from the factors identified by the Thornton notes that while this may be of no issue empirical studies’. What Thornton means by ‘neo- to students who ‘gravitate to the corporate track’, liberalisation of higher education’ is essentially for other students, particularly those motivated by how values of ‘commodification, competition and social justice, it ‘constitutes an inevitable stressor the maximisation of profits’ seep into the higher in their lives’ because there is a disconnect education system such that the results include between purpose and outcome. ‘high fees, large classes and an increasingly competitive job market’. While these conditions Competitive Job Markets alone are not cause of psychological distress in law students, they have an impact nonetheless. Neo-liberalism plays out in law schools most visibly How so? Keep reading. in the way that competition policy drives law schools to continually accept large numbers of students.

Stressful Learning Conditions More students equate to more competition which inevitably means more profit. This may be all well The impact of neo-liberalism on higher education and good save for the fact that every year, there can be seen in the way universities pursue is a tremendous oversupply of law graduates. The efficiency so that profits are maximised. Thornton result is that students are significantly stressed suggests the consequences of this practice has about employment prospects in ‘an overcrowded led law schools returning ‘to outdated pedagogical and volatile labour market’. This is particularly the practices, such as memorising and regurgitating case for law students and graduates wishing to information’ in the form of exams and short enter commercial practice because it is a space problem questions. Teaching this way saves time which receives lesser numbers each year. but simultaneously results in students feeling ‘disaffection and disengagement’. Students are High Fees also frustrated about their limited access to and time with full-time teachers.

Another effect of neo-liberalism on higher education is the way which high-fees contribute to Thornton suggests the problem therein lays in students feeling like they need repay their ‘debt how neo-liberalism creates a competition culture as soon as possible’. Hence, law students feel amongst universities for academics to perform ‘pressure to secure a well-paid position in the and be productive. The result is that things like corporate sector’. Thornton additionally states The Jurist

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high fees cause law students ‘to feel like milch cows as they know that the high fees they pay are commonly used by universities to subsidise research and other general university activities, rather than enhancing the law students’ own educational experience’.

Conclusion

Still, the issues besetting law schools are beyond the control of its students. For example, it appears that despite indication that job market competitiveness necessitates law graduates to be forward thinking, innovative, and indeed, not traditional, law schools continue to ‘re[produce] technocrats more suited to a past age’.

Law students already pay a significant price for The neo-liberalisation of higher education and the their education and it should not be left up to them way it impacts law schools and students I believe alone to figure out how to adapt their skills to a is an important factor to consider when talking changing legal market. Learning about billable about poor student wellbeing. It is apparent, at hours through clinical education for example is all least to me, that questions are raised as to how well and good except for the fact that it is becoming law students and law schools can confront the increasingly irrelevant in the real world, as is problem of personal distress given that they can continuously highlighted by forums like Lawyers have little, or next to no influence in how neo- Weekly. The fact that a lot of law students refuse liberalism plays out in universities. The extent to to renounce the dream of legal practice despite which the neo-liberalisation of higher education knowing the difficulties involved should compel affects an individual obviously varies. It may even law schools to play an active role in making them be that the neo-liberalisation of higher education truly employable. Arguably, law schools bear this might not impact anyone. responsibility since they are complicit in attracting large numbers of students via ‘their on-line This would be hard to argue however since advertising where the assumption is that students even the most well-equipped student, whether will become lawyers on graduation’. emotionally, financially or intellectually, cannot be disconnected from reality of the political and economic context in which they are part of.

Nonetheless, I’m inclined to agree with Thornton that an answer to the question above is to discourage talk about law student distress as only being a problem of the individual. Pinpointing the effects that are created by the inherent structures of society is hardly about trying to be ‘radical’ or whatever.

Depression and anxiety are serious conditions that are taxing on life and students would be better supported, in my opinion, if they were told that things like counselling, time management and or exercise will only help to an extent. That said, I personally advocate students exercising selfresponsibility and indeed believe self-resilience goes a long way in mitigating against distress. I obviously also advocate things like Wellbeing Week not least because it conveys to students that their wellbeing is sincerely an aspect of concern.

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Creating a Healthy Mindset

By Vieshnavee Pandiyan

His book the Wellness Doctrines for lawyers and law students topped #2 in the iTunes chart.

We had the privilege of interviewing the wellness However all this success did come at a price: expert himself. Jerome Doraisamy is a 29-year- he had to share such a sensitive part of his own old lawyer who went through challenges that has personal life in a public spectrum only with the carved his life in ways unimaginable that it stands pure intention of helping others. as an inspiration to others.

It was 2011. Jerome was in his final semester of completing his law degree. His friends and him had decided to attend a musical festival in Lorne,Victoria.

It was here where he first experienced his all time low. It was beyond unfathomable that he had to leave the festival. After which, he was on the road to complete dishevel and sometime later recovery.

We have all experienced human sadness. It is something not new to us. Depression is another level of human plight. We may have experienced it ourselves or through a family member, friend or loved one. Jerome was 24 when he faced an all time low. His road to recovery was not out of the ordinary but rather a self-propelled journey where he not only published a book at the ripe old age of 27 but also inspired thousands across the globe.

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Q: What is your purpose of bringing awareness about this issue to society?

to the US and UK for work as well. I just have to ensure that I can offer value to those who need it.

I don’t want any law student, or lawyer, to Q: You spent a year in Vanuatu, what was its experience what I did. That is what motivates me impact on your life? with the work I now do.

My gap year in Vanuatu was hugely important Q: Do you intend to do work with international for me, because it gave me a much-needed break platforms like the United Nations? after high school, and offered a chance to expand my horizons and get outside my comfort zone for I haven’t thought that far ahead – right now, I am a while as well. I very much miss it, and would love more concerned with being able to make change to go back! on a practical level, by speaking directly to people and trying to help them in person.

Q: Tell me about mental illness across ages and multiculturally, what is the scene in Australia?

Q: Do you come up with your own recipes? Do you re-invent?

Stigma still exists in Australia, although things are slowly getting better. I imagine the scene is very All of my recipes come from other sources – similar in New Zealand, the US and UK. Countries my mum, sister, internet and cook books. But I such as Singapore may be slightly behind on this do like to experiment with a few things here and front, culturally, but even there I think things are there as well. Cooking and baking is fantastic moving in the right direction. for mindfulness, in that you have to focus your attention on a singular activity, and the end result is Q: Were you taking medication? something tasty and a sense of accomplishment.

I did, for approximately two years. I resisted taking Q: You are a Tintin enthusiast? meds for about 8 months, however, as I thought I could manage without them. Eventually, I decided I have loved Tintin since childhood – like Harry they would be helpful in that they were another Potter, it is a story that captures my imagination way in which I could be on the road to recovery. and takes me back to a simpler time, and thus offers an escape from the stresses of daily life.

Q: Were there any side effects?

Q: You hold such a big responsibility. What Everyone responds differently to medication, and else do you see yourself doing in 10 years so it is about taking the time to figure out what will professionally? work best for you. I was lucky in that I found one that worked for me pretty quickly.

I’m not sure where my work will head in years to come – I am just doing work that motivates Q: Would you get a job after declaring mental me, and gets me out of bed each morning, and I illness? hope for the best from there. As long as I’m doing something that makes me happy, things will work It is illegal to discriminate against someone for out. such reasons. But cautious disclosure is always the best approach, I think; some people may still Q: You have developed a niche here, a lawyer attach a stigma to such illnesses. As long as you who speaks about mental illness. Do you see are able to prove your worth in the workplace, yourself venturing other countries for forums? there is no reason as to why you can’t succeed.

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Q: When you were involved in all those roles habits in the Australian legal profession, and its as a student, were you able to manage all your effects upon health and wellbeing for students and academic responsibilities as well? practitioners alike in the next few months.

2) The Wellness Doctrines for High School I technically managed my responsibilities across Students to be launched in 2018 the board, but to the detriment of my physical and emotional health and wellbeing. So, in that sense, Upcoming Events with Jerome I wasn’t able to balance everything, which I why I crashed and burned. Catering to all aspects of my Jerome will be here in Adelaide from 10-11 August life should have been done. as part of the Multi-cultural Week. He will be a panelist for The Wellness Forum with five other Q: Was your university supportive? distinguished panelists on 10 August. Jerome will be conducting a lunchtime lecture and a teatime Any academics whom I confided in were always workshop at the Flinders campuses on 11 August. very supportive and kind. Most academics in More details will follow on social media sites and law school will be sympathetic to issues being around campus. Everyone is welcome to attend suffered; you just have to have confidence to these events. talk to those who might be able to help. Also, it is important to know what resources are available on Jerome is also a regular contributor of Lawyer’s your campus.

Weekly.

Post graduation and after 8 months in October 2012 Jerome checked himself into a hospital.

The 8-month period was the most challenging, as Jerome had to endure the various challenges of feeling down, different facets of blue, dark, darker and darkest.

To get a copy of Jerome Doraisamy’s book or if you would like to learn more about his projects, please visit: http://www.thewellnessdoctrines.com https://au.linkedin.com/in/jeromedoraisamy

Jerome’s road to recovery began at the hospital where he checked himself. His family members were overseas at that stage. His close friends helped him during that period. However, he didn’t stop there he flourished and today he stands as a face of hardship and inspiration not only in the law community but worldwide.

Jerome’s Physical Wellness Tips Have a buddy system when you exercise. Bring your friend to the gym. It could be applied virtually too. For instance have a buddy who checks on you if you are embarking on an exercise challenge. The friend does not necessarily need to be in Adelaide.

They could just help you and keep an eye on your exercise goals.

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100 Days of Trump

By Jim Coffey

Congressman Jim McDermott, who served in Congress from 1989 to 2017, noted the difference Three weeks ago, Flinders University hosted a between the Trump administration and previous panel discussion regarding the first 100 days of administrations by say “I have watched four of the presidency of Donald Trump. Trump is easily these transitions go on, and this is the most chaotic, the most enigmatic and divisive western head of the most unpredictable, the most unproductive state in living memory and his election came as transition I’ve ever seen.” The chaotic and a complete shock to the entire world. This article inefficient nature of this administration, McDermott will explore how successful Trump has been in said, is based on two approaches to government executing his agenda as the 45th President of of Trump himself: the first is a lack of respect of the United States. Particularly in the areas of the federal bureaucracy and a preference for managing the levers of government, pushing delegating work among a small group of people. through healthcare reform, and foreign policy.

There are some four thousand bureaucratic and Trump’s Achievements public service positions which need to be filled by the President to ensure the business of the Dr Rodrigo Praino began the discussion by executive branch of government can run smoothly. outlining five reforms President Trump could To date, the vast majority of these positions remain complete in his first 100 days; first, a lifetime ban unfilled as those who had previously served in the on White House officials lobbying on behalf of a Obama administration have not been replaced. foreign government; secondly, he mandated that for every new federal regulation, two regulations The second approach Trump has taken, according must be eliminated; third, he withdrew the US from to McDermott, is to attempt to run the government the Trans-Pacific Partnership; fourth, he removed as he would one of his businesses, with total executive orders from the Clinton and Obama disregard for how the mechanisms of government administrations which imposed restrictions on operate. In this mindset Trump has taken it upon ‘vital infrastructure’ such as the Dakota Access and himself to remove numerous government officials Keystone Pipelines; fifth, Trump was successful in without first setting in motion the mechanisms for the nomination and appointment of a new Justice replacing them. This is true for many positions to the Supreme Court, Neil Gorsuch, to replace which require the approval of the Senate; a the late Antonin Scalia. This final achievement process which can take up to six months, leaving was the only one requiring a vote in Congress many senior positions unfilled in the interim. (specifically the Senate), all others were achieved through executive order.

Healthcare Reform Skeleton Bureaucracy

After a long campaign promising to “repeal and replace Obamacare” (aka the Affordable Care Act), These 100 days have not been particularly the process of putting this campaign promise into productive by presidential standards mainly due to action has been a challenge for this administration, obstruction in Congress. The Gorsuch nomination and perhaps the source of its most public and was the only one of the above achievements embarrassing failure when the Congress voted requiring legislative approval rather than a unilateral down the Republicans’ Obamacare replacement executive order, and it required expending a great bill, the American Healthcare Bill. As Professor deal of political capital.

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Trump Administration is going to repeal Obamacare and replace it with the Affordable Care Act.” The replacement bill was unsupported by many Republicans as removing federal support for healthcare programs meant the burden of managing healthcare costs would fall to the states.

In addition, the Democrats view the removal of Obamacare protections as putting millions of lives at risk (they also saw an opportunity to humiliate the Trump administration by dealing it a political defeat in a Congress with a Republican majority).

Again, this defeat arose from not respecting the regular processes of government and attempting to rush the bill through without any certainty it would succeed. The Obama Administration, conversely took two years to deliver its promised healthcare reforms, with a careful and deliberate approach they were ultimately successful in their healthcare agenda.

While Trump still has time to develop something more concrete and try again, the real question is whether this administration is truly capable of learning from its missteps.

involved in another drawn out, bloody conflict in the Middle East (except for “bombing the shit” out of ISIS, which his Defence Secretary, General Mattis, has so far done with gusto).

This approach appeared to have taken a sharp turn earlier this year when, following a chemical weapons attack which killed almost 90 civilians in Syria and was allegedly carried out by the Syrian Regime, Trump ordered the destruction of the Syrian airbase from which the attack was launched with cruise missiles.

This response was welcomed by many regular critics in the media and the Congress, including many Republicans who had worried Trump’s noninterventionist platform would weaken the US’s global standing. It also angered his most loyal supporters who are against intervention in Syria.

Shortly after, tensions have risen with North Korea’s attempt at launching an inter-continental missile which could carry a nuclear warhead as far as Los Angeles. While the launch failed, the Trump issued dire threats to the North Korean regime in the event such tests continued.

Foreign Policy

While any military confrontation between North Korea and the West would not last long and Foreign affairs is one policy area in which the would, in the words of former Australian Foreign President is largely free to act as he thinks fit, minister Gareth Evens, would reduce North without the restrictions on executive power Korea to a “carpark”, even a short skirmish would imposed by the Congress or the courts which have threaten South Korea and parts of Japan, which gleefully hampered his plans domestically. are in range of North Korean missiles and artillery, putting millions of lives at immediate risk. All things Trump’s non-interventionist stance in foreign considered, the situation is a precarious one which policy matters is one area in which he could requires a level of delicacy which many worry the articulate a clear difference between himself and current leader of the free world does not possess.

Hillary Clinton. While Clinton was firmly in favour of the status quo regarding NATO, and had often If Trump intends to make good on his numerous voiced support for the Trans-Pacific Partnership promises and adapt his style to successfully as well as for greater US intervention in the war navigate the byzantine DC system, he must in Iraq and Syria, Trump’s ‘America first’ approach learn to put aside a certain amount of the brash, called for NATO members, as well as US allies in bellicose style that has come to define him both the Asia-Pacific region to spend more on their own in the business world and in pop culture. This defence. approach and style of conflict resolution may have worked for him in his past life, but it will not work in Trump was also highly critical of the wars the White House. The key to his success or failure Iraq and Afghanistan entered into by the Bush as President of the United States will rest on how Administration and vowed not to get the US soon this reality occurs to him.

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Use a f##king keep cup

By Hannah Brimstone

plastic bags. You don’t need a paper bag for your Panadol, and you carry that dbl cheeseburger in I swore to myself I would never become a militant your hands with pride. activist. Preaching opinions facts that make people feel bad about themselves does nothing ALTERNATIVE: Canvas, mesh, or any other type for your cause except turn people offside. But of non-plastic bag some things are just so easy and obvious I cbf politely hinting anymore. Here are a few strong 2.

NO STRAWS recommendations to reduce your own, individual, personal impact: This one is extra easy for me bc I think straws make my coke zero taste like a big foamy sh!t.

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NO PLASTIC BAGS Plastic straws are super f##ked because they are single-use and are found bloody everywhere bc Yea yea yea, you live in South Australia, you don’t they are so light they fly fly away. It takes some use plastic bags (mainly bc you’re too stingy to pay practice, but asking for no straw when ordering the 10 cents), whatever. But plastic bags don’t live drinks will make a huuuuge difference. solely at Coles checkouts. Unbeknownst to many, some fruit, BANANAS, already have their own I appreciate that they are used to alleviate protective covering and are therefore not in need dental hygiene concerns, as they allow the liquid of that additional layer. You already bring reusable to bypass the front teeth. But if you’re drinking bags (..right?) so why not add a few smaller ones 600mL of sugar, how much do you really care for fresh produce like your fruit and veg. And it about your dental hygiene. If super desperate to doesn’t stop at the grocery store. Because you’re in get your straw fix you can buy reusable bamboo a different environment, sometimes the response or aluminium alternatives, as well as tiny straw doesn’t kick in. When buying that v cute top, or cleaning brushes, bc no one likes a sticky straw the much needed black boots that look completely (loopy straw flashbacks). At very very minimum, if different to the other 7 pairs of black boots you you notice a club double strawing, ask for just one. already own, refuse the bag. Heck why stop at The Jurist

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ALTERNATIVE: aluminium or bamboo straw 3.

NO DISPOSABLE CUPS

I bloody love a flat white, and will not give them up.

Fortunately no one is telling me to, just to change the vessel I drink it out of. Aussies use billions of disposable coffee cups a year. They aren’t recyclable. Some are biodegradable, but leave behind toxic substances. Some are compostable, but don’t get composted.

Sometimes coffee dates occur unexpectedly, or you forget your cup; don’t stress. The aim of the game is reduction. Try and drink in store, or get that disposable cup, but don’t get a lid, and if you get a long black ask for it not to be double cupped.

Beyond your morning coffee, consider other cups you might come into contact with. How much you need that mini paper cup of water in the waiting room? Conferences, competitions, and public events are also big danger zones. Bring a water bottle if you’re prone to thirst, preferably glass (Kmart $5).

ALTERNATIVE: keep cup, water bottle There are stacks of other things you can do (bring your own take away containers, own reusable cutlery, buy food in its rawest form and not precut and packaged, usematches instead of plastic lighters, bamboo tooth brush instead of plastic, anything instead of plastic, etc). Start with the basics and work your way up. Once you notice how much plastic is everywhere, the more you can’t unsee it.

Every person has a direct influence on the sh!t show that is mass landfill. The rubbish you make doesn’t really disappear on bin night. Take some responsibility. The world will thank you.

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Student-friendly Meal Prep BREAKFAST MUFFINS

Preheat your oven to 205 degrees celcius and coat a muffin pan with cooking spray.

In a large bowl, whisk together: • 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour • 1/2 cup dark brown sugar • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda • 1/2 teaspoon baking powder • 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg or cinnamon • 1/2 teaspoon coarse salt Stir until there are no lumps and add: • 1 cup old-fashioned rolled oats • 1/2 cup sultanas or dried berries • 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil • 1 large egg • 1/3 cup skim milk • 4 medium carrots, shredded • 1 medium ripe banana, mashed Stir until blended.

Fill 12 muffin cups with 1/4 cup each of batter.

Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the centre of a muffin comes out clean, about 23 to 25 minutes.

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DARK CHOCOLATE APRICOT BREAKFAST BARS Ingredients: • 1 cup puffed rice • ½ cup oats • ½ cup pumpkin seeds • 1 cup almonds, roasted • ½ cup dried apricot, diced • 1/3 cup corn syrup • ½ cup honey • 1 tsp vanilla extract • 1 bar dark chocolate Directions: 1. Combine puffed rice, oats, rice, and apricot into a large bowl.

2. In a sauce pan, heat corn syrup and honey until it reaches 126°C. Then carefully add vanilla extract and remove from heat.

3. Immediately pour the honey mixture into the bowl, stir, and transfer it onto a parchment paper– lined baking sheet.

4. Using a spatula press down the mixture to desired thickness.

5. Refrigerate for 30 minutes.

6. Heat 1 bar of dark chocolate for 1 minute, then drizzle over the top. Refrigerate for 30 minutes.

7. Remove parchment paper and cut into 12 even pieces.

8. Wrap each bar with wax paper and store up to 1 week.

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CHICKEN WITH SUN-DRIED TOMATO CREAM SAUCE Ingredients: • 6 bone-in, skin-on chicken thighs • Salt and Pepper to taste • 3 tbsp. unsalted butter • 4 cloves garlic, sliced • 1 cup chicken broth • 1/2 cup cream • 1/3 cup sun-dried tomatoes • 1 tsp dried oregano • 1 tsp dried thyme • 1/4 cup fresh basil, sliced Directions: 1. Season chicken thighs with salt and pepper.

2. Melt 2 tbsp. butter in a large oven-proof skillet over medium high heat. Add chicken, skin-side down, and sear both sides until golden brown.

Drain excess fat and set aside.

3. Melt 1 tbsp. butter in the skillet. Add garlic. stir until fragrant, then add chicken broth, heavy cream, sun-dried tomatoes, dried oregano, dried thyme, fresh basil and reduce heat to low. Return chicken to the skillet.

4. Bake at 200˚ C for 25 minutes.

5. Serve immediately.

CREAMY MUSHROOM AND CHICKEN PASTA Ingredients: • 3 tablespoons olive oil • 750g chicken breasts • ½ onion, diced • Salt, to taste • Pepper, to taste • 2 cups mushrooms • 3 cloves garlic, minced • 1 tsp thyme • 2 tsp paprika • 4 cups chicken broth • 1 cup cream • 500g pasta • 150g spinach • 1 cup parmesan Directions: 1. Heat 2 tablespoons olive oil in a large pot on medium heat. Add chicken and brown, making sure to cook through. Set chicken aside.

2. Add 1 tablespoon olive oil and the onion into the pot and stir. Cook down for 1-2 minutes.

3. Add mushrooms and garlic, and stir to incorporate with the onion. Season with salt and pepper to taste as well as thyme and paprika. Stir to evenly season.

4. Add chicken broth and heavy cream to the pot and stir. Bring to a boil, then add the farfalle pasta.

5. Cook according to package instructions, being sure to stir every 1-2 minutes to keep the pasta from clumping together.

6. When the pasta is al dente, add the spinach and chicken and stir until the spinach cooks down and incorporates. Add parmesan and stir until it’s well-incorporated and you’re left with a smooth sauce.

7. Top off with extra parmesan.

8. Enjoy!

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VEGETARIAN MEXICAN QUINOA Ingredients: • 1 tablespoon olive oil • 2 cloves garlic, minced • 1 jalapeno, minced • 1 cup quinoa • 1 cup vegetable broth • 425g black beans, drained and rinsed • 425g diced tomatoes • 1 cup corn kernels • 1 tsp chili powder • 1/2 tsp cumin • Salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste • 1 avocado, halved, seeded, peeled and diced • Juice of 1 lime • 2 tbsp chopped fresh coriander leaves Directions: 1. Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium high heat. Add garlic and jalapeno, and cook, stirring frequently, until fragrant, about 1 minute.

2. Stir in quinoa, vegetable broth, beans, tomatoes, corn, chili powder and cumin; season with salt and pepper, to taste.

3. Bring to a boil; cover, reduce heat and simmer until quinoa is cooked through, about 20 minutes.

Stir in avocado, lime juice and coriander.

4. Serve immediately.

TERIYAKI SALMON Ingredients: • 2 cups broccoli florets • 2 cups carrots, sliced • 2 tbsp olive oil • 2 tsp salt • 2 tsp freshly ground black pepper • 2 boneless salmon fillets • ¾ cup packed brown sugar • 3 tbsp soy sauce • ½ cup honey • 2 tbsp sesame seeds Directions: 1. Preheat oven to 200°C. 2. On a baking sheet, combine broccoli, carrots, oil, salt, and pepper. Mix thoroughly to make sure all vegetables are coated, and then arrange them in the center of the tray in a flat layer. Lay the two salmon fillets on the vegetables.

3. In a medium bowl, combine brown sugar, soy sauce, honey, and sesame seeds. Mix until there are no lumps. Spread the glaze evenly on top of the two salmon fillets.

4. Bake for 12 minutes.

5. Take the salmon fillets off the vegetables and set aside. Toss the vegetables in the roasting juices. Glaze the salmon with any remaining juices. Serve!

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International Women’s Day Breakfast with Julia Gillard

By Keelie Bormann

On 10 March 2017, the Adelaide version of the International Women’s Day Breakfast was held at the Convention Centre to celebrate International Women’s Day. With tickets selling out in two hours, attendance at the event was highly sought after. Each year, guests are treated to a sit down breakfast whilst a special guest delivers a speech.

This year, that special guest was none other than The Honourable Julia Gillard AC. We all know Gillard as the 27th, and first female, Prime Minister of Australia, who served in this role from 2010 until 2013. Since retiring from politics, she has been appointed Chair of the Global Partnership for Education (GPE), written a memoir, become an Honorary Professor at the University of Adelaide, and been awarded a Companion of the Order of Australia.

Gillard has become known for empowering women, with many considering her to be a feminist icon. In 2012 she delivered the famous ‘misogyny speech’ in Parliament, a speech that moved many women around the globe. This speech had such a profound effect that its transcript can be found printed in full on tea towels, which are sold online.

She discusses this speech in her memoir, My Story, and also details the sexist and misogynistic treatment she faced at the hands of the media, fellow politicans, and the public during her time as Prime Minister. Additionally, Gillard is also Patron of Camfed, the Campaign for Female Education. It is no wonder that she was chosen to speak at an event celebrating women. It is also no surprise that when she walked on stage to begin her speech, there was an uproar of applause which lasted for nearly forty seconds.

It is no secret that Gillard is passionate about education, evident through her roles in the GPE

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and Camfed. This was also reflected in her speech at the Breakfast, with her core message being that to empower women worldwide, we must ensure that all girls receive a quality education. Gillard highlighted that this must begin with the poorest girls in the world.

Gillard spoke about her time in Malawi, in south east Africa that she visited earlier this year in her role as Chair of GPE. She was joined by pop sensation Rihanna, who attended in her role as Global Ambassador of GPE. Gillard described Malawi with some harrowing statistics: it is ranked 173 out of 188 on the Human Development Index, and only one in ten girls living there complete secondary school. Malawi is one of the many countries in the world where the likelihood of gaining an education is low. This is especially true for girls.

Education is powerful in that it has the ability to transform the lives of girls. Gillard demonstrated this through her account of a Malawian woman named Tamara, whom she wrote about in an article for Teacher Magazine. Tamara received a bursary from Camfed which provided her with financial support for her educational journey. As a result, Tamara now owns her own business and works with other women to ensure they too receive a good education.

examples of feminism being expressed throughout the world - models showcasing clothing with feminist slogans, and the millions of women participating in womens’ marches, to name a few.

Gillard stressed that women must work together to achieve and maintain a momentum of change, stating that, “what personally motivates me is making sure that as women surge forward, we join hands in a way that brings everyone along.”

Gillard’s speech captivated and inspired the room, apparent through the powerful applause which followed. But her influence does not end there. Just under two weeks after the Breakfast, it was announced that Gillard would replace Jeff Kennett as Chair of beyondblue, a not-for-profit organisation centred on mental health, from 1 July this year. It is clear that Gillard is doing extraordinary work in fields which greatly benefit from her experience and expertise.

Gillard also emphasised the power of education with numerous examples of how it can create a cycle of change through individuals, generations, and the economy. Educating girls has a positive effect on their health and nutrition, and even decreases the likelihood that they will contract HIV/AIDS. Educated women are more likely to have healthier children and raise educated children. The world’s economy is also enhanced by educating girls, with some countries losing more than US $1billion per year by not ensuring that girls have the same educational opportunities as boys. Gillard summarised these examples by stating that, “girls’ education is vital, not only for their own empowerment, but for the broader wellbeing of their families and their nations.”

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‘The Judge Can’t Kill you’: Marie Shaw

By Giulia Prosperi-Porta

Marie Shaw QC is ‘unashamedly a criminal lawyer.’ “I am someone who strongly believes that a strong and independent legal profession is indeed the last bastion between freedom and tyranny for each of us and our children.

“And I also unashamedly believe that, what someone much more learned than I am once said: ‘whereas doctors save people’s lives, lawyers save people’s souls’.”

Ms Shaw delivered the Welcome Address at New in Law in February, during which she offered some of her ‘lessons learned’ as a lawyer, to eager first year students. One of her first lessons arose from a case in which her client was charged with causing death by dangerous driving. Ms Shaw’s client was driving a car at night time when he struck a bicycle from behind and the rider tragically died. Her client claimed he did not see the bicycle. A crucial piece of evidence in Ms Shaw’s case related to the technical workings of the rear light on the bike.

Ms Shaw was admitted to the Supreme Court of South Australia in 1976. She started as a solicitor at Moran and Partners in general practice specialising in criminal counsel work, before becoming a partner in the firm in 1982. She started practicing as a barrister at the Independent Bar in 1987, and was appointed QC in 1996. Ms Shaw became a Judge of the District Court of South Australia in 2005, before returning to the bar in 2010. The distinguished QC has practiced in the High Court, Federal Court, Supreme Court, Industrial Court, Family Court and various tribunals.

Notable South Australian cases in which Ms Shaw was lead counsel include R v Haydon (‘Snowtown Murders’), R v Von Einem (‘Family Murders’), and R v Keogh No 2 (2015 – second appeal against conviction).

In Ms Shaw’s early days, she experienced the same trepidations as most young legal professionals. “If I was to be an advocate and perform my duty to the Court and my client, how do I cope with my shyness, my lack of confidence and my fear of being berated for mistaking the law, or simply being “What I learnt as my first lesson from that case incompetent?” she said. is, even though I might know nothing about a particular area of law, even though I might know Ms Shaw’s mentor, eminent QC, the late Frank nothing about science, I have a duty to ensure Moran, offered her some unique and heartening that if my client was telling the truth, that I needed advice. “He said: ‘Marie, you only have to to investigate that science, I needed to pursue a remember one thing when that judge is berating path that tested the evidence that stood against you or challenging you. He can’t kill you’,” Ms Shaw his instructions to me,” Ms Shaw said. recalled.

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When Ms Shaw undertook her first murder trial Ms Shaw said working in criminal law was she said she was “trying to be the perfect advocate rewarding, and urged young lawyers to remain and objecting to every question”. persistent in their pursuit of justice.

She asked Mr Moran: “What do I do when the “In criminal law, and any other area, you have the judge says to me: ‘what’s your authority for that unique opportunity to fight for people’s rights and proposition?’ potentially be the difference between liberty and freedom,” Ms Shaw said.

“How can you possibly know all of the law there is? Mr Moran’s answer was to say: ‘Your Honour “If your client is innocent and if you search long this case will be the authority’.” enough, eventually the evidence will emerge that will show your client is innocent.”

Before Mr Moran died, Ms Shaw visited him to thank him for everything he did for her. “I said to him: ‘why did you believe in me?’ He said: ‘why shouldn’t I?’ I said: because ‘I didn’t ever believe I had any ability’. He said: ‘Marie, it’s those who think they have ability that don’t because they lack humility’.”

Marie Shaw QC presenting at New in Law

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Flinders Careers Expo This year’s careers fair, as always, offered a golden opportunity for penultimate and final year law students to come face-to-face with the major players in the legal profession.

Additionally it was the debut of the 2017 FLSA Careers Guide: a comprehensive tool to help you navigate your future in the legal profession.

This year our Vice President, William Jones, edited the publication and hopes to once again win the Australian Law Students’ Association ‘Best Careers Publication’ Award at this year’s national conference. We still have a few to give away so come by the FLSA office and pick one up today.

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Walk for Justice

By Olivia Hanna

One very special thing about law students at Flinders is our commitment to access to justice.

Flinders law students have participated as a team in the Walk for Justice for a number of years, which provides vital funding to JusticeNet, a pro-bono community legal service. JusticeNet almost didn’t make it to 2017, but for the generous donations of private persons and a one-off funding grant.

This year the Flinders law student walkers gathered on North Terrace in the biting 7am cold to walk five kilomatres across the city. Those walking alongside us included other law students and members of the legal services industry from local and national firms, members of the judiciary, members of local government, and academics.

We were served breakfast by the esteemed ‘Breakfast Club’ including Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Chief Justice Chris Kourakis; Member for Bragg, Vickie Chapman; Premier Jay Weatherill; Chief Judge of the District Court, Chief Judge Mark Evans; and Member of the Legislative Council, Mark Parnell.

The Flinders team raised a huge $3853 for JusticeNet. Although we narrowly missed out on retaining the university shield after winning it for the previous two years, we are immensely proud of all those who look beyond themselves to support such an important cause in our community.

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FLSA Flashbacks: Law Ball 2013

By Jim Coffey

In celebration of 25 years of the Jurist and in anticipation of the most eagerly awaited FLSA event of the year, our annual Law Ball, this Editorin-Chief is proud to take you back to his first Law Ball all the way back in 2013.

Take your mind back, for a moment, to May 2013.

Tony Abbott was about to replace Julia Gillard as Prime Minister, planking was still a thing, and the idea of Clive Palmer running for Parliament was still hilarious.

All the while, these fresh faced youngsters were getting into a long night of mingling with mates, visiting the open bar one too many times and dancing ineptly for all to see (and to be immortalized in the Jurist for all eternity).

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Each issue we ask our jurors hard-hitting questions. This issue on Jury Duty: 1.

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How do you get to uni?

If you couldn’t study law, what degree would you study instead?

Which do you prefer: Facebook, Instagram, or Snapchat?

If you could teleport to one place right now, were would you go?

If you could have one super power, what would it be?

Kiara Wiese 1. I drive 2. Something creative, because I accidentally got into law 3. I recently got Snapchat, so probably that 4. France just before the French Revolution, or another planet 5. Shapeshifting

FLSA: the Weigh In

Bill Jones 1. Various chauffeurs 2. Medicine 3. I love them all equally. I don’t discriminate.

4. Trump Tower Penthouse 5. Immortality

Nadi Cox 1. Drive with Brayden Mann 2. If I was smart enough, medicine 3. Facebook, because of the memes 4. Mexico 5. The power to fly, so I can get to uni quicker

We asked the FLSA Committee: Which do you prefer for looking up cases: CaseBase/Lexis Nexis or FirstPoint/Westlaw?

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