ABBEY CONE
Volume 9, Issue 1

A quick note from the 2016 Chair of the Public Interest Law Network
So it’s the beginning of a new year at MLS - the beginning of being inundated with the cries of student organisations trying to win your hearts and minds (and attendance), and here I am adding my voice to the fray. ​

DUNCAN WALLACE
Volume 9, Issue 1
While doing an internship over the summer I came to learn of the value of Parliamentary Inquires as sources of evidence and information. Evidence from disparate witnesses is brought together into one transcript and, what’s even better, it’s all in layperson's terms!

ALANA ZEPACKIC
Volume 9, Issue 1
By now we all know the rhetoric. The Business Improvement Plan, implemented by the University of Melbourne’s senior management between 2013 and 2014, was designed to help ‘support academic performance’ and ‘improve the student experience’. Two years later, after repeated attempts by both students and staff to engage with senior management and express their discontent, the mendacity of this promise could not be clearer.

THE EDITORS
Volume 9, Issue 1
Welcome back to the quagmire of law school!! You’re about to get sucked in and the only time you’ll leave is when you’ll be forced to go and wait in the line at Stop 1.

But fear not – you’re among friends! And, what’s more, you have a creative release! Any time you feel a flash of brilliance be sure to get writing/drawing/photographing and send us in your results.

We also have a couple of updates for you.

JACOB DEBETS
LMR Edition
​Congratulations and welcome to Melbourne Law School. You’ve already heard a lot about its world class facilities, its incredible alumni and its rankings both nationally (no. 1) and globally (no. 8). You’ve worked hard to make it here, and we are all excited to see what you contribute to our community. ​

CHARLES HOPKINS
Volume 1, Issue 3 (Originally Published 12 March 2012)
The week before last, the name of the newspaper was decided by popular vote: De Minimis. ​