Issue 0, Volume 17

WILLIAM HATELY

​Congratulations and welcome to Melbourne Law School and by consequence, welcome to Melbourne Law School’s most glorious publication. You’ll find print editions of this little rag scattered throughout the Law School weekly, and you’ll also find your Melbourne JD Facebook group spammed with the week’s articles every Tuesday.

De Minimis is the Law School’s independent fourth estate with no allegiances or loyalties. It’s a place for MLS students to debate, argue, create, or to just get whatever off their chest. De Minimis is entirely what you make it. It can be a platform for you to raise issues evident in the industry, faculty or LSS. Or it can be a place for you to express yourself creatively, talk about your passions or even just have a bit of a whine about how rubbish Porta Via is. 

Issue 0, Volume 17

MAX FERGUSON

​Howdy. 
 
For a week now, you’ve gazed in wonderment at the storied halls of Melbourne Law School. In between lapping up healthy doses of LMR, you’ve been worrying about navigating the new friendships and enemyships of your new cohort. Well, worry no longer. I have gone to the trouble of compiling this helpful guide, to allow you to efficiently integrate into the MLS community. 
 
It’s time to buckle up, and get real. In order to maximise time learning, revising, and tending to your growing collection of houseplants, it is optimific to pigeonhole your classmates into one of several easily-identifiable archetypes. By dispelling the illusion that law students have individual personalities, you will free up some much-needed space in the ol’ coconut. An added benefit is that your friends will be easily replaceable should they become lost or damaged, much like IKEA furniture. 

Issue 0, Volume 17

ILA LOHNING