A Face in the Cohort: the “Shut Up and Take It” Mentality & Response from Professor Lee Godden26/4/2016
TIM SARDER
response by Professor LEE GODDEN Volume 9, Issue 8 One of the advantages of doing interim assessments is attaining feedback on how you’re going so far. Particularly in the case of a multiple choice assessment, the feedback should be immediate and obvious; you look at the questions you got wrong, see what the right answer is, and are thus able to revise the topic on the basis of your error. Volume 9, Issue 8
I considered myself a lucky clerk at Mid Tier & Firm. The people were friendly. The work was interesting. The partner referred to me as “mate” and never wore a tie. It was awesome. And every day that I left at 5:00pm (not a minute late for the entire three and a half weeks) I thanked my lucky stars that I’d gotten the opportunity to work at MT & F. I even got to work on [redacted] on behalf of [redacted]. I mean what an honour! [redacted] is legendary! And then came the Monday of my last week. EQUITY UNCLE
Volume 9, Issue 8 Dear Equity Uncle, With the approach of Law Ball 2016, I would like to enquire: will the LSS be providing safe snorting rooms? Mono Nostril in Brighton HENRY DOW
Volume 9, Issue 8 At the beginning of this year, one of my friends wrote a candid Facebook post in the 2015 JD group page. In it she raised the issue of failing a subject at Law School, as she had done the previous semester. The response she received from that post was overwhelming; students seemingly wanted to address the fear of failure, and immense pressure around grades, which exists at Law School. In semester one I had also failed to pass a subject (bloody Obligations!), which was something that was really hard to come to terms with. Last week she and I, with another student who had some similar battles finding his feet last year, sat down and had a frank discussion about failing. This is a complex and at times uncomfortable issue to address, but we hope by bringing it forward in a public forum we can encourage change at MLS that stands to benefit everyone. So join in the conversation! ANTONIA KALCINA
Volume 9, Issue 8 Last year when my co-officer Dave and I were elected onto to the LSS, our first initiative was to ensure that the Law School hoodies and T-shirts were fair trade certified. The University of Melbourne is an accredited fair trade university, and we thought it was important for that to be reflected in the products offered to students. Even though it didn’t exactly fall within our portfolio, the committee gave us their full support. SARAH GOEGAN & TOM MONOTTI
Volume 9, Issue 7 This week we review The Hateful Eight, the eighth film by Quentin Tarantino. ELLA BURTON-TAYLOR
Volume 9, Issue 7 Any avid fan of Channel Nine, or anyone with access to a news website, would have heard of the tragic outcome of a 60 Minutes stunt in Lebanon early this month. In a mother’s desperate attempt to regain custody of her children from their father, she accepted assistance from 60 Minutes, in exchange for some sick idea of a TV program. As 'payment' for taking part in said sick TV program, 60 Minutes arranged professional child abductors to remove this woman's children from their paternal grandmother and a nanny. And this was all to be recorded by the cameras of the 60 Minutes ‘news’ team… ALICE KENNEDY
Volume 9, Issue 7 Law school did not prepare me for one thing. It wasn’t the mounds of reading. It wasn’t even my now ingrained caffeine addiction. It was the discovery of the marvelous world of judicial sass. L. TOPIA
Volume 9, Issue 7 It was a dark and stormy night outside Lawtopia, but inside, the automatic sensor lights lit the office like a Nespresso store. Looking out the window, I pondered the contrast between the shifting seasons beyond the walls of the tower and the eternal daytime of Finance within. I sipped my fresh latte for a solitary minute of peace. Then, with a smile, I began to type some notes about the well-bound Draft Contract that I was reviewing - and looked around furtively. *De Minimis and MULSS invite you to post a message for Kate at the bottom of this article*
KATE VAN HOOFT Volume 9, Issue 7 Hey so, umm...I'm leaving. It's not you, it's me. I've gone back to study and I needed a job with flexibility, plus a change of scene. I want to say it's not personal but actually it totally is, and always has been...for me at least. I think you are hilarious and awesome and inspiring and beautiful. But I'm still going. I'm sorry. That said, I know I'm leaving in the middle of semester and this is not the best time (and I know especially because I have an assignment in two weeks I haven't started) (seriously I'm in a bit of a jam here. The irony of asking for an extension is just too enormous)(but it'll totes come to that, give it a few days). So in that vein, here's one last Wellbeing FAQ. Thank you, guys. It’s been a pleasure. Good luck. LAURA BLANDTHORN
Online only - 12 April 2016 Recently, the ‘Hotties of Melbourne Uni’ Facebook page popped up in my news feed... KATY HAMPSON
Volume 9, Issue 6 I would like to personally thank James Daff for his article in last week’s De Minimis, for his breakdown of the costings for the law ball this year. However, the price of admission to a ball is not just what is listed on the ticket. And what is at stake is not just one evening’s event. Mossack Fonseca is seeking motivated, dynamic and morally flexible interns to join their tax consulting team. Penultimate and final year students are encouraged to apply.
LIAM O'CALLAGHAN
Volume 9, Issue 6 It’s the first semester of 2016, and with it brings a new bunch of fresh-faced first years, heads filled with idealistic ideas of the law, but probably very little idea of what studying the law entails beyond possessing a detached competitiveness like Harvey Spectre or spunky self-confidence like Elle Woods. If you are anything like me, you might have entered the course this year without even knowing the names of notable High Court Justices. You start to learn pretty quickly though, especially once you’ve read four or five of their judgments, and even more so if you disagree with them. McHugh, Gleeson, Mason, Gummow, Dixon, Heydon, Brennan; as law students, we get to know their writing and reasoning styles so well that the figures themselves become like the friends you thought you would stay in contact with upon starting Law School. Volume 9, Issue 6
It’s Wednesday at 4PM and my Microsoft Outlook alert has gone off. I put aside my research on whether our client (a Liechtenstein company for tax purposes) is a ‘person’ that can acquire a firearms licence in Australia. It seems like a stretch, but the client is pretty adamant so I’ll be spending the next few days researching ways to make it happen. SCOTT COLVIN
Volume 9, Issue 6 And just what’s a boy to do? Those glass slippers aren’t going to pay for themselves — to say nothing of the cost of a dress and pumpkin carriage. As the village once again prepares for the black tie event of the year, once again the price controversy returns with it, and there’s nothing a fairy godmother can do about that. ANNA BELGIORNO-NETTIS
Online on Thursday, 7 April 2016; Printed in Volume 9, Issue 6 Is it surprising that lawyers are seen as one of the least trusted professions? According to Roy Morgan’s 2015 survey, only 31% of Australians rated lawyers as the most ethical and honest profession. Compare that to nurses at 92%, which makes them Australia’s most ethical and honest profession for 21 years. HENRY HL
Volume 9, Issue 5 MULSS yoga is no longer sponsored by Allens Linklaters™. With the passing of that sponsorship agreement we’ve all lost something. HOLLY WATSON-REEVES
Volume 9, Issue 5 We don’t need to remind you about the plights of Baby Asha, Abyan, or Reza Berati. We don’t need to remind you about midnight deportation raids, hunger strikes or guard beatings. We don’t need to remind you about retrospective laws, freezes on journalistic and legal visas and endemic self-harm. CLERK HUNTER
Volume 9, Issue 5 I turned slowly, casting my gaze toward the clerks surrounding me, vicious hunters in the wilderness, sniffing the air for the scent of prey: a Graduate who might need assistance with work; an Associate who had a research task to be outsourced. All was fair game in this concrete jungle, yet I saw that we all found ourselves starving in the slow hunting season of January. Such was the drought of 'meaningful' work for clerks. JAMES DAFF
Volume 9, Issue 5 MULSS Law Ball is the biggest LSS event of the year, both financially and by attendance. The Ball drew 1,059 guests to Peninsula Docklands last year. PATRICK SEXTON
Volume 9, Issue 5 There’s something truly magnetic about watching a performer at the top of their game. They ooze a certain kind of confidence and control that other artists don’t have. Kendrick Lamar had this in spades when he graced the stage at Rod Laver Arena just before the University’s Easter break. JACOB DEBETS
Volume 9, Issue 5 “Yeah I’m doing the JD at Melbourne Law School” “Oh wow, you must be super smart. You’re going to make a lot of money. You’re going to be just like Harvey Specter!” We’ve all had this conversation. |
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