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Scomo plays with his new toy ahead of the election

25/5/2016

 
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Illustration by Harley Ng

EOX Ticket Price: 'Can't I Just Dance?'

23/5/2016

 
ANON
Volume 9, Issue 12


Penned in response to the $10 EOX entry fee

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Blame Glyn Davis

23/5/2016

 
JACOB DEBETS
Volume 9, Issue 12
Time and time again I’ve heard the same old complaint. Whether it’s about picking up reading materials, releasing assessment marks or publishing the exam timetable. MLS staff are always in the line of fire.

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Sushi is just a rice salad rolled up in seaweed & other obvious things

23/5/2016

 
S.A. LAD
Volume 9, Issue 12
Once upon a time, on an unassuming Thursday not long before lunchtime, a proposal to Dominique Logan* that she buy a salad for lunch was all-too swiftly rebuffed by the misinformed proclamation that she had a ‘problem’ with ‘paying money for salads.‘ Salads, continued Ms Logan, like a freight train hurtling down a path of philological devastation, are not worthy of her currency due to their lack of substance. It was at that moment that Ms Logan, bless her ignorance, showed her true colours as another cog in the anti-linguistic salad conspiracy.

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The Erasure of Authenticity

23/5/2016

 
ALICE KENNEDY
Volume 9, Issue 12
Not for the first time, Hollywood has bought the rights to a story that has its roots in another film culture. Paramount Pictures and Dreamworks have agreed to produce and finance a live action adaptation of Ghost in the Shell, a  project which has been in the pipeline since 2008. It is only now in 2016 that feathers have been ruffled. The action which aroused the ire of many was the choice to cast Scarlett Johansson, a white American woman, in the role of Major Motoko Kusanagi, a Japanese cyborg.

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I'm With Crazy

23/5/2016

 
AYU ASTRID MAYLINDA
Volume 9, Issue 12
I was going to try to find that article where someone said something about law students and incidence of mental health issues but really, no one needs yet another piece of statistical evidence to prove that the pursuit of legal studies can undermine one’s mental health. And I, too, have proof. A few weeks ago, I posted a Facebook status lamenting the inanity of the Dispute Resolutions essay and was greeted with a barrage of comments and memes from my fellow students. I took the growing quagmire of procrastination and increasingly bad jokes as a sign that we were all going mad. Prayers were solicited by way of garnering likes. ​

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When You Can't Cedar Wood for the Trees

23/5/2016

 
HOLLY WR - your resident Leslie Knope
Volume 9, Issue 12
Let me be the first to admit that any JD student who has an affinity for living things has probably picked the wrong career. ​

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Response to 'Jessup: This is a Joke, Right?'

23/5/2016

 
​JOSH QUINN-WATSON
Volume 9, Issue 12

This letter is a response to another of this week's articles, which can be found
here.
Dear anonymous,

​Thanks for your article. I wanted to make a few comments.

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Jessup: This is a Joke, Right?

23/5/2016

 
ANON
Volume 9, Issue 12
When I was procrastinating from ‘studying’ during my Arts degree I would often trawl the MLS webpage. I would peruse subject handbook entries, weigh career options and dream of degree partnerships. During my self-indulgent wankery, one thing would always catch my eye: the Jessup Moot.

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Where Can Legal Training Take you? Interview with Nicholas Reece

23/5/2016

 
TESS MCPHAIL
Volume 9, Issue 12
Feeling overwhelmed by the workload at law school? Questioning whether you even want to practice? Wondering where else this hard-earned and expensive degree can get you? 
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Stress Less: Embrace Mediocrity

23/5/2016

 
KATY HAMPSON
Volume 9, Issue 12
I don’t intend in this article to rehash tips and tricks you can learn from a quick google on how to reduce stress. Beyond simple behavioural changes or developing more effective study techniques, the attitude students bring to studying law in general (and to exams in particular) can be a huge barrier for ensuring student wellbeing. ​

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The Mask: A Fable

23/5/2016

 
HENRY HL
Volume 9, Issue 12
The Student enters the University. It is their first time. They feel awed by both it and themselves, and hope to do bright and beautiful things. ​

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Practitioners and Students Rally Against Further Cuts to Legal Aid Funding 

23/5/2016

 
DUNCAN WILLIS
Volume 9, Issue 12
The Australian public, in particular the readers of a certain Melbourne tabloid, aren’t particularly fond of giving people things for free. Politicians don’t run on the platform of more handouts, especially legal advice. 
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Equity Uncle on De Minimis' Unprofessionalism

22/5/2016

 
EQUITY UNCLE
Volume 9, Issue 12

​Dear Equity Uncle,

I’m worried that 
De Minimis’ recent unprofessionalism will hinder my humble quest for total world domination in the corporate sphere.

Emma-Nay Lover

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The Clerkship Diaries: I'm Not Mad, I'm Just Dissapointed

22/5/2016

 
ANON
Volume 9, Issue 12
I went into the Clerkship Process (TM) as many do: not really sure that it’s what I wanted, but convinced that it was my best option. Even if I didn’t want to do it long-term I could stick it out for a year and a half, have my PLT paid for, and use my 
transferable skills to do something else down the line.

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On the Record

17/5/2016

 
TIM SARDER
Volume 9, Issue 11

Great stories give you a sense of what they’re about from their opening lines. Start off on the wrong foot - emphasise the wrong things, misjudge your words, and the thematic intent and tone are lost entirely, colouring the rest of the narrative in an improper light.

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Wine, Cheese, and a serving of Culture Shock

17/5/2016

 
JENNY AU
Volume 9, Issue 11
We law students and our practicing certificate-holding compatriots are a special bunch. We’re people who read too much, work too hard and apparently spout lies like a 7/11 spouts slurpies (and underpaid workers). We’re also astoundingly upper and middle class. ​

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So you want to be a Criminal Lawyer? An Interview with Jessie Smith

17/5/2016

 
JACOB DEBETS
Volume 9, Issue 11
The Stary Norton Halphen office is noticeably different from the offices of its commercial law counterparts on Bourke and Collin Street. The reception area is modest and homely. The clients that come in and out wear comfortable, non-business attire. The secretary is kind and warm despite the constant stream of telephone calls and walk-ins.

Welcome to criminal law. Cue the extraordinary Jessie Smith, 4th-year criminal lawyer.

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The Law Library: “Them” and “Us”?

17/5/2016

 
DUNCAN WALLACE
Volume 9, Issue 11
Last week De Minimis published the article “MLS Students Welcome Library Changes”. It was a satirical piece which discussed the recent renovations to level 3 of the law library. The changes were made, it said, “in an effort to better accommodate the primary users of the Law Library - commerce students”.

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End of Semester Gabble: Equity Uncle Doesn't Respond

17/5/2016

 
Dear Equity Uncle,

I can’t even keep up with my law readings, let alone all this student gabble about justice and disadvantage. Can you give me the short?

E.Z. Solutions

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'The 2016 budget', or, 'Things Middle-Aged White Men Like'

9/5/2016

 
LIB ERROL HACKE
Volume 9, Issue 10
Are you a wealthy middle-aged white man? Have you been feeling insecure about the socio-economic advances seemingly being made by women, young people, welfare recipients, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people? Are you concerned about the financial obstacles faced by giant corporations? Do you just really like whiskey? Fear no more! 2016 is the year for you, my friend! Your loyal servant, federal Treasurer Scott Morrison, has delivered a budget designed purely to cater to your needs. What a stand-up bloke.

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MLS Students Welcome Library Changes

9/5/2016

 
BOOKY MCBOOKFACE
Volume 9, Issue 10
Melbourne Law School students say recent changes to level three of the Law Library are much-needed, and couldn’t have come sooner. The renovations have seen an overall reduction in the size of the law student study area, along with the removal of several computers and a lounge area. Several bar-style desks have also been moved to outside the 'law students only' area. The changes were made in an effort to better accommodate the primary users of the Law Library - commerce students.

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Interview with The Honourable ELizabeth Curtain

9/5/2016

 
CLAIRE POYSER
Volume 9, Issue 10
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I was lucky enough to sit down recently with this semester’s Judge in Residence, the Honourable Elizabeth Curtain. As a young female in the legal profession, I am incredibly grateful to have the opportunity to follow a path that women like her have carved out for us. 

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De Minimis: An Open Call for Submissions

9/5/2016

 
DE MINIMIS EDITORS
Volume 9, Issue 10

Over the past few weeks, De Minimis has become aware that certain elements of the student body feel that the publication has been overly critical of the Law Students’ Society. In particular, it has been suggested that De Minimis has actively sought out articles with an anti-LSS theme, or that editors have deliberately exaggerated or misrepresented facts to suit some overarching anti-LSS agenda. 

We write this article to set the record straight.

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Cruel to be Kind, To be Cruel

9/5/2016

 
HENRY HL
Volume 9, Issue 10
Every day there is a new outrage. People set themselves on fire. Children are sexually abused. Self-harm is inflicted. Refugees are delivered back into the hands of their persecutors. Hopes of resettlement are crushed. People are killed by vicious mobs, or guards, if there is still a meaningful difference. This article could simply list such outrages, any of which should suffice to close the camps forever.

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