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Anonymous has written some Tinder profiles, on behalf of three subjects that keep us up at night    Issue 6, Semester 2 Anon Law students use many strategies to help them in their studies. However, students are often unwilling to tell people outside of their close friendship groups about these strategies, presumably because of the dreaded Bell Curve™ and general MLS unfriendliness. People learn about, or develop, these strategies through their social groups, which are frequently (but not always) linked to class, race, and other socioeconomic factors. Naturally, this often excludes certain people, particularly those with less privilege. I think this is unfair! So, in an effort to level the playing field, I want to talk about a few strategies I’ve learnt about. If you have better techniques than me, share them with us in the comments.  Issue 6 Semester 2 Nikhil Sood Three weeks ago, I opened the Facebook app and saw a notification cordially inviting me to a ‘fun’ cocktail night hosted by a prestigious law journal where I would have the opportunity to debase myself for a job. I promptly deleted the app out of sheer anxiety. Networking. For those who fall in the ‘I-went-to-law-school-because-I-want-to-help-people’ camp, (or in my case, ‘I-went-to-law-school-because-medicine-was-too-hard-and-I-didn’t-want-to-embarrass- my-ethnic-father’), a casual networking event often results in panicked Googles about how long a handshake should be if you want to exude power and whether a paisley tie makes you look weak in the eyes of the all-powerful HR representatives. It sucks. But as Nike branding has ingrained in me, sometimes you have to ‘just do it’.  Issue 6, Semester 2 Adrienne Ringin This past summer, I was fortunate to take part in an internship with the North Australian Aboriginal Family Legal Service in their Darwin office. I undertook this internship through the Public Interest Law Initiative. While I knew I could source my own internship, the application process provided various interesting options as well as the security of a relationship with the law school, meaning that standards and expectations had already been communicated. My application was accepted, dates were set and in mid-January I flew into a wet season featuring 95% humidity for a whirlwind five weeks. The following are some challenges I noted from my experience. I don’t believe these challenges should stop anyone from interning interstate, but people should consider them before undertaking the experience.  Issue 6, Semester 2 Content warning: Mental Health, Depression. The Tristan Jepson Memorial Foundation, in the process of rebranding itself ‘Minds Count’, plays an important role in championing better work place conditions for those in the legal profession when it comes to mental health.  Issue 6, Semester 2 Mairead O'Connor After reading Tilly’s incredible article (“Alors on danse”– YES and literally everything else), I was inspired to make my own JD playlist to get me through the week. I thought I’d share it with all you De Minimis readers, and maybe as an experiment try and continue each week to process thoughts and feelings (law and perhaps not so law-related) through what I’ve been listening to. The connections may be pertinent, or more likely very tenuous if it’s just a BIG track that I need to share.  Issue 5, Semester 2
Toby Silcock, Desiree Cai, and Cameron Doig All lectures at Melbourne University should be recorded. This has been Academic Board policy since 2013, after consistent pressure from our predecessors at the University of Melbourne Student Union (UMSU). The policy is overwhelmingly popular, and means that barriers to attendance don’t become barriers to education. Issue 5, Semester 2 Michael France Romance is strange terrain, and sometimes we need a map. Whilst the Courts of Chancery have stepped in to correct injustice in the common law, there is however, no court that can correct the injustice of a broken heart. Equity’s Darling is here to help you balance your love of laws with the laws of love.  Issue 5, Semester 2 Janelle Koh TW: Domestic Violence I managed to catch Bri Lee on her first day back in Queensland, where she had just returned from the Byron Bay Writer’s Festival. Above all, she is passionate about her work as a writer, which she now does full time. Yet Lee’s upbringing as a lawyer (having graduated from the University of Queensland and completed an associateship at the Queensland District Court) is not in the rear view.  Issue 5, Semester 2 Tyson Holloway-Clarke Yes, the rumours are true: being a JD student makes you less funny. The other day my class roared with laughter about reports that a student called a judge ‘Your Majesty’ during their moot. This is objectively shit banter. But to law students this is peak comedy - it is Delirious in RMs and a knitted cardigan. This law school can teach you how to communicate effectively and advocate for your client, but good luck soliciting a chuckle out of anyone that doesn’t work for you. Ying was on the money - you are doomed to being flatter than a tack if you keep on trucking this way. But it doesn’t have to be like this! You can be the change you want to see in the world (and on Pelham Street)! Here are 5 Hot Tips On How To Be Less Boring And More Fun for JD Students.  Issue 5, Sem 2 Jared Mintz In the wake of the gruesome jaw injury suffered by Fremantle’s Andy Brayshaw, I’m reminded of footy’s culture of violence. When I say that, I’m referring specifically to the useless shoving, pushing, bumping, and punching that carries on throughout every game, oftentimes during dead-ball scenarios or away from the play. Don’t get me wrong, the elite level of every contact sport becomes a battleground. There are going to be some violent plays and penalties, and there are going to be some players who enforce their will on others. It’s pretty much par for the course. That being said, the level of violence in footy that falls outside actual gameplay is stunning.  Issue 4, Semester 2 DeMinimis team Dear MLM students, Some of you may have seen copies of De Minimis lying around the law school, or heard whispers of the controversies that emerge from our pages. But how much do you actually know about De Minimis?  Issue 4, Semester 2 By Valerie Ng Paul Dano’s debut feature Wildlife, which opened the Melbourne International Film Festival on 2 August, is a simmering, disquieting drama of suburban isolation and economic anxiety in 1960s Montana. A slow, crawling piece, it dawdles on the irrepressible disintegration of the Brinson family for 104 minutes, following Joe Brinson (Ed Oxenbould), and his parents, Jerry and Jeanette (Jake Gyllenhaal and Carey Mulligan respectively), who have recently relocated to Montana. Joe goes to school, Jeanette makes dinner, and Jerry works at a nearby golf club. When Jerry gets fired from his job, the strains of financial insecurity start to widen the marital fractures between Jerry and Jeanette, catalysing their slow, inevitable separation. When Jerry leaves to fight wildfires in the mountains, any remaining cohesion snaps.  Issue 4, Semester 2 By Divyansh Sharma For many JD students, the existence of the Masters cohort is largely a mystery. Aside from the occasional voyage up to level 6 to make use of their free tea bags and fresh milk, the two cohorts don’t seem to mix. Recently De Minimis sat down with Divyansh Sharma, the President of the Melbourne Law Masters Student Association (MLMSA), to learn a little bit more about the Masters course and the people who make up the cohort.  By Jack Stanovsek Issue 4, Semester 2 Over the past couple of weeks, the pressure of clerkship applications has reared its ugly head, consuming the classrooms and study spaces of 185 Pelham Street. It began with a few innocent commiserations with fellow students about the agonising process of cover letter writing. Last week, I noticed other students inserting themselves into random conversations to gauge the opinion of their fellow colleagues. All of this is acceptable enough behaviour, given the inescapable clerkship fever that swept through the second year cohort as soon as the clock struck 11:45 am on the day of the Admin Law exam and semester one had officially finished.  Issue 4, Semester 2 By Daniel Gregoric Over the winter break, I undertook an Aurora internship at Nyamba Buru Yawuru - The Place of the Yawuru - in Broome, Western Australia. It was an unforgettable four week learning experience, and I am most grateful to Nyamba Buru Yawuru and the Aurora Project for the opportunity to be involved.  Issue 4, Semester 2 By Ying Wong Though it's only been a semester and a bit since I ensconced myself in the hallowed halls of this institution, this question has plagued me for some time. Over the past few months I have found my ability to navigate social interaction and engage in quality #banter grind to a halt. I’m seeking reassurance as to whether anyone else feels the same way.  Issue 3, Semester 2 By Geordie Wilson Content warning: Domestic Violence I recently had the chance to meet with an interstate friend who’d flown to Melbourne in order to attend a hearing with Senator Louise Pratt. Senator Pratt is on the ‘Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee’, sitting on behalf of the lower house shadow A-G. I headed to the committee’s setup in a hotel on little collins street, and whispered hello to my mate, who was in deep concentration transcribing the hearing for their boss. Listening in, the hearing was more interesting than i’d expected.  Issue 3, Semester 2 By Duncan Willis Last week it was announced that Fairfax Media, owner of The Age, The Sydney Morning Herald and the The Financial Review, would merge with the Channel 9 entertainment group. It was hardly a surprise that somebody would seek to take over Fairfax.; Multiple bidders had made plays for Fairfax last year, attracted mainly to the property listing platform Domain, one of the few Fairfax ventures that still turns a profit.  Issue 3, Semester 2 By Tilly Houghton You may have noticed that when I am punching darts on the curbside, I have headphones on. Here is a snapshot of what I've been listening to since February 2016. It is: I) Not exhaustive, these are just the songs / albums / artists that had high rotation that semester; II) Super fucking gay; III) Indicative that while I definitely listen to new music, it very much centres around what was big from 2009 – 2014.  Issue 3, Semester 2 By Katie Lau Asian cinema has been embedded in Hollywood for a while now – most of us just haven’t noticed it. We often (unknowingly) see Hollywood’s biggest names bring originally Asian plots to our screens here in the West in the form of remakes. Remember Martin Scorsese’s The Departed, starring Leonardo DiCaprio? Or the 2002 horror classic The Ring, directed by Gore Verbinski? These films and many others have let loose intriguing storylines that were once caged in Asian cinema into the international realm for further appreciation. However, this is where the problem lies: only the plots garner international recognition. The culture and history of the original remake, and the ingenuity of Asian cinema generally, remains hidden in the shadow of the newly westernised versions.  Issue 3, Semester 2 By Anon In Xinjiang, the westernmost province of China, the largest mass incarceration of a minority population in the world is taking place. Xinjiang is the largest province in China, and contains China’s largest reserves of fossil fuels and natural gas, and more than half the country’s cotton. Bordering Mongolia, Russia, and Central Asia, the region formed part of the historical Silk Road trade route linking China to the Eastern Mediterranean. Today, it is a lynchpin of the Chinese government’s trillion dollar Belt and Road Initiative. While little of the province is habitable, it is the historical homeland of the Uyghurs, a Turkic people who are almost entirely Muslim. They are the descendants of the Turks who remained in Xinjiang while other tribes moved further westward into Asia and Eastern Europe.  |
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