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ALAN JS DE ROCHEFORT-REYNOLDS
Volume 10, Issue 6 Wikipedia tells me that I’m not one of the ‘notable people from Concordia, Kansas’. Harsh. But probably fair. I’d also bet that I’m far from the most interesting person — my money is on Boston Corbett, the guy-who-shot-the-guy-who-shot-Abraham-Lincoln. He lived in a dugout cabin (otherwise known as a hole in the ground) outside town back in the 1880s. He was also a self-made eunuch. Because he was a weirdo. LUKE THOMAS
Volume 10, Issue 6 Facebook tells me that on this day in 2014 I was in San Diego. I was staying there for a few days on a trip across the US to visit family. On this particular day, I was bored and a little hungover, so I just started walking. I walked through the touristy Gaslamp Quarter, past a group of dudes dressed as ninja turtles for Comic-Con, and then I somehow ended up in an abandoned parking lot full of makeshift shelters. GABRIELLE VERHAGEN
Volume 10, Issue 6 This year I have been thinking a lot about well-being. Being part of the MULSS Mindfulness Program has given me the amazing opportunity to have students feel comfortable to talk to me about how they are feeling, the issues they are facing and what they think about the Law School environment. Based on these discussions, my practice in Mindfulness and my research into well-being (yeah, I am boring like that) I have come to the conclusion that there are three things that radically need to be changed in order to improve our environment for ourselves and each other. ARJ WIJEGUNARATNE & KATE BEIRNE
Volume 10, Issue 6 A couple of our LSS representatives sat down to chat with our new Graduate Services Coordinator. OLYMPIA WARD
Volume 10, Issue 5 Are you enjoying your Olympics? Are you cheering at every flip, jump, throw and splash? Are you accumulating an Olympic amount of catch-up reading as a result of Usain Bolt (sue him…I dare you)? ANNA BELGIORNO-NETTIS
Volume 10, Issue 5 First: congratulations De Minimis for acknowledging the gender imbalance in your writers. It was brave to highlight that less than 38% of your writers last semester were female, although over 50% of your audience are women. That step of acknowledging an issue is essential to reflecting on it and solving it. KATY HAMPSON
Volume 10, Issue 5 Firstly, I would like to clarify that not all women have periods, and not all people who have periods are women, and my choice to write about this topic in this week’s issue of De Minimis is not meant to imply otherwise. That being said, periods are probably affecting half the law school at various times of the month, and this needs to be addressed. Periods, period pain and the fact that your body is biologically set up to be a baby incubator at some point is, for most women, a depressing fact of life. Looking back to our teenage years, perhaps we were a bit excited at first to begin the menarche, but after a very short time the reaction turns into: “Is it really like this forever? Am I just supposed to carry on with life while this shit is going on?” ALICE KENNEDY
Volume 10, Issue 5 I’ve been at the law school some time now, by which I mean the exact same length of time as any other second year JD student. I want to say that I know this place back to front but that wouldn’t be true, especially because I still get confused between the Mezzanine classrooms and those on the Ground Floor. Nonetheless, there are quirks and perks of the law building which I adore and would very much like to share with you. SARAH MOORHEAD
Volume 10, Issue 5 Sarah Moorhead interviews our current MLS Judge in Residence, Justice Neave. RAZOR'S EDGE
Volume 10, Issue 4 Diary, if there’s one thing I’ve learned during my clerkships, it’s this: time is money. CLAIRE POYSER
Volume 10, Issue 4 It’s taken me a long time to write this article. Partly because I’m so ashamed it took something as significant as the death of a loved one to make me realise just how absorbed in this law degree I have become, and partly because I’ve needed time to put this into words. But it’s time to get a wriggle on with it, because I think it could really help some people. NICK PARRY-JONES
Volume 10, Issue 4 Last week, Vicki Thompson, CEO of the prestigious Group of Eight university coalition (read: lobby group) told a group of reporters that “university is not for everyone”. TIM SARDER
Volume 10, Issue 4 One answer: compared to an undergrad, being a postgrad student means you have to pay an extra $760.49 a year to be able to get around on public transport and access your classes. This is calculated assuming a Myki pass for the whole year on PTV’s fare calculator; if Myki money is your poison instead, you’re still paying double for your daily fares as a result of paying full-fee. CLARA HARPER
Volume 10, Issue 4 I failed Trusts. I’ve spent most of the last year being pretty nervous to tell people, because as Henry said, failure is a dirty word around the law school. ALEX HOLLAND Volume 10, Issue 3 "Melbourne may be the most liveable city in the world, but when I’m sitting in the freezing cold at a brand new accessible tram stop watching old inaccessible trams roll by – I often wonder… liveable for whom?"
CHENZI DONG
Volume 10, Issue 3 Guess which emoji is the most popular one in China now. It’s the Face with Tears of Joy 😂 SARAH MOORHEAD
Volume 10, Issue 3 Over the break, I interned at a native title representative body in Perth, working with lawyers who represented around 25 native title claimant groups in WA. And yep, the native title system is just as fucked up as I expected it to be. "You are not an Olympian. This is not a 100m sprint. It's not even a marathon" - Matthew Albert9/8/2016
NISHA PATEL
Volume 10, Issue 3 Last Thursday I went to the LSS Careers Guide launch, to pick up a guide and to hear Matthew Albert speak about his career path. I expected to hear, as I’d heard many times before but never believed, “clerkships aren’t the be all and end all” – now I finally believe it. EQUITY UNCLE
Volume 10, Issue 3 Dear Equity Uncle, I don’t actually go to the MLS, or any law school for that matter, but I accidentally stumbled across the De Minimis website when searching for Latin phrases to get tattooed onto my biceps. Needless to say, I found your column to be an absolute goldmine. What’s all this about clerkships though? Should I be applying? Maximus Maxims DE MINIMIS
Volume 10, Issue 3 The Week 5 issue of De Minimis on 23 August 2016 will be a Women's Issue. ANON
Volume 10, Issue 2 It’s late July and you’re just entering into your fourth semester at Melbourne Law School. That can mean only one thing. Clerkship applications have opened and it’s all any of your friends can f**king talk about. MEIWEI TEH
Volume 10, Issue 2 As a newbie to snow sports I was a tad hesitant to commit to three full days in the snow, but between the bachelor pad that is Melbourne Uni Ski Lodge and Daff’s Masterchef-esque cooking skills, I’m already getting hyped for Snow Camp 2017. Whether you’re more about a reflective read by the fireplace or a hard-core 9-5 shred, Buller has it all, made that much sweeter by the bunch of legends that came along for the ride. SARAH GOEGAN & TOM MONOTTI
Volume 10, Issue 2 This week we review Ex Machina, directed by Alex Garland and starring Domhnall Gleeson, Oscar Isaac and Alicia Vikander. Domhnall Gleeson plays Caleb, a programmer who wins the opportunity to spend a week at the secluded home of his company’s enigmatic founder, Nathan (Oscar Isaac). Caleb arrives to discover he has been chosen to be the human component in a Turing test - Nathan has created an AI, named Ava (Alicia Vikander). Over the course of the week, Caleb finds himself immeasurably engaged with an AI that perfectly replicates human emotions, and starts to question the motives of her creator. ANON
Volume 10, Issue 2 My first Monday at Commercial & Acumen had proven an extraordinary success. Not only had I completed my first task with distinction (finding three grammatical errors in Major Procurement Contract), I was able to leave work at 6.15pm (early enough to appear well-rounded, yet late enough to intimidate the other clerks). |
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