2009 Annual Report - Faculty of Law - Monash University

8. International
During 2009 the Faculty built on its
range of international activities in line
with our strategic objective to ‘engender
international perspectives in staff and
students and to develop student skills
and capacities for learning and working
in the global sphere.’ Our goals were
largely unchanged from 2008, being to
attract more high quality international
students at both undergraduate and
postgraduate level, increasing the number
of international study opportunities for our
students and engaging with prestigious
international institutions.
8.1 Recruitment of
International Students
We continued our strategy, commenced
in 2008, of targeting Malaysia, Singapore
and Hong Kong as key undergraduate
markets, and Canada, Thailand and
Indonesia at the postgraduate level.
Over the course of 2009, the Faculty
maintained a strong presence in these
markets, with staff attending:
• recruitment events in Malaysia,
Singapore and Thailand;
• school visits in Thailand and
Singapore;
• agents’ offices in Hong Kong,
Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand,
conducting detailed product briefings
and interview sessions with students;
and
• recruitment events in British Columbia,
Alberta and Ontario and meetings with
our Canadian agents.
The Faculty also participated in
International Agent Week in which the
top 30 agents providing students to
the university came to Melbourne for
university and faculty briefings.
8.2 Engagement with
Partner Institutions
City University of Hong Kong
In June, the Faculty hosted 34 students
from City University of Hong Kong as part
of that university’s Global Legal Education
and Awareness Programme (G-LEAP).
The students spent four weeks at the
Law Chambers, studying an intensive
unit, LAW4641 – Intellectual Property-
Theory, Copyright and Design. The unit
was coordinated by Associate Professor
Moira Paterson, assisted by Dr Stephen
Gray, Dennis Lim, Dr Rebecca Giblin and
Anne Chin. Administrative assistance
was provided by Ms Cathy Meredith.
The students visited the Clayton campus
on their first day for a welcome lunch
and organised tours of the campus, the
Law Faculty and the Law library. During
their four week stay they participated in
arranged visits to Parliament House and
the Supreme, County and Magistrates
Courts.
8.3 Overseas Programs
Prato
The Prato program was selected to receive
a prestigious 2009 Australian Learning and
Teaching Council award for Programs that
Enhance Learning. The prize was awarded
by the (then) Deputy Prime Minister, the
Honourable Julia Gillard, at Parliament
House, Canberra. It was received by the
Prato Convenor, Dr Heli Askola, and the
Director International, Associate Professor
Jonathan Clough, with the Dean also
in attendance. Special thanks to Ms Jo
Becker, Manager, Educational Services,
for her hard work in preparing the faculty’s
nomination, entitled “Internationalising
Law in Action”. Thanks also to the Director
Teaching, Professor Steve Barkoczy and
the Dean for their valuable input.
The 2009 Prato program was successfully
completed with approximately 107
Monash undergraduate students enrolled,
up from 93 in 2008. They studied with
students from our partner universities
including Osgoode Hall, York University
(22), University of Paris XI (15), Bar Ilan
University (15), University of Florence (11),
Arizona State University (2) and Georgian
American University (2). Students were
able to choose from 16 international and
comparative law units, with professors
from each of the partner institutions, as
well as distinguished guest lecturers,
teaching into the program.
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