2009 Annual Report - Faculty of Law - Monash University

9. Law School Activities
O’Week Cocktail Party with Dean of the Law School Professor Arie Freiberg AM
9.1 Events
To celebrate the start of the academic year
and welcome new students to the faculty
a cocktail function was held in the Law
Library on Thursday 26 February where
over 300 first year students and their
families joined Monash Law School staff.
The evening was hosted by the Dean,
Professor Arie Freiberg AM and included
speakers from the Law Students’ Society
and the International Law Association.
The evening provided the opportunity
for new students and family members to
meet staff out side of the lecture theatre.
Monash Law School Prize
Ceremony (Prizes for 2008
academic year)
The 2009 Monash Law School Prize
Ceremony which acknowledges the
achievements, hard work and dedication
2008 Supreme Court Prize Winner, Natalia Blecher
of the Faculty’s students in 2008 was held
at the ANZ Pavilion at the Victorian Arts
Centre with over 350 guests attending.
Monash Law alumnus The Honourable
Justice Lex Lasry of the Supreme Court
of Victoria addressed the audience about
his experiences and his journey from
undergraduate student to the Victorian
Bar and appointment as Queens’
Counsel, through his work in the area
of Human Rights cases and his current
appointment as a Supreme Court Justice.
The Honourable Justice Mark Weinberg,
himself a former Supreme Court Prize
Winner, presented Natalia Blecher with
the prestigious Supreme Court Prize.
Natalia also received the Supreme Court
Exhibition Prize for Best Honours Thesis.
Other guests included His Honour Chief
Judge Michael Rozenes and Chief Crown
Prosecutor Gavin Silbert SC.
The faculty had an increase in sponsorship
2009 and welcomed two new sponsors,
the Department of Justice and Maurice
Blackburn Lawyers, and would like to
thank all of our sponsors for their support
of this year’s Prize Ceremony.
The 2008 Supreme Court Prize winner
was Natalia Blecher.
2009 Great Law Week Debate
“They’re not morons:
governments should butt
out of young peoples’ lives”
As part of the annual Law Week
celebrations on Wednesday 13th May
2009 two teams of respected Monash
Law Graduates debated the controversial
topic “They’re not morons: governments
should butt out of young peoples lives.”
The event was held at Melbourne
Exhibition and Convention Centre in the
Auditorium. The debate was moderated
by Cameron Grant, a current Monash
Law student who did a brilliant job
keeping the audience and debaters on
track throughout the event.
The affirmative team were the winners
as voted by the clapometer and panel
of judges from the legal community. The
Great Debate Shivani Pillai, David Galbally QC, Sally Cockburn, Cameron Grant, Meg O’Sullivan,
Beth Wilson & Damien Carrick
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