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Use your electives in excitingand diverse waysYou can choose from your elective options and expand your university experience,with a number of different, stimulating and vocationally-beneficial opportunities:1Clinical legal educationThe pioneering Monash Clinical Legal Education program providesyou with the opportunity to gain hands-on legal training during your lawdegree. We believe this is one of the best ways to learn the skills requiredto practise law. Working on real cases with real clients you will be underthe expert supervision of our legal practitioners at one of Monash LawSchool’s two community legal centres.The Monash-Oakleigh LegalService and Springvale MonashLegal Service assist localcommunities by providing accessto free legal advice. When youstudy a Clinical Legal Educationelective you will develop skillsrelating to the practice of lawand put the knowledge youhave learned in the classroominto a practical context with realclients. The program developscore vocational skills such asclient interviewing and legaldiagnosis, oral and written legalnegotiation, accountability andtime-management, andmediation and court advocacy.Calvin TayLLB 2011“The bestexperience I hadstudying Lawat Monash wasundertakingClinical LegalEducation subjectswhich allowedme to volunteerfor 6 months atthe Monash Oakleigh Legal Service.This experience was unique and invaluableas I got to interact with real clients, developpractical skills and even represent clientsin court. I did this all under the constructivementorship of experienced academics andsolicitors. This time has definitely preparedme not only academically but practically fora successful career in the legal industry.”12