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3Internship opportunitiesInternships are <strong>the</strong> perfect way to broaden your studyexperience and go beyond <strong>the</strong> <strong>the</strong>ory learned in lectures.At <strong>Monash</strong> <strong>Law</strong> you can participate in internships at law firmsand government agencies around <strong>the</strong> world and have <strong>the</strong>option <strong>of</strong> submitting written work for assessment based onyour experiences, as part <strong>of</strong> <strong>course</strong> completion.We have a wide selection<strong>of</strong> internships availableincluding <strong>the</strong> UnitedNations in Geneva and toplaw firms in Hong Kong,London and Israel. You canalso work as a volunteerthrough <strong>the</strong> <strong>Law</strong> School’sCastan Centre for HumanRights <strong>Law</strong>.In 2013, <strong>Monash</strong> University’s Castan Centre awarded nine Global Internships to <strong>Monash</strong> law students whohad shown a strong and continuing interest in <strong>the</strong> study and practical application <strong>of</strong> human rights law.“My time at <strong>Monash</strong> has been a series <strong>of</strong> small adventures.Through <strong>the</strong> <strong>Monash</strong> <strong>Faculty</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Law</strong>, I went to Vienna to argueagainst <strong>the</strong> best Universities in <strong>the</strong> world about commercialarbitration. I flew to Texas to help defend prisoners on deathrow and wrote a paper on jury tactics in death penalty cases.I travelled to New York to investigate campaign finance law inside<strong>the</strong> Obama campaign.The <strong>Faculty</strong> partnered me with <strong>Monash</strong> academics who <strong>guide</strong>dmy research and gave me a rigorous one on one legal training.<strong>Monash</strong> always supported me financially and organised credittowards my degree. I am in debt to <strong>the</strong> <strong>Faculty</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Law</strong> for makingmy legal education a colourful immersion in a buzzing legal world,and not <strong>the</strong> dry and technical abstraction I was afraid <strong>of</strong>. All <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>best things I have ever done, I did while studying at <strong>the</strong> <strong>Monash</strong><strong>Faculty</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Law</strong>.”David BardaMaster <strong>of</strong> Intellectual Property <strong>Law</strong> (2012)14