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ANU COLLEGE OF LAW ALUMNI NEWSLETTER Summer 2012

Alumni Newsletter_Spring_2011indd 1 23022012 90319 AM

INDEX Congratulations to ANU Col ARC Grant Recipients 216th Annual Public Law Weekend 3Towards Global Artificial Photosynthesis Conference 4Annual ANU Reconciliation Lecture 2011 5 Congratulations to our alumniProfessor Manderson

Catching up with our alumniTim BuggMichael Bungay StanierMiriam Orwin

What are our Law students doingLaw Reform and Social Justice Program ndash Margaret LongLaw Reform and Social Justice Program ndash Christopher PatzCurrent student profile ndash Patrick Mayoh

Past eventsStaff in the mediaUpcoming eventsNew Law Course - International Security Law Contacts

1

Alumni Newsletter_Spring_2011indd 2 23022012 90354 AM

2

Congratulations to ANU College of Law ARC Grant Recipients

The ANU College of Law congratulates five academic staff members for receiving Australian Research Council (ARC) grants On 1 November Innovation Minister Senator Kim Carr announced the recipients of the ARC Discovery and Linkage grants

Professors Margaret Thornton and Peter Cane will receive funding for their research projects in 2012 through the Discovery Project scheme while Ms Judy Jones and Professor Mark Lunney will receive funding in 2012 through the Linkage Infrastructure Equipment and Facilities Project scheme

And on 14 November Minister Carr announced that Dr Daniel Fitzpatrick secured Future Fellowship funding for his project

Their projects are outlined below

D I S C O V E R Y P R O J E C T SProfessor Margaret Thornton amp Professor Richard CollierBalancing law and lifeLaw firms have been transformed as a result of mergers incorporation and listing on the stock exchange The centrality of competition and globalisation has jeopardised any possibility of a worklife balance This project will examine the tensions in trying to effect a balance for lawyers expected to work 247

Professor Peter CaneThe legal framework of public administration a comparative study This project explores the relationship between administrative law and public administration in Australia the United Kingdom and the United States Its main aim is to give Australians generally and Australian public administrators in particular a clearer understanding of the way law frames and regulates the day-to-day implementation of public policy and programs

L I N K A G E I N F R A S T R U C T U R E E Q U I P M E N T amp

F A C I L I T I E S P R O J E C T S Mowbray Prof Andrew S Greenleaf Prof Graham W Ford Dr Lisa M Nettelbeck Prof Amanda E Grantham Prof Ross B Twomey AProf Anne F Finnane Prof Mark J Williams Prof John M Buck Prof Andrew R Kercher Prof Bruce R Adams Prof Michael A Foster AProf Robert K Petrow AProf Stefan Bond Dr Catherine M Dorsett AProf Shaunnagh G Lunney Prof Mark D McDermott AProf Peter M Prest EmProf Wilfrid R Jones Ms Judith S Irving Prof Helen D Otlowski Prof Margaret F Peterson Mr Naish (externally led by UTS)

The Australasian Legal History Library Creating historical depth in legal data on AustLII to improve all legal researchThe Australasian Legal History Library to be located for free access on AustLII will provide comprehensive legislation and case law from all colonies (subsequently Australian States Territories or New Zealand) up to 1950 Its citator will show how these historical materials are used in current legal decisions It will be a revolution for legal history research

PartnerCollaborating Eligible Organisation(s) Australian Law Librarians Association Griffith University Macquarie University The Australian National University The University of Adelaide The University of New South Wales The University of Queensland The University of Sydney University of Tasmania University of Western Sydney

F U T U R E F E L L O W S H I PDr Daniel Fitzpatrick has secured ARC Future Fellowship funding for his project lsquoThe resilience of property inundation displacement and local relocation in the Asia-Pacificrsquo

Danielrsquos project summary statesThis project responds to increased risks of population movement as a result of natural disasters and climate change in the Asia-Pacific The project analyses local relocations in Indonesia and Solomon Islands in order to support sustainable resettlement of displaced persons in their home environments

Judith Jones

Prof Lunney

Dr Fitzpatrick

Prof Cane

Prof Thornton

Alumni Newsletter_Spring_2011indd 3 23022012 90354 AM

3

CIPL 16th Annual Public Law Weekend

(L-R) AProf Andrew Lynch Gabrielle Appleby John Williams Ernst Willheim and Kim Rubenstein

(L-R) Nicola McGarrity Rebecca Welsh Prof Peter Bailey (standing) and Prof Simon Evans

(L-R) Dr Dominique Dalla-Pozza Prof George Williams AO Prof Kim Rubenstein (standing) and Prof Michael LrsquoEstrange AO

(L-R) Dr Julie Debeljak XCarla Mazur and Prof Fiona Wheeler

Academics and practitioners of public law gathered on 9ndash10 September for the 16th Annual Public Law Weekend at the ANU College of Law

The event was hosted by the Centre for International and Public Law (CIPL)

As the weekend marked the 10th Anniversary since the events of September 11 2001 CIPL thought it opportune to reflect upon the state of Public law 10 years on

The opening lecture of the Public Law Weekend was delivered by Professor Michael Lrsquoestrange Director of the National Security College ANU His speech was titled The Changing Nature of lsquoNational Securityrsquo and the Implications for Public Law

The 14th Annual Geoffrey Sawer lecture was also held during the weekend and was delivered by the Chief Justice of the Canadian Supreme Court Beverley McLachlin PC She discussed AntindashTerrorism the Judiciary and the Rule of Law

The 16th PLW Program

Prof Michael LrsquoEstrange AO (L) Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin PC

Alumni Newsletter_Spring_2011indd 4 23022012 90647 AM

4

C O N F E R E N C E

Towards Global Artificial Photosynthesis Energy Nanochemistry amp Governance

Participants at the conference Lord Howe Island

The Towards Global Artificial Photosynthesis was hosted by the ANU on Lord Howe Island on 14ndash18 August It was sponsored by the Department of Innovation Industry Science amp ResearchCentre for International amp Public Law ANU College of Law ampthe ANU

The aim of this conference was to foster international collaborations and strategies for funding through a global effort in five key areas of artificial photosynthesis

bull global collaborations governance and policy structures and modelsbull energy capture - including photovoltaic systemsbull energy conversion and storage - including quantum coherence in electron transfer and hydrogen production for fuel cellsbull carbon fixation andbull modified and synthetic biological processes

The conference showcased the research of some of the worlds leading experts in artificial photosynthesis nanotechnology and global governance

Conference program Video

Prof Tom Faunce Conf Convenor

Prof Peidong Yang Prof Daniel G Nocera

AProf Naoki Aratani Prof Eva-Mari Aro

Conference venue Lord Howe Island Community Hall

Alumni Newsletter_Spring_2011indd 5 23022012 90649 AM

5

Annual ANU Reconciliation Lecture 2011

Professor Tim Flannery Chief Commissioner Climate Commission delivered the Annual ANU Recobciliation Lecture Reconciliation in an era of globalisation on 3 November 2011

The event was presented by the National Centre for IndigenousStudies ANU College of Law Reconciliation Australia and theNational Film amp Sound Archive

More details

Congratulations

Human rights advocate Marianne Dickie is ACT Local Hero

The ANU College of Law congratulates Marianne Dickie ANU Sub Dean of the Migration Law Program for being a finalist in the Australian of the Year 2012 awards in the ACT Local Hero category

Biographical detailsMedia releaseAustralian of the Year

Alumni Newsletter_Spring_2011indd 6 23022012 90651 AM

Catching up with our alumni

Michael Bungay Stanier

Michael studied BALLB both with honours at ANU When deciding what to study at university Michael originally chose law as a lsquoback-up planrsquo as he suspected his Bachelor of Arts in literature might not be lsquothe road to career successrsquo

According to Michael the best memories of ANU were being in the Law Revue for many years (and in particular lsquosynchronized nude male modellingrsquo) playing in the soccer team starting the lsquogive a goatee a gorsquo campaign and a pig roast that involved a 2km hike with said pig which raised money for good With respect to his law degree he mentioned lecturers Nick Seddon and Steve Bottomley as having the most positive influence on him

rsquoOne of my low points was writing a thesis on the paradox of lsquoplain English lawrsquo that no-one understood me includedrsquo he said

Nineteen years ago Michael left Australia to be a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University lsquoSome of the highlights included taking my final law exams in lsquosub fuscrsquo ndash which is effectively white tie and tails studying for a MPhil in English Literature and writing about James Joyce and a British feminist writer Angela Carter Most importantly I met my Canadian wife who was doing a PhD therersquo he said

Since leaving Australia Michaelrsquos career highlights have includedworking in an innovation agency and time as a management consultant helping organisations go through large scale change

About 10 years ago he set up Box of Crayons and he said the highlights of that have been lsquoone not starving and two publishing several books that have actually soldrsquo

lsquoWe help people and organisations do more Great Work and less Good Work In other words how do you do more of the stuff that lights you up challenges you and does some good in the world - and less of all the other stuff that fills up your day We offer various training programs and I write books and give talks as wellrsquo he said

Michael has also been involved in a philanthropic project End Malaria over the last 18 months lsquoItrsquos a book with 62 leading business and personal development writers all writing about the topic of Great Work The really cool thing is that $20 from every book sold goes to Malaria No More to buy mosquito nets and help with the fight against malaria It got to 2 on Amazoncom and in the first two weeks raised $300000

Life in Toronto is lsquomostly fantastic - itrsquos one of the most active and diverse cities in the world and itrsquos a great base for exploring North America and Europe Winters can go on a little too long Itrsquos hard to explain what lsquolsquominus 40 windchill isrdquo - but the best way is to understand that at that temperature if you spill a glass of water it freezes on contact Michael said

6

Alumni Newsletter_Spring_2011indd 7 23022012 90651 AM

7

ANU College of Law alumnus and soon-to-be colleague Professor Desmond Manderson has been elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada

lsquoThis is a highly prestigious appointment and recognises Desmonds outstanding scholarly achievements over his years in Canada where he currently holds the Canada Research Chair in Law and Discourse at McGill University

lsquoIt is testament to the esteem in which he is held by his peers and to the excellence and impact of his workrsquo said Professor Fiona Wheeler acting Dean ANU College of Law

Desmonds citation in the announcement by the RSC highlights the originality of his scholarship describing how he brings law and the humanities into a rich interdisciplinary dialogue through unique and imaginative studies both historical and contemporary These explore contemporary issues in law and justice through literature music and the arts Law emerges in a dynamic relationship with the images and discourses of the society in which it lives

Desmond will be joining the ANU College of Law and the Research School of the Humanities via another prestigious award ndash the ARC Future Fellowship ndash in the very near future

More detailsRoyal Society of Canada honours nine McGill researchers from Medicine Law and ArtsARC Future Fellowship

Congratulations to our alumni

Professor Desmond Manderson

cong

ratu

latio

ns

Alumni Newsletter_Spring_2011indd 8 23022012 90651 AM

8

What is it like to be an ANU Law Student in 2011

Profile Margaret Long

Margaret was born in China and spent most of her childhood in Singapore before moving to Melbourne (2004) and eventually to Canberra where she is currently studying second year FinanceLaw Before starting her degree Margaretrsquos burning passion had always been business and finance but she was also fascinated by the lsquocontrol and application of law in societyrsquo

lsquoI was more attracted to law by the skill sets you can develop rather than a particular legal area but having said that I am more attracted to commercial law and would probably pursue it if I do become a lawyer This general idea has not changed but I am opening my mind to areas such as international and migration law ANU is fantastic in this way students are not encouraged to all become the stereotypical adversarial advocate in big corporations instead opportunities like LRSJ are given to experience different fields of law and explore our interestsrsquo she said

lsquoI first heard about LRSJ at the law facultyrsquos orientation welcome session when Simon Rice made apresentation about the Community Legal Education (CLE) projects After going to the information session I decided that CLE would be an opportunity for me to contribute to the community and practice my legal skills at the same time so I decided to take part and commit to the projectrsquo

lsquoI have been involved with the CLE Older Persons project for about a year now The CLE project has offered our team some valuableopportunities to practice the research and writing skills students acquired in their first year on legal content we were yet to learn in class On top of that it has been such a learning experience for the team in terms of relationship-building time management and communication skillsrsquo

lsquoLRSJ has given us the opportunity to work with the Council on the Ageing (COTA) the ACT Government and also legal organizations such as Legal Aid ACT Supported by AssociateProfessor Simon Rice and Caroline Compton the team has received a sizeable grant from the ACT government and has published a series of legal information bookletsrsquo she saidMargaretrsquos short term goal is to get a challenging job that she loves in either finance or law in the international market In the long term she hopes to improve her knowledge and professional skills and start her own business one dayrsquo

lsquoMy participation in LRSJ has certainly given me a wider and more realistic perspective on law Like most first years my initial perspective on law was quite idealized ndash think big corporate cases or standing up for justice in Human Rights The CLE program has extended that boundary to be a more complete picture including areas such as consumer protection estate planning and workplace rightsrsquo she said

For more information Law Reform amp Social Justice Program

Alumni Newsletter_Spring_2011indd 9 23022012 90652 AM

The Law Reform and Social Justice (LRSJ) Program at The Australian National University is part of the ANU College of Law It was established in 2007 with the creation of the position of Director of Law Reform and Social Justice currently filled by Associate Professor Simon Rice Please see the website to discover more about the LRSJ Program

9

Profile Christopher Patz

I am from Canberra Deciding to attend the ANU was hence a very big decision it meant suppressing a youthful urge to flee and ldquofind myselfrdquo some place else In my final year of undergraduate study I feel that decision has been vindicated (not least because it didnrsquot stop me from finding myself in the various squatted casas okupadas of Madrid on student exchange)

I studied Law in addition to Political Science and Spanish I say lsquoin addition torsquo for a reason It reflects the idea I share that what we know as The Law is premised on a whole galaxy of ideas values perspectives assumptions and other terms one is more likely to discover in the study of the Humanities than in the study of the Law per se The law does not exist independent of us nor is it somehow immune to the inadequacies of its creators and

sustainers What lies behind The Law are fundamental questions about how we as human beings decide to live together and organise ourselves in a society

On the question of who might lay claim to our society the Law Reform and Social Justice Program provided me with the opportunity to volunteer at one of Australiarsquos many migrant and refugee settlement centers At the time I was taking a course in Politics called Globalism and the Politics of Identity

I enjoyed the work which involved designing community programs for recently settled adolescent migrants and refugees tutoring and navigating Department of Immigration Humanitarian Visa application processes Because of this work experience and having taken a course in International Human Rights Law I was later employed by the Carter Centre as an International Observer to the out-of-country voting for the South Sudanese referendum for independence With a partner I evaluated the registration and polling practice against International Human Rights instruments and send daily reports to Atlanta and Khartoum alongside other observers in the UK US Canada Kenya Uganda and Egypt where the diaspora voting was underway This contributed to a certified human rights compliant referendum At the ANU and at Melbournersquos West Bulldogs football club in West Footscray I watched

two thousand South Sudanese vote to create the worldrsquos newest nation and embrace their collective right to self-determination after decades of civil conflict

I have had many invitations to visit the Sudan and one day I will oblige in order to contribute what I can to the much-needed assistance for creating that new country Self-determination is in a lot of ways where the challenge begins not where it ends Despite the modest marks I managed to attain in Corporations Law I have already been of some assistance to a group of young Sudanese professionals helping them to incorporate as an organisation to assist their communities with resettlement here in Australia and to provide support to those in the South

Having a law reform and social justice program at the ANU College of Law helps those students who want to to use their study of the law in different and pragmatic ways It opens opportunities to non-traditional careers through allowing students to create and sustain their own projects with their own initiative and with their own interests To this end it provides ample support and encouragement But above all it is empowering as it helps students to realize their potential to shape their own path and traverse the divide between The Law and social life

Alumni Newsletter_Spring_2011indd 10 23022012 90654 AM

What are our current law students doing

Profile Patrick Mayoh

Patrick Mayoh (know to most as lsquoPaddyrsquo) is a Prime Ministerrsquos Australia-Asia Endeavour Award Scholar currently studying law at Peking University He is a penultimate Bachelor of Asia-Pacific Studies (Chinese)Bachelor of Laws student at the ANU and has recently completed a Graduate Diploma in Asia-Pacific Studies on exchange at Peking University While studying Chinese Media Law Labour Law and Comparative Judicial Systems (in Mandarin) Paddy currently also interns part-time at one of Beijingrsquos most active legal aid services ndash Beijing Yilian Legal Aid and Study Center for Labor

In his earlier years at the ANU Paddy became passionate about legal education and advocating law studentsrsquo views In his more lsquovociferous daysrsquo Paddy presented student proposals to numerous College of Law education boards Paddy became the Law Studentsrsquo Society (LSS)President in 2009 after he was heroically elected unopposed lsquoI really enjoyed working with a dedicated team to represent the academic and social needs of over 1200 students ndash from ensuring a high-quality LLB program following the introduction of the JD to resuscitating the Social Justice Dinner Seriesrsquo he said The highlight for him was certainly learning from The Hon Michael Kirby AC CMG at the What Makes a Good Lawyer forum He was also honoured to sit on the ACT Law Societyrsquos Equalising Opportunities in the Law Committee

Despite his passion for advocating law studentsrsquo views and overseeing lsquonotoriousrsquo LSS social parties Paddy quickly turned his attention to China again He has worked and studied in China on ten separate occasions and has loved the educational and professional experiences made available to him in Asia Seeking to taste the commercial world before he graduates next year Paddy has interned with Clifford Chance (Hong Kong) Mallesons Stephen Jaques (Hong Kong) Davis Polk amp Wardwell Hong Kong Solicitors and TransAsia Lawyers (Beijing Freehillsrsquo alliance firm in the PRC) Working in a new jurisdiction equipped him with a worldly outlook on legal practice and an appreciation of the truly international opportunities that an Asian StudiesLaw background offers Paddy was also an Events Host for Network Seven at the Beijing Olympic Games and spent six months masquerading as a wine connoisseur for a wine importing company in Beijing

During the academic term in China Paddy studies PRC and international trade law with local Chinese students He enjoys the challenge of being thrown in the deep end drowning and then being resuscitated by the lecturer if they are nice On top of the challenge to grasp Chinese legalese Paddy has found the competition among students very high and the emphasis on memory-based learning in many compulsory courses quite difficult Paddy decided to undertake courses in Negotiation and Clinical Law (researching migrant workersrsquo rights and the new social insurance law with a select group of later year students) which were more hands on courses and conducive to Socratic teaching methods Of the courses he has taken he has been incredibly impressed by the quality of teaching at Peking University however lively student discussions in larger classes are largely absent Paddy has also valued the grassroots work he undertakes at Yilian engaging directly with injured workers and Chinarsquos policy-makers in the areas of labour and social security law

Our

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rent

Law

stu

den

ts

10

Paddy Mayoh with classmates at Peking University

Alumni Newsletter_Spring_2011indd 11 23022012 90655 AM

While in Beijing two Sino-Australian focused initiatives Paddy worked tirelessly on (with a great team) were the Australia-China Youth Association (ACYA) and the Australia-China Youth Dialogue In his capacity as ACYA National President (China) Paddy sought to further ties between Australian and Chinese students young professionals education institutions businesses and government bodies

lsquoIt was a great experience meeting with Dr Mark Nolan and Professor Gao Xiang in Beijing to discuss ANUrsquos exchange agreement with China University of Political Science and Law

lsquoThe constant flow of work and study added to the buzz of living in a truly international city From networking karaoke nights outlandish dumpling gatherings occasional battles with the great firewall of China in an effort to secure accurate information to high-quality workshops on Chinarsquos international ambitions

lsquoBeijing is a kaleidoscopic city in the opportunities and contradictions it offers

lsquoI am very grateful for the first-class legal education I enjoyed over four years at the ANU and am looking

forward to writing my law thesis first semester next year

lsquoI am honoured to have Professor Kent Anderson supervise my thesis on assessing the legal responsibility of multinational enterprises (MNEs) operating in the PRC and their corporate social responsibility codesrsquo he said

Paddy believes that the College of Lawrsquos talented lecturers provided him with a strong legal foundation for further study and legal practice

lsquoIn particular I have greatly benefited from taking courses by Fiona Wheeler Wayne Morgan Ven Alex Bruce Kent Anderson and Stephen Bottomleyrsquo

He is also very grateful for Dr Jean-Pierre Fonteynersquos efforts in facilitating his study program at Peking University In January next year Paddy will join other law students on the collegersquos International Organisations Law Program in Geneva with Dr Jean-Pierre Fonteyne

Despite his strong interest in international law contemporary Chinese society and international relations Paddy has no set plans following graduation He was delighted and honoured to represent the ANU on the Global Voices delegation to the APEC Leadersrsquo Meeting this year in Hawaii He spoke with leaders on the role of MNErsquos in shaping the regionrsquos social and political architecture in preparation for his thesis-writing next semester

Paddy considers himself very fortunate to have been able to represent the ANU at so many international events and is grateful for the excellent educational opportunities the University has given him

11

Alumni Newsletter_Spring_2011indd 12 23022012 90655 AM

Past Events

AUGUST

2 August

Voiceless Public Lecture SeriesldquoReflections from the European Union with Peter StevensonrdquoAudio

5 AugustCIPL Lunctime SeminarProsecuting Drug Cheats in the Court of Arbitration for Sport Insight into the international anti-doping frameworkMs Catherine Odway sporting amp anti-doping consultantSlides

8 AugustANU College of Law SymposiumGetting Ready for the Referendum Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in the Australian Constitution

14ndash18 AugustConferenceTowards Global Artificial Photosynthesis Energy nanochemistry amp governance

19 AugustCIPL Friday Lunchtime Seminar Series Running a Large Commonwealth Legal Services Team The challenges and the pitfallsSimon Matthews ATO General Counsel Law amp Practice amp Nick Westerink ATO Assistant Commissioner Legal Service

23 August Public Seminar - Humanitarian Law Perspectives Presented by the Centre for International and Public Law ANU College of Law The Australian Red Cross and Mallesons Stephen Jacques

31 AugustCIPL Public SeminarState Control over Private Military amp Security Companies in Armed ConflictDr Hannah Tonkin Lawyer United Nations

SEPTEMBER

2 SeptemberCIPL Friday Lunchtime SeminarDo we need an international law on the self-determination of peoples Nicholas Duff Legal Research Officer-Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies

7 SeptemberThe 25th Annual Lionel Murphy Memorial Lecture Vigilance Against Injustice in the Justice System

12

9ndash10 September 16th Annual Public Law Weekend 10 years on from September 11 the Impact on Public Law

9 SeptemberFourteenth Geoffrey Sawer LecturePresented by The Right Hon Madam Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin PC Canadian Chief JusticeFlyer

16 SeptemberCIPL Friday Lunchtime Seminar SeriesConstitutional Change and Australian RepublicanismMr Glenn Patmore

OCTOBER

21 OctoberCIPL Friday Lunchtime Seminar SeriesPursuing Constitutional Dialogue within Socialist Vietnam The 2010 DebateHuong Nguyen Maurer School of Law Indiana University

Upcoming Events

Alumni Newsletter_Spring_2011indd 13 23022012 90655 AM

Staff in the Media

SEPTEMBER

Don AntonAntonrsquos Weekly Digest of International LawVol 2 No 34 (1 September 2011)

Don RothwellGovernment could have foreseen refugee decisionThe Australian5 September 2011

Peter BaileyTen years of anti-terror lawsSarah Collerton 1233 ABC Newcastle12 September 2011

Matthew RimmerAll huff and puff as big tobacco quietly runs awayDept of Health and Ageing website14 September 2011

Big tobacco uses The Castle in legal bluenewscomau13 September 2011

Tobacco industry case up in smokeANU News 14 September 2011

Margaret ThorntonThe market comes to law schoolThe Australian13 September 2011

Don AntonCompulsory Pilotage in the Torres StraitSocial Science Research Network14 September 2011

Tobaccorsquos Mad Men Threaten Public Health The Conversation23 September 2011

Mathew RimmerSydney Court to Rule in Apple-Samsung Tablet War The Wall Street Journal28 September 2011

OCTOBER

Matthew RimmerBlackberry pinches Colvinrsquos Twitter pic for adAshley Hall ABC News online 29 October 2011

Mark Colvin image used in Blackberry promotionAshley Hall ABC PM 28 October 2011

13

NOVEMBER

Mathew RimmerNew Australia Smoking Law Bans Brand LabelsJames Grubel The Independent (UK) The Chicago Tribune amp Reuters10 November 2011

Brad JessupDragging coal through the courts an alternative emissions-reduction strategyThe Conversation14 November 2011

Alumni Newsletter_Spring_2011indd 14 23022012 90655 AM

To update your contact details

Alumni OfficeANU Alumni webpagehttpwwwanueduaualumni

Marketing and CommunicationsANU College of LawT (02) 6125 4070 6125 8139E alumnilawanueduauhttplawanueduau

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A N U C O L L E G EO F L A W

Graduate ProgramInternational SecurityLaw

Master of Laws specialising inInternational Security Law(7300SISL ndash Lawyers)

Master of International SecurityLaw(7318XMISL ndash Non-Lawyers)

Graduate Diploma in Lawspecialising in InternationalSecurity Law(6300SISL ndash Lawyers)

Graduate Diploma inInternational Security Law(6318XGDISL ndash Non-Lawyers)

More information

C O N T A C T S

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new program

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Page 2: ANU COLLEGE OF LAW ALUMNI NEWSLETTER Summer 2012 · ANU COLLEGE OF LAW ALUMNI NEWSLETTER Summer 2012 ... Naish (externally led by ... Michael has also been involved in a philanthropic

INDEX Congratulations to ANU Col ARC Grant Recipients 216th Annual Public Law Weekend 3Towards Global Artificial Photosynthesis Conference 4Annual ANU Reconciliation Lecture 2011 5 Congratulations to our alumniProfessor Manderson

Catching up with our alumniTim BuggMichael Bungay StanierMiriam Orwin

What are our Law students doingLaw Reform and Social Justice Program ndash Margaret LongLaw Reform and Social Justice Program ndash Christopher PatzCurrent student profile ndash Patrick Mayoh

Past eventsStaff in the mediaUpcoming eventsNew Law Course - International Security Law Contacts

1

Alumni Newsletter_Spring_2011indd 2 23022012 90354 AM

2

Congratulations to ANU College of Law ARC Grant Recipients

The ANU College of Law congratulates five academic staff members for receiving Australian Research Council (ARC) grants On 1 November Innovation Minister Senator Kim Carr announced the recipients of the ARC Discovery and Linkage grants

Professors Margaret Thornton and Peter Cane will receive funding for their research projects in 2012 through the Discovery Project scheme while Ms Judy Jones and Professor Mark Lunney will receive funding in 2012 through the Linkage Infrastructure Equipment and Facilities Project scheme

And on 14 November Minister Carr announced that Dr Daniel Fitzpatrick secured Future Fellowship funding for his project

Their projects are outlined below

D I S C O V E R Y P R O J E C T SProfessor Margaret Thornton amp Professor Richard CollierBalancing law and lifeLaw firms have been transformed as a result of mergers incorporation and listing on the stock exchange The centrality of competition and globalisation has jeopardised any possibility of a worklife balance This project will examine the tensions in trying to effect a balance for lawyers expected to work 247

Professor Peter CaneThe legal framework of public administration a comparative study This project explores the relationship between administrative law and public administration in Australia the United Kingdom and the United States Its main aim is to give Australians generally and Australian public administrators in particular a clearer understanding of the way law frames and regulates the day-to-day implementation of public policy and programs

L I N K A G E I N F R A S T R U C T U R E E Q U I P M E N T amp

F A C I L I T I E S P R O J E C T S Mowbray Prof Andrew S Greenleaf Prof Graham W Ford Dr Lisa M Nettelbeck Prof Amanda E Grantham Prof Ross B Twomey AProf Anne F Finnane Prof Mark J Williams Prof John M Buck Prof Andrew R Kercher Prof Bruce R Adams Prof Michael A Foster AProf Robert K Petrow AProf Stefan Bond Dr Catherine M Dorsett AProf Shaunnagh G Lunney Prof Mark D McDermott AProf Peter M Prest EmProf Wilfrid R Jones Ms Judith S Irving Prof Helen D Otlowski Prof Margaret F Peterson Mr Naish (externally led by UTS)

The Australasian Legal History Library Creating historical depth in legal data on AustLII to improve all legal researchThe Australasian Legal History Library to be located for free access on AustLII will provide comprehensive legislation and case law from all colonies (subsequently Australian States Territories or New Zealand) up to 1950 Its citator will show how these historical materials are used in current legal decisions It will be a revolution for legal history research

PartnerCollaborating Eligible Organisation(s) Australian Law Librarians Association Griffith University Macquarie University The Australian National University The University of Adelaide The University of New South Wales The University of Queensland The University of Sydney University of Tasmania University of Western Sydney

F U T U R E F E L L O W S H I PDr Daniel Fitzpatrick has secured ARC Future Fellowship funding for his project lsquoThe resilience of property inundation displacement and local relocation in the Asia-Pacificrsquo

Danielrsquos project summary statesThis project responds to increased risks of population movement as a result of natural disasters and climate change in the Asia-Pacific The project analyses local relocations in Indonesia and Solomon Islands in order to support sustainable resettlement of displaced persons in their home environments

Judith Jones

Prof Lunney

Dr Fitzpatrick

Prof Cane

Prof Thornton

Alumni Newsletter_Spring_2011indd 3 23022012 90354 AM

3

CIPL 16th Annual Public Law Weekend

(L-R) AProf Andrew Lynch Gabrielle Appleby John Williams Ernst Willheim and Kim Rubenstein

(L-R) Nicola McGarrity Rebecca Welsh Prof Peter Bailey (standing) and Prof Simon Evans

(L-R) Dr Dominique Dalla-Pozza Prof George Williams AO Prof Kim Rubenstein (standing) and Prof Michael LrsquoEstrange AO

(L-R) Dr Julie Debeljak XCarla Mazur and Prof Fiona Wheeler

Academics and practitioners of public law gathered on 9ndash10 September for the 16th Annual Public Law Weekend at the ANU College of Law

The event was hosted by the Centre for International and Public Law (CIPL)

As the weekend marked the 10th Anniversary since the events of September 11 2001 CIPL thought it opportune to reflect upon the state of Public law 10 years on

The opening lecture of the Public Law Weekend was delivered by Professor Michael Lrsquoestrange Director of the National Security College ANU His speech was titled The Changing Nature of lsquoNational Securityrsquo and the Implications for Public Law

The 14th Annual Geoffrey Sawer lecture was also held during the weekend and was delivered by the Chief Justice of the Canadian Supreme Court Beverley McLachlin PC She discussed AntindashTerrorism the Judiciary and the Rule of Law

The 16th PLW Program

Prof Michael LrsquoEstrange AO (L) Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin PC

Alumni Newsletter_Spring_2011indd 4 23022012 90647 AM

4

C O N F E R E N C E

Towards Global Artificial Photosynthesis Energy Nanochemistry amp Governance

Participants at the conference Lord Howe Island

The Towards Global Artificial Photosynthesis was hosted by the ANU on Lord Howe Island on 14ndash18 August It was sponsored by the Department of Innovation Industry Science amp ResearchCentre for International amp Public Law ANU College of Law ampthe ANU

The aim of this conference was to foster international collaborations and strategies for funding through a global effort in five key areas of artificial photosynthesis

bull global collaborations governance and policy structures and modelsbull energy capture - including photovoltaic systemsbull energy conversion and storage - including quantum coherence in electron transfer and hydrogen production for fuel cellsbull carbon fixation andbull modified and synthetic biological processes

The conference showcased the research of some of the worlds leading experts in artificial photosynthesis nanotechnology and global governance

Conference program Video

Prof Tom Faunce Conf Convenor

Prof Peidong Yang Prof Daniel G Nocera

AProf Naoki Aratani Prof Eva-Mari Aro

Conference venue Lord Howe Island Community Hall

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5

Annual ANU Reconciliation Lecture 2011

Professor Tim Flannery Chief Commissioner Climate Commission delivered the Annual ANU Recobciliation Lecture Reconciliation in an era of globalisation on 3 November 2011

The event was presented by the National Centre for IndigenousStudies ANU College of Law Reconciliation Australia and theNational Film amp Sound Archive

More details

Congratulations

Human rights advocate Marianne Dickie is ACT Local Hero

The ANU College of Law congratulates Marianne Dickie ANU Sub Dean of the Migration Law Program for being a finalist in the Australian of the Year 2012 awards in the ACT Local Hero category

Biographical detailsMedia releaseAustralian of the Year

Alumni Newsletter_Spring_2011indd 6 23022012 90651 AM

Catching up with our alumni

Michael Bungay Stanier

Michael studied BALLB both with honours at ANU When deciding what to study at university Michael originally chose law as a lsquoback-up planrsquo as he suspected his Bachelor of Arts in literature might not be lsquothe road to career successrsquo

According to Michael the best memories of ANU were being in the Law Revue for many years (and in particular lsquosynchronized nude male modellingrsquo) playing in the soccer team starting the lsquogive a goatee a gorsquo campaign and a pig roast that involved a 2km hike with said pig which raised money for good With respect to his law degree he mentioned lecturers Nick Seddon and Steve Bottomley as having the most positive influence on him

rsquoOne of my low points was writing a thesis on the paradox of lsquoplain English lawrsquo that no-one understood me includedrsquo he said

Nineteen years ago Michael left Australia to be a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University lsquoSome of the highlights included taking my final law exams in lsquosub fuscrsquo ndash which is effectively white tie and tails studying for a MPhil in English Literature and writing about James Joyce and a British feminist writer Angela Carter Most importantly I met my Canadian wife who was doing a PhD therersquo he said

Since leaving Australia Michaelrsquos career highlights have includedworking in an innovation agency and time as a management consultant helping organisations go through large scale change

About 10 years ago he set up Box of Crayons and he said the highlights of that have been lsquoone not starving and two publishing several books that have actually soldrsquo

lsquoWe help people and organisations do more Great Work and less Good Work In other words how do you do more of the stuff that lights you up challenges you and does some good in the world - and less of all the other stuff that fills up your day We offer various training programs and I write books and give talks as wellrsquo he said

Michael has also been involved in a philanthropic project End Malaria over the last 18 months lsquoItrsquos a book with 62 leading business and personal development writers all writing about the topic of Great Work The really cool thing is that $20 from every book sold goes to Malaria No More to buy mosquito nets and help with the fight against malaria It got to 2 on Amazoncom and in the first two weeks raised $300000

Life in Toronto is lsquomostly fantastic - itrsquos one of the most active and diverse cities in the world and itrsquos a great base for exploring North America and Europe Winters can go on a little too long Itrsquos hard to explain what lsquolsquominus 40 windchill isrdquo - but the best way is to understand that at that temperature if you spill a glass of water it freezes on contact Michael said

6

Alumni Newsletter_Spring_2011indd 7 23022012 90651 AM

7

ANU College of Law alumnus and soon-to-be colleague Professor Desmond Manderson has been elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada

lsquoThis is a highly prestigious appointment and recognises Desmonds outstanding scholarly achievements over his years in Canada where he currently holds the Canada Research Chair in Law and Discourse at McGill University

lsquoIt is testament to the esteem in which he is held by his peers and to the excellence and impact of his workrsquo said Professor Fiona Wheeler acting Dean ANU College of Law

Desmonds citation in the announcement by the RSC highlights the originality of his scholarship describing how he brings law and the humanities into a rich interdisciplinary dialogue through unique and imaginative studies both historical and contemporary These explore contemporary issues in law and justice through literature music and the arts Law emerges in a dynamic relationship with the images and discourses of the society in which it lives

Desmond will be joining the ANU College of Law and the Research School of the Humanities via another prestigious award ndash the ARC Future Fellowship ndash in the very near future

More detailsRoyal Society of Canada honours nine McGill researchers from Medicine Law and ArtsARC Future Fellowship

Congratulations to our alumni

Professor Desmond Manderson

cong

ratu

latio

ns

Alumni Newsletter_Spring_2011indd 8 23022012 90651 AM

8

What is it like to be an ANU Law Student in 2011

Profile Margaret Long

Margaret was born in China and spent most of her childhood in Singapore before moving to Melbourne (2004) and eventually to Canberra where she is currently studying second year FinanceLaw Before starting her degree Margaretrsquos burning passion had always been business and finance but she was also fascinated by the lsquocontrol and application of law in societyrsquo

lsquoI was more attracted to law by the skill sets you can develop rather than a particular legal area but having said that I am more attracted to commercial law and would probably pursue it if I do become a lawyer This general idea has not changed but I am opening my mind to areas such as international and migration law ANU is fantastic in this way students are not encouraged to all become the stereotypical adversarial advocate in big corporations instead opportunities like LRSJ are given to experience different fields of law and explore our interestsrsquo she said

lsquoI first heard about LRSJ at the law facultyrsquos orientation welcome session when Simon Rice made apresentation about the Community Legal Education (CLE) projects After going to the information session I decided that CLE would be an opportunity for me to contribute to the community and practice my legal skills at the same time so I decided to take part and commit to the projectrsquo

lsquoI have been involved with the CLE Older Persons project for about a year now The CLE project has offered our team some valuableopportunities to practice the research and writing skills students acquired in their first year on legal content we were yet to learn in class On top of that it has been such a learning experience for the team in terms of relationship-building time management and communication skillsrsquo

lsquoLRSJ has given us the opportunity to work with the Council on the Ageing (COTA) the ACT Government and also legal organizations such as Legal Aid ACT Supported by AssociateProfessor Simon Rice and Caroline Compton the team has received a sizeable grant from the ACT government and has published a series of legal information bookletsrsquo she saidMargaretrsquos short term goal is to get a challenging job that she loves in either finance or law in the international market In the long term she hopes to improve her knowledge and professional skills and start her own business one dayrsquo

lsquoMy participation in LRSJ has certainly given me a wider and more realistic perspective on law Like most first years my initial perspective on law was quite idealized ndash think big corporate cases or standing up for justice in Human Rights The CLE program has extended that boundary to be a more complete picture including areas such as consumer protection estate planning and workplace rightsrsquo she said

For more information Law Reform amp Social Justice Program

Alumni Newsletter_Spring_2011indd 9 23022012 90652 AM

The Law Reform and Social Justice (LRSJ) Program at The Australian National University is part of the ANU College of Law It was established in 2007 with the creation of the position of Director of Law Reform and Social Justice currently filled by Associate Professor Simon Rice Please see the website to discover more about the LRSJ Program

9

Profile Christopher Patz

I am from Canberra Deciding to attend the ANU was hence a very big decision it meant suppressing a youthful urge to flee and ldquofind myselfrdquo some place else In my final year of undergraduate study I feel that decision has been vindicated (not least because it didnrsquot stop me from finding myself in the various squatted casas okupadas of Madrid on student exchange)

I studied Law in addition to Political Science and Spanish I say lsquoin addition torsquo for a reason It reflects the idea I share that what we know as The Law is premised on a whole galaxy of ideas values perspectives assumptions and other terms one is more likely to discover in the study of the Humanities than in the study of the Law per se The law does not exist independent of us nor is it somehow immune to the inadequacies of its creators and

sustainers What lies behind The Law are fundamental questions about how we as human beings decide to live together and organise ourselves in a society

On the question of who might lay claim to our society the Law Reform and Social Justice Program provided me with the opportunity to volunteer at one of Australiarsquos many migrant and refugee settlement centers At the time I was taking a course in Politics called Globalism and the Politics of Identity

I enjoyed the work which involved designing community programs for recently settled adolescent migrants and refugees tutoring and navigating Department of Immigration Humanitarian Visa application processes Because of this work experience and having taken a course in International Human Rights Law I was later employed by the Carter Centre as an International Observer to the out-of-country voting for the South Sudanese referendum for independence With a partner I evaluated the registration and polling practice against International Human Rights instruments and send daily reports to Atlanta and Khartoum alongside other observers in the UK US Canada Kenya Uganda and Egypt where the diaspora voting was underway This contributed to a certified human rights compliant referendum At the ANU and at Melbournersquos West Bulldogs football club in West Footscray I watched

two thousand South Sudanese vote to create the worldrsquos newest nation and embrace their collective right to self-determination after decades of civil conflict

I have had many invitations to visit the Sudan and one day I will oblige in order to contribute what I can to the much-needed assistance for creating that new country Self-determination is in a lot of ways where the challenge begins not where it ends Despite the modest marks I managed to attain in Corporations Law I have already been of some assistance to a group of young Sudanese professionals helping them to incorporate as an organisation to assist their communities with resettlement here in Australia and to provide support to those in the South

Having a law reform and social justice program at the ANU College of Law helps those students who want to to use their study of the law in different and pragmatic ways It opens opportunities to non-traditional careers through allowing students to create and sustain their own projects with their own initiative and with their own interests To this end it provides ample support and encouragement But above all it is empowering as it helps students to realize their potential to shape their own path and traverse the divide between The Law and social life

Alumni Newsletter_Spring_2011indd 10 23022012 90654 AM

What are our current law students doing

Profile Patrick Mayoh

Patrick Mayoh (know to most as lsquoPaddyrsquo) is a Prime Ministerrsquos Australia-Asia Endeavour Award Scholar currently studying law at Peking University He is a penultimate Bachelor of Asia-Pacific Studies (Chinese)Bachelor of Laws student at the ANU and has recently completed a Graduate Diploma in Asia-Pacific Studies on exchange at Peking University While studying Chinese Media Law Labour Law and Comparative Judicial Systems (in Mandarin) Paddy currently also interns part-time at one of Beijingrsquos most active legal aid services ndash Beijing Yilian Legal Aid and Study Center for Labor

In his earlier years at the ANU Paddy became passionate about legal education and advocating law studentsrsquo views In his more lsquovociferous daysrsquo Paddy presented student proposals to numerous College of Law education boards Paddy became the Law Studentsrsquo Society (LSS)President in 2009 after he was heroically elected unopposed lsquoI really enjoyed working with a dedicated team to represent the academic and social needs of over 1200 students ndash from ensuring a high-quality LLB program following the introduction of the JD to resuscitating the Social Justice Dinner Seriesrsquo he said The highlight for him was certainly learning from The Hon Michael Kirby AC CMG at the What Makes a Good Lawyer forum He was also honoured to sit on the ACT Law Societyrsquos Equalising Opportunities in the Law Committee

Despite his passion for advocating law studentsrsquo views and overseeing lsquonotoriousrsquo LSS social parties Paddy quickly turned his attention to China again He has worked and studied in China on ten separate occasions and has loved the educational and professional experiences made available to him in Asia Seeking to taste the commercial world before he graduates next year Paddy has interned with Clifford Chance (Hong Kong) Mallesons Stephen Jaques (Hong Kong) Davis Polk amp Wardwell Hong Kong Solicitors and TransAsia Lawyers (Beijing Freehillsrsquo alliance firm in the PRC) Working in a new jurisdiction equipped him with a worldly outlook on legal practice and an appreciation of the truly international opportunities that an Asian StudiesLaw background offers Paddy was also an Events Host for Network Seven at the Beijing Olympic Games and spent six months masquerading as a wine connoisseur for a wine importing company in Beijing

During the academic term in China Paddy studies PRC and international trade law with local Chinese students He enjoys the challenge of being thrown in the deep end drowning and then being resuscitated by the lecturer if they are nice On top of the challenge to grasp Chinese legalese Paddy has found the competition among students very high and the emphasis on memory-based learning in many compulsory courses quite difficult Paddy decided to undertake courses in Negotiation and Clinical Law (researching migrant workersrsquo rights and the new social insurance law with a select group of later year students) which were more hands on courses and conducive to Socratic teaching methods Of the courses he has taken he has been incredibly impressed by the quality of teaching at Peking University however lively student discussions in larger classes are largely absent Paddy has also valued the grassroots work he undertakes at Yilian engaging directly with injured workers and Chinarsquos policy-makers in the areas of labour and social security law

Our

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rent

Law

stu

den

ts

10

Paddy Mayoh with classmates at Peking University

Alumni Newsletter_Spring_2011indd 11 23022012 90655 AM

While in Beijing two Sino-Australian focused initiatives Paddy worked tirelessly on (with a great team) were the Australia-China Youth Association (ACYA) and the Australia-China Youth Dialogue In his capacity as ACYA National President (China) Paddy sought to further ties between Australian and Chinese students young professionals education institutions businesses and government bodies

lsquoIt was a great experience meeting with Dr Mark Nolan and Professor Gao Xiang in Beijing to discuss ANUrsquos exchange agreement with China University of Political Science and Law

lsquoThe constant flow of work and study added to the buzz of living in a truly international city From networking karaoke nights outlandish dumpling gatherings occasional battles with the great firewall of China in an effort to secure accurate information to high-quality workshops on Chinarsquos international ambitions

lsquoBeijing is a kaleidoscopic city in the opportunities and contradictions it offers

lsquoI am very grateful for the first-class legal education I enjoyed over four years at the ANU and am looking

forward to writing my law thesis first semester next year

lsquoI am honoured to have Professor Kent Anderson supervise my thesis on assessing the legal responsibility of multinational enterprises (MNEs) operating in the PRC and their corporate social responsibility codesrsquo he said

Paddy believes that the College of Lawrsquos talented lecturers provided him with a strong legal foundation for further study and legal practice

lsquoIn particular I have greatly benefited from taking courses by Fiona Wheeler Wayne Morgan Ven Alex Bruce Kent Anderson and Stephen Bottomleyrsquo

He is also very grateful for Dr Jean-Pierre Fonteynersquos efforts in facilitating his study program at Peking University In January next year Paddy will join other law students on the collegersquos International Organisations Law Program in Geneva with Dr Jean-Pierre Fonteyne

Despite his strong interest in international law contemporary Chinese society and international relations Paddy has no set plans following graduation He was delighted and honoured to represent the ANU on the Global Voices delegation to the APEC Leadersrsquo Meeting this year in Hawaii He spoke with leaders on the role of MNErsquos in shaping the regionrsquos social and political architecture in preparation for his thesis-writing next semester

Paddy considers himself very fortunate to have been able to represent the ANU at so many international events and is grateful for the excellent educational opportunities the University has given him

11

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Past Events

AUGUST

2 August

Voiceless Public Lecture SeriesldquoReflections from the European Union with Peter StevensonrdquoAudio

5 AugustCIPL Lunctime SeminarProsecuting Drug Cheats in the Court of Arbitration for Sport Insight into the international anti-doping frameworkMs Catherine Odway sporting amp anti-doping consultantSlides

8 AugustANU College of Law SymposiumGetting Ready for the Referendum Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in the Australian Constitution

14ndash18 AugustConferenceTowards Global Artificial Photosynthesis Energy nanochemistry amp governance

19 AugustCIPL Friday Lunchtime Seminar Series Running a Large Commonwealth Legal Services Team The challenges and the pitfallsSimon Matthews ATO General Counsel Law amp Practice amp Nick Westerink ATO Assistant Commissioner Legal Service

23 August Public Seminar - Humanitarian Law Perspectives Presented by the Centre for International and Public Law ANU College of Law The Australian Red Cross and Mallesons Stephen Jacques

31 AugustCIPL Public SeminarState Control over Private Military amp Security Companies in Armed ConflictDr Hannah Tonkin Lawyer United Nations

SEPTEMBER

2 SeptemberCIPL Friday Lunchtime SeminarDo we need an international law on the self-determination of peoples Nicholas Duff Legal Research Officer-Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies

7 SeptemberThe 25th Annual Lionel Murphy Memorial Lecture Vigilance Against Injustice in the Justice System

12

9ndash10 September 16th Annual Public Law Weekend 10 years on from September 11 the Impact on Public Law

9 SeptemberFourteenth Geoffrey Sawer LecturePresented by The Right Hon Madam Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin PC Canadian Chief JusticeFlyer

16 SeptemberCIPL Friday Lunchtime Seminar SeriesConstitutional Change and Australian RepublicanismMr Glenn Patmore

OCTOBER

21 OctoberCIPL Friday Lunchtime Seminar SeriesPursuing Constitutional Dialogue within Socialist Vietnam The 2010 DebateHuong Nguyen Maurer School of Law Indiana University

Upcoming Events

Alumni Newsletter_Spring_2011indd 13 23022012 90655 AM

Staff in the Media

SEPTEMBER

Don AntonAntonrsquos Weekly Digest of International LawVol 2 No 34 (1 September 2011)

Don RothwellGovernment could have foreseen refugee decisionThe Australian5 September 2011

Peter BaileyTen years of anti-terror lawsSarah Collerton 1233 ABC Newcastle12 September 2011

Matthew RimmerAll huff and puff as big tobacco quietly runs awayDept of Health and Ageing website14 September 2011

Big tobacco uses The Castle in legal bluenewscomau13 September 2011

Tobacco industry case up in smokeANU News 14 September 2011

Margaret ThorntonThe market comes to law schoolThe Australian13 September 2011

Don AntonCompulsory Pilotage in the Torres StraitSocial Science Research Network14 September 2011

Tobaccorsquos Mad Men Threaten Public Health The Conversation23 September 2011

Mathew RimmerSydney Court to Rule in Apple-Samsung Tablet War The Wall Street Journal28 September 2011

OCTOBER

Matthew RimmerBlackberry pinches Colvinrsquos Twitter pic for adAshley Hall ABC News online 29 October 2011

Mark Colvin image used in Blackberry promotionAshley Hall ABC PM 28 October 2011

13

NOVEMBER

Mathew RimmerNew Australia Smoking Law Bans Brand LabelsJames Grubel The Independent (UK) The Chicago Tribune amp Reuters10 November 2011

Brad JessupDragging coal through the courts an alternative emissions-reduction strategyThe Conversation14 November 2011

Alumni Newsletter_Spring_2011indd 14 23022012 90655 AM

To update your contact details

Alumni OfficeANU Alumni webpagehttpwwwanueduaualumni

Marketing and CommunicationsANU College of LawT (02) 6125 4070 6125 8139E alumnilawanueduauhttplawanueduau

14

A N U C O L L E G EO F L A W

Graduate ProgramInternational SecurityLaw

Master of Laws specialising inInternational Security Law(7300SISL ndash Lawyers)

Master of International SecurityLaw(7318XMISL ndash Non-Lawyers)

Graduate Diploma in Lawspecialising in InternationalSecurity Law(6300SISL ndash Lawyers)

Graduate Diploma inInternational Security Law(6318XGDISL ndash Non-Lawyers)

More information

C O N T A C T S

T 02 6125 0510 E pgadminlawanueduauF 02 6125 3971 W httplawanueduau

new program

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Page 3: ANU COLLEGE OF LAW ALUMNI NEWSLETTER Summer 2012 · ANU COLLEGE OF LAW ALUMNI NEWSLETTER Summer 2012 ... Naish (externally led by ... Michael has also been involved in a philanthropic

2

Congratulations to ANU College of Law ARC Grant Recipients

The ANU College of Law congratulates five academic staff members for receiving Australian Research Council (ARC) grants On 1 November Innovation Minister Senator Kim Carr announced the recipients of the ARC Discovery and Linkage grants

Professors Margaret Thornton and Peter Cane will receive funding for their research projects in 2012 through the Discovery Project scheme while Ms Judy Jones and Professor Mark Lunney will receive funding in 2012 through the Linkage Infrastructure Equipment and Facilities Project scheme

And on 14 November Minister Carr announced that Dr Daniel Fitzpatrick secured Future Fellowship funding for his project

Their projects are outlined below

D I S C O V E R Y P R O J E C T SProfessor Margaret Thornton amp Professor Richard CollierBalancing law and lifeLaw firms have been transformed as a result of mergers incorporation and listing on the stock exchange The centrality of competition and globalisation has jeopardised any possibility of a worklife balance This project will examine the tensions in trying to effect a balance for lawyers expected to work 247

Professor Peter CaneThe legal framework of public administration a comparative study This project explores the relationship between administrative law and public administration in Australia the United Kingdom and the United States Its main aim is to give Australians generally and Australian public administrators in particular a clearer understanding of the way law frames and regulates the day-to-day implementation of public policy and programs

L I N K A G E I N F R A S T R U C T U R E E Q U I P M E N T amp

F A C I L I T I E S P R O J E C T S Mowbray Prof Andrew S Greenleaf Prof Graham W Ford Dr Lisa M Nettelbeck Prof Amanda E Grantham Prof Ross B Twomey AProf Anne F Finnane Prof Mark J Williams Prof John M Buck Prof Andrew R Kercher Prof Bruce R Adams Prof Michael A Foster AProf Robert K Petrow AProf Stefan Bond Dr Catherine M Dorsett AProf Shaunnagh G Lunney Prof Mark D McDermott AProf Peter M Prest EmProf Wilfrid R Jones Ms Judith S Irving Prof Helen D Otlowski Prof Margaret F Peterson Mr Naish (externally led by UTS)

The Australasian Legal History Library Creating historical depth in legal data on AustLII to improve all legal researchThe Australasian Legal History Library to be located for free access on AustLII will provide comprehensive legislation and case law from all colonies (subsequently Australian States Territories or New Zealand) up to 1950 Its citator will show how these historical materials are used in current legal decisions It will be a revolution for legal history research

PartnerCollaborating Eligible Organisation(s) Australian Law Librarians Association Griffith University Macquarie University The Australian National University The University of Adelaide The University of New South Wales The University of Queensland The University of Sydney University of Tasmania University of Western Sydney

F U T U R E F E L L O W S H I PDr Daniel Fitzpatrick has secured ARC Future Fellowship funding for his project lsquoThe resilience of property inundation displacement and local relocation in the Asia-Pacificrsquo

Danielrsquos project summary statesThis project responds to increased risks of population movement as a result of natural disasters and climate change in the Asia-Pacific The project analyses local relocations in Indonesia and Solomon Islands in order to support sustainable resettlement of displaced persons in their home environments

Judith Jones

Prof Lunney

Dr Fitzpatrick

Prof Cane

Prof Thornton

Alumni Newsletter_Spring_2011indd 3 23022012 90354 AM

3

CIPL 16th Annual Public Law Weekend

(L-R) AProf Andrew Lynch Gabrielle Appleby John Williams Ernst Willheim and Kim Rubenstein

(L-R) Nicola McGarrity Rebecca Welsh Prof Peter Bailey (standing) and Prof Simon Evans

(L-R) Dr Dominique Dalla-Pozza Prof George Williams AO Prof Kim Rubenstein (standing) and Prof Michael LrsquoEstrange AO

(L-R) Dr Julie Debeljak XCarla Mazur and Prof Fiona Wheeler

Academics and practitioners of public law gathered on 9ndash10 September for the 16th Annual Public Law Weekend at the ANU College of Law

The event was hosted by the Centre for International and Public Law (CIPL)

As the weekend marked the 10th Anniversary since the events of September 11 2001 CIPL thought it opportune to reflect upon the state of Public law 10 years on

The opening lecture of the Public Law Weekend was delivered by Professor Michael Lrsquoestrange Director of the National Security College ANU His speech was titled The Changing Nature of lsquoNational Securityrsquo and the Implications for Public Law

The 14th Annual Geoffrey Sawer lecture was also held during the weekend and was delivered by the Chief Justice of the Canadian Supreme Court Beverley McLachlin PC She discussed AntindashTerrorism the Judiciary and the Rule of Law

The 16th PLW Program

Prof Michael LrsquoEstrange AO (L) Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin PC

Alumni Newsletter_Spring_2011indd 4 23022012 90647 AM

4

C O N F E R E N C E

Towards Global Artificial Photosynthesis Energy Nanochemistry amp Governance

Participants at the conference Lord Howe Island

The Towards Global Artificial Photosynthesis was hosted by the ANU on Lord Howe Island on 14ndash18 August It was sponsored by the Department of Innovation Industry Science amp ResearchCentre for International amp Public Law ANU College of Law ampthe ANU

The aim of this conference was to foster international collaborations and strategies for funding through a global effort in five key areas of artificial photosynthesis

bull global collaborations governance and policy structures and modelsbull energy capture - including photovoltaic systemsbull energy conversion and storage - including quantum coherence in electron transfer and hydrogen production for fuel cellsbull carbon fixation andbull modified and synthetic biological processes

The conference showcased the research of some of the worlds leading experts in artificial photosynthesis nanotechnology and global governance

Conference program Video

Prof Tom Faunce Conf Convenor

Prof Peidong Yang Prof Daniel G Nocera

AProf Naoki Aratani Prof Eva-Mari Aro

Conference venue Lord Howe Island Community Hall

Alumni Newsletter_Spring_2011indd 5 23022012 90649 AM

5

Annual ANU Reconciliation Lecture 2011

Professor Tim Flannery Chief Commissioner Climate Commission delivered the Annual ANU Recobciliation Lecture Reconciliation in an era of globalisation on 3 November 2011

The event was presented by the National Centre for IndigenousStudies ANU College of Law Reconciliation Australia and theNational Film amp Sound Archive

More details

Congratulations

Human rights advocate Marianne Dickie is ACT Local Hero

The ANU College of Law congratulates Marianne Dickie ANU Sub Dean of the Migration Law Program for being a finalist in the Australian of the Year 2012 awards in the ACT Local Hero category

Biographical detailsMedia releaseAustralian of the Year

Alumni Newsletter_Spring_2011indd 6 23022012 90651 AM

Catching up with our alumni

Michael Bungay Stanier

Michael studied BALLB both with honours at ANU When deciding what to study at university Michael originally chose law as a lsquoback-up planrsquo as he suspected his Bachelor of Arts in literature might not be lsquothe road to career successrsquo

According to Michael the best memories of ANU were being in the Law Revue for many years (and in particular lsquosynchronized nude male modellingrsquo) playing in the soccer team starting the lsquogive a goatee a gorsquo campaign and a pig roast that involved a 2km hike with said pig which raised money for good With respect to his law degree he mentioned lecturers Nick Seddon and Steve Bottomley as having the most positive influence on him

rsquoOne of my low points was writing a thesis on the paradox of lsquoplain English lawrsquo that no-one understood me includedrsquo he said

Nineteen years ago Michael left Australia to be a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University lsquoSome of the highlights included taking my final law exams in lsquosub fuscrsquo ndash which is effectively white tie and tails studying for a MPhil in English Literature and writing about James Joyce and a British feminist writer Angela Carter Most importantly I met my Canadian wife who was doing a PhD therersquo he said

Since leaving Australia Michaelrsquos career highlights have includedworking in an innovation agency and time as a management consultant helping organisations go through large scale change

About 10 years ago he set up Box of Crayons and he said the highlights of that have been lsquoone not starving and two publishing several books that have actually soldrsquo

lsquoWe help people and organisations do more Great Work and less Good Work In other words how do you do more of the stuff that lights you up challenges you and does some good in the world - and less of all the other stuff that fills up your day We offer various training programs and I write books and give talks as wellrsquo he said

Michael has also been involved in a philanthropic project End Malaria over the last 18 months lsquoItrsquos a book with 62 leading business and personal development writers all writing about the topic of Great Work The really cool thing is that $20 from every book sold goes to Malaria No More to buy mosquito nets and help with the fight against malaria It got to 2 on Amazoncom and in the first two weeks raised $300000

Life in Toronto is lsquomostly fantastic - itrsquos one of the most active and diverse cities in the world and itrsquos a great base for exploring North America and Europe Winters can go on a little too long Itrsquos hard to explain what lsquolsquominus 40 windchill isrdquo - but the best way is to understand that at that temperature if you spill a glass of water it freezes on contact Michael said

6

Alumni Newsletter_Spring_2011indd 7 23022012 90651 AM

7

ANU College of Law alumnus and soon-to-be colleague Professor Desmond Manderson has been elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada

lsquoThis is a highly prestigious appointment and recognises Desmonds outstanding scholarly achievements over his years in Canada where he currently holds the Canada Research Chair in Law and Discourse at McGill University

lsquoIt is testament to the esteem in which he is held by his peers and to the excellence and impact of his workrsquo said Professor Fiona Wheeler acting Dean ANU College of Law

Desmonds citation in the announcement by the RSC highlights the originality of his scholarship describing how he brings law and the humanities into a rich interdisciplinary dialogue through unique and imaginative studies both historical and contemporary These explore contemporary issues in law and justice through literature music and the arts Law emerges in a dynamic relationship with the images and discourses of the society in which it lives

Desmond will be joining the ANU College of Law and the Research School of the Humanities via another prestigious award ndash the ARC Future Fellowship ndash in the very near future

More detailsRoyal Society of Canada honours nine McGill researchers from Medicine Law and ArtsARC Future Fellowship

Congratulations to our alumni

Professor Desmond Manderson

cong

ratu

latio

ns

Alumni Newsletter_Spring_2011indd 8 23022012 90651 AM

8

What is it like to be an ANU Law Student in 2011

Profile Margaret Long

Margaret was born in China and spent most of her childhood in Singapore before moving to Melbourne (2004) and eventually to Canberra where she is currently studying second year FinanceLaw Before starting her degree Margaretrsquos burning passion had always been business and finance but she was also fascinated by the lsquocontrol and application of law in societyrsquo

lsquoI was more attracted to law by the skill sets you can develop rather than a particular legal area but having said that I am more attracted to commercial law and would probably pursue it if I do become a lawyer This general idea has not changed but I am opening my mind to areas such as international and migration law ANU is fantastic in this way students are not encouraged to all become the stereotypical adversarial advocate in big corporations instead opportunities like LRSJ are given to experience different fields of law and explore our interestsrsquo she said

lsquoI first heard about LRSJ at the law facultyrsquos orientation welcome session when Simon Rice made apresentation about the Community Legal Education (CLE) projects After going to the information session I decided that CLE would be an opportunity for me to contribute to the community and practice my legal skills at the same time so I decided to take part and commit to the projectrsquo

lsquoI have been involved with the CLE Older Persons project for about a year now The CLE project has offered our team some valuableopportunities to practice the research and writing skills students acquired in their first year on legal content we were yet to learn in class On top of that it has been such a learning experience for the team in terms of relationship-building time management and communication skillsrsquo

lsquoLRSJ has given us the opportunity to work with the Council on the Ageing (COTA) the ACT Government and also legal organizations such as Legal Aid ACT Supported by AssociateProfessor Simon Rice and Caroline Compton the team has received a sizeable grant from the ACT government and has published a series of legal information bookletsrsquo she saidMargaretrsquos short term goal is to get a challenging job that she loves in either finance or law in the international market In the long term she hopes to improve her knowledge and professional skills and start her own business one dayrsquo

lsquoMy participation in LRSJ has certainly given me a wider and more realistic perspective on law Like most first years my initial perspective on law was quite idealized ndash think big corporate cases or standing up for justice in Human Rights The CLE program has extended that boundary to be a more complete picture including areas such as consumer protection estate planning and workplace rightsrsquo she said

For more information Law Reform amp Social Justice Program

Alumni Newsletter_Spring_2011indd 9 23022012 90652 AM

The Law Reform and Social Justice (LRSJ) Program at The Australian National University is part of the ANU College of Law It was established in 2007 with the creation of the position of Director of Law Reform and Social Justice currently filled by Associate Professor Simon Rice Please see the website to discover more about the LRSJ Program

9

Profile Christopher Patz

I am from Canberra Deciding to attend the ANU was hence a very big decision it meant suppressing a youthful urge to flee and ldquofind myselfrdquo some place else In my final year of undergraduate study I feel that decision has been vindicated (not least because it didnrsquot stop me from finding myself in the various squatted casas okupadas of Madrid on student exchange)

I studied Law in addition to Political Science and Spanish I say lsquoin addition torsquo for a reason It reflects the idea I share that what we know as The Law is premised on a whole galaxy of ideas values perspectives assumptions and other terms one is more likely to discover in the study of the Humanities than in the study of the Law per se The law does not exist independent of us nor is it somehow immune to the inadequacies of its creators and

sustainers What lies behind The Law are fundamental questions about how we as human beings decide to live together and organise ourselves in a society

On the question of who might lay claim to our society the Law Reform and Social Justice Program provided me with the opportunity to volunteer at one of Australiarsquos many migrant and refugee settlement centers At the time I was taking a course in Politics called Globalism and the Politics of Identity

I enjoyed the work which involved designing community programs for recently settled adolescent migrants and refugees tutoring and navigating Department of Immigration Humanitarian Visa application processes Because of this work experience and having taken a course in International Human Rights Law I was later employed by the Carter Centre as an International Observer to the out-of-country voting for the South Sudanese referendum for independence With a partner I evaluated the registration and polling practice against International Human Rights instruments and send daily reports to Atlanta and Khartoum alongside other observers in the UK US Canada Kenya Uganda and Egypt where the diaspora voting was underway This contributed to a certified human rights compliant referendum At the ANU and at Melbournersquos West Bulldogs football club in West Footscray I watched

two thousand South Sudanese vote to create the worldrsquos newest nation and embrace their collective right to self-determination after decades of civil conflict

I have had many invitations to visit the Sudan and one day I will oblige in order to contribute what I can to the much-needed assistance for creating that new country Self-determination is in a lot of ways where the challenge begins not where it ends Despite the modest marks I managed to attain in Corporations Law I have already been of some assistance to a group of young Sudanese professionals helping them to incorporate as an organisation to assist their communities with resettlement here in Australia and to provide support to those in the South

Having a law reform and social justice program at the ANU College of Law helps those students who want to to use their study of the law in different and pragmatic ways It opens opportunities to non-traditional careers through allowing students to create and sustain their own projects with their own initiative and with their own interests To this end it provides ample support and encouragement But above all it is empowering as it helps students to realize their potential to shape their own path and traverse the divide between The Law and social life

Alumni Newsletter_Spring_2011indd 10 23022012 90654 AM

What are our current law students doing

Profile Patrick Mayoh

Patrick Mayoh (know to most as lsquoPaddyrsquo) is a Prime Ministerrsquos Australia-Asia Endeavour Award Scholar currently studying law at Peking University He is a penultimate Bachelor of Asia-Pacific Studies (Chinese)Bachelor of Laws student at the ANU and has recently completed a Graduate Diploma in Asia-Pacific Studies on exchange at Peking University While studying Chinese Media Law Labour Law and Comparative Judicial Systems (in Mandarin) Paddy currently also interns part-time at one of Beijingrsquos most active legal aid services ndash Beijing Yilian Legal Aid and Study Center for Labor

In his earlier years at the ANU Paddy became passionate about legal education and advocating law studentsrsquo views In his more lsquovociferous daysrsquo Paddy presented student proposals to numerous College of Law education boards Paddy became the Law Studentsrsquo Society (LSS)President in 2009 after he was heroically elected unopposed lsquoI really enjoyed working with a dedicated team to represent the academic and social needs of over 1200 students ndash from ensuring a high-quality LLB program following the introduction of the JD to resuscitating the Social Justice Dinner Seriesrsquo he said The highlight for him was certainly learning from The Hon Michael Kirby AC CMG at the What Makes a Good Lawyer forum He was also honoured to sit on the ACT Law Societyrsquos Equalising Opportunities in the Law Committee

Despite his passion for advocating law studentsrsquo views and overseeing lsquonotoriousrsquo LSS social parties Paddy quickly turned his attention to China again He has worked and studied in China on ten separate occasions and has loved the educational and professional experiences made available to him in Asia Seeking to taste the commercial world before he graduates next year Paddy has interned with Clifford Chance (Hong Kong) Mallesons Stephen Jaques (Hong Kong) Davis Polk amp Wardwell Hong Kong Solicitors and TransAsia Lawyers (Beijing Freehillsrsquo alliance firm in the PRC) Working in a new jurisdiction equipped him with a worldly outlook on legal practice and an appreciation of the truly international opportunities that an Asian StudiesLaw background offers Paddy was also an Events Host for Network Seven at the Beijing Olympic Games and spent six months masquerading as a wine connoisseur for a wine importing company in Beijing

During the academic term in China Paddy studies PRC and international trade law with local Chinese students He enjoys the challenge of being thrown in the deep end drowning and then being resuscitated by the lecturer if they are nice On top of the challenge to grasp Chinese legalese Paddy has found the competition among students very high and the emphasis on memory-based learning in many compulsory courses quite difficult Paddy decided to undertake courses in Negotiation and Clinical Law (researching migrant workersrsquo rights and the new social insurance law with a select group of later year students) which were more hands on courses and conducive to Socratic teaching methods Of the courses he has taken he has been incredibly impressed by the quality of teaching at Peking University however lively student discussions in larger classes are largely absent Paddy has also valued the grassroots work he undertakes at Yilian engaging directly with injured workers and Chinarsquos policy-makers in the areas of labour and social security law

Our

cur

rent

Law

stu

den

ts

10

Paddy Mayoh with classmates at Peking University

Alumni Newsletter_Spring_2011indd 11 23022012 90655 AM

While in Beijing two Sino-Australian focused initiatives Paddy worked tirelessly on (with a great team) were the Australia-China Youth Association (ACYA) and the Australia-China Youth Dialogue In his capacity as ACYA National President (China) Paddy sought to further ties between Australian and Chinese students young professionals education institutions businesses and government bodies

lsquoIt was a great experience meeting with Dr Mark Nolan and Professor Gao Xiang in Beijing to discuss ANUrsquos exchange agreement with China University of Political Science and Law

lsquoThe constant flow of work and study added to the buzz of living in a truly international city From networking karaoke nights outlandish dumpling gatherings occasional battles with the great firewall of China in an effort to secure accurate information to high-quality workshops on Chinarsquos international ambitions

lsquoBeijing is a kaleidoscopic city in the opportunities and contradictions it offers

lsquoI am very grateful for the first-class legal education I enjoyed over four years at the ANU and am looking

forward to writing my law thesis first semester next year

lsquoI am honoured to have Professor Kent Anderson supervise my thesis on assessing the legal responsibility of multinational enterprises (MNEs) operating in the PRC and their corporate social responsibility codesrsquo he said

Paddy believes that the College of Lawrsquos talented lecturers provided him with a strong legal foundation for further study and legal practice

lsquoIn particular I have greatly benefited from taking courses by Fiona Wheeler Wayne Morgan Ven Alex Bruce Kent Anderson and Stephen Bottomleyrsquo

He is also very grateful for Dr Jean-Pierre Fonteynersquos efforts in facilitating his study program at Peking University In January next year Paddy will join other law students on the collegersquos International Organisations Law Program in Geneva with Dr Jean-Pierre Fonteyne

Despite his strong interest in international law contemporary Chinese society and international relations Paddy has no set plans following graduation He was delighted and honoured to represent the ANU on the Global Voices delegation to the APEC Leadersrsquo Meeting this year in Hawaii He spoke with leaders on the role of MNErsquos in shaping the regionrsquos social and political architecture in preparation for his thesis-writing next semester

Paddy considers himself very fortunate to have been able to represent the ANU at so many international events and is grateful for the excellent educational opportunities the University has given him

11

Alumni Newsletter_Spring_2011indd 12 23022012 90655 AM

Past Events

AUGUST

2 August

Voiceless Public Lecture SeriesldquoReflections from the European Union with Peter StevensonrdquoAudio

5 AugustCIPL Lunctime SeminarProsecuting Drug Cheats in the Court of Arbitration for Sport Insight into the international anti-doping frameworkMs Catherine Odway sporting amp anti-doping consultantSlides

8 AugustANU College of Law SymposiumGetting Ready for the Referendum Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in the Australian Constitution

14ndash18 AugustConferenceTowards Global Artificial Photosynthesis Energy nanochemistry amp governance

19 AugustCIPL Friday Lunchtime Seminar Series Running a Large Commonwealth Legal Services Team The challenges and the pitfallsSimon Matthews ATO General Counsel Law amp Practice amp Nick Westerink ATO Assistant Commissioner Legal Service

23 August Public Seminar - Humanitarian Law Perspectives Presented by the Centre for International and Public Law ANU College of Law The Australian Red Cross and Mallesons Stephen Jacques

31 AugustCIPL Public SeminarState Control over Private Military amp Security Companies in Armed ConflictDr Hannah Tonkin Lawyer United Nations

SEPTEMBER

2 SeptemberCIPL Friday Lunchtime SeminarDo we need an international law on the self-determination of peoples Nicholas Duff Legal Research Officer-Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies

7 SeptemberThe 25th Annual Lionel Murphy Memorial Lecture Vigilance Against Injustice in the Justice System

12

9ndash10 September 16th Annual Public Law Weekend 10 years on from September 11 the Impact on Public Law

9 SeptemberFourteenth Geoffrey Sawer LecturePresented by The Right Hon Madam Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin PC Canadian Chief JusticeFlyer

16 SeptemberCIPL Friday Lunchtime Seminar SeriesConstitutional Change and Australian RepublicanismMr Glenn Patmore

OCTOBER

21 OctoberCIPL Friday Lunchtime Seminar SeriesPursuing Constitutional Dialogue within Socialist Vietnam The 2010 DebateHuong Nguyen Maurer School of Law Indiana University

Upcoming Events

Alumni Newsletter_Spring_2011indd 13 23022012 90655 AM

Staff in the Media

SEPTEMBER

Don AntonAntonrsquos Weekly Digest of International LawVol 2 No 34 (1 September 2011)

Don RothwellGovernment could have foreseen refugee decisionThe Australian5 September 2011

Peter BaileyTen years of anti-terror lawsSarah Collerton 1233 ABC Newcastle12 September 2011

Matthew RimmerAll huff and puff as big tobacco quietly runs awayDept of Health and Ageing website14 September 2011

Big tobacco uses The Castle in legal bluenewscomau13 September 2011

Tobacco industry case up in smokeANU News 14 September 2011

Margaret ThorntonThe market comes to law schoolThe Australian13 September 2011

Don AntonCompulsory Pilotage in the Torres StraitSocial Science Research Network14 September 2011

Tobaccorsquos Mad Men Threaten Public Health The Conversation23 September 2011

Mathew RimmerSydney Court to Rule in Apple-Samsung Tablet War The Wall Street Journal28 September 2011

OCTOBER

Matthew RimmerBlackberry pinches Colvinrsquos Twitter pic for adAshley Hall ABC News online 29 October 2011

Mark Colvin image used in Blackberry promotionAshley Hall ABC PM 28 October 2011

13

NOVEMBER

Mathew RimmerNew Australia Smoking Law Bans Brand LabelsJames Grubel The Independent (UK) The Chicago Tribune amp Reuters10 November 2011

Brad JessupDragging coal through the courts an alternative emissions-reduction strategyThe Conversation14 November 2011

Alumni Newsletter_Spring_2011indd 14 23022012 90655 AM

To update your contact details

Alumni OfficeANU Alumni webpagehttpwwwanueduaualumni

Marketing and CommunicationsANU College of LawT (02) 6125 4070 6125 8139E alumnilawanueduauhttplawanueduau

14

A N U C O L L E G EO F L A W

Graduate ProgramInternational SecurityLaw

Master of Laws specialising inInternational Security Law(7300SISL ndash Lawyers)

Master of International SecurityLaw(7318XMISL ndash Non-Lawyers)

Graduate Diploma in Lawspecialising in InternationalSecurity Law(6300SISL ndash Lawyers)

Graduate Diploma inInternational Security Law(6318XGDISL ndash Non-Lawyers)

More information

C O N T A C T S

T 02 6125 0510 E pgadminlawanueduauF 02 6125 3971 W httplawanueduau

new program

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Page 4: ANU COLLEGE OF LAW ALUMNI NEWSLETTER Summer 2012 · ANU COLLEGE OF LAW ALUMNI NEWSLETTER Summer 2012 ... Naish (externally led by ... Michael has also been involved in a philanthropic

3

CIPL 16th Annual Public Law Weekend

(L-R) AProf Andrew Lynch Gabrielle Appleby John Williams Ernst Willheim and Kim Rubenstein

(L-R) Nicola McGarrity Rebecca Welsh Prof Peter Bailey (standing) and Prof Simon Evans

(L-R) Dr Dominique Dalla-Pozza Prof George Williams AO Prof Kim Rubenstein (standing) and Prof Michael LrsquoEstrange AO

(L-R) Dr Julie Debeljak XCarla Mazur and Prof Fiona Wheeler

Academics and practitioners of public law gathered on 9ndash10 September for the 16th Annual Public Law Weekend at the ANU College of Law

The event was hosted by the Centre for International and Public Law (CIPL)

As the weekend marked the 10th Anniversary since the events of September 11 2001 CIPL thought it opportune to reflect upon the state of Public law 10 years on

The opening lecture of the Public Law Weekend was delivered by Professor Michael Lrsquoestrange Director of the National Security College ANU His speech was titled The Changing Nature of lsquoNational Securityrsquo and the Implications for Public Law

The 14th Annual Geoffrey Sawer lecture was also held during the weekend and was delivered by the Chief Justice of the Canadian Supreme Court Beverley McLachlin PC She discussed AntindashTerrorism the Judiciary and the Rule of Law

The 16th PLW Program

Prof Michael LrsquoEstrange AO (L) Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin PC

Alumni Newsletter_Spring_2011indd 4 23022012 90647 AM

4

C O N F E R E N C E

Towards Global Artificial Photosynthesis Energy Nanochemistry amp Governance

Participants at the conference Lord Howe Island

The Towards Global Artificial Photosynthesis was hosted by the ANU on Lord Howe Island on 14ndash18 August It was sponsored by the Department of Innovation Industry Science amp ResearchCentre for International amp Public Law ANU College of Law ampthe ANU

The aim of this conference was to foster international collaborations and strategies for funding through a global effort in five key areas of artificial photosynthesis

bull global collaborations governance and policy structures and modelsbull energy capture - including photovoltaic systemsbull energy conversion and storage - including quantum coherence in electron transfer and hydrogen production for fuel cellsbull carbon fixation andbull modified and synthetic biological processes

The conference showcased the research of some of the worlds leading experts in artificial photosynthesis nanotechnology and global governance

Conference program Video

Prof Tom Faunce Conf Convenor

Prof Peidong Yang Prof Daniel G Nocera

AProf Naoki Aratani Prof Eva-Mari Aro

Conference venue Lord Howe Island Community Hall

Alumni Newsletter_Spring_2011indd 5 23022012 90649 AM

5

Annual ANU Reconciliation Lecture 2011

Professor Tim Flannery Chief Commissioner Climate Commission delivered the Annual ANU Recobciliation Lecture Reconciliation in an era of globalisation on 3 November 2011

The event was presented by the National Centre for IndigenousStudies ANU College of Law Reconciliation Australia and theNational Film amp Sound Archive

More details

Congratulations

Human rights advocate Marianne Dickie is ACT Local Hero

The ANU College of Law congratulates Marianne Dickie ANU Sub Dean of the Migration Law Program for being a finalist in the Australian of the Year 2012 awards in the ACT Local Hero category

Biographical detailsMedia releaseAustralian of the Year

Alumni Newsletter_Spring_2011indd 6 23022012 90651 AM

Catching up with our alumni

Michael Bungay Stanier

Michael studied BALLB both with honours at ANU When deciding what to study at university Michael originally chose law as a lsquoback-up planrsquo as he suspected his Bachelor of Arts in literature might not be lsquothe road to career successrsquo

According to Michael the best memories of ANU were being in the Law Revue for many years (and in particular lsquosynchronized nude male modellingrsquo) playing in the soccer team starting the lsquogive a goatee a gorsquo campaign and a pig roast that involved a 2km hike with said pig which raised money for good With respect to his law degree he mentioned lecturers Nick Seddon and Steve Bottomley as having the most positive influence on him

rsquoOne of my low points was writing a thesis on the paradox of lsquoplain English lawrsquo that no-one understood me includedrsquo he said

Nineteen years ago Michael left Australia to be a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University lsquoSome of the highlights included taking my final law exams in lsquosub fuscrsquo ndash which is effectively white tie and tails studying for a MPhil in English Literature and writing about James Joyce and a British feminist writer Angela Carter Most importantly I met my Canadian wife who was doing a PhD therersquo he said

Since leaving Australia Michaelrsquos career highlights have includedworking in an innovation agency and time as a management consultant helping organisations go through large scale change

About 10 years ago he set up Box of Crayons and he said the highlights of that have been lsquoone not starving and two publishing several books that have actually soldrsquo

lsquoWe help people and organisations do more Great Work and less Good Work In other words how do you do more of the stuff that lights you up challenges you and does some good in the world - and less of all the other stuff that fills up your day We offer various training programs and I write books and give talks as wellrsquo he said

Michael has also been involved in a philanthropic project End Malaria over the last 18 months lsquoItrsquos a book with 62 leading business and personal development writers all writing about the topic of Great Work The really cool thing is that $20 from every book sold goes to Malaria No More to buy mosquito nets and help with the fight against malaria It got to 2 on Amazoncom and in the first two weeks raised $300000

Life in Toronto is lsquomostly fantastic - itrsquos one of the most active and diverse cities in the world and itrsquos a great base for exploring North America and Europe Winters can go on a little too long Itrsquos hard to explain what lsquolsquominus 40 windchill isrdquo - but the best way is to understand that at that temperature if you spill a glass of water it freezes on contact Michael said

6

Alumni Newsletter_Spring_2011indd 7 23022012 90651 AM

7

ANU College of Law alumnus and soon-to-be colleague Professor Desmond Manderson has been elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada

lsquoThis is a highly prestigious appointment and recognises Desmonds outstanding scholarly achievements over his years in Canada where he currently holds the Canada Research Chair in Law and Discourse at McGill University

lsquoIt is testament to the esteem in which he is held by his peers and to the excellence and impact of his workrsquo said Professor Fiona Wheeler acting Dean ANU College of Law

Desmonds citation in the announcement by the RSC highlights the originality of his scholarship describing how he brings law and the humanities into a rich interdisciplinary dialogue through unique and imaginative studies both historical and contemporary These explore contemporary issues in law and justice through literature music and the arts Law emerges in a dynamic relationship with the images and discourses of the society in which it lives

Desmond will be joining the ANU College of Law and the Research School of the Humanities via another prestigious award ndash the ARC Future Fellowship ndash in the very near future

More detailsRoyal Society of Canada honours nine McGill researchers from Medicine Law and ArtsARC Future Fellowship

Congratulations to our alumni

Professor Desmond Manderson

cong

ratu

latio

ns

Alumni Newsletter_Spring_2011indd 8 23022012 90651 AM

8

What is it like to be an ANU Law Student in 2011

Profile Margaret Long

Margaret was born in China and spent most of her childhood in Singapore before moving to Melbourne (2004) and eventually to Canberra where she is currently studying second year FinanceLaw Before starting her degree Margaretrsquos burning passion had always been business and finance but she was also fascinated by the lsquocontrol and application of law in societyrsquo

lsquoI was more attracted to law by the skill sets you can develop rather than a particular legal area but having said that I am more attracted to commercial law and would probably pursue it if I do become a lawyer This general idea has not changed but I am opening my mind to areas such as international and migration law ANU is fantastic in this way students are not encouraged to all become the stereotypical adversarial advocate in big corporations instead opportunities like LRSJ are given to experience different fields of law and explore our interestsrsquo she said

lsquoI first heard about LRSJ at the law facultyrsquos orientation welcome session when Simon Rice made apresentation about the Community Legal Education (CLE) projects After going to the information session I decided that CLE would be an opportunity for me to contribute to the community and practice my legal skills at the same time so I decided to take part and commit to the projectrsquo

lsquoI have been involved with the CLE Older Persons project for about a year now The CLE project has offered our team some valuableopportunities to practice the research and writing skills students acquired in their first year on legal content we were yet to learn in class On top of that it has been such a learning experience for the team in terms of relationship-building time management and communication skillsrsquo

lsquoLRSJ has given us the opportunity to work with the Council on the Ageing (COTA) the ACT Government and also legal organizations such as Legal Aid ACT Supported by AssociateProfessor Simon Rice and Caroline Compton the team has received a sizeable grant from the ACT government and has published a series of legal information bookletsrsquo she saidMargaretrsquos short term goal is to get a challenging job that she loves in either finance or law in the international market In the long term she hopes to improve her knowledge and professional skills and start her own business one dayrsquo

lsquoMy participation in LRSJ has certainly given me a wider and more realistic perspective on law Like most first years my initial perspective on law was quite idealized ndash think big corporate cases or standing up for justice in Human Rights The CLE program has extended that boundary to be a more complete picture including areas such as consumer protection estate planning and workplace rightsrsquo she said

For more information Law Reform amp Social Justice Program

Alumni Newsletter_Spring_2011indd 9 23022012 90652 AM

The Law Reform and Social Justice (LRSJ) Program at The Australian National University is part of the ANU College of Law It was established in 2007 with the creation of the position of Director of Law Reform and Social Justice currently filled by Associate Professor Simon Rice Please see the website to discover more about the LRSJ Program

9

Profile Christopher Patz

I am from Canberra Deciding to attend the ANU was hence a very big decision it meant suppressing a youthful urge to flee and ldquofind myselfrdquo some place else In my final year of undergraduate study I feel that decision has been vindicated (not least because it didnrsquot stop me from finding myself in the various squatted casas okupadas of Madrid on student exchange)

I studied Law in addition to Political Science and Spanish I say lsquoin addition torsquo for a reason It reflects the idea I share that what we know as The Law is premised on a whole galaxy of ideas values perspectives assumptions and other terms one is more likely to discover in the study of the Humanities than in the study of the Law per se The law does not exist independent of us nor is it somehow immune to the inadequacies of its creators and

sustainers What lies behind The Law are fundamental questions about how we as human beings decide to live together and organise ourselves in a society

On the question of who might lay claim to our society the Law Reform and Social Justice Program provided me with the opportunity to volunteer at one of Australiarsquos many migrant and refugee settlement centers At the time I was taking a course in Politics called Globalism and the Politics of Identity

I enjoyed the work which involved designing community programs for recently settled adolescent migrants and refugees tutoring and navigating Department of Immigration Humanitarian Visa application processes Because of this work experience and having taken a course in International Human Rights Law I was later employed by the Carter Centre as an International Observer to the out-of-country voting for the South Sudanese referendum for independence With a partner I evaluated the registration and polling practice against International Human Rights instruments and send daily reports to Atlanta and Khartoum alongside other observers in the UK US Canada Kenya Uganda and Egypt where the diaspora voting was underway This contributed to a certified human rights compliant referendum At the ANU and at Melbournersquos West Bulldogs football club in West Footscray I watched

two thousand South Sudanese vote to create the worldrsquos newest nation and embrace their collective right to self-determination after decades of civil conflict

I have had many invitations to visit the Sudan and one day I will oblige in order to contribute what I can to the much-needed assistance for creating that new country Self-determination is in a lot of ways where the challenge begins not where it ends Despite the modest marks I managed to attain in Corporations Law I have already been of some assistance to a group of young Sudanese professionals helping them to incorporate as an organisation to assist their communities with resettlement here in Australia and to provide support to those in the South

Having a law reform and social justice program at the ANU College of Law helps those students who want to to use their study of the law in different and pragmatic ways It opens opportunities to non-traditional careers through allowing students to create and sustain their own projects with their own initiative and with their own interests To this end it provides ample support and encouragement But above all it is empowering as it helps students to realize their potential to shape their own path and traverse the divide between The Law and social life

Alumni Newsletter_Spring_2011indd 10 23022012 90654 AM

What are our current law students doing

Profile Patrick Mayoh

Patrick Mayoh (know to most as lsquoPaddyrsquo) is a Prime Ministerrsquos Australia-Asia Endeavour Award Scholar currently studying law at Peking University He is a penultimate Bachelor of Asia-Pacific Studies (Chinese)Bachelor of Laws student at the ANU and has recently completed a Graduate Diploma in Asia-Pacific Studies on exchange at Peking University While studying Chinese Media Law Labour Law and Comparative Judicial Systems (in Mandarin) Paddy currently also interns part-time at one of Beijingrsquos most active legal aid services ndash Beijing Yilian Legal Aid and Study Center for Labor

In his earlier years at the ANU Paddy became passionate about legal education and advocating law studentsrsquo views In his more lsquovociferous daysrsquo Paddy presented student proposals to numerous College of Law education boards Paddy became the Law Studentsrsquo Society (LSS)President in 2009 after he was heroically elected unopposed lsquoI really enjoyed working with a dedicated team to represent the academic and social needs of over 1200 students ndash from ensuring a high-quality LLB program following the introduction of the JD to resuscitating the Social Justice Dinner Seriesrsquo he said The highlight for him was certainly learning from The Hon Michael Kirby AC CMG at the What Makes a Good Lawyer forum He was also honoured to sit on the ACT Law Societyrsquos Equalising Opportunities in the Law Committee

Despite his passion for advocating law studentsrsquo views and overseeing lsquonotoriousrsquo LSS social parties Paddy quickly turned his attention to China again He has worked and studied in China on ten separate occasions and has loved the educational and professional experiences made available to him in Asia Seeking to taste the commercial world before he graduates next year Paddy has interned with Clifford Chance (Hong Kong) Mallesons Stephen Jaques (Hong Kong) Davis Polk amp Wardwell Hong Kong Solicitors and TransAsia Lawyers (Beijing Freehillsrsquo alliance firm in the PRC) Working in a new jurisdiction equipped him with a worldly outlook on legal practice and an appreciation of the truly international opportunities that an Asian StudiesLaw background offers Paddy was also an Events Host for Network Seven at the Beijing Olympic Games and spent six months masquerading as a wine connoisseur for a wine importing company in Beijing

During the academic term in China Paddy studies PRC and international trade law with local Chinese students He enjoys the challenge of being thrown in the deep end drowning and then being resuscitated by the lecturer if they are nice On top of the challenge to grasp Chinese legalese Paddy has found the competition among students very high and the emphasis on memory-based learning in many compulsory courses quite difficult Paddy decided to undertake courses in Negotiation and Clinical Law (researching migrant workersrsquo rights and the new social insurance law with a select group of later year students) which were more hands on courses and conducive to Socratic teaching methods Of the courses he has taken he has been incredibly impressed by the quality of teaching at Peking University however lively student discussions in larger classes are largely absent Paddy has also valued the grassroots work he undertakes at Yilian engaging directly with injured workers and Chinarsquos policy-makers in the areas of labour and social security law

Our

cur

rent

Law

stu

den

ts

10

Paddy Mayoh with classmates at Peking University

Alumni Newsletter_Spring_2011indd 11 23022012 90655 AM

While in Beijing two Sino-Australian focused initiatives Paddy worked tirelessly on (with a great team) were the Australia-China Youth Association (ACYA) and the Australia-China Youth Dialogue In his capacity as ACYA National President (China) Paddy sought to further ties between Australian and Chinese students young professionals education institutions businesses and government bodies

lsquoIt was a great experience meeting with Dr Mark Nolan and Professor Gao Xiang in Beijing to discuss ANUrsquos exchange agreement with China University of Political Science and Law

lsquoThe constant flow of work and study added to the buzz of living in a truly international city From networking karaoke nights outlandish dumpling gatherings occasional battles with the great firewall of China in an effort to secure accurate information to high-quality workshops on Chinarsquos international ambitions

lsquoBeijing is a kaleidoscopic city in the opportunities and contradictions it offers

lsquoI am very grateful for the first-class legal education I enjoyed over four years at the ANU and am looking

forward to writing my law thesis first semester next year

lsquoI am honoured to have Professor Kent Anderson supervise my thesis on assessing the legal responsibility of multinational enterprises (MNEs) operating in the PRC and their corporate social responsibility codesrsquo he said

Paddy believes that the College of Lawrsquos talented lecturers provided him with a strong legal foundation for further study and legal practice

lsquoIn particular I have greatly benefited from taking courses by Fiona Wheeler Wayne Morgan Ven Alex Bruce Kent Anderson and Stephen Bottomleyrsquo

He is also very grateful for Dr Jean-Pierre Fonteynersquos efforts in facilitating his study program at Peking University In January next year Paddy will join other law students on the collegersquos International Organisations Law Program in Geneva with Dr Jean-Pierre Fonteyne

Despite his strong interest in international law contemporary Chinese society and international relations Paddy has no set plans following graduation He was delighted and honoured to represent the ANU on the Global Voices delegation to the APEC Leadersrsquo Meeting this year in Hawaii He spoke with leaders on the role of MNErsquos in shaping the regionrsquos social and political architecture in preparation for his thesis-writing next semester

Paddy considers himself very fortunate to have been able to represent the ANU at so many international events and is grateful for the excellent educational opportunities the University has given him

11

Alumni Newsletter_Spring_2011indd 12 23022012 90655 AM

Past Events

AUGUST

2 August

Voiceless Public Lecture SeriesldquoReflections from the European Union with Peter StevensonrdquoAudio

5 AugustCIPL Lunctime SeminarProsecuting Drug Cheats in the Court of Arbitration for Sport Insight into the international anti-doping frameworkMs Catherine Odway sporting amp anti-doping consultantSlides

8 AugustANU College of Law SymposiumGetting Ready for the Referendum Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in the Australian Constitution

14ndash18 AugustConferenceTowards Global Artificial Photosynthesis Energy nanochemistry amp governance

19 AugustCIPL Friday Lunchtime Seminar Series Running a Large Commonwealth Legal Services Team The challenges and the pitfallsSimon Matthews ATO General Counsel Law amp Practice amp Nick Westerink ATO Assistant Commissioner Legal Service

23 August Public Seminar - Humanitarian Law Perspectives Presented by the Centre for International and Public Law ANU College of Law The Australian Red Cross and Mallesons Stephen Jacques

31 AugustCIPL Public SeminarState Control over Private Military amp Security Companies in Armed ConflictDr Hannah Tonkin Lawyer United Nations

SEPTEMBER

2 SeptemberCIPL Friday Lunchtime SeminarDo we need an international law on the self-determination of peoples Nicholas Duff Legal Research Officer-Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies

7 SeptemberThe 25th Annual Lionel Murphy Memorial Lecture Vigilance Against Injustice in the Justice System

12

9ndash10 September 16th Annual Public Law Weekend 10 years on from September 11 the Impact on Public Law

9 SeptemberFourteenth Geoffrey Sawer LecturePresented by The Right Hon Madam Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin PC Canadian Chief JusticeFlyer

16 SeptemberCIPL Friday Lunchtime Seminar SeriesConstitutional Change and Australian RepublicanismMr Glenn Patmore

OCTOBER

21 OctoberCIPL Friday Lunchtime Seminar SeriesPursuing Constitutional Dialogue within Socialist Vietnam The 2010 DebateHuong Nguyen Maurer School of Law Indiana University

Upcoming Events

Alumni Newsletter_Spring_2011indd 13 23022012 90655 AM

Staff in the Media

SEPTEMBER

Don AntonAntonrsquos Weekly Digest of International LawVol 2 No 34 (1 September 2011)

Don RothwellGovernment could have foreseen refugee decisionThe Australian5 September 2011

Peter BaileyTen years of anti-terror lawsSarah Collerton 1233 ABC Newcastle12 September 2011

Matthew RimmerAll huff and puff as big tobacco quietly runs awayDept of Health and Ageing website14 September 2011

Big tobacco uses The Castle in legal bluenewscomau13 September 2011

Tobacco industry case up in smokeANU News 14 September 2011

Margaret ThorntonThe market comes to law schoolThe Australian13 September 2011

Don AntonCompulsory Pilotage in the Torres StraitSocial Science Research Network14 September 2011

Tobaccorsquos Mad Men Threaten Public Health The Conversation23 September 2011

Mathew RimmerSydney Court to Rule in Apple-Samsung Tablet War The Wall Street Journal28 September 2011

OCTOBER

Matthew RimmerBlackberry pinches Colvinrsquos Twitter pic for adAshley Hall ABC News online 29 October 2011

Mark Colvin image used in Blackberry promotionAshley Hall ABC PM 28 October 2011

13

NOVEMBER

Mathew RimmerNew Australia Smoking Law Bans Brand LabelsJames Grubel The Independent (UK) The Chicago Tribune amp Reuters10 November 2011

Brad JessupDragging coal through the courts an alternative emissions-reduction strategyThe Conversation14 November 2011

Alumni Newsletter_Spring_2011indd 14 23022012 90655 AM

To update your contact details

Alumni OfficeANU Alumni webpagehttpwwwanueduaualumni

Marketing and CommunicationsANU College of LawT (02) 6125 4070 6125 8139E alumnilawanueduauhttplawanueduau

14

A N U C O L L E G EO F L A W

Graduate ProgramInternational SecurityLaw

Master of Laws specialising inInternational Security Law(7300SISL ndash Lawyers)

Master of International SecurityLaw(7318XMISL ndash Non-Lawyers)

Graduate Diploma in Lawspecialising in InternationalSecurity Law(6300SISL ndash Lawyers)

Graduate Diploma inInternational Security Law(6318XGDISL ndash Non-Lawyers)

More information

C O N T A C T S

T 02 6125 0510 E pgadminlawanueduauF 02 6125 3971 W httplawanueduau

new program

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4

C O N F E R E N C E

Towards Global Artificial Photosynthesis Energy Nanochemistry amp Governance

Participants at the conference Lord Howe Island

The Towards Global Artificial Photosynthesis was hosted by the ANU on Lord Howe Island on 14ndash18 August It was sponsored by the Department of Innovation Industry Science amp ResearchCentre for International amp Public Law ANU College of Law ampthe ANU

The aim of this conference was to foster international collaborations and strategies for funding through a global effort in five key areas of artificial photosynthesis

bull global collaborations governance and policy structures and modelsbull energy capture - including photovoltaic systemsbull energy conversion and storage - including quantum coherence in electron transfer and hydrogen production for fuel cellsbull carbon fixation andbull modified and synthetic biological processes

The conference showcased the research of some of the worlds leading experts in artificial photosynthesis nanotechnology and global governance

Conference program Video

Prof Tom Faunce Conf Convenor

Prof Peidong Yang Prof Daniel G Nocera

AProf Naoki Aratani Prof Eva-Mari Aro

Conference venue Lord Howe Island Community Hall

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5

Annual ANU Reconciliation Lecture 2011

Professor Tim Flannery Chief Commissioner Climate Commission delivered the Annual ANU Recobciliation Lecture Reconciliation in an era of globalisation on 3 November 2011

The event was presented by the National Centre for IndigenousStudies ANU College of Law Reconciliation Australia and theNational Film amp Sound Archive

More details

Congratulations

Human rights advocate Marianne Dickie is ACT Local Hero

The ANU College of Law congratulates Marianne Dickie ANU Sub Dean of the Migration Law Program for being a finalist in the Australian of the Year 2012 awards in the ACT Local Hero category

Biographical detailsMedia releaseAustralian of the Year

Alumni Newsletter_Spring_2011indd 6 23022012 90651 AM

Catching up with our alumni

Michael Bungay Stanier

Michael studied BALLB both with honours at ANU When deciding what to study at university Michael originally chose law as a lsquoback-up planrsquo as he suspected his Bachelor of Arts in literature might not be lsquothe road to career successrsquo

According to Michael the best memories of ANU were being in the Law Revue for many years (and in particular lsquosynchronized nude male modellingrsquo) playing in the soccer team starting the lsquogive a goatee a gorsquo campaign and a pig roast that involved a 2km hike with said pig which raised money for good With respect to his law degree he mentioned lecturers Nick Seddon and Steve Bottomley as having the most positive influence on him

rsquoOne of my low points was writing a thesis on the paradox of lsquoplain English lawrsquo that no-one understood me includedrsquo he said

Nineteen years ago Michael left Australia to be a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University lsquoSome of the highlights included taking my final law exams in lsquosub fuscrsquo ndash which is effectively white tie and tails studying for a MPhil in English Literature and writing about James Joyce and a British feminist writer Angela Carter Most importantly I met my Canadian wife who was doing a PhD therersquo he said

Since leaving Australia Michaelrsquos career highlights have includedworking in an innovation agency and time as a management consultant helping organisations go through large scale change

About 10 years ago he set up Box of Crayons and he said the highlights of that have been lsquoone not starving and two publishing several books that have actually soldrsquo

lsquoWe help people and organisations do more Great Work and less Good Work In other words how do you do more of the stuff that lights you up challenges you and does some good in the world - and less of all the other stuff that fills up your day We offer various training programs and I write books and give talks as wellrsquo he said

Michael has also been involved in a philanthropic project End Malaria over the last 18 months lsquoItrsquos a book with 62 leading business and personal development writers all writing about the topic of Great Work The really cool thing is that $20 from every book sold goes to Malaria No More to buy mosquito nets and help with the fight against malaria It got to 2 on Amazoncom and in the first two weeks raised $300000

Life in Toronto is lsquomostly fantastic - itrsquos one of the most active and diverse cities in the world and itrsquos a great base for exploring North America and Europe Winters can go on a little too long Itrsquos hard to explain what lsquolsquominus 40 windchill isrdquo - but the best way is to understand that at that temperature if you spill a glass of water it freezes on contact Michael said

6

Alumni Newsletter_Spring_2011indd 7 23022012 90651 AM

7

ANU College of Law alumnus and soon-to-be colleague Professor Desmond Manderson has been elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada

lsquoThis is a highly prestigious appointment and recognises Desmonds outstanding scholarly achievements over his years in Canada where he currently holds the Canada Research Chair in Law and Discourse at McGill University

lsquoIt is testament to the esteem in which he is held by his peers and to the excellence and impact of his workrsquo said Professor Fiona Wheeler acting Dean ANU College of Law

Desmonds citation in the announcement by the RSC highlights the originality of his scholarship describing how he brings law and the humanities into a rich interdisciplinary dialogue through unique and imaginative studies both historical and contemporary These explore contemporary issues in law and justice through literature music and the arts Law emerges in a dynamic relationship with the images and discourses of the society in which it lives

Desmond will be joining the ANU College of Law and the Research School of the Humanities via another prestigious award ndash the ARC Future Fellowship ndash in the very near future

More detailsRoyal Society of Canada honours nine McGill researchers from Medicine Law and ArtsARC Future Fellowship

Congratulations to our alumni

Professor Desmond Manderson

cong

ratu

latio

ns

Alumni Newsletter_Spring_2011indd 8 23022012 90651 AM

8

What is it like to be an ANU Law Student in 2011

Profile Margaret Long

Margaret was born in China and spent most of her childhood in Singapore before moving to Melbourne (2004) and eventually to Canberra where she is currently studying second year FinanceLaw Before starting her degree Margaretrsquos burning passion had always been business and finance but she was also fascinated by the lsquocontrol and application of law in societyrsquo

lsquoI was more attracted to law by the skill sets you can develop rather than a particular legal area but having said that I am more attracted to commercial law and would probably pursue it if I do become a lawyer This general idea has not changed but I am opening my mind to areas such as international and migration law ANU is fantastic in this way students are not encouraged to all become the stereotypical adversarial advocate in big corporations instead opportunities like LRSJ are given to experience different fields of law and explore our interestsrsquo she said

lsquoI first heard about LRSJ at the law facultyrsquos orientation welcome session when Simon Rice made apresentation about the Community Legal Education (CLE) projects After going to the information session I decided that CLE would be an opportunity for me to contribute to the community and practice my legal skills at the same time so I decided to take part and commit to the projectrsquo

lsquoI have been involved with the CLE Older Persons project for about a year now The CLE project has offered our team some valuableopportunities to practice the research and writing skills students acquired in their first year on legal content we were yet to learn in class On top of that it has been such a learning experience for the team in terms of relationship-building time management and communication skillsrsquo

lsquoLRSJ has given us the opportunity to work with the Council on the Ageing (COTA) the ACT Government and also legal organizations such as Legal Aid ACT Supported by AssociateProfessor Simon Rice and Caroline Compton the team has received a sizeable grant from the ACT government and has published a series of legal information bookletsrsquo she saidMargaretrsquos short term goal is to get a challenging job that she loves in either finance or law in the international market In the long term she hopes to improve her knowledge and professional skills and start her own business one dayrsquo

lsquoMy participation in LRSJ has certainly given me a wider and more realistic perspective on law Like most first years my initial perspective on law was quite idealized ndash think big corporate cases or standing up for justice in Human Rights The CLE program has extended that boundary to be a more complete picture including areas such as consumer protection estate planning and workplace rightsrsquo she said

For more information Law Reform amp Social Justice Program

Alumni Newsletter_Spring_2011indd 9 23022012 90652 AM

The Law Reform and Social Justice (LRSJ) Program at The Australian National University is part of the ANU College of Law It was established in 2007 with the creation of the position of Director of Law Reform and Social Justice currently filled by Associate Professor Simon Rice Please see the website to discover more about the LRSJ Program

9

Profile Christopher Patz

I am from Canberra Deciding to attend the ANU was hence a very big decision it meant suppressing a youthful urge to flee and ldquofind myselfrdquo some place else In my final year of undergraduate study I feel that decision has been vindicated (not least because it didnrsquot stop me from finding myself in the various squatted casas okupadas of Madrid on student exchange)

I studied Law in addition to Political Science and Spanish I say lsquoin addition torsquo for a reason It reflects the idea I share that what we know as The Law is premised on a whole galaxy of ideas values perspectives assumptions and other terms one is more likely to discover in the study of the Humanities than in the study of the Law per se The law does not exist independent of us nor is it somehow immune to the inadequacies of its creators and

sustainers What lies behind The Law are fundamental questions about how we as human beings decide to live together and organise ourselves in a society

On the question of who might lay claim to our society the Law Reform and Social Justice Program provided me with the opportunity to volunteer at one of Australiarsquos many migrant and refugee settlement centers At the time I was taking a course in Politics called Globalism and the Politics of Identity

I enjoyed the work which involved designing community programs for recently settled adolescent migrants and refugees tutoring and navigating Department of Immigration Humanitarian Visa application processes Because of this work experience and having taken a course in International Human Rights Law I was later employed by the Carter Centre as an International Observer to the out-of-country voting for the South Sudanese referendum for independence With a partner I evaluated the registration and polling practice against International Human Rights instruments and send daily reports to Atlanta and Khartoum alongside other observers in the UK US Canada Kenya Uganda and Egypt where the diaspora voting was underway This contributed to a certified human rights compliant referendum At the ANU and at Melbournersquos West Bulldogs football club in West Footscray I watched

two thousand South Sudanese vote to create the worldrsquos newest nation and embrace their collective right to self-determination after decades of civil conflict

I have had many invitations to visit the Sudan and one day I will oblige in order to contribute what I can to the much-needed assistance for creating that new country Self-determination is in a lot of ways where the challenge begins not where it ends Despite the modest marks I managed to attain in Corporations Law I have already been of some assistance to a group of young Sudanese professionals helping them to incorporate as an organisation to assist their communities with resettlement here in Australia and to provide support to those in the South

Having a law reform and social justice program at the ANU College of Law helps those students who want to to use their study of the law in different and pragmatic ways It opens opportunities to non-traditional careers through allowing students to create and sustain their own projects with their own initiative and with their own interests To this end it provides ample support and encouragement But above all it is empowering as it helps students to realize their potential to shape their own path and traverse the divide between The Law and social life

Alumni Newsletter_Spring_2011indd 10 23022012 90654 AM

What are our current law students doing

Profile Patrick Mayoh

Patrick Mayoh (know to most as lsquoPaddyrsquo) is a Prime Ministerrsquos Australia-Asia Endeavour Award Scholar currently studying law at Peking University He is a penultimate Bachelor of Asia-Pacific Studies (Chinese)Bachelor of Laws student at the ANU and has recently completed a Graduate Diploma in Asia-Pacific Studies on exchange at Peking University While studying Chinese Media Law Labour Law and Comparative Judicial Systems (in Mandarin) Paddy currently also interns part-time at one of Beijingrsquos most active legal aid services ndash Beijing Yilian Legal Aid and Study Center for Labor

In his earlier years at the ANU Paddy became passionate about legal education and advocating law studentsrsquo views In his more lsquovociferous daysrsquo Paddy presented student proposals to numerous College of Law education boards Paddy became the Law Studentsrsquo Society (LSS)President in 2009 after he was heroically elected unopposed lsquoI really enjoyed working with a dedicated team to represent the academic and social needs of over 1200 students ndash from ensuring a high-quality LLB program following the introduction of the JD to resuscitating the Social Justice Dinner Seriesrsquo he said The highlight for him was certainly learning from The Hon Michael Kirby AC CMG at the What Makes a Good Lawyer forum He was also honoured to sit on the ACT Law Societyrsquos Equalising Opportunities in the Law Committee

Despite his passion for advocating law studentsrsquo views and overseeing lsquonotoriousrsquo LSS social parties Paddy quickly turned his attention to China again He has worked and studied in China on ten separate occasions and has loved the educational and professional experiences made available to him in Asia Seeking to taste the commercial world before he graduates next year Paddy has interned with Clifford Chance (Hong Kong) Mallesons Stephen Jaques (Hong Kong) Davis Polk amp Wardwell Hong Kong Solicitors and TransAsia Lawyers (Beijing Freehillsrsquo alliance firm in the PRC) Working in a new jurisdiction equipped him with a worldly outlook on legal practice and an appreciation of the truly international opportunities that an Asian StudiesLaw background offers Paddy was also an Events Host for Network Seven at the Beijing Olympic Games and spent six months masquerading as a wine connoisseur for a wine importing company in Beijing

During the academic term in China Paddy studies PRC and international trade law with local Chinese students He enjoys the challenge of being thrown in the deep end drowning and then being resuscitated by the lecturer if they are nice On top of the challenge to grasp Chinese legalese Paddy has found the competition among students very high and the emphasis on memory-based learning in many compulsory courses quite difficult Paddy decided to undertake courses in Negotiation and Clinical Law (researching migrant workersrsquo rights and the new social insurance law with a select group of later year students) which were more hands on courses and conducive to Socratic teaching methods Of the courses he has taken he has been incredibly impressed by the quality of teaching at Peking University however lively student discussions in larger classes are largely absent Paddy has also valued the grassroots work he undertakes at Yilian engaging directly with injured workers and Chinarsquos policy-makers in the areas of labour and social security law

Our

cur

rent

Law

stu

den

ts

10

Paddy Mayoh with classmates at Peking University

Alumni Newsletter_Spring_2011indd 11 23022012 90655 AM

While in Beijing two Sino-Australian focused initiatives Paddy worked tirelessly on (with a great team) were the Australia-China Youth Association (ACYA) and the Australia-China Youth Dialogue In his capacity as ACYA National President (China) Paddy sought to further ties between Australian and Chinese students young professionals education institutions businesses and government bodies

lsquoIt was a great experience meeting with Dr Mark Nolan and Professor Gao Xiang in Beijing to discuss ANUrsquos exchange agreement with China University of Political Science and Law

lsquoThe constant flow of work and study added to the buzz of living in a truly international city From networking karaoke nights outlandish dumpling gatherings occasional battles with the great firewall of China in an effort to secure accurate information to high-quality workshops on Chinarsquos international ambitions

lsquoBeijing is a kaleidoscopic city in the opportunities and contradictions it offers

lsquoI am very grateful for the first-class legal education I enjoyed over four years at the ANU and am looking

forward to writing my law thesis first semester next year

lsquoI am honoured to have Professor Kent Anderson supervise my thesis on assessing the legal responsibility of multinational enterprises (MNEs) operating in the PRC and their corporate social responsibility codesrsquo he said

Paddy believes that the College of Lawrsquos talented lecturers provided him with a strong legal foundation for further study and legal practice

lsquoIn particular I have greatly benefited from taking courses by Fiona Wheeler Wayne Morgan Ven Alex Bruce Kent Anderson and Stephen Bottomleyrsquo

He is also very grateful for Dr Jean-Pierre Fonteynersquos efforts in facilitating his study program at Peking University In January next year Paddy will join other law students on the collegersquos International Organisations Law Program in Geneva with Dr Jean-Pierre Fonteyne

Despite his strong interest in international law contemporary Chinese society and international relations Paddy has no set plans following graduation He was delighted and honoured to represent the ANU on the Global Voices delegation to the APEC Leadersrsquo Meeting this year in Hawaii He spoke with leaders on the role of MNErsquos in shaping the regionrsquos social and political architecture in preparation for his thesis-writing next semester

Paddy considers himself very fortunate to have been able to represent the ANU at so many international events and is grateful for the excellent educational opportunities the University has given him

11

Alumni Newsletter_Spring_2011indd 12 23022012 90655 AM

Past Events

AUGUST

2 August

Voiceless Public Lecture SeriesldquoReflections from the European Union with Peter StevensonrdquoAudio

5 AugustCIPL Lunctime SeminarProsecuting Drug Cheats in the Court of Arbitration for Sport Insight into the international anti-doping frameworkMs Catherine Odway sporting amp anti-doping consultantSlides

8 AugustANU College of Law SymposiumGetting Ready for the Referendum Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in the Australian Constitution

14ndash18 AugustConferenceTowards Global Artificial Photosynthesis Energy nanochemistry amp governance

19 AugustCIPL Friday Lunchtime Seminar Series Running a Large Commonwealth Legal Services Team The challenges and the pitfallsSimon Matthews ATO General Counsel Law amp Practice amp Nick Westerink ATO Assistant Commissioner Legal Service

23 August Public Seminar - Humanitarian Law Perspectives Presented by the Centre for International and Public Law ANU College of Law The Australian Red Cross and Mallesons Stephen Jacques

31 AugustCIPL Public SeminarState Control over Private Military amp Security Companies in Armed ConflictDr Hannah Tonkin Lawyer United Nations

SEPTEMBER

2 SeptemberCIPL Friday Lunchtime SeminarDo we need an international law on the self-determination of peoples Nicholas Duff Legal Research Officer-Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies

7 SeptemberThe 25th Annual Lionel Murphy Memorial Lecture Vigilance Against Injustice in the Justice System

12

9ndash10 September 16th Annual Public Law Weekend 10 years on from September 11 the Impact on Public Law

9 SeptemberFourteenth Geoffrey Sawer LecturePresented by The Right Hon Madam Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin PC Canadian Chief JusticeFlyer

16 SeptemberCIPL Friday Lunchtime Seminar SeriesConstitutional Change and Australian RepublicanismMr Glenn Patmore

OCTOBER

21 OctoberCIPL Friday Lunchtime Seminar SeriesPursuing Constitutional Dialogue within Socialist Vietnam The 2010 DebateHuong Nguyen Maurer School of Law Indiana University

Upcoming Events

Alumni Newsletter_Spring_2011indd 13 23022012 90655 AM

Staff in the Media

SEPTEMBER

Don AntonAntonrsquos Weekly Digest of International LawVol 2 No 34 (1 September 2011)

Don RothwellGovernment could have foreseen refugee decisionThe Australian5 September 2011

Peter BaileyTen years of anti-terror lawsSarah Collerton 1233 ABC Newcastle12 September 2011

Matthew RimmerAll huff and puff as big tobacco quietly runs awayDept of Health and Ageing website14 September 2011

Big tobacco uses The Castle in legal bluenewscomau13 September 2011

Tobacco industry case up in smokeANU News 14 September 2011

Margaret ThorntonThe market comes to law schoolThe Australian13 September 2011

Don AntonCompulsory Pilotage in the Torres StraitSocial Science Research Network14 September 2011

Tobaccorsquos Mad Men Threaten Public Health The Conversation23 September 2011

Mathew RimmerSydney Court to Rule in Apple-Samsung Tablet War The Wall Street Journal28 September 2011

OCTOBER

Matthew RimmerBlackberry pinches Colvinrsquos Twitter pic for adAshley Hall ABC News online 29 October 2011

Mark Colvin image used in Blackberry promotionAshley Hall ABC PM 28 October 2011

13

NOVEMBER

Mathew RimmerNew Australia Smoking Law Bans Brand LabelsJames Grubel The Independent (UK) The Chicago Tribune amp Reuters10 November 2011

Brad JessupDragging coal through the courts an alternative emissions-reduction strategyThe Conversation14 November 2011

Alumni Newsletter_Spring_2011indd 14 23022012 90655 AM

To update your contact details

Alumni OfficeANU Alumni webpagehttpwwwanueduaualumni

Marketing and CommunicationsANU College of LawT (02) 6125 4070 6125 8139E alumnilawanueduauhttplawanueduau

14

A N U C O L L E G EO F L A W

Graduate ProgramInternational SecurityLaw

Master of Laws specialising inInternational Security Law(7300SISL ndash Lawyers)

Master of International SecurityLaw(7318XMISL ndash Non-Lawyers)

Graduate Diploma in Lawspecialising in InternationalSecurity Law(6300SISL ndash Lawyers)

Graduate Diploma inInternational Security Law(6318XGDISL ndash Non-Lawyers)

More information

C O N T A C T S

T 02 6125 0510 E pgadminlawanueduauF 02 6125 3971 W httplawanueduau

new program

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5

Annual ANU Reconciliation Lecture 2011

Professor Tim Flannery Chief Commissioner Climate Commission delivered the Annual ANU Recobciliation Lecture Reconciliation in an era of globalisation on 3 November 2011

The event was presented by the National Centre for IndigenousStudies ANU College of Law Reconciliation Australia and theNational Film amp Sound Archive

More details

Congratulations

Human rights advocate Marianne Dickie is ACT Local Hero

The ANU College of Law congratulates Marianne Dickie ANU Sub Dean of the Migration Law Program for being a finalist in the Australian of the Year 2012 awards in the ACT Local Hero category

Biographical detailsMedia releaseAustralian of the Year

Alumni Newsletter_Spring_2011indd 6 23022012 90651 AM

Catching up with our alumni

Michael Bungay Stanier

Michael studied BALLB both with honours at ANU When deciding what to study at university Michael originally chose law as a lsquoback-up planrsquo as he suspected his Bachelor of Arts in literature might not be lsquothe road to career successrsquo

According to Michael the best memories of ANU were being in the Law Revue for many years (and in particular lsquosynchronized nude male modellingrsquo) playing in the soccer team starting the lsquogive a goatee a gorsquo campaign and a pig roast that involved a 2km hike with said pig which raised money for good With respect to his law degree he mentioned lecturers Nick Seddon and Steve Bottomley as having the most positive influence on him

rsquoOne of my low points was writing a thesis on the paradox of lsquoplain English lawrsquo that no-one understood me includedrsquo he said

Nineteen years ago Michael left Australia to be a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University lsquoSome of the highlights included taking my final law exams in lsquosub fuscrsquo ndash which is effectively white tie and tails studying for a MPhil in English Literature and writing about James Joyce and a British feminist writer Angela Carter Most importantly I met my Canadian wife who was doing a PhD therersquo he said

Since leaving Australia Michaelrsquos career highlights have includedworking in an innovation agency and time as a management consultant helping organisations go through large scale change

About 10 years ago he set up Box of Crayons and he said the highlights of that have been lsquoone not starving and two publishing several books that have actually soldrsquo

lsquoWe help people and organisations do more Great Work and less Good Work In other words how do you do more of the stuff that lights you up challenges you and does some good in the world - and less of all the other stuff that fills up your day We offer various training programs and I write books and give talks as wellrsquo he said

Michael has also been involved in a philanthropic project End Malaria over the last 18 months lsquoItrsquos a book with 62 leading business and personal development writers all writing about the topic of Great Work The really cool thing is that $20 from every book sold goes to Malaria No More to buy mosquito nets and help with the fight against malaria It got to 2 on Amazoncom and in the first two weeks raised $300000

Life in Toronto is lsquomostly fantastic - itrsquos one of the most active and diverse cities in the world and itrsquos a great base for exploring North America and Europe Winters can go on a little too long Itrsquos hard to explain what lsquolsquominus 40 windchill isrdquo - but the best way is to understand that at that temperature if you spill a glass of water it freezes on contact Michael said

6

Alumni Newsletter_Spring_2011indd 7 23022012 90651 AM

7

ANU College of Law alumnus and soon-to-be colleague Professor Desmond Manderson has been elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada

lsquoThis is a highly prestigious appointment and recognises Desmonds outstanding scholarly achievements over his years in Canada where he currently holds the Canada Research Chair in Law and Discourse at McGill University

lsquoIt is testament to the esteem in which he is held by his peers and to the excellence and impact of his workrsquo said Professor Fiona Wheeler acting Dean ANU College of Law

Desmonds citation in the announcement by the RSC highlights the originality of his scholarship describing how he brings law and the humanities into a rich interdisciplinary dialogue through unique and imaginative studies both historical and contemporary These explore contemporary issues in law and justice through literature music and the arts Law emerges in a dynamic relationship with the images and discourses of the society in which it lives

Desmond will be joining the ANU College of Law and the Research School of the Humanities via another prestigious award ndash the ARC Future Fellowship ndash in the very near future

More detailsRoyal Society of Canada honours nine McGill researchers from Medicine Law and ArtsARC Future Fellowship

Congratulations to our alumni

Professor Desmond Manderson

cong

ratu

latio

ns

Alumni Newsletter_Spring_2011indd 8 23022012 90651 AM

8

What is it like to be an ANU Law Student in 2011

Profile Margaret Long

Margaret was born in China and spent most of her childhood in Singapore before moving to Melbourne (2004) and eventually to Canberra where she is currently studying second year FinanceLaw Before starting her degree Margaretrsquos burning passion had always been business and finance but she was also fascinated by the lsquocontrol and application of law in societyrsquo

lsquoI was more attracted to law by the skill sets you can develop rather than a particular legal area but having said that I am more attracted to commercial law and would probably pursue it if I do become a lawyer This general idea has not changed but I am opening my mind to areas such as international and migration law ANU is fantastic in this way students are not encouraged to all become the stereotypical adversarial advocate in big corporations instead opportunities like LRSJ are given to experience different fields of law and explore our interestsrsquo she said

lsquoI first heard about LRSJ at the law facultyrsquos orientation welcome session when Simon Rice made apresentation about the Community Legal Education (CLE) projects After going to the information session I decided that CLE would be an opportunity for me to contribute to the community and practice my legal skills at the same time so I decided to take part and commit to the projectrsquo

lsquoI have been involved with the CLE Older Persons project for about a year now The CLE project has offered our team some valuableopportunities to practice the research and writing skills students acquired in their first year on legal content we were yet to learn in class On top of that it has been such a learning experience for the team in terms of relationship-building time management and communication skillsrsquo

lsquoLRSJ has given us the opportunity to work with the Council on the Ageing (COTA) the ACT Government and also legal organizations such as Legal Aid ACT Supported by AssociateProfessor Simon Rice and Caroline Compton the team has received a sizeable grant from the ACT government and has published a series of legal information bookletsrsquo she saidMargaretrsquos short term goal is to get a challenging job that she loves in either finance or law in the international market In the long term she hopes to improve her knowledge and professional skills and start her own business one dayrsquo

lsquoMy participation in LRSJ has certainly given me a wider and more realistic perspective on law Like most first years my initial perspective on law was quite idealized ndash think big corporate cases or standing up for justice in Human Rights The CLE program has extended that boundary to be a more complete picture including areas such as consumer protection estate planning and workplace rightsrsquo she said

For more information Law Reform amp Social Justice Program

Alumni Newsletter_Spring_2011indd 9 23022012 90652 AM

The Law Reform and Social Justice (LRSJ) Program at The Australian National University is part of the ANU College of Law It was established in 2007 with the creation of the position of Director of Law Reform and Social Justice currently filled by Associate Professor Simon Rice Please see the website to discover more about the LRSJ Program

9

Profile Christopher Patz

I am from Canberra Deciding to attend the ANU was hence a very big decision it meant suppressing a youthful urge to flee and ldquofind myselfrdquo some place else In my final year of undergraduate study I feel that decision has been vindicated (not least because it didnrsquot stop me from finding myself in the various squatted casas okupadas of Madrid on student exchange)

I studied Law in addition to Political Science and Spanish I say lsquoin addition torsquo for a reason It reflects the idea I share that what we know as The Law is premised on a whole galaxy of ideas values perspectives assumptions and other terms one is more likely to discover in the study of the Humanities than in the study of the Law per se The law does not exist independent of us nor is it somehow immune to the inadequacies of its creators and

sustainers What lies behind The Law are fundamental questions about how we as human beings decide to live together and organise ourselves in a society

On the question of who might lay claim to our society the Law Reform and Social Justice Program provided me with the opportunity to volunteer at one of Australiarsquos many migrant and refugee settlement centers At the time I was taking a course in Politics called Globalism and the Politics of Identity

I enjoyed the work which involved designing community programs for recently settled adolescent migrants and refugees tutoring and navigating Department of Immigration Humanitarian Visa application processes Because of this work experience and having taken a course in International Human Rights Law I was later employed by the Carter Centre as an International Observer to the out-of-country voting for the South Sudanese referendum for independence With a partner I evaluated the registration and polling practice against International Human Rights instruments and send daily reports to Atlanta and Khartoum alongside other observers in the UK US Canada Kenya Uganda and Egypt where the diaspora voting was underway This contributed to a certified human rights compliant referendum At the ANU and at Melbournersquos West Bulldogs football club in West Footscray I watched

two thousand South Sudanese vote to create the worldrsquos newest nation and embrace their collective right to self-determination after decades of civil conflict

I have had many invitations to visit the Sudan and one day I will oblige in order to contribute what I can to the much-needed assistance for creating that new country Self-determination is in a lot of ways where the challenge begins not where it ends Despite the modest marks I managed to attain in Corporations Law I have already been of some assistance to a group of young Sudanese professionals helping them to incorporate as an organisation to assist their communities with resettlement here in Australia and to provide support to those in the South

Having a law reform and social justice program at the ANU College of Law helps those students who want to to use their study of the law in different and pragmatic ways It opens opportunities to non-traditional careers through allowing students to create and sustain their own projects with their own initiative and with their own interests To this end it provides ample support and encouragement But above all it is empowering as it helps students to realize their potential to shape their own path and traverse the divide between The Law and social life

Alumni Newsletter_Spring_2011indd 10 23022012 90654 AM

What are our current law students doing

Profile Patrick Mayoh

Patrick Mayoh (know to most as lsquoPaddyrsquo) is a Prime Ministerrsquos Australia-Asia Endeavour Award Scholar currently studying law at Peking University He is a penultimate Bachelor of Asia-Pacific Studies (Chinese)Bachelor of Laws student at the ANU and has recently completed a Graduate Diploma in Asia-Pacific Studies on exchange at Peking University While studying Chinese Media Law Labour Law and Comparative Judicial Systems (in Mandarin) Paddy currently also interns part-time at one of Beijingrsquos most active legal aid services ndash Beijing Yilian Legal Aid and Study Center for Labor

In his earlier years at the ANU Paddy became passionate about legal education and advocating law studentsrsquo views In his more lsquovociferous daysrsquo Paddy presented student proposals to numerous College of Law education boards Paddy became the Law Studentsrsquo Society (LSS)President in 2009 after he was heroically elected unopposed lsquoI really enjoyed working with a dedicated team to represent the academic and social needs of over 1200 students ndash from ensuring a high-quality LLB program following the introduction of the JD to resuscitating the Social Justice Dinner Seriesrsquo he said The highlight for him was certainly learning from The Hon Michael Kirby AC CMG at the What Makes a Good Lawyer forum He was also honoured to sit on the ACT Law Societyrsquos Equalising Opportunities in the Law Committee

Despite his passion for advocating law studentsrsquo views and overseeing lsquonotoriousrsquo LSS social parties Paddy quickly turned his attention to China again He has worked and studied in China on ten separate occasions and has loved the educational and professional experiences made available to him in Asia Seeking to taste the commercial world before he graduates next year Paddy has interned with Clifford Chance (Hong Kong) Mallesons Stephen Jaques (Hong Kong) Davis Polk amp Wardwell Hong Kong Solicitors and TransAsia Lawyers (Beijing Freehillsrsquo alliance firm in the PRC) Working in a new jurisdiction equipped him with a worldly outlook on legal practice and an appreciation of the truly international opportunities that an Asian StudiesLaw background offers Paddy was also an Events Host for Network Seven at the Beijing Olympic Games and spent six months masquerading as a wine connoisseur for a wine importing company in Beijing

During the academic term in China Paddy studies PRC and international trade law with local Chinese students He enjoys the challenge of being thrown in the deep end drowning and then being resuscitated by the lecturer if they are nice On top of the challenge to grasp Chinese legalese Paddy has found the competition among students very high and the emphasis on memory-based learning in many compulsory courses quite difficult Paddy decided to undertake courses in Negotiation and Clinical Law (researching migrant workersrsquo rights and the new social insurance law with a select group of later year students) which were more hands on courses and conducive to Socratic teaching methods Of the courses he has taken he has been incredibly impressed by the quality of teaching at Peking University however lively student discussions in larger classes are largely absent Paddy has also valued the grassroots work he undertakes at Yilian engaging directly with injured workers and Chinarsquos policy-makers in the areas of labour and social security law

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Paddy Mayoh with classmates at Peking University

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While in Beijing two Sino-Australian focused initiatives Paddy worked tirelessly on (with a great team) were the Australia-China Youth Association (ACYA) and the Australia-China Youth Dialogue In his capacity as ACYA National President (China) Paddy sought to further ties between Australian and Chinese students young professionals education institutions businesses and government bodies

lsquoIt was a great experience meeting with Dr Mark Nolan and Professor Gao Xiang in Beijing to discuss ANUrsquos exchange agreement with China University of Political Science and Law

lsquoThe constant flow of work and study added to the buzz of living in a truly international city From networking karaoke nights outlandish dumpling gatherings occasional battles with the great firewall of China in an effort to secure accurate information to high-quality workshops on Chinarsquos international ambitions

lsquoBeijing is a kaleidoscopic city in the opportunities and contradictions it offers

lsquoI am very grateful for the first-class legal education I enjoyed over four years at the ANU and am looking

forward to writing my law thesis first semester next year

lsquoI am honoured to have Professor Kent Anderson supervise my thesis on assessing the legal responsibility of multinational enterprises (MNEs) operating in the PRC and their corporate social responsibility codesrsquo he said

Paddy believes that the College of Lawrsquos talented lecturers provided him with a strong legal foundation for further study and legal practice

lsquoIn particular I have greatly benefited from taking courses by Fiona Wheeler Wayne Morgan Ven Alex Bruce Kent Anderson and Stephen Bottomleyrsquo

He is also very grateful for Dr Jean-Pierre Fonteynersquos efforts in facilitating his study program at Peking University In January next year Paddy will join other law students on the collegersquos International Organisations Law Program in Geneva with Dr Jean-Pierre Fonteyne

Despite his strong interest in international law contemporary Chinese society and international relations Paddy has no set plans following graduation He was delighted and honoured to represent the ANU on the Global Voices delegation to the APEC Leadersrsquo Meeting this year in Hawaii He spoke with leaders on the role of MNErsquos in shaping the regionrsquos social and political architecture in preparation for his thesis-writing next semester

Paddy considers himself very fortunate to have been able to represent the ANU at so many international events and is grateful for the excellent educational opportunities the University has given him

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Alumni Newsletter_Spring_2011indd 12 23022012 90655 AM

Past Events

AUGUST

2 August

Voiceless Public Lecture SeriesldquoReflections from the European Union with Peter StevensonrdquoAudio

5 AugustCIPL Lunctime SeminarProsecuting Drug Cheats in the Court of Arbitration for Sport Insight into the international anti-doping frameworkMs Catherine Odway sporting amp anti-doping consultantSlides

8 AugustANU College of Law SymposiumGetting Ready for the Referendum Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in the Australian Constitution

14ndash18 AugustConferenceTowards Global Artificial Photosynthesis Energy nanochemistry amp governance

19 AugustCIPL Friday Lunchtime Seminar Series Running a Large Commonwealth Legal Services Team The challenges and the pitfallsSimon Matthews ATO General Counsel Law amp Practice amp Nick Westerink ATO Assistant Commissioner Legal Service

23 August Public Seminar - Humanitarian Law Perspectives Presented by the Centre for International and Public Law ANU College of Law The Australian Red Cross and Mallesons Stephen Jacques

31 AugustCIPL Public SeminarState Control over Private Military amp Security Companies in Armed ConflictDr Hannah Tonkin Lawyer United Nations

SEPTEMBER

2 SeptemberCIPL Friday Lunchtime SeminarDo we need an international law on the self-determination of peoples Nicholas Duff Legal Research Officer-Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies

7 SeptemberThe 25th Annual Lionel Murphy Memorial Lecture Vigilance Against Injustice in the Justice System

12

9ndash10 September 16th Annual Public Law Weekend 10 years on from September 11 the Impact on Public Law

9 SeptemberFourteenth Geoffrey Sawer LecturePresented by The Right Hon Madam Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin PC Canadian Chief JusticeFlyer

16 SeptemberCIPL Friday Lunchtime Seminar SeriesConstitutional Change and Australian RepublicanismMr Glenn Patmore

OCTOBER

21 OctoberCIPL Friday Lunchtime Seminar SeriesPursuing Constitutional Dialogue within Socialist Vietnam The 2010 DebateHuong Nguyen Maurer School of Law Indiana University

Upcoming Events

Alumni Newsletter_Spring_2011indd 13 23022012 90655 AM

Staff in the Media

SEPTEMBER

Don AntonAntonrsquos Weekly Digest of International LawVol 2 No 34 (1 September 2011)

Don RothwellGovernment could have foreseen refugee decisionThe Australian5 September 2011

Peter BaileyTen years of anti-terror lawsSarah Collerton 1233 ABC Newcastle12 September 2011

Matthew RimmerAll huff and puff as big tobacco quietly runs awayDept of Health and Ageing website14 September 2011

Big tobacco uses The Castle in legal bluenewscomau13 September 2011

Tobacco industry case up in smokeANU News 14 September 2011

Margaret ThorntonThe market comes to law schoolThe Australian13 September 2011

Don AntonCompulsory Pilotage in the Torres StraitSocial Science Research Network14 September 2011

Tobaccorsquos Mad Men Threaten Public Health The Conversation23 September 2011

Mathew RimmerSydney Court to Rule in Apple-Samsung Tablet War The Wall Street Journal28 September 2011

OCTOBER

Matthew RimmerBlackberry pinches Colvinrsquos Twitter pic for adAshley Hall ABC News online 29 October 2011

Mark Colvin image used in Blackberry promotionAshley Hall ABC PM 28 October 2011

13

NOVEMBER

Mathew RimmerNew Australia Smoking Law Bans Brand LabelsJames Grubel The Independent (UK) The Chicago Tribune amp Reuters10 November 2011

Brad JessupDragging coal through the courts an alternative emissions-reduction strategyThe Conversation14 November 2011

Alumni Newsletter_Spring_2011indd 14 23022012 90655 AM

To update your contact details

Alumni OfficeANU Alumni webpagehttpwwwanueduaualumni

Marketing and CommunicationsANU College of LawT (02) 6125 4070 6125 8139E alumnilawanueduauhttplawanueduau

14

A N U C O L L E G EO F L A W

Graduate ProgramInternational SecurityLaw

Master of Laws specialising inInternational Security Law(7300SISL ndash Lawyers)

Master of International SecurityLaw(7318XMISL ndash Non-Lawyers)

Graduate Diploma in Lawspecialising in InternationalSecurity Law(6300SISL ndash Lawyers)

Graduate Diploma inInternational Security Law(6318XGDISL ndash Non-Lawyers)

More information

C O N T A C T S

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new program

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Catching up with our alumni

Michael Bungay Stanier

Michael studied BALLB both with honours at ANU When deciding what to study at university Michael originally chose law as a lsquoback-up planrsquo as he suspected his Bachelor of Arts in literature might not be lsquothe road to career successrsquo

According to Michael the best memories of ANU were being in the Law Revue for many years (and in particular lsquosynchronized nude male modellingrsquo) playing in the soccer team starting the lsquogive a goatee a gorsquo campaign and a pig roast that involved a 2km hike with said pig which raised money for good With respect to his law degree he mentioned lecturers Nick Seddon and Steve Bottomley as having the most positive influence on him

rsquoOne of my low points was writing a thesis on the paradox of lsquoplain English lawrsquo that no-one understood me includedrsquo he said

Nineteen years ago Michael left Australia to be a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University lsquoSome of the highlights included taking my final law exams in lsquosub fuscrsquo ndash which is effectively white tie and tails studying for a MPhil in English Literature and writing about James Joyce and a British feminist writer Angela Carter Most importantly I met my Canadian wife who was doing a PhD therersquo he said

Since leaving Australia Michaelrsquos career highlights have includedworking in an innovation agency and time as a management consultant helping organisations go through large scale change

About 10 years ago he set up Box of Crayons and he said the highlights of that have been lsquoone not starving and two publishing several books that have actually soldrsquo

lsquoWe help people and organisations do more Great Work and less Good Work In other words how do you do more of the stuff that lights you up challenges you and does some good in the world - and less of all the other stuff that fills up your day We offer various training programs and I write books and give talks as wellrsquo he said

Michael has also been involved in a philanthropic project End Malaria over the last 18 months lsquoItrsquos a book with 62 leading business and personal development writers all writing about the topic of Great Work The really cool thing is that $20 from every book sold goes to Malaria No More to buy mosquito nets and help with the fight against malaria It got to 2 on Amazoncom and in the first two weeks raised $300000

Life in Toronto is lsquomostly fantastic - itrsquos one of the most active and diverse cities in the world and itrsquos a great base for exploring North America and Europe Winters can go on a little too long Itrsquos hard to explain what lsquolsquominus 40 windchill isrdquo - but the best way is to understand that at that temperature if you spill a glass of water it freezes on contact Michael said

6

Alumni Newsletter_Spring_2011indd 7 23022012 90651 AM

7

ANU College of Law alumnus and soon-to-be colleague Professor Desmond Manderson has been elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada

lsquoThis is a highly prestigious appointment and recognises Desmonds outstanding scholarly achievements over his years in Canada where he currently holds the Canada Research Chair in Law and Discourse at McGill University

lsquoIt is testament to the esteem in which he is held by his peers and to the excellence and impact of his workrsquo said Professor Fiona Wheeler acting Dean ANU College of Law

Desmonds citation in the announcement by the RSC highlights the originality of his scholarship describing how he brings law and the humanities into a rich interdisciplinary dialogue through unique and imaginative studies both historical and contemporary These explore contemporary issues in law and justice through literature music and the arts Law emerges in a dynamic relationship with the images and discourses of the society in which it lives

Desmond will be joining the ANU College of Law and the Research School of the Humanities via another prestigious award ndash the ARC Future Fellowship ndash in the very near future

More detailsRoyal Society of Canada honours nine McGill researchers from Medicine Law and ArtsARC Future Fellowship

Congratulations to our alumni

Professor Desmond Manderson

cong

ratu

latio

ns

Alumni Newsletter_Spring_2011indd 8 23022012 90651 AM

8

What is it like to be an ANU Law Student in 2011

Profile Margaret Long

Margaret was born in China and spent most of her childhood in Singapore before moving to Melbourne (2004) and eventually to Canberra where she is currently studying second year FinanceLaw Before starting her degree Margaretrsquos burning passion had always been business and finance but she was also fascinated by the lsquocontrol and application of law in societyrsquo

lsquoI was more attracted to law by the skill sets you can develop rather than a particular legal area but having said that I am more attracted to commercial law and would probably pursue it if I do become a lawyer This general idea has not changed but I am opening my mind to areas such as international and migration law ANU is fantastic in this way students are not encouraged to all become the stereotypical adversarial advocate in big corporations instead opportunities like LRSJ are given to experience different fields of law and explore our interestsrsquo she said

lsquoI first heard about LRSJ at the law facultyrsquos orientation welcome session when Simon Rice made apresentation about the Community Legal Education (CLE) projects After going to the information session I decided that CLE would be an opportunity for me to contribute to the community and practice my legal skills at the same time so I decided to take part and commit to the projectrsquo

lsquoI have been involved with the CLE Older Persons project for about a year now The CLE project has offered our team some valuableopportunities to practice the research and writing skills students acquired in their first year on legal content we were yet to learn in class On top of that it has been such a learning experience for the team in terms of relationship-building time management and communication skillsrsquo

lsquoLRSJ has given us the opportunity to work with the Council on the Ageing (COTA) the ACT Government and also legal organizations such as Legal Aid ACT Supported by AssociateProfessor Simon Rice and Caroline Compton the team has received a sizeable grant from the ACT government and has published a series of legal information bookletsrsquo she saidMargaretrsquos short term goal is to get a challenging job that she loves in either finance or law in the international market In the long term she hopes to improve her knowledge and professional skills and start her own business one dayrsquo

lsquoMy participation in LRSJ has certainly given me a wider and more realistic perspective on law Like most first years my initial perspective on law was quite idealized ndash think big corporate cases or standing up for justice in Human Rights The CLE program has extended that boundary to be a more complete picture including areas such as consumer protection estate planning and workplace rightsrsquo she said

For more information Law Reform amp Social Justice Program

Alumni Newsletter_Spring_2011indd 9 23022012 90652 AM

The Law Reform and Social Justice (LRSJ) Program at The Australian National University is part of the ANU College of Law It was established in 2007 with the creation of the position of Director of Law Reform and Social Justice currently filled by Associate Professor Simon Rice Please see the website to discover more about the LRSJ Program

9

Profile Christopher Patz

I am from Canberra Deciding to attend the ANU was hence a very big decision it meant suppressing a youthful urge to flee and ldquofind myselfrdquo some place else In my final year of undergraduate study I feel that decision has been vindicated (not least because it didnrsquot stop me from finding myself in the various squatted casas okupadas of Madrid on student exchange)

I studied Law in addition to Political Science and Spanish I say lsquoin addition torsquo for a reason It reflects the idea I share that what we know as The Law is premised on a whole galaxy of ideas values perspectives assumptions and other terms one is more likely to discover in the study of the Humanities than in the study of the Law per se The law does not exist independent of us nor is it somehow immune to the inadequacies of its creators and

sustainers What lies behind The Law are fundamental questions about how we as human beings decide to live together and organise ourselves in a society

On the question of who might lay claim to our society the Law Reform and Social Justice Program provided me with the opportunity to volunteer at one of Australiarsquos many migrant and refugee settlement centers At the time I was taking a course in Politics called Globalism and the Politics of Identity

I enjoyed the work which involved designing community programs for recently settled adolescent migrants and refugees tutoring and navigating Department of Immigration Humanitarian Visa application processes Because of this work experience and having taken a course in International Human Rights Law I was later employed by the Carter Centre as an International Observer to the out-of-country voting for the South Sudanese referendum for independence With a partner I evaluated the registration and polling practice against International Human Rights instruments and send daily reports to Atlanta and Khartoum alongside other observers in the UK US Canada Kenya Uganda and Egypt where the diaspora voting was underway This contributed to a certified human rights compliant referendum At the ANU and at Melbournersquos West Bulldogs football club in West Footscray I watched

two thousand South Sudanese vote to create the worldrsquos newest nation and embrace their collective right to self-determination after decades of civil conflict

I have had many invitations to visit the Sudan and one day I will oblige in order to contribute what I can to the much-needed assistance for creating that new country Self-determination is in a lot of ways where the challenge begins not where it ends Despite the modest marks I managed to attain in Corporations Law I have already been of some assistance to a group of young Sudanese professionals helping them to incorporate as an organisation to assist their communities with resettlement here in Australia and to provide support to those in the South

Having a law reform and social justice program at the ANU College of Law helps those students who want to to use their study of the law in different and pragmatic ways It opens opportunities to non-traditional careers through allowing students to create and sustain their own projects with their own initiative and with their own interests To this end it provides ample support and encouragement But above all it is empowering as it helps students to realize their potential to shape their own path and traverse the divide between The Law and social life

Alumni Newsletter_Spring_2011indd 10 23022012 90654 AM

What are our current law students doing

Profile Patrick Mayoh

Patrick Mayoh (know to most as lsquoPaddyrsquo) is a Prime Ministerrsquos Australia-Asia Endeavour Award Scholar currently studying law at Peking University He is a penultimate Bachelor of Asia-Pacific Studies (Chinese)Bachelor of Laws student at the ANU and has recently completed a Graduate Diploma in Asia-Pacific Studies on exchange at Peking University While studying Chinese Media Law Labour Law and Comparative Judicial Systems (in Mandarin) Paddy currently also interns part-time at one of Beijingrsquos most active legal aid services ndash Beijing Yilian Legal Aid and Study Center for Labor

In his earlier years at the ANU Paddy became passionate about legal education and advocating law studentsrsquo views In his more lsquovociferous daysrsquo Paddy presented student proposals to numerous College of Law education boards Paddy became the Law Studentsrsquo Society (LSS)President in 2009 after he was heroically elected unopposed lsquoI really enjoyed working with a dedicated team to represent the academic and social needs of over 1200 students ndash from ensuring a high-quality LLB program following the introduction of the JD to resuscitating the Social Justice Dinner Seriesrsquo he said The highlight for him was certainly learning from The Hon Michael Kirby AC CMG at the What Makes a Good Lawyer forum He was also honoured to sit on the ACT Law Societyrsquos Equalising Opportunities in the Law Committee

Despite his passion for advocating law studentsrsquo views and overseeing lsquonotoriousrsquo LSS social parties Paddy quickly turned his attention to China again He has worked and studied in China on ten separate occasions and has loved the educational and professional experiences made available to him in Asia Seeking to taste the commercial world before he graduates next year Paddy has interned with Clifford Chance (Hong Kong) Mallesons Stephen Jaques (Hong Kong) Davis Polk amp Wardwell Hong Kong Solicitors and TransAsia Lawyers (Beijing Freehillsrsquo alliance firm in the PRC) Working in a new jurisdiction equipped him with a worldly outlook on legal practice and an appreciation of the truly international opportunities that an Asian StudiesLaw background offers Paddy was also an Events Host for Network Seven at the Beijing Olympic Games and spent six months masquerading as a wine connoisseur for a wine importing company in Beijing

During the academic term in China Paddy studies PRC and international trade law with local Chinese students He enjoys the challenge of being thrown in the deep end drowning and then being resuscitated by the lecturer if they are nice On top of the challenge to grasp Chinese legalese Paddy has found the competition among students very high and the emphasis on memory-based learning in many compulsory courses quite difficult Paddy decided to undertake courses in Negotiation and Clinical Law (researching migrant workersrsquo rights and the new social insurance law with a select group of later year students) which were more hands on courses and conducive to Socratic teaching methods Of the courses he has taken he has been incredibly impressed by the quality of teaching at Peking University however lively student discussions in larger classes are largely absent Paddy has also valued the grassroots work he undertakes at Yilian engaging directly with injured workers and Chinarsquos policy-makers in the areas of labour and social security law

Our

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Law

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10

Paddy Mayoh with classmates at Peking University

Alumni Newsletter_Spring_2011indd 11 23022012 90655 AM

While in Beijing two Sino-Australian focused initiatives Paddy worked tirelessly on (with a great team) were the Australia-China Youth Association (ACYA) and the Australia-China Youth Dialogue In his capacity as ACYA National President (China) Paddy sought to further ties between Australian and Chinese students young professionals education institutions businesses and government bodies

lsquoIt was a great experience meeting with Dr Mark Nolan and Professor Gao Xiang in Beijing to discuss ANUrsquos exchange agreement with China University of Political Science and Law

lsquoThe constant flow of work and study added to the buzz of living in a truly international city From networking karaoke nights outlandish dumpling gatherings occasional battles with the great firewall of China in an effort to secure accurate information to high-quality workshops on Chinarsquos international ambitions

lsquoBeijing is a kaleidoscopic city in the opportunities and contradictions it offers

lsquoI am very grateful for the first-class legal education I enjoyed over four years at the ANU and am looking

forward to writing my law thesis first semester next year

lsquoI am honoured to have Professor Kent Anderson supervise my thesis on assessing the legal responsibility of multinational enterprises (MNEs) operating in the PRC and their corporate social responsibility codesrsquo he said

Paddy believes that the College of Lawrsquos talented lecturers provided him with a strong legal foundation for further study and legal practice

lsquoIn particular I have greatly benefited from taking courses by Fiona Wheeler Wayne Morgan Ven Alex Bruce Kent Anderson and Stephen Bottomleyrsquo

He is also very grateful for Dr Jean-Pierre Fonteynersquos efforts in facilitating his study program at Peking University In January next year Paddy will join other law students on the collegersquos International Organisations Law Program in Geneva with Dr Jean-Pierre Fonteyne

Despite his strong interest in international law contemporary Chinese society and international relations Paddy has no set plans following graduation He was delighted and honoured to represent the ANU on the Global Voices delegation to the APEC Leadersrsquo Meeting this year in Hawaii He spoke with leaders on the role of MNErsquos in shaping the regionrsquos social and political architecture in preparation for his thesis-writing next semester

Paddy considers himself very fortunate to have been able to represent the ANU at so many international events and is grateful for the excellent educational opportunities the University has given him

11

Alumni Newsletter_Spring_2011indd 12 23022012 90655 AM

Past Events

AUGUST

2 August

Voiceless Public Lecture SeriesldquoReflections from the European Union with Peter StevensonrdquoAudio

5 AugustCIPL Lunctime SeminarProsecuting Drug Cheats in the Court of Arbitration for Sport Insight into the international anti-doping frameworkMs Catherine Odway sporting amp anti-doping consultantSlides

8 AugustANU College of Law SymposiumGetting Ready for the Referendum Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in the Australian Constitution

14ndash18 AugustConferenceTowards Global Artificial Photosynthesis Energy nanochemistry amp governance

19 AugustCIPL Friday Lunchtime Seminar Series Running a Large Commonwealth Legal Services Team The challenges and the pitfallsSimon Matthews ATO General Counsel Law amp Practice amp Nick Westerink ATO Assistant Commissioner Legal Service

23 August Public Seminar - Humanitarian Law Perspectives Presented by the Centre for International and Public Law ANU College of Law The Australian Red Cross and Mallesons Stephen Jacques

31 AugustCIPL Public SeminarState Control over Private Military amp Security Companies in Armed ConflictDr Hannah Tonkin Lawyer United Nations

SEPTEMBER

2 SeptemberCIPL Friday Lunchtime SeminarDo we need an international law on the self-determination of peoples Nicholas Duff Legal Research Officer-Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies

7 SeptemberThe 25th Annual Lionel Murphy Memorial Lecture Vigilance Against Injustice in the Justice System

12

9ndash10 September 16th Annual Public Law Weekend 10 years on from September 11 the Impact on Public Law

9 SeptemberFourteenth Geoffrey Sawer LecturePresented by The Right Hon Madam Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin PC Canadian Chief JusticeFlyer

16 SeptemberCIPL Friday Lunchtime Seminar SeriesConstitutional Change and Australian RepublicanismMr Glenn Patmore

OCTOBER

21 OctoberCIPL Friday Lunchtime Seminar SeriesPursuing Constitutional Dialogue within Socialist Vietnam The 2010 DebateHuong Nguyen Maurer School of Law Indiana University

Upcoming Events

Alumni Newsletter_Spring_2011indd 13 23022012 90655 AM

Staff in the Media

SEPTEMBER

Don AntonAntonrsquos Weekly Digest of International LawVol 2 No 34 (1 September 2011)

Don RothwellGovernment could have foreseen refugee decisionThe Australian5 September 2011

Peter BaileyTen years of anti-terror lawsSarah Collerton 1233 ABC Newcastle12 September 2011

Matthew RimmerAll huff and puff as big tobacco quietly runs awayDept of Health and Ageing website14 September 2011

Big tobacco uses The Castle in legal bluenewscomau13 September 2011

Tobacco industry case up in smokeANU News 14 September 2011

Margaret ThorntonThe market comes to law schoolThe Australian13 September 2011

Don AntonCompulsory Pilotage in the Torres StraitSocial Science Research Network14 September 2011

Tobaccorsquos Mad Men Threaten Public Health The Conversation23 September 2011

Mathew RimmerSydney Court to Rule in Apple-Samsung Tablet War The Wall Street Journal28 September 2011

OCTOBER

Matthew RimmerBlackberry pinches Colvinrsquos Twitter pic for adAshley Hall ABC News online 29 October 2011

Mark Colvin image used in Blackberry promotionAshley Hall ABC PM 28 October 2011

13

NOVEMBER

Mathew RimmerNew Australia Smoking Law Bans Brand LabelsJames Grubel The Independent (UK) The Chicago Tribune amp Reuters10 November 2011

Brad JessupDragging coal through the courts an alternative emissions-reduction strategyThe Conversation14 November 2011

Alumni Newsletter_Spring_2011indd 14 23022012 90655 AM

To update your contact details

Alumni OfficeANU Alumni webpagehttpwwwanueduaualumni

Marketing and CommunicationsANU College of LawT (02) 6125 4070 6125 8139E alumnilawanueduauhttplawanueduau

14

A N U C O L L E G EO F L A W

Graduate ProgramInternational SecurityLaw

Master of Laws specialising inInternational Security Law(7300SISL ndash Lawyers)

Master of International SecurityLaw(7318XMISL ndash Non-Lawyers)

Graduate Diploma in Lawspecialising in InternationalSecurity Law(6300SISL ndash Lawyers)

Graduate Diploma inInternational Security Law(6318XGDISL ndash Non-Lawyers)

More information

C O N T A C T S

T 02 6125 0510 E pgadminlawanueduauF 02 6125 3971 W httplawanueduau

new program

Alumni Newsletter_Spring_2011indd 15 23022012 90655 AM

Alumni Newsletter_Spring_2011indd 16 23022012 90655 AM

Page 8: ANU COLLEGE OF LAW ALUMNI NEWSLETTER Summer 2012 · ANU COLLEGE OF LAW ALUMNI NEWSLETTER Summer 2012 ... Naish (externally led by ... Michael has also been involved in a philanthropic

7

ANU College of Law alumnus and soon-to-be colleague Professor Desmond Manderson has been elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada

lsquoThis is a highly prestigious appointment and recognises Desmonds outstanding scholarly achievements over his years in Canada where he currently holds the Canada Research Chair in Law and Discourse at McGill University

lsquoIt is testament to the esteem in which he is held by his peers and to the excellence and impact of his workrsquo said Professor Fiona Wheeler acting Dean ANU College of Law

Desmonds citation in the announcement by the RSC highlights the originality of his scholarship describing how he brings law and the humanities into a rich interdisciplinary dialogue through unique and imaginative studies both historical and contemporary These explore contemporary issues in law and justice through literature music and the arts Law emerges in a dynamic relationship with the images and discourses of the society in which it lives

Desmond will be joining the ANU College of Law and the Research School of the Humanities via another prestigious award ndash the ARC Future Fellowship ndash in the very near future

More detailsRoyal Society of Canada honours nine McGill researchers from Medicine Law and ArtsARC Future Fellowship

Congratulations to our alumni

Professor Desmond Manderson

cong

ratu

latio

ns

Alumni Newsletter_Spring_2011indd 8 23022012 90651 AM

8

What is it like to be an ANU Law Student in 2011

Profile Margaret Long

Margaret was born in China and spent most of her childhood in Singapore before moving to Melbourne (2004) and eventually to Canberra where she is currently studying second year FinanceLaw Before starting her degree Margaretrsquos burning passion had always been business and finance but she was also fascinated by the lsquocontrol and application of law in societyrsquo

lsquoI was more attracted to law by the skill sets you can develop rather than a particular legal area but having said that I am more attracted to commercial law and would probably pursue it if I do become a lawyer This general idea has not changed but I am opening my mind to areas such as international and migration law ANU is fantastic in this way students are not encouraged to all become the stereotypical adversarial advocate in big corporations instead opportunities like LRSJ are given to experience different fields of law and explore our interestsrsquo she said

lsquoI first heard about LRSJ at the law facultyrsquos orientation welcome session when Simon Rice made apresentation about the Community Legal Education (CLE) projects After going to the information session I decided that CLE would be an opportunity for me to contribute to the community and practice my legal skills at the same time so I decided to take part and commit to the projectrsquo

lsquoI have been involved with the CLE Older Persons project for about a year now The CLE project has offered our team some valuableopportunities to practice the research and writing skills students acquired in their first year on legal content we were yet to learn in class On top of that it has been such a learning experience for the team in terms of relationship-building time management and communication skillsrsquo

lsquoLRSJ has given us the opportunity to work with the Council on the Ageing (COTA) the ACT Government and also legal organizations such as Legal Aid ACT Supported by AssociateProfessor Simon Rice and Caroline Compton the team has received a sizeable grant from the ACT government and has published a series of legal information bookletsrsquo she saidMargaretrsquos short term goal is to get a challenging job that she loves in either finance or law in the international market In the long term she hopes to improve her knowledge and professional skills and start her own business one dayrsquo

lsquoMy participation in LRSJ has certainly given me a wider and more realistic perspective on law Like most first years my initial perspective on law was quite idealized ndash think big corporate cases or standing up for justice in Human Rights The CLE program has extended that boundary to be a more complete picture including areas such as consumer protection estate planning and workplace rightsrsquo she said

For more information Law Reform amp Social Justice Program

Alumni Newsletter_Spring_2011indd 9 23022012 90652 AM

The Law Reform and Social Justice (LRSJ) Program at The Australian National University is part of the ANU College of Law It was established in 2007 with the creation of the position of Director of Law Reform and Social Justice currently filled by Associate Professor Simon Rice Please see the website to discover more about the LRSJ Program

9

Profile Christopher Patz

I am from Canberra Deciding to attend the ANU was hence a very big decision it meant suppressing a youthful urge to flee and ldquofind myselfrdquo some place else In my final year of undergraduate study I feel that decision has been vindicated (not least because it didnrsquot stop me from finding myself in the various squatted casas okupadas of Madrid on student exchange)

I studied Law in addition to Political Science and Spanish I say lsquoin addition torsquo for a reason It reflects the idea I share that what we know as The Law is premised on a whole galaxy of ideas values perspectives assumptions and other terms one is more likely to discover in the study of the Humanities than in the study of the Law per se The law does not exist independent of us nor is it somehow immune to the inadequacies of its creators and

sustainers What lies behind The Law are fundamental questions about how we as human beings decide to live together and organise ourselves in a society

On the question of who might lay claim to our society the Law Reform and Social Justice Program provided me with the opportunity to volunteer at one of Australiarsquos many migrant and refugee settlement centers At the time I was taking a course in Politics called Globalism and the Politics of Identity

I enjoyed the work which involved designing community programs for recently settled adolescent migrants and refugees tutoring and navigating Department of Immigration Humanitarian Visa application processes Because of this work experience and having taken a course in International Human Rights Law I was later employed by the Carter Centre as an International Observer to the out-of-country voting for the South Sudanese referendum for independence With a partner I evaluated the registration and polling practice against International Human Rights instruments and send daily reports to Atlanta and Khartoum alongside other observers in the UK US Canada Kenya Uganda and Egypt where the diaspora voting was underway This contributed to a certified human rights compliant referendum At the ANU and at Melbournersquos West Bulldogs football club in West Footscray I watched

two thousand South Sudanese vote to create the worldrsquos newest nation and embrace their collective right to self-determination after decades of civil conflict

I have had many invitations to visit the Sudan and one day I will oblige in order to contribute what I can to the much-needed assistance for creating that new country Self-determination is in a lot of ways where the challenge begins not where it ends Despite the modest marks I managed to attain in Corporations Law I have already been of some assistance to a group of young Sudanese professionals helping them to incorporate as an organisation to assist their communities with resettlement here in Australia and to provide support to those in the South

Having a law reform and social justice program at the ANU College of Law helps those students who want to to use their study of the law in different and pragmatic ways It opens opportunities to non-traditional careers through allowing students to create and sustain their own projects with their own initiative and with their own interests To this end it provides ample support and encouragement But above all it is empowering as it helps students to realize their potential to shape their own path and traverse the divide between The Law and social life

Alumni Newsletter_Spring_2011indd 10 23022012 90654 AM

What are our current law students doing

Profile Patrick Mayoh

Patrick Mayoh (know to most as lsquoPaddyrsquo) is a Prime Ministerrsquos Australia-Asia Endeavour Award Scholar currently studying law at Peking University He is a penultimate Bachelor of Asia-Pacific Studies (Chinese)Bachelor of Laws student at the ANU and has recently completed a Graduate Diploma in Asia-Pacific Studies on exchange at Peking University While studying Chinese Media Law Labour Law and Comparative Judicial Systems (in Mandarin) Paddy currently also interns part-time at one of Beijingrsquos most active legal aid services ndash Beijing Yilian Legal Aid and Study Center for Labor

In his earlier years at the ANU Paddy became passionate about legal education and advocating law studentsrsquo views In his more lsquovociferous daysrsquo Paddy presented student proposals to numerous College of Law education boards Paddy became the Law Studentsrsquo Society (LSS)President in 2009 after he was heroically elected unopposed lsquoI really enjoyed working with a dedicated team to represent the academic and social needs of over 1200 students ndash from ensuring a high-quality LLB program following the introduction of the JD to resuscitating the Social Justice Dinner Seriesrsquo he said The highlight for him was certainly learning from The Hon Michael Kirby AC CMG at the What Makes a Good Lawyer forum He was also honoured to sit on the ACT Law Societyrsquos Equalising Opportunities in the Law Committee

Despite his passion for advocating law studentsrsquo views and overseeing lsquonotoriousrsquo LSS social parties Paddy quickly turned his attention to China again He has worked and studied in China on ten separate occasions and has loved the educational and professional experiences made available to him in Asia Seeking to taste the commercial world before he graduates next year Paddy has interned with Clifford Chance (Hong Kong) Mallesons Stephen Jaques (Hong Kong) Davis Polk amp Wardwell Hong Kong Solicitors and TransAsia Lawyers (Beijing Freehillsrsquo alliance firm in the PRC) Working in a new jurisdiction equipped him with a worldly outlook on legal practice and an appreciation of the truly international opportunities that an Asian StudiesLaw background offers Paddy was also an Events Host for Network Seven at the Beijing Olympic Games and spent six months masquerading as a wine connoisseur for a wine importing company in Beijing

During the academic term in China Paddy studies PRC and international trade law with local Chinese students He enjoys the challenge of being thrown in the deep end drowning and then being resuscitated by the lecturer if they are nice On top of the challenge to grasp Chinese legalese Paddy has found the competition among students very high and the emphasis on memory-based learning in many compulsory courses quite difficult Paddy decided to undertake courses in Negotiation and Clinical Law (researching migrant workersrsquo rights and the new social insurance law with a select group of later year students) which were more hands on courses and conducive to Socratic teaching methods Of the courses he has taken he has been incredibly impressed by the quality of teaching at Peking University however lively student discussions in larger classes are largely absent Paddy has also valued the grassroots work he undertakes at Yilian engaging directly with injured workers and Chinarsquos policy-makers in the areas of labour and social security law

Our

cur

rent

Law

stu

den

ts

10

Paddy Mayoh with classmates at Peking University

Alumni Newsletter_Spring_2011indd 11 23022012 90655 AM

While in Beijing two Sino-Australian focused initiatives Paddy worked tirelessly on (with a great team) were the Australia-China Youth Association (ACYA) and the Australia-China Youth Dialogue In his capacity as ACYA National President (China) Paddy sought to further ties between Australian and Chinese students young professionals education institutions businesses and government bodies

lsquoIt was a great experience meeting with Dr Mark Nolan and Professor Gao Xiang in Beijing to discuss ANUrsquos exchange agreement with China University of Political Science and Law

lsquoThe constant flow of work and study added to the buzz of living in a truly international city From networking karaoke nights outlandish dumpling gatherings occasional battles with the great firewall of China in an effort to secure accurate information to high-quality workshops on Chinarsquos international ambitions

lsquoBeijing is a kaleidoscopic city in the opportunities and contradictions it offers

lsquoI am very grateful for the first-class legal education I enjoyed over four years at the ANU and am looking

forward to writing my law thesis first semester next year

lsquoI am honoured to have Professor Kent Anderson supervise my thesis on assessing the legal responsibility of multinational enterprises (MNEs) operating in the PRC and their corporate social responsibility codesrsquo he said

Paddy believes that the College of Lawrsquos talented lecturers provided him with a strong legal foundation for further study and legal practice

lsquoIn particular I have greatly benefited from taking courses by Fiona Wheeler Wayne Morgan Ven Alex Bruce Kent Anderson and Stephen Bottomleyrsquo

He is also very grateful for Dr Jean-Pierre Fonteynersquos efforts in facilitating his study program at Peking University In January next year Paddy will join other law students on the collegersquos International Organisations Law Program in Geneva with Dr Jean-Pierre Fonteyne

Despite his strong interest in international law contemporary Chinese society and international relations Paddy has no set plans following graduation He was delighted and honoured to represent the ANU on the Global Voices delegation to the APEC Leadersrsquo Meeting this year in Hawaii He spoke with leaders on the role of MNErsquos in shaping the regionrsquos social and political architecture in preparation for his thesis-writing next semester

Paddy considers himself very fortunate to have been able to represent the ANU at so many international events and is grateful for the excellent educational opportunities the University has given him

11

Alumni Newsletter_Spring_2011indd 12 23022012 90655 AM

Past Events

AUGUST

2 August

Voiceless Public Lecture SeriesldquoReflections from the European Union with Peter StevensonrdquoAudio

5 AugustCIPL Lunctime SeminarProsecuting Drug Cheats in the Court of Arbitration for Sport Insight into the international anti-doping frameworkMs Catherine Odway sporting amp anti-doping consultantSlides

8 AugustANU College of Law SymposiumGetting Ready for the Referendum Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in the Australian Constitution

14ndash18 AugustConferenceTowards Global Artificial Photosynthesis Energy nanochemistry amp governance

19 AugustCIPL Friday Lunchtime Seminar Series Running a Large Commonwealth Legal Services Team The challenges and the pitfallsSimon Matthews ATO General Counsel Law amp Practice amp Nick Westerink ATO Assistant Commissioner Legal Service

23 August Public Seminar - Humanitarian Law Perspectives Presented by the Centre for International and Public Law ANU College of Law The Australian Red Cross and Mallesons Stephen Jacques

31 AugustCIPL Public SeminarState Control over Private Military amp Security Companies in Armed ConflictDr Hannah Tonkin Lawyer United Nations

SEPTEMBER

2 SeptemberCIPL Friday Lunchtime SeminarDo we need an international law on the self-determination of peoples Nicholas Duff Legal Research Officer-Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies

7 SeptemberThe 25th Annual Lionel Murphy Memorial Lecture Vigilance Against Injustice in the Justice System

12

9ndash10 September 16th Annual Public Law Weekend 10 years on from September 11 the Impact on Public Law

9 SeptemberFourteenth Geoffrey Sawer LecturePresented by The Right Hon Madam Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin PC Canadian Chief JusticeFlyer

16 SeptemberCIPL Friday Lunchtime Seminar SeriesConstitutional Change and Australian RepublicanismMr Glenn Patmore

OCTOBER

21 OctoberCIPL Friday Lunchtime Seminar SeriesPursuing Constitutional Dialogue within Socialist Vietnam The 2010 DebateHuong Nguyen Maurer School of Law Indiana University

Upcoming Events

Alumni Newsletter_Spring_2011indd 13 23022012 90655 AM

Staff in the Media

SEPTEMBER

Don AntonAntonrsquos Weekly Digest of International LawVol 2 No 34 (1 September 2011)

Don RothwellGovernment could have foreseen refugee decisionThe Australian5 September 2011

Peter BaileyTen years of anti-terror lawsSarah Collerton 1233 ABC Newcastle12 September 2011

Matthew RimmerAll huff and puff as big tobacco quietly runs awayDept of Health and Ageing website14 September 2011

Big tobacco uses The Castle in legal bluenewscomau13 September 2011

Tobacco industry case up in smokeANU News 14 September 2011

Margaret ThorntonThe market comes to law schoolThe Australian13 September 2011

Don AntonCompulsory Pilotage in the Torres StraitSocial Science Research Network14 September 2011

Tobaccorsquos Mad Men Threaten Public Health The Conversation23 September 2011

Mathew RimmerSydney Court to Rule in Apple-Samsung Tablet War The Wall Street Journal28 September 2011

OCTOBER

Matthew RimmerBlackberry pinches Colvinrsquos Twitter pic for adAshley Hall ABC News online 29 October 2011

Mark Colvin image used in Blackberry promotionAshley Hall ABC PM 28 October 2011

13

NOVEMBER

Mathew RimmerNew Australia Smoking Law Bans Brand LabelsJames Grubel The Independent (UK) The Chicago Tribune amp Reuters10 November 2011

Brad JessupDragging coal through the courts an alternative emissions-reduction strategyThe Conversation14 November 2011

Alumni Newsletter_Spring_2011indd 14 23022012 90655 AM

To update your contact details

Alumni OfficeANU Alumni webpagehttpwwwanueduaualumni

Marketing and CommunicationsANU College of LawT (02) 6125 4070 6125 8139E alumnilawanueduauhttplawanueduau

14

A N U C O L L E G EO F L A W

Graduate ProgramInternational SecurityLaw

Master of Laws specialising inInternational Security Law(7300SISL ndash Lawyers)

Master of International SecurityLaw(7318XMISL ndash Non-Lawyers)

Graduate Diploma in Lawspecialising in InternationalSecurity Law(6300SISL ndash Lawyers)

Graduate Diploma inInternational Security Law(6318XGDISL ndash Non-Lawyers)

More information

C O N T A C T S

T 02 6125 0510 E pgadminlawanueduauF 02 6125 3971 W httplawanueduau

new program

Alumni Newsletter_Spring_2011indd 15 23022012 90655 AM

Alumni Newsletter_Spring_2011indd 16 23022012 90655 AM

Page 9: ANU COLLEGE OF LAW ALUMNI NEWSLETTER Summer 2012 · ANU COLLEGE OF LAW ALUMNI NEWSLETTER Summer 2012 ... Naish (externally led by ... Michael has also been involved in a philanthropic

8

What is it like to be an ANU Law Student in 2011

Profile Margaret Long

Margaret was born in China and spent most of her childhood in Singapore before moving to Melbourne (2004) and eventually to Canberra where she is currently studying second year FinanceLaw Before starting her degree Margaretrsquos burning passion had always been business and finance but she was also fascinated by the lsquocontrol and application of law in societyrsquo

lsquoI was more attracted to law by the skill sets you can develop rather than a particular legal area but having said that I am more attracted to commercial law and would probably pursue it if I do become a lawyer This general idea has not changed but I am opening my mind to areas such as international and migration law ANU is fantastic in this way students are not encouraged to all become the stereotypical adversarial advocate in big corporations instead opportunities like LRSJ are given to experience different fields of law and explore our interestsrsquo she said

lsquoI first heard about LRSJ at the law facultyrsquos orientation welcome session when Simon Rice made apresentation about the Community Legal Education (CLE) projects After going to the information session I decided that CLE would be an opportunity for me to contribute to the community and practice my legal skills at the same time so I decided to take part and commit to the projectrsquo

lsquoI have been involved with the CLE Older Persons project for about a year now The CLE project has offered our team some valuableopportunities to practice the research and writing skills students acquired in their first year on legal content we were yet to learn in class On top of that it has been such a learning experience for the team in terms of relationship-building time management and communication skillsrsquo

lsquoLRSJ has given us the opportunity to work with the Council on the Ageing (COTA) the ACT Government and also legal organizations such as Legal Aid ACT Supported by AssociateProfessor Simon Rice and Caroline Compton the team has received a sizeable grant from the ACT government and has published a series of legal information bookletsrsquo she saidMargaretrsquos short term goal is to get a challenging job that she loves in either finance or law in the international market In the long term she hopes to improve her knowledge and professional skills and start her own business one dayrsquo

lsquoMy participation in LRSJ has certainly given me a wider and more realistic perspective on law Like most first years my initial perspective on law was quite idealized ndash think big corporate cases or standing up for justice in Human Rights The CLE program has extended that boundary to be a more complete picture including areas such as consumer protection estate planning and workplace rightsrsquo she said

For more information Law Reform amp Social Justice Program

Alumni Newsletter_Spring_2011indd 9 23022012 90652 AM

The Law Reform and Social Justice (LRSJ) Program at The Australian National University is part of the ANU College of Law It was established in 2007 with the creation of the position of Director of Law Reform and Social Justice currently filled by Associate Professor Simon Rice Please see the website to discover more about the LRSJ Program

9

Profile Christopher Patz

I am from Canberra Deciding to attend the ANU was hence a very big decision it meant suppressing a youthful urge to flee and ldquofind myselfrdquo some place else In my final year of undergraduate study I feel that decision has been vindicated (not least because it didnrsquot stop me from finding myself in the various squatted casas okupadas of Madrid on student exchange)

I studied Law in addition to Political Science and Spanish I say lsquoin addition torsquo for a reason It reflects the idea I share that what we know as The Law is premised on a whole galaxy of ideas values perspectives assumptions and other terms one is more likely to discover in the study of the Humanities than in the study of the Law per se The law does not exist independent of us nor is it somehow immune to the inadequacies of its creators and

sustainers What lies behind The Law are fundamental questions about how we as human beings decide to live together and organise ourselves in a society

On the question of who might lay claim to our society the Law Reform and Social Justice Program provided me with the opportunity to volunteer at one of Australiarsquos many migrant and refugee settlement centers At the time I was taking a course in Politics called Globalism and the Politics of Identity

I enjoyed the work which involved designing community programs for recently settled adolescent migrants and refugees tutoring and navigating Department of Immigration Humanitarian Visa application processes Because of this work experience and having taken a course in International Human Rights Law I was later employed by the Carter Centre as an International Observer to the out-of-country voting for the South Sudanese referendum for independence With a partner I evaluated the registration and polling practice against International Human Rights instruments and send daily reports to Atlanta and Khartoum alongside other observers in the UK US Canada Kenya Uganda and Egypt where the diaspora voting was underway This contributed to a certified human rights compliant referendum At the ANU and at Melbournersquos West Bulldogs football club in West Footscray I watched

two thousand South Sudanese vote to create the worldrsquos newest nation and embrace their collective right to self-determination after decades of civil conflict

I have had many invitations to visit the Sudan and one day I will oblige in order to contribute what I can to the much-needed assistance for creating that new country Self-determination is in a lot of ways where the challenge begins not where it ends Despite the modest marks I managed to attain in Corporations Law I have already been of some assistance to a group of young Sudanese professionals helping them to incorporate as an organisation to assist their communities with resettlement here in Australia and to provide support to those in the South

Having a law reform and social justice program at the ANU College of Law helps those students who want to to use their study of the law in different and pragmatic ways It opens opportunities to non-traditional careers through allowing students to create and sustain their own projects with their own initiative and with their own interests To this end it provides ample support and encouragement But above all it is empowering as it helps students to realize their potential to shape their own path and traverse the divide between The Law and social life

Alumni Newsletter_Spring_2011indd 10 23022012 90654 AM

What are our current law students doing

Profile Patrick Mayoh

Patrick Mayoh (know to most as lsquoPaddyrsquo) is a Prime Ministerrsquos Australia-Asia Endeavour Award Scholar currently studying law at Peking University He is a penultimate Bachelor of Asia-Pacific Studies (Chinese)Bachelor of Laws student at the ANU and has recently completed a Graduate Diploma in Asia-Pacific Studies on exchange at Peking University While studying Chinese Media Law Labour Law and Comparative Judicial Systems (in Mandarin) Paddy currently also interns part-time at one of Beijingrsquos most active legal aid services ndash Beijing Yilian Legal Aid and Study Center for Labor

In his earlier years at the ANU Paddy became passionate about legal education and advocating law studentsrsquo views In his more lsquovociferous daysrsquo Paddy presented student proposals to numerous College of Law education boards Paddy became the Law Studentsrsquo Society (LSS)President in 2009 after he was heroically elected unopposed lsquoI really enjoyed working with a dedicated team to represent the academic and social needs of over 1200 students ndash from ensuring a high-quality LLB program following the introduction of the JD to resuscitating the Social Justice Dinner Seriesrsquo he said The highlight for him was certainly learning from The Hon Michael Kirby AC CMG at the What Makes a Good Lawyer forum He was also honoured to sit on the ACT Law Societyrsquos Equalising Opportunities in the Law Committee

Despite his passion for advocating law studentsrsquo views and overseeing lsquonotoriousrsquo LSS social parties Paddy quickly turned his attention to China again He has worked and studied in China on ten separate occasions and has loved the educational and professional experiences made available to him in Asia Seeking to taste the commercial world before he graduates next year Paddy has interned with Clifford Chance (Hong Kong) Mallesons Stephen Jaques (Hong Kong) Davis Polk amp Wardwell Hong Kong Solicitors and TransAsia Lawyers (Beijing Freehillsrsquo alliance firm in the PRC) Working in a new jurisdiction equipped him with a worldly outlook on legal practice and an appreciation of the truly international opportunities that an Asian StudiesLaw background offers Paddy was also an Events Host for Network Seven at the Beijing Olympic Games and spent six months masquerading as a wine connoisseur for a wine importing company in Beijing

During the academic term in China Paddy studies PRC and international trade law with local Chinese students He enjoys the challenge of being thrown in the deep end drowning and then being resuscitated by the lecturer if they are nice On top of the challenge to grasp Chinese legalese Paddy has found the competition among students very high and the emphasis on memory-based learning in many compulsory courses quite difficult Paddy decided to undertake courses in Negotiation and Clinical Law (researching migrant workersrsquo rights and the new social insurance law with a select group of later year students) which were more hands on courses and conducive to Socratic teaching methods Of the courses he has taken he has been incredibly impressed by the quality of teaching at Peking University however lively student discussions in larger classes are largely absent Paddy has also valued the grassroots work he undertakes at Yilian engaging directly with injured workers and Chinarsquos policy-makers in the areas of labour and social security law

Our

cur

rent

Law

stu

den

ts

10

Paddy Mayoh with classmates at Peking University

Alumni Newsletter_Spring_2011indd 11 23022012 90655 AM

While in Beijing two Sino-Australian focused initiatives Paddy worked tirelessly on (with a great team) were the Australia-China Youth Association (ACYA) and the Australia-China Youth Dialogue In his capacity as ACYA National President (China) Paddy sought to further ties between Australian and Chinese students young professionals education institutions businesses and government bodies

lsquoIt was a great experience meeting with Dr Mark Nolan and Professor Gao Xiang in Beijing to discuss ANUrsquos exchange agreement with China University of Political Science and Law

lsquoThe constant flow of work and study added to the buzz of living in a truly international city From networking karaoke nights outlandish dumpling gatherings occasional battles with the great firewall of China in an effort to secure accurate information to high-quality workshops on Chinarsquos international ambitions

lsquoBeijing is a kaleidoscopic city in the opportunities and contradictions it offers

lsquoI am very grateful for the first-class legal education I enjoyed over four years at the ANU and am looking

forward to writing my law thesis first semester next year

lsquoI am honoured to have Professor Kent Anderson supervise my thesis on assessing the legal responsibility of multinational enterprises (MNEs) operating in the PRC and their corporate social responsibility codesrsquo he said

Paddy believes that the College of Lawrsquos talented lecturers provided him with a strong legal foundation for further study and legal practice

lsquoIn particular I have greatly benefited from taking courses by Fiona Wheeler Wayne Morgan Ven Alex Bruce Kent Anderson and Stephen Bottomleyrsquo

He is also very grateful for Dr Jean-Pierre Fonteynersquos efforts in facilitating his study program at Peking University In January next year Paddy will join other law students on the collegersquos International Organisations Law Program in Geneva with Dr Jean-Pierre Fonteyne

Despite his strong interest in international law contemporary Chinese society and international relations Paddy has no set plans following graduation He was delighted and honoured to represent the ANU on the Global Voices delegation to the APEC Leadersrsquo Meeting this year in Hawaii He spoke with leaders on the role of MNErsquos in shaping the regionrsquos social and political architecture in preparation for his thesis-writing next semester

Paddy considers himself very fortunate to have been able to represent the ANU at so many international events and is grateful for the excellent educational opportunities the University has given him

11

Alumni Newsletter_Spring_2011indd 12 23022012 90655 AM

Past Events

AUGUST

2 August

Voiceless Public Lecture SeriesldquoReflections from the European Union with Peter StevensonrdquoAudio

5 AugustCIPL Lunctime SeminarProsecuting Drug Cheats in the Court of Arbitration for Sport Insight into the international anti-doping frameworkMs Catherine Odway sporting amp anti-doping consultantSlides

8 AugustANU College of Law SymposiumGetting Ready for the Referendum Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in the Australian Constitution

14ndash18 AugustConferenceTowards Global Artificial Photosynthesis Energy nanochemistry amp governance

19 AugustCIPL Friday Lunchtime Seminar Series Running a Large Commonwealth Legal Services Team The challenges and the pitfallsSimon Matthews ATO General Counsel Law amp Practice amp Nick Westerink ATO Assistant Commissioner Legal Service

23 August Public Seminar - Humanitarian Law Perspectives Presented by the Centre for International and Public Law ANU College of Law The Australian Red Cross and Mallesons Stephen Jacques

31 AugustCIPL Public SeminarState Control over Private Military amp Security Companies in Armed ConflictDr Hannah Tonkin Lawyer United Nations

SEPTEMBER

2 SeptemberCIPL Friday Lunchtime SeminarDo we need an international law on the self-determination of peoples Nicholas Duff Legal Research Officer-Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies

7 SeptemberThe 25th Annual Lionel Murphy Memorial Lecture Vigilance Against Injustice in the Justice System

12

9ndash10 September 16th Annual Public Law Weekend 10 years on from September 11 the Impact on Public Law

9 SeptemberFourteenth Geoffrey Sawer LecturePresented by The Right Hon Madam Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin PC Canadian Chief JusticeFlyer

16 SeptemberCIPL Friday Lunchtime Seminar SeriesConstitutional Change and Australian RepublicanismMr Glenn Patmore

OCTOBER

21 OctoberCIPL Friday Lunchtime Seminar SeriesPursuing Constitutional Dialogue within Socialist Vietnam The 2010 DebateHuong Nguyen Maurer School of Law Indiana University

Upcoming Events

Alumni Newsletter_Spring_2011indd 13 23022012 90655 AM

Staff in the Media

SEPTEMBER

Don AntonAntonrsquos Weekly Digest of International LawVol 2 No 34 (1 September 2011)

Don RothwellGovernment could have foreseen refugee decisionThe Australian5 September 2011

Peter BaileyTen years of anti-terror lawsSarah Collerton 1233 ABC Newcastle12 September 2011

Matthew RimmerAll huff and puff as big tobacco quietly runs awayDept of Health and Ageing website14 September 2011

Big tobacco uses The Castle in legal bluenewscomau13 September 2011

Tobacco industry case up in smokeANU News 14 September 2011

Margaret ThorntonThe market comes to law schoolThe Australian13 September 2011

Don AntonCompulsory Pilotage in the Torres StraitSocial Science Research Network14 September 2011

Tobaccorsquos Mad Men Threaten Public Health The Conversation23 September 2011

Mathew RimmerSydney Court to Rule in Apple-Samsung Tablet War The Wall Street Journal28 September 2011

OCTOBER

Matthew RimmerBlackberry pinches Colvinrsquos Twitter pic for adAshley Hall ABC News online 29 October 2011

Mark Colvin image used in Blackberry promotionAshley Hall ABC PM 28 October 2011

13

NOVEMBER

Mathew RimmerNew Australia Smoking Law Bans Brand LabelsJames Grubel The Independent (UK) The Chicago Tribune amp Reuters10 November 2011

Brad JessupDragging coal through the courts an alternative emissions-reduction strategyThe Conversation14 November 2011

Alumni Newsletter_Spring_2011indd 14 23022012 90655 AM

To update your contact details

Alumni OfficeANU Alumni webpagehttpwwwanueduaualumni

Marketing and CommunicationsANU College of LawT (02) 6125 4070 6125 8139E alumnilawanueduauhttplawanueduau

14

A N U C O L L E G EO F L A W

Graduate ProgramInternational SecurityLaw

Master of Laws specialising inInternational Security Law(7300SISL ndash Lawyers)

Master of International SecurityLaw(7318XMISL ndash Non-Lawyers)

Graduate Diploma in Lawspecialising in InternationalSecurity Law(6300SISL ndash Lawyers)

Graduate Diploma inInternational Security Law(6318XGDISL ndash Non-Lawyers)

More information

C O N T A C T S

T 02 6125 0510 E pgadminlawanueduauF 02 6125 3971 W httplawanueduau

new program

Alumni Newsletter_Spring_2011indd 15 23022012 90655 AM

Alumni Newsletter_Spring_2011indd 16 23022012 90655 AM

Page 10: ANU COLLEGE OF LAW ALUMNI NEWSLETTER Summer 2012 · ANU COLLEGE OF LAW ALUMNI NEWSLETTER Summer 2012 ... Naish (externally led by ... Michael has also been involved in a philanthropic

The Law Reform and Social Justice (LRSJ) Program at The Australian National University is part of the ANU College of Law It was established in 2007 with the creation of the position of Director of Law Reform and Social Justice currently filled by Associate Professor Simon Rice Please see the website to discover more about the LRSJ Program

9

Profile Christopher Patz

I am from Canberra Deciding to attend the ANU was hence a very big decision it meant suppressing a youthful urge to flee and ldquofind myselfrdquo some place else In my final year of undergraduate study I feel that decision has been vindicated (not least because it didnrsquot stop me from finding myself in the various squatted casas okupadas of Madrid on student exchange)

I studied Law in addition to Political Science and Spanish I say lsquoin addition torsquo for a reason It reflects the idea I share that what we know as The Law is premised on a whole galaxy of ideas values perspectives assumptions and other terms one is more likely to discover in the study of the Humanities than in the study of the Law per se The law does not exist independent of us nor is it somehow immune to the inadequacies of its creators and

sustainers What lies behind The Law are fundamental questions about how we as human beings decide to live together and organise ourselves in a society

On the question of who might lay claim to our society the Law Reform and Social Justice Program provided me with the opportunity to volunteer at one of Australiarsquos many migrant and refugee settlement centers At the time I was taking a course in Politics called Globalism and the Politics of Identity

I enjoyed the work which involved designing community programs for recently settled adolescent migrants and refugees tutoring and navigating Department of Immigration Humanitarian Visa application processes Because of this work experience and having taken a course in International Human Rights Law I was later employed by the Carter Centre as an International Observer to the out-of-country voting for the South Sudanese referendum for independence With a partner I evaluated the registration and polling practice against International Human Rights instruments and send daily reports to Atlanta and Khartoum alongside other observers in the UK US Canada Kenya Uganda and Egypt where the diaspora voting was underway This contributed to a certified human rights compliant referendum At the ANU and at Melbournersquos West Bulldogs football club in West Footscray I watched

two thousand South Sudanese vote to create the worldrsquos newest nation and embrace their collective right to self-determination after decades of civil conflict

I have had many invitations to visit the Sudan and one day I will oblige in order to contribute what I can to the much-needed assistance for creating that new country Self-determination is in a lot of ways where the challenge begins not where it ends Despite the modest marks I managed to attain in Corporations Law I have already been of some assistance to a group of young Sudanese professionals helping them to incorporate as an organisation to assist their communities with resettlement here in Australia and to provide support to those in the South

Having a law reform and social justice program at the ANU College of Law helps those students who want to to use their study of the law in different and pragmatic ways It opens opportunities to non-traditional careers through allowing students to create and sustain their own projects with their own initiative and with their own interests To this end it provides ample support and encouragement But above all it is empowering as it helps students to realize their potential to shape their own path and traverse the divide between The Law and social life

Alumni Newsletter_Spring_2011indd 10 23022012 90654 AM

What are our current law students doing

Profile Patrick Mayoh

Patrick Mayoh (know to most as lsquoPaddyrsquo) is a Prime Ministerrsquos Australia-Asia Endeavour Award Scholar currently studying law at Peking University He is a penultimate Bachelor of Asia-Pacific Studies (Chinese)Bachelor of Laws student at the ANU and has recently completed a Graduate Diploma in Asia-Pacific Studies on exchange at Peking University While studying Chinese Media Law Labour Law and Comparative Judicial Systems (in Mandarin) Paddy currently also interns part-time at one of Beijingrsquos most active legal aid services ndash Beijing Yilian Legal Aid and Study Center for Labor

In his earlier years at the ANU Paddy became passionate about legal education and advocating law studentsrsquo views In his more lsquovociferous daysrsquo Paddy presented student proposals to numerous College of Law education boards Paddy became the Law Studentsrsquo Society (LSS)President in 2009 after he was heroically elected unopposed lsquoI really enjoyed working with a dedicated team to represent the academic and social needs of over 1200 students ndash from ensuring a high-quality LLB program following the introduction of the JD to resuscitating the Social Justice Dinner Seriesrsquo he said The highlight for him was certainly learning from The Hon Michael Kirby AC CMG at the What Makes a Good Lawyer forum He was also honoured to sit on the ACT Law Societyrsquos Equalising Opportunities in the Law Committee

Despite his passion for advocating law studentsrsquo views and overseeing lsquonotoriousrsquo LSS social parties Paddy quickly turned his attention to China again He has worked and studied in China on ten separate occasions and has loved the educational and professional experiences made available to him in Asia Seeking to taste the commercial world before he graduates next year Paddy has interned with Clifford Chance (Hong Kong) Mallesons Stephen Jaques (Hong Kong) Davis Polk amp Wardwell Hong Kong Solicitors and TransAsia Lawyers (Beijing Freehillsrsquo alliance firm in the PRC) Working in a new jurisdiction equipped him with a worldly outlook on legal practice and an appreciation of the truly international opportunities that an Asian StudiesLaw background offers Paddy was also an Events Host for Network Seven at the Beijing Olympic Games and spent six months masquerading as a wine connoisseur for a wine importing company in Beijing

During the academic term in China Paddy studies PRC and international trade law with local Chinese students He enjoys the challenge of being thrown in the deep end drowning and then being resuscitated by the lecturer if they are nice On top of the challenge to grasp Chinese legalese Paddy has found the competition among students very high and the emphasis on memory-based learning in many compulsory courses quite difficult Paddy decided to undertake courses in Negotiation and Clinical Law (researching migrant workersrsquo rights and the new social insurance law with a select group of later year students) which were more hands on courses and conducive to Socratic teaching methods Of the courses he has taken he has been incredibly impressed by the quality of teaching at Peking University however lively student discussions in larger classes are largely absent Paddy has also valued the grassroots work he undertakes at Yilian engaging directly with injured workers and Chinarsquos policy-makers in the areas of labour and social security law

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Law

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Paddy Mayoh with classmates at Peking University

Alumni Newsletter_Spring_2011indd 11 23022012 90655 AM

While in Beijing two Sino-Australian focused initiatives Paddy worked tirelessly on (with a great team) were the Australia-China Youth Association (ACYA) and the Australia-China Youth Dialogue In his capacity as ACYA National President (China) Paddy sought to further ties between Australian and Chinese students young professionals education institutions businesses and government bodies

lsquoIt was a great experience meeting with Dr Mark Nolan and Professor Gao Xiang in Beijing to discuss ANUrsquos exchange agreement with China University of Political Science and Law

lsquoThe constant flow of work and study added to the buzz of living in a truly international city From networking karaoke nights outlandish dumpling gatherings occasional battles with the great firewall of China in an effort to secure accurate information to high-quality workshops on Chinarsquos international ambitions

lsquoBeijing is a kaleidoscopic city in the opportunities and contradictions it offers

lsquoI am very grateful for the first-class legal education I enjoyed over four years at the ANU and am looking

forward to writing my law thesis first semester next year

lsquoI am honoured to have Professor Kent Anderson supervise my thesis on assessing the legal responsibility of multinational enterprises (MNEs) operating in the PRC and their corporate social responsibility codesrsquo he said

Paddy believes that the College of Lawrsquos talented lecturers provided him with a strong legal foundation for further study and legal practice

lsquoIn particular I have greatly benefited from taking courses by Fiona Wheeler Wayne Morgan Ven Alex Bruce Kent Anderson and Stephen Bottomleyrsquo

He is also very grateful for Dr Jean-Pierre Fonteynersquos efforts in facilitating his study program at Peking University In January next year Paddy will join other law students on the collegersquos International Organisations Law Program in Geneva with Dr Jean-Pierre Fonteyne

Despite his strong interest in international law contemporary Chinese society and international relations Paddy has no set plans following graduation He was delighted and honoured to represent the ANU on the Global Voices delegation to the APEC Leadersrsquo Meeting this year in Hawaii He spoke with leaders on the role of MNErsquos in shaping the regionrsquos social and political architecture in preparation for his thesis-writing next semester

Paddy considers himself very fortunate to have been able to represent the ANU at so many international events and is grateful for the excellent educational opportunities the University has given him

11

Alumni Newsletter_Spring_2011indd 12 23022012 90655 AM

Past Events

AUGUST

2 August

Voiceless Public Lecture SeriesldquoReflections from the European Union with Peter StevensonrdquoAudio

5 AugustCIPL Lunctime SeminarProsecuting Drug Cheats in the Court of Arbitration for Sport Insight into the international anti-doping frameworkMs Catherine Odway sporting amp anti-doping consultantSlides

8 AugustANU College of Law SymposiumGetting Ready for the Referendum Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in the Australian Constitution

14ndash18 AugustConferenceTowards Global Artificial Photosynthesis Energy nanochemistry amp governance

19 AugustCIPL Friday Lunchtime Seminar Series Running a Large Commonwealth Legal Services Team The challenges and the pitfallsSimon Matthews ATO General Counsel Law amp Practice amp Nick Westerink ATO Assistant Commissioner Legal Service

23 August Public Seminar - Humanitarian Law Perspectives Presented by the Centre for International and Public Law ANU College of Law The Australian Red Cross and Mallesons Stephen Jacques

31 AugustCIPL Public SeminarState Control over Private Military amp Security Companies in Armed ConflictDr Hannah Tonkin Lawyer United Nations

SEPTEMBER

2 SeptemberCIPL Friday Lunchtime SeminarDo we need an international law on the self-determination of peoples Nicholas Duff Legal Research Officer-Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies

7 SeptemberThe 25th Annual Lionel Murphy Memorial Lecture Vigilance Against Injustice in the Justice System

12

9ndash10 September 16th Annual Public Law Weekend 10 years on from September 11 the Impact on Public Law

9 SeptemberFourteenth Geoffrey Sawer LecturePresented by The Right Hon Madam Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin PC Canadian Chief JusticeFlyer

16 SeptemberCIPL Friday Lunchtime Seminar SeriesConstitutional Change and Australian RepublicanismMr Glenn Patmore

OCTOBER

21 OctoberCIPL Friday Lunchtime Seminar SeriesPursuing Constitutional Dialogue within Socialist Vietnam The 2010 DebateHuong Nguyen Maurer School of Law Indiana University

Upcoming Events

Alumni Newsletter_Spring_2011indd 13 23022012 90655 AM

Staff in the Media

SEPTEMBER

Don AntonAntonrsquos Weekly Digest of International LawVol 2 No 34 (1 September 2011)

Don RothwellGovernment could have foreseen refugee decisionThe Australian5 September 2011

Peter BaileyTen years of anti-terror lawsSarah Collerton 1233 ABC Newcastle12 September 2011

Matthew RimmerAll huff and puff as big tobacco quietly runs awayDept of Health and Ageing website14 September 2011

Big tobacco uses The Castle in legal bluenewscomau13 September 2011

Tobacco industry case up in smokeANU News 14 September 2011

Margaret ThorntonThe market comes to law schoolThe Australian13 September 2011

Don AntonCompulsory Pilotage in the Torres StraitSocial Science Research Network14 September 2011

Tobaccorsquos Mad Men Threaten Public Health The Conversation23 September 2011

Mathew RimmerSydney Court to Rule in Apple-Samsung Tablet War The Wall Street Journal28 September 2011

OCTOBER

Matthew RimmerBlackberry pinches Colvinrsquos Twitter pic for adAshley Hall ABC News online 29 October 2011

Mark Colvin image used in Blackberry promotionAshley Hall ABC PM 28 October 2011

13

NOVEMBER

Mathew RimmerNew Australia Smoking Law Bans Brand LabelsJames Grubel The Independent (UK) The Chicago Tribune amp Reuters10 November 2011

Brad JessupDragging coal through the courts an alternative emissions-reduction strategyThe Conversation14 November 2011

Alumni Newsletter_Spring_2011indd 14 23022012 90655 AM

To update your contact details

Alumni OfficeANU Alumni webpagehttpwwwanueduaualumni

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14

A N U C O L L E G EO F L A W

Graduate ProgramInternational SecurityLaw

Master of Laws specialising inInternational Security Law(7300SISL ndash Lawyers)

Master of International SecurityLaw(7318XMISL ndash Non-Lawyers)

Graduate Diploma in Lawspecialising in InternationalSecurity Law(6300SISL ndash Lawyers)

Graduate Diploma inInternational Security Law(6318XGDISL ndash Non-Lawyers)

More information

C O N T A C T S

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What are our current law students doing

Profile Patrick Mayoh

Patrick Mayoh (know to most as lsquoPaddyrsquo) is a Prime Ministerrsquos Australia-Asia Endeavour Award Scholar currently studying law at Peking University He is a penultimate Bachelor of Asia-Pacific Studies (Chinese)Bachelor of Laws student at the ANU and has recently completed a Graduate Diploma in Asia-Pacific Studies on exchange at Peking University While studying Chinese Media Law Labour Law and Comparative Judicial Systems (in Mandarin) Paddy currently also interns part-time at one of Beijingrsquos most active legal aid services ndash Beijing Yilian Legal Aid and Study Center for Labor

In his earlier years at the ANU Paddy became passionate about legal education and advocating law studentsrsquo views In his more lsquovociferous daysrsquo Paddy presented student proposals to numerous College of Law education boards Paddy became the Law Studentsrsquo Society (LSS)President in 2009 after he was heroically elected unopposed lsquoI really enjoyed working with a dedicated team to represent the academic and social needs of over 1200 students ndash from ensuring a high-quality LLB program following the introduction of the JD to resuscitating the Social Justice Dinner Seriesrsquo he said The highlight for him was certainly learning from The Hon Michael Kirby AC CMG at the What Makes a Good Lawyer forum He was also honoured to sit on the ACT Law Societyrsquos Equalising Opportunities in the Law Committee

Despite his passion for advocating law studentsrsquo views and overseeing lsquonotoriousrsquo LSS social parties Paddy quickly turned his attention to China again He has worked and studied in China on ten separate occasions and has loved the educational and professional experiences made available to him in Asia Seeking to taste the commercial world before he graduates next year Paddy has interned with Clifford Chance (Hong Kong) Mallesons Stephen Jaques (Hong Kong) Davis Polk amp Wardwell Hong Kong Solicitors and TransAsia Lawyers (Beijing Freehillsrsquo alliance firm in the PRC) Working in a new jurisdiction equipped him with a worldly outlook on legal practice and an appreciation of the truly international opportunities that an Asian StudiesLaw background offers Paddy was also an Events Host for Network Seven at the Beijing Olympic Games and spent six months masquerading as a wine connoisseur for a wine importing company in Beijing

During the academic term in China Paddy studies PRC and international trade law with local Chinese students He enjoys the challenge of being thrown in the deep end drowning and then being resuscitated by the lecturer if they are nice On top of the challenge to grasp Chinese legalese Paddy has found the competition among students very high and the emphasis on memory-based learning in many compulsory courses quite difficult Paddy decided to undertake courses in Negotiation and Clinical Law (researching migrant workersrsquo rights and the new social insurance law with a select group of later year students) which were more hands on courses and conducive to Socratic teaching methods Of the courses he has taken he has been incredibly impressed by the quality of teaching at Peking University however lively student discussions in larger classes are largely absent Paddy has also valued the grassroots work he undertakes at Yilian engaging directly with injured workers and Chinarsquos policy-makers in the areas of labour and social security law

Our

cur

rent

Law

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den

ts

10

Paddy Mayoh with classmates at Peking University

Alumni Newsletter_Spring_2011indd 11 23022012 90655 AM

While in Beijing two Sino-Australian focused initiatives Paddy worked tirelessly on (with a great team) were the Australia-China Youth Association (ACYA) and the Australia-China Youth Dialogue In his capacity as ACYA National President (China) Paddy sought to further ties between Australian and Chinese students young professionals education institutions businesses and government bodies

lsquoIt was a great experience meeting with Dr Mark Nolan and Professor Gao Xiang in Beijing to discuss ANUrsquos exchange agreement with China University of Political Science and Law

lsquoThe constant flow of work and study added to the buzz of living in a truly international city From networking karaoke nights outlandish dumpling gatherings occasional battles with the great firewall of China in an effort to secure accurate information to high-quality workshops on Chinarsquos international ambitions

lsquoBeijing is a kaleidoscopic city in the opportunities and contradictions it offers

lsquoI am very grateful for the first-class legal education I enjoyed over four years at the ANU and am looking

forward to writing my law thesis first semester next year

lsquoI am honoured to have Professor Kent Anderson supervise my thesis on assessing the legal responsibility of multinational enterprises (MNEs) operating in the PRC and their corporate social responsibility codesrsquo he said

Paddy believes that the College of Lawrsquos talented lecturers provided him with a strong legal foundation for further study and legal practice

lsquoIn particular I have greatly benefited from taking courses by Fiona Wheeler Wayne Morgan Ven Alex Bruce Kent Anderson and Stephen Bottomleyrsquo

He is also very grateful for Dr Jean-Pierre Fonteynersquos efforts in facilitating his study program at Peking University In January next year Paddy will join other law students on the collegersquos International Organisations Law Program in Geneva with Dr Jean-Pierre Fonteyne

Despite his strong interest in international law contemporary Chinese society and international relations Paddy has no set plans following graduation He was delighted and honoured to represent the ANU on the Global Voices delegation to the APEC Leadersrsquo Meeting this year in Hawaii He spoke with leaders on the role of MNErsquos in shaping the regionrsquos social and political architecture in preparation for his thesis-writing next semester

Paddy considers himself very fortunate to have been able to represent the ANU at so many international events and is grateful for the excellent educational opportunities the University has given him

11

Alumni Newsletter_Spring_2011indd 12 23022012 90655 AM

Past Events

AUGUST

2 August

Voiceless Public Lecture SeriesldquoReflections from the European Union with Peter StevensonrdquoAudio

5 AugustCIPL Lunctime SeminarProsecuting Drug Cheats in the Court of Arbitration for Sport Insight into the international anti-doping frameworkMs Catherine Odway sporting amp anti-doping consultantSlides

8 AugustANU College of Law SymposiumGetting Ready for the Referendum Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in the Australian Constitution

14ndash18 AugustConferenceTowards Global Artificial Photosynthesis Energy nanochemistry amp governance

19 AugustCIPL Friday Lunchtime Seminar Series Running a Large Commonwealth Legal Services Team The challenges and the pitfallsSimon Matthews ATO General Counsel Law amp Practice amp Nick Westerink ATO Assistant Commissioner Legal Service

23 August Public Seminar - Humanitarian Law Perspectives Presented by the Centre for International and Public Law ANU College of Law The Australian Red Cross and Mallesons Stephen Jacques

31 AugustCIPL Public SeminarState Control over Private Military amp Security Companies in Armed ConflictDr Hannah Tonkin Lawyer United Nations

SEPTEMBER

2 SeptemberCIPL Friday Lunchtime SeminarDo we need an international law on the self-determination of peoples Nicholas Duff Legal Research Officer-Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies

7 SeptemberThe 25th Annual Lionel Murphy Memorial Lecture Vigilance Against Injustice in the Justice System

12

9ndash10 September 16th Annual Public Law Weekend 10 years on from September 11 the Impact on Public Law

9 SeptemberFourteenth Geoffrey Sawer LecturePresented by The Right Hon Madam Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin PC Canadian Chief JusticeFlyer

16 SeptemberCIPL Friday Lunchtime Seminar SeriesConstitutional Change and Australian RepublicanismMr Glenn Patmore

OCTOBER

21 OctoberCIPL Friday Lunchtime Seminar SeriesPursuing Constitutional Dialogue within Socialist Vietnam The 2010 DebateHuong Nguyen Maurer School of Law Indiana University

Upcoming Events

Alumni Newsletter_Spring_2011indd 13 23022012 90655 AM

Staff in the Media

SEPTEMBER

Don AntonAntonrsquos Weekly Digest of International LawVol 2 No 34 (1 September 2011)

Don RothwellGovernment could have foreseen refugee decisionThe Australian5 September 2011

Peter BaileyTen years of anti-terror lawsSarah Collerton 1233 ABC Newcastle12 September 2011

Matthew RimmerAll huff and puff as big tobacco quietly runs awayDept of Health and Ageing website14 September 2011

Big tobacco uses The Castle in legal bluenewscomau13 September 2011

Tobacco industry case up in smokeANU News 14 September 2011

Margaret ThorntonThe market comes to law schoolThe Australian13 September 2011

Don AntonCompulsory Pilotage in the Torres StraitSocial Science Research Network14 September 2011

Tobaccorsquos Mad Men Threaten Public Health The Conversation23 September 2011

Mathew RimmerSydney Court to Rule in Apple-Samsung Tablet War The Wall Street Journal28 September 2011

OCTOBER

Matthew RimmerBlackberry pinches Colvinrsquos Twitter pic for adAshley Hall ABC News online 29 October 2011

Mark Colvin image used in Blackberry promotionAshley Hall ABC PM 28 October 2011

13

NOVEMBER

Mathew RimmerNew Australia Smoking Law Bans Brand LabelsJames Grubel The Independent (UK) The Chicago Tribune amp Reuters10 November 2011

Brad JessupDragging coal through the courts an alternative emissions-reduction strategyThe Conversation14 November 2011

Alumni Newsletter_Spring_2011indd 14 23022012 90655 AM

To update your contact details

Alumni OfficeANU Alumni webpagehttpwwwanueduaualumni

Marketing and CommunicationsANU College of LawT (02) 6125 4070 6125 8139E alumnilawanueduauhttplawanueduau

14

A N U C O L L E G EO F L A W

Graduate ProgramInternational SecurityLaw

Master of Laws specialising inInternational Security Law(7300SISL ndash Lawyers)

Master of International SecurityLaw(7318XMISL ndash Non-Lawyers)

Graduate Diploma in Lawspecialising in InternationalSecurity Law(6300SISL ndash Lawyers)

Graduate Diploma inInternational Security Law(6318XGDISL ndash Non-Lawyers)

More information

C O N T A C T S

T 02 6125 0510 E pgadminlawanueduauF 02 6125 3971 W httplawanueduau

new program

Alumni Newsletter_Spring_2011indd 15 23022012 90655 AM

Alumni Newsletter_Spring_2011indd 16 23022012 90655 AM

Page 12: ANU COLLEGE OF LAW ALUMNI NEWSLETTER Summer 2012 · ANU COLLEGE OF LAW ALUMNI NEWSLETTER Summer 2012 ... Naish (externally led by ... Michael has also been involved in a philanthropic

While in Beijing two Sino-Australian focused initiatives Paddy worked tirelessly on (with a great team) were the Australia-China Youth Association (ACYA) and the Australia-China Youth Dialogue In his capacity as ACYA National President (China) Paddy sought to further ties between Australian and Chinese students young professionals education institutions businesses and government bodies

lsquoIt was a great experience meeting with Dr Mark Nolan and Professor Gao Xiang in Beijing to discuss ANUrsquos exchange agreement with China University of Political Science and Law

lsquoThe constant flow of work and study added to the buzz of living in a truly international city From networking karaoke nights outlandish dumpling gatherings occasional battles with the great firewall of China in an effort to secure accurate information to high-quality workshops on Chinarsquos international ambitions

lsquoBeijing is a kaleidoscopic city in the opportunities and contradictions it offers

lsquoI am very grateful for the first-class legal education I enjoyed over four years at the ANU and am looking

forward to writing my law thesis first semester next year

lsquoI am honoured to have Professor Kent Anderson supervise my thesis on assessing the legal responsibility of multinational enterprises (MNEs) operating in the PRC and their corporate social responsibility codesrsquo he said

Paddy believes that the College of Lawrsquos talented lecturers provided him with a strong legal foundation for further study and legal practice

lsquoIn particular I have greatly benefited from taking courses by Fiona Wheeler Wayne Morgan Ven Alex Bruce Kent Anderson and Stephen Bottomleyrsquo

He is also very grateful for Dr Jean-Pierre Fonteynersquos efforts in facilitating his study program at Peking University In January next year Paddy will join other law students on the collegersquos International Organisations Law Program in Geneva with Dr Jean-Pierre Fonteyne

Despite his strong interest in international law contemporary Chinese society and international relations Paddy has no set plans following graduation He was delighted and honoured to represent the ANU on the Global Voices delegation to the APEC Leadersrsquo Meeting this year in Hawaii He spoke with leaders on the role of MNErsquos in shaping the regionrsquos social and political architecture in preparation for his thesis-writing next semester

Paddy considers himself very fortunate to have been able to represent the ANU at so many international events and is grateful for the excellent educational opportunities the University has given him

11

Alumni Newsletter_Spring_2011indd 12 23022012 90655 AM

Past Events

AUGUST

2 August

Voiceless Public Lecture SeriesldquoReflections from the European Union with Peter StevensonrdquoAudio

5 AugustCIPL Lunctime SeminarProsecuting Drug Cheats in the Court of Arbitration for Sport Insight into the international anti-doping frameworkMs Catherine Odway sporting amp anti-doping consultantSlides

8 AugustANU College of Law SymposiumGetting Ready for the Referendum Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in the Australian Constitution

14ndash18 AugustConferenceTowards Global Artificial Photosynthesis Energy nanochemistry amp governance

19 AugustCIPL Friday Lunchtime Seminar Series Running a Large Commonwealth Legal Services Team The challenges and the pitfallsSimon Matthews ATO General Counsel Law amp Practice amp Nick Westerink ATO Assistant Commissioner Legal Service

23 August Public Seminar - Humanitarian Law Perspectives Presented by the Centre for International and Public Law ANU College of Law The Australian Red Cross and Mallesons Stephen Jacques

31 AugustCIPL Public SeminarState Control over Private Military amp Security Companies in Armed ConflictDr Hannah Tonkin Lawyer United Nations

SEPTEMBER

2 SeptemberCIPL Friday Lunchtime SeminarDo we need an international law on the self-determination of peoples Nicholas Duff Legal Research Officer-Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies

7 SeptemberThe 25th Annual Lionel Murphy Memorial Lecture Vigilance Against Injustice in the Justice System

12

9ndash10 September 16th Annual Public Law Weekend 10 years on from September 11 the Impact on Public Law

9 SeptemberFourteenth Geoffrey Sawer LecturePresented by The Right Hon Madam Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin PC Canadian Chief JusticeFlyer

16 SeptemberCIPL Friday Lunchtime Seminar SeriesConstitutional Change and Australian RepublicanismMr Glenn Patmore

OCTOBER

21 OctoberCIPL Friday Lunchtime Seminar SeriesPursuing Constitutional Dialogue within Socialist Vietnam The 2010 DebateHuong Nguyen Maurer School of Law Indiana University

Upcoming Events

Alumni Newsletter_Spring_2011indd 13 23022012 90655 AM

Staff in the Media

SEPTEMBER

Don AntonAntonrsquos Weekly Digest of International LawVol 2 No 34 (1 September 2011)

Don RothwellGovernment could have foreseen refugee decisionThe Australian5 September 2011

Peter BaileyTen years of anti-terror lawsSarah Collerton 1233 ABC Newcastle12 September 2011

Matthew RimmerAll huff and puff as big tobacco quietly runs awayDept of Health and Ageing website14 September 2011

Big tobacco uses The Castle in legal bluenewscomau13 September 2011

Tobacco industry case up in smokeANU News 14 September 2011

Margaret ThorntonThe market comes to law schoolThe Australian13 September 2011

Don AntonCompulsory Pilotage in the Torres StraitSocial Science Research Network14 September 2011

Tobaccorsquos Mad Men Threaten Public Health The Conversation23 September 2011

Mathew RimmerSydney Court to Rule in Apple-Samsung Tablet War The Wall Street Journal28 September 2011

OCTOBER

Matthew RimmerBlackberry pinches Colvinrsquos Twitter pic for adAshley Hall ABC News online 29 October 2011

Mark Colvin image used in Blackberry promotionAshley Hall ABC PM 28 October 2011

13

NOVEMBER

Mathew RimmerNew Australia Smoking Law Bans Brand LabelsJames Grubel The Independent (UK) The Chicago Tribune amp Reuters10 November 2011

Brad JessupDragging coal through the courts an alternative emissions-reduction strategyThe Conversation14 November 2011

Alumni Newsletter_Spring_2011indd 14 23022012 90655 AM

To update your contact details

Alumni OfficeANU Alumni webpagehttpwwwanueduaualumni

Marketing and CommunicationsANU College of LawT (02) 6125 4070 6125 8139E alumnilawanueduauhttplawanueduau

14

A N U C O L L E G EO F L A W

Graduate ProgramInternational SecurityLaw

Master of Laws specialising inInternational Security Law(7300SISL ndash Lawyers)

Master of International SecurityLaw(7318XMISL ndash Non-Lawyers)

Graduate Diploma in Lawspecialising in InternationalSecurity Law(6300SISL ndash Lawyers)

Graduate Diploma inInternational Security Law(6318XGDISL ndash Non-Lawyers)

More information

C O N T A C T S

T 02 6125 0510 E pgadminlawanueduauF 02 6125 3971 W httplawanueduau

new program

Alumni Newsletter_Spring_2011indd 15 23022012 90655 AM

Alumni Newsletter_Spring_2011indd 16 23022012 90655 AM

Page 13: ANU COLLEGE OF LAW ALUMNI NEWSLETTER Summer 2012 · ANU COLLEGE OF LAW ALUMNI NEWSLETTER Summer 2012 ... Naish (externally led by ... Michael has also been involved in a philanthropic

Past Events

AUGUST

2 August

Voiceless Public Lecture SeriesldquoReflections from the European Union with Peter StevensonrdquoAudio

5 AugustCIPL Lunctime SeminarProsecuting Drug Cheats in the Court of Arbitration for Sport Insight into the international anti-doping frameworkMs Catherine Odway sporting amp anti-doping consultantSlides

8 AugustANU College of Law SymposiumGetting Ready for the Referendum Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in the Australian Constitution

14ndash18 AugustConferenceTowards Global Artificial Photosynthesis Energy nanochemistry amp governance

19 AugustCIPL Friday Lunchtime Seminar Series Running a Large Commonwealth Legal Services Team The challenges and the pitfallsSimon Matthews ATO General Counsel Law amp Practice amp Nick Westerink ATO Assistant Commissioner Legal Service

23 August Public Seminar - Humanitarian Law Perspectives Presented by the Centre for International and Public Law ANU College of Law The Australian Red Cross and Mallesons Stephen Jacques

31 AugustCIPL Public SeminarState Control over Private Military amp Security Companies in Armed ConflictDr Hannah Tonkin Lawyer United Nations

SEPTEMBER

2 SeptemberCIPL Friday Lunchtime SeminarDo we need an international law on the self-determination of peoples Nicholas Duff Legal Research Officer-Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies

7 SeptemberThe 25th Annual Lionel Murphy Memorial Lecture Vigilance Against Injustice in the Justice System

12

9ndash10 September 16th Annual Public Law Weekend 10 years on from September 11 the Impact on Public Law

9 SeptemberFourteenth Geoffrey Sawer LecturePresented by The Right Hon Madam Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin PC Canadian Chief JusticeFlyer

16 SeptemberCIPL Friday Lunchtime Seminar SeriesConstitutional Change and Australian RepublicanismMr Glenn Patmore

OCTOBER

21 OctoberCIPL Friday Lunchtime Seminar SeriesPursuing Constitutional Dialogue within Socialist Vietnam The 2010 DebateHuong Nguyen Maurer School of Law Indiana University

Upcoming Events

Alumni Newsletter_Spring_2011indd 13 23022012 90655 AM

Staff in the Media

SEPTEMBER

Don AntonAntonrsquos Weekly Digest of International LawVol 2 No 34 (1 September 2011)

Don RothwellGovernment could have foreseen refugee decisionThe Australian5 September 2011

Peter BaileyTen years of anti-terror lawsSarah Collerton 1233 ABC Newcastle12 September 2011

Matthew RimmerAll huff and puff as big tobacco quietly runs awayDept of Health and Ageing website14 September 2011

Big tobacco uses The Castle in legal bluenewscomau13 September 2011

Tobacco industry case up in smokeANU News 14 September 2011

Margaret ThorntonThe market comes to law schoolThe Australian13 September 2011

Don AntonCompulsory Pilotage in the Torres StraitSocial Science Research Network14 September 2011

Tobaccorsquos Mad Men Threaten Public Health The Conversation23 September 2011

Mathew RimmerSydney Court to Rule in Apple-Samsung Tablet War The Wall Street Journal28 September 2011

OCTOBER

Matthew RimmerBlackberry pinches Colvinrsquos Twitter pic for adAshley Hall ABC News online 29 October 2011

Mark Colvin image used in Blackberry promotionAshley Hall ABC PM 28 October 2011

13

NOVEMBER

Mathew RimmerNew Australia Smoking Law Bans Brand LabelsJames Grubel The Independent (UK) The Chicago Tribune amp Reuters10 November 2011

Brad JessupDragging coal through the courts an alternative emissions-reduction strategyThe Conversation14 November 2011

Alumni Newsletter_Spring_2011indd 14 23022012 90655 AM

To update your contact details

Alumni OfficeANU Alumni webpagehttpwwwanueduaualumni

Marketing and CommunicationsANU College of LawT (02) 6125 4070 6125 8139E alumnilawanueduauhttplawanueduau

14

A N U C O L L E G EO F L A W

Graduate ProgramInternational SecurityLaw

Master of Laws specialising inInternational Security Law(7300SISL ndash Lawyers)

Master of International SecurityLaw(7318XMISL ndash Non-Lawyers)

Graduate Diploma in Lawspecialising in InternationalSecurity Law(6300SISL ndash Lawyers)

Graduate Diploma inInternational Security Law(6318XGDISL ndash Non-Lawyers)

More information

C O N T A C T S

T 02 6125 0510 E pgadminlawanueduauF 02 6125 3971 W httplawanueduau

new program

Alumni Newsletter_Spring_2011indd 15 23022012 90655 AM

Alumni Newsletter_Spring_2011indd 16 23022012 90655 AM

Page 14: ANU COLLEGE OF LAW ALUMNI NEWSLETTER Summer 2012 · ANU COLLEGE OF LAW ALUMNI NEWSLETTER Summer 2012 ... Naish (externally led by ... Michael has also been involved in a philanthropic

Staff in the Media

SEPTEMBER

Don AntonAntonrsquos Weekly Digest of International LawVol 2 No 34 (1 September 2011)

Don RothwellGovernment could have foreseen refugee decisionThe Australian5 September 2011

Peter BaileyTen years of anti-terror lawsSarah Collerton 1233 ABC Newcastle12 September 2011

Matthew RimmerAll huff and puff as big tobacco quietly runs awayDept of Health and Ageing website14 September 2011

Big tobacco uses The Castle in legal bluenewscomau13 September 2011

Tobacco industry case up in smokeANU News 14 September 2011

Margaret ThorntonThe market comes to law schoolThe Australian13 September 2011

Don AntonCompulsory Pilotage in the Torres StraitSocial Science Research Network14 September 2011

Tobaccorsquos Mad Men Threaten Public Health The Conversation23 September 2011

Mathew RimmerSydney Court to Rule in Apple-Samsung Tablet War The Wall Street Journal28 September 2011

OCTOBER

Matthew RimmerBlackberry pinches Colvinrsquos Twitter pic for adAshley Hall ABC News online 29 October 2011

Mark Colvin image used in Blackberry promotionAshley Hall ABC PM 28 October 2011

13

NOVEMBER

Mathew RimmerNew Australia Smoking Law Bans Brand LabelsJames Grubel The Independent (UK) The Chicago Tribune amp Reuters10 November 2011

Brad JessupDragging coal through the courts an alternative emissions-reduction strategyThe Conversation14 November 2011

Alumni Newsletter_Spring_2011indd 14 23022012 90655 AM

To update your contact details

Alumni OfficeANU Alumni webpagehttpwwwanueduaualumni

Marketing and CommunicationsANU College of LawT (02) 6125 4070 6125 8139E alumnilawanueduauhttplawanueduau

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