Build the fundamental skills and knowledge to enrich your law career through the Monash Law Virtual Experience
How does this help your career – this virtual experience enables you to pick up crucial skills and knowledge that all law firms look for. By taking on the practical work here, it sets you apart from other students as it shows you have genuine experience in the industry, as well as demonstrating a commitment to improve your skills.
This program is self-paced. It takes approximately 5-6 hours to complete.
Skills Learned:
- Starting a company
Learn the legal foundations of starting a company- Corporations Law
- Company types
- What types of sentences are there?
Learn about the kinds of sentences available to courts- Sentencing
- Criminal law
- Meeting your clients
Familiarise yourself with the background to the case.- Crowd-sourced equity funding
- The rights of children
Discover the Convention on the Rights of the Child.- Ratification Of Treaties
- Navigate A Convention
- Rights Of Children
- The right to enter Australia
Learn about who can enter Australia, and how.- Rights of Citizens and Non-Citizens
- Types of Visas
- Determining Visa Eligibility
- Director liability
Learn about circumstances when a director may be personally liable for a company loan- Director liability
- Purpose of sentencing
Learn about the purpose behind sentencing offenders- Sentencing
- Criminal law
- Eligibility for crowd-sourced equity funding
Learn when a company is eligible to pursue crowd-sourced equity funding.- Locating the law
- Applying the law
- The rights of persons with disabilities
Discover the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.- Apply Law To Facts
- Individual Communications/Complaints Mechanism
- Rights Of Persons With Disabilities
- Who is a ‘refugee’?
Learn about the meaning of ‘refugee’ in domestic and international law.- Understand The Meaning Of ‘Refugee’
- Learn How To Apply The Laws To The Facts
- Director resignation
Learn about what happens to a company when a director resigns- Director resignations
- Aggravating and mitigating factors in sentencing
Learn about the other factors that impact a sentencing decision- Sentencing
- Criminal Law
- Investor rights
Learn about the rights of CSF investors.- Locating the law
- Applying the law
- The rights of LGBTQI+ persons
Discover how the rights of LGBTQI+ persons are protected by various United Nations conventions.- Apply Law To Facts
- Complementary Nature of Conventions
- Rights Of LGBTQI+ Persons
- Non-refoulement
Learn about the concept of non-refoulement.- Critically Assess Australia’s Definition of ‘refugee’
- Discover How Refugee Law Operates Alongside Other Areas of International Law
- The ‘art’ of sentencing
Learn how every case is different and how sentencing is ‘an art and not a science’- Sentencing
- Criminal Law
- Judge’s verdict
See how your sentence compares with the judge’s- Sentencing
- Criminal Law
