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RoundupLawNew city premises Monash Law will open new premises in the heart of the Melbourne legal precinct this year. The city premises, to be known as the Monash University Law Chambers, will be located at 472 Bourke Street, next to the Law Institute of Victoria and close to the Supreme Court. The building also houses barristers' chambers. Monash University Law Chambers will be home to the Law School's postgraduate coursework program as well as the Postgraduate Diploma of Legal Practice, Skills and Ethics and the Master of Laws (Legal Practice, Skills and Ethics). The premises will include conference and seminar rooms and computer/training facilities, available for public use, and will provide a base for the Monash Law School Foundation. New forensic accounting degree Monash Law is set to launch Australia's first postgraduate degree in forensic accounting in July. The Graduate Certificate in Forensic Studies has been developed by the Monash Law School in conjunction with the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia and the Australian Advocacy Institute. The degree has been developed for accountants who may be called upon to give expert evidence in the courts or who wish to move into the field of forensic accounting. The future of online investing The Law School's Centre for Law in the Digital Economy, in conjunction with the Corporate Law Teachers Association, hosted a conference on 'Corporations and financial regulation in the digital economy' during February. The conference featured international and local experts who are influencing the future of corporate and financial regulation in the digital economy. Topics included the legal significance of changing investor behaviour in the online securities markets and the effect of information technology on exchanges, advisers, dealers and other institutions operating in the securities markets. New appointments Professor Jeff Waincymer is the Law School's newly appointed Professor of International Trade Law. Currently chair of the International Trade and Business Committee of the Law Council of Australia, Professor Waincymer has been a consultant to the Australian Law Reform Commission and to the Administrative Review Council. Professor Theo Scheepers has been appointed director of Monash's new Centre for Law and Reconstruction in Southern Africa (CLARISA), based at the university's South Africa campus. He is the Law School's first staff member to be based in South Africa. Professor Scheepers was the deputy director of the Centre for Community Law and Development at the University of Potchefstroom, as well as a distinguished member of that university's law faculty for many years. |
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