Category: Law
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I started off my 2025 jetting off to Berlin, Germany to complete a three-week intensive language learning course at Humboldt-Universität. As a final year law student, I decided to choose a program that was out of my area of academic expertise and challenge myself to learn the German language, something I have always wanted to…
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At the end of January 2025, I had the privilege of participating in a six-week Law Professional Practicum (LPP) in Jakarta, Indonesia, hosted by the Australian Consortium for ‘In-Country’ Indonesian Studies (ACICIS). If I had to summarise this experience in three words, they would be: insightful, challenging, and grounding. I was introduced to the LPP…
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My name is Hayley, and I am studying law on exchange at the University of Westminster. I am doing three elective subjects, which are Elements of Human Rights: Idea, Law and Practice, Elements of Entertainment Law: Theory and Practice, and Elements of Law of Intellectual Property (‘IP’). So far, I am loving my host university…
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From 5–8 August I had the privilege of attending the 13th University Scholars Leadership Symposium (USLS) in Kuala Lumpur as a delegate representing the University of Technology and Australia. It’s difficult to distil such a meaningful week into so few words. Over the course of the next few days, we heard from a range of incredible speakers.…
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For the past six months, I have had the privilege of working as a Policy Assistant for the Australian Permanent Mission to the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland. In this role, I supported and advanced Australia’s interests at the international level by providing administrative, logistical, and legal research support across Australia’s United Nations portfolio, including…
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The LMU Winter Studies course has been a novel, unique and enriching experience which has provided me with invaluable cultural, social and historical knowledge. From the EU Winter school to German classes to exploring Europe with a small class of students from many different walks of life this journey has felt like a culturally immersive…
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Spending six weeks in Jakarta, Indonesia, through the ACICIS program was an unforgettable and transformative experience. The program was split into two parts: two weeks of intensive study and four weeks of professional placement. During the study component, I took daily Indonesian language classes, which quickly built my confidence in navigating day-to-day life. Being able…
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For the last five months I have had the privilege of studying law at UPF. As my time draws to a close in sunny Barcelona, I would love to give you some of my hard-earned wisdom! Academic Life at UPF My Subjects UPF operates on a trimester model – as part of my exchange took…
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I undertook the course ‘European Constitutional Law: National Identities Between Unity and Plurality’ at the Humboldt Universität zu Berlin over June and July [last] year. The course was incredibly rewarding, albeit very expensive, and finally showed a glimpse of the university experience I had been looking for throughout my degree. Australian University culture really fails…
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Over the 15th to 17th January, I attended the 4th Annual Humanitarian Affairs Asia Global Peace Summit at the United Nations in Bangkok as a delegate representing UTS and Australia. The summit included 400 University students from 43 different countries coming together towards the common goal of peace building, advocacy and effecting change. It was…
