ALC News
Asian Fieldwork Scholarships
Limited funding is available to assist research into issues relevant to the emerging APEC agenda. Scholarships of up to A$2,000 are available to support fieldwork in Asia for PhD candidates enrolled at the University of Melbourne and early career academics at the University of Melbourne who are researching APEC-related topics.
For further details and the application form, please click Asian Fieldwork Scholarships.
Professor Malcolm DH Smith Memorial Scholarship
The Asian Law Centre has opened a fund that will ultimately be used to establish a memorial scholarship to remember Professor Smith and his exceptional contribution to Asian legal studies.
It is planned that when donations reach a sufficient level, the Malcolm DH Smith Memorial Scholarship will be awarded each year to a first-year JD student commencing at the Melbourne Law School who has completed an undergraduate law degree or a degree majoring in Asian studies at a tertiary institution in Australia or Asia .
Re-naming of Chair of Asian Law
To honour Professor Smith's contribution to Asian legal studies, the Asian Law Centre and the Melbourne Law School proposed to the University that the existing Chair of Asian Law be re-named the 'Malcolm Smith Chair of Asian Law'.
This proposal has now been approved by the Senior Appointments and Promotions Committee of the University.
Vale Professor Malcolm (Mal) Smith
It was with great sadness that the Asian Law Centre announced the sudden death of Professor Malcolm (Mal) Smith on Thursday 22 June, 2006.
Mal was the Founding Director of the Asian Law Centre (ALC) from March 1987 to June 2000. He was a graduate of the University of Melbourne Law School and Harvard Law School, and specialised in Japanese Law. He held the Foundation Chair in Asian Law in the University until 2004.
Mal joined the ALC from the University of British Columbia, Canada, where he was Founding Director of the Japanese Legal Studies Programme. In 2004, Mal was appointed Professor of Law at Chuo University in Japan and was also appointed Professorial Fellow in the Faculty of Law and Senior Associate at the ALC.
Mal pioneered the development of Asian legal studies in Australia and persistently championed its cause all his life. He was dedicated to his vision of an Asia-literate Australia, comfortable with its own identity (especially involving football and his beloved Essendon) but an engaged and equal partner in its region.
Mal was a mentor and model to so many who had contact with the Asian Law Centre. Many of us first came into contact with Asian laws in classes taught by him and knew his inspirational, often ad hoc, teaching style first-hand. Others knew him in their roles as researchers, students or colleagues. And, of course, so many benefited from his real, personal interest in people he met. Time and again, Mal would do battle for people and causes others had abandoned but which he rightly saw as important - and he had a knack for finding the lateral solution to the complex problems that baffled others.
Mal was a distinguished scholar, a leader and a mentor, who influenced the lives of thousands for the better. He will be sorely missed.
Click here for tribute to Professor Mal Smith.
Congratulations to Professor Tim Lindsey
Tim Lindsey has been appointed as an ARC Federation Fellow, a highly prestigious appointment funded by the Australian Research Council. Tim Lindsey has an outstanding reputation for his research and scholarship in Islamic Law in S.E. Asia and more broadly in the comparative law of developing countries. In a changing world his insight will be of vital importance to
Asian Law Online Launch - Transcript
Transcript of Professor Virginia Hooker's speech at the Launch of Asian Law Online on Thursday 19 September, 2002.
Volkswagen (China) Investment Company Ltd. (based in Beijing) are looking for a legal intern starting in March 2009 for a minimum duration of four to six months, longer stays are welcome.
Applicants for this position should be advanced in their legal studies. Wanted is a Chinese native speaker fluent in English (or German) who already has profound legal know-how in Chinese corporate and commercial law and practical experience through previous internships.
For further details, please email mo.li@volkswagen.com.au