Upcoming Events
Faculty of Law Post-Graduate Seminar / Orientation for LLMs & PhDs
The Faculty of Law has organised a kick-off seminar/workshop on the challenges and pitfalls in legal research for LLM and PhD students, which will be held on 23 February 2012. This endeavour is motivated by two reasons: First, is the acknowledgement that law students are not adequately served by similar workshops or seminars that are run on social science research templates. This is why the seminar/workshop will be tailored towards the particular needs of our post-graduate law students. The second reason is merely to induct new students into the learning and research environment at Rhodes and provide them with some tips on how to successfully manage their work.
The seminar/workshop will address issues pertaining to the preparation of LLM and PhD proposals; development of appropriate methodologies; use of case study and comparative approaches; understanding the role of a supervisor; plagiarism and acknowledgement of sources. Attendees will also be given the opportunity to present and debate the methodological problems they are confronted with while doing their own research and, to elect their representative to faculty and university committees.
The seminar/workshop will start with expository lectures in the morning and conclude with a Law Library tour and database training in the afternoon.
Herewith the programme: PostGraduate Seminar Programme
Law Market Day: 7 March 2012
The Rhodes University Law Society, in collaboration with the Rhodes University Career Centre and Law Faculty, will be hosting our annual ‘Market Day’ on the 7th of March 2012. Please confirm your attendance by no later than the 22nd of February 2012. The Market Day is an excellent opportunity for your firm/organisation to form new relationships with Rhodes Law Students and strengthen already existing ones. This event has been highly successful in the past few years and we hope to make the 2012 event an even more outstanding one.
The day itself will begin with a morning tea, available at the Law Faculty for delegates who arrive early. Students will begin to arrive around lunch time at which time a light finger lunch for delegates, students and Law Faculty staff will be served, followed by a short welcome address by the Dean of the Law Faculty, Prof Jonathan Campbell. The Market Day will take place on the St Peters lawns at the Law Faculty, weather permitting, or alternatively, in the Eden Grove Building. Students will be able to circulate among the firms between 14:00 and 16:30. Afternoon tea will be served at 15:30. The day will be brought to an end with a cocktail party at 18:30. The cocktail party is greatly enjoyed by all and is an excellent culmination to the day’s events.
For more information please contact: Ms Saronda Fillis s.fillis@ru.ac.za or 046 603 8427
