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Centre internships | Units of study | Prizes

Centre internships

CAPLUS offers up to two internship positions to Sydney Law School students in each semester of the academic year. Both undergraduate and postgraduate students are encouraged to apply. Interns must be available to work one day per week for the duration of one semester. Interns are involved in the full range of the Centre’s activities, including research, hosting public seminars and conferences, organising the Shanghai Winter School and the Kyoto and Tokyo Seminars, drafting policy submissions and so on. There are also some administrative duties. Interns report to the Centre Director and will work closely with the director and associate directors, the administrator, and the associates of the Centre. Interns interested in Japan may also be invited to work with the Australian Network for Japanese Law (ANJeL) on projects agreed with CAPLUS. Please note that internship positions are unpaid.

Selection Criteria: Applicants must have a strong overall academic record. Preference will be given to applicants with a demonstrated interest in Chinese, Japanese, Malaysian or Indonesian law, but students interested in other Asian jurisdictions are also strongly encouraged to apply. An Asian language would be beneficial but is not essential.

Applications for the Semester One, 2012 internship position will open in February 2012. To register your interest in applying for the position, please provide your contact details and further information will be sent to you as it becomes available.

Units of study

Sydney Law School offers a range of elective units of study in Asian and Pacific law for undergraduate, Juris Doctor and postgraduate students. Chinese law is taught intensively both in Sydney (in alternate years and to undergraduate and Juris Doctor students only) and in China at the Shanghai Winter School. Japanese law is taught intensively in Japan at the Kyoto and Tokyo Seminars. Indonesian and Malaysian law will be taught offshore for the first time in 2012 at the Southeast Asia Winter School.

The following units of study are offered in 2012:

Undergraduate

• Chinese Laws and Chinese Legal Systems (Classes are held in China as the Shanghai Winter School)
• Development, Law and Human Rights (Classes are held in Nepal as the Himalayan Field School)
• Introduction to Islamic Law
• Japanese Law (Classes are held in Japan as the Kyoto and Tokyo Seminars in Japanese Law)
• Law and Society in Indonesia
• Legal Pluralism in Southeast Asia (Classes are held in Indonesia and Malaysia as the Southeast Asia Winter School)

Juris Doctor

• Chinese Laws and Chinese Legal Systems (Classes are held in China as the Shanghai Winter School)
• Development, Law and Human Rights (Classes are held in Nepal as the Himalayan Field School)
• Doing Business in China
• Introduction to Islamic Law
• Japanese Law (Classes are held in Japan as the Kyoto and Tokyo Seminars in Japanese Law)
• Law and Investment in Asia
• Law and Society in Indonesia
• Legal Pluralism in Southeast Asia (Classes are held in Indonesia and Malaysia as the Southeast Asia Winter School)

Postgraduate

• Chinese International Taxation
• Chinese Laws and Chinese Legal Systems (Classes are held in China as the Shanghai Winter School)
• Doing Business in China
• Japanese Law (Classes are held in Kyoto as the Kyoto and Tokyo Seminars in Japanese Law)
• Law and Investment in Asia
• Law and Society in Indonesia
• Legal Pluralism in Southeast Asia (Classes are held in Indonesia and Malaysia as the Southeast Asia Winter School)
• Legal Systems of the Pacific
• Sustainable Development Law in China

Prizes