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Editor’s Welcome
CHAPTER 1 / AN INTRODUCTION
EDITOR’S WELCOME
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It is an absolute pleasure to present the Social Justice & Equity Guide for 2021. Together with the Director of Social Justice & Equity, Sarah Mason, and the dedicated sub-editors Emma Groves (research and proofreading) and Nikkita Chandnani (design), we have produced a jam-packed guide that we hope can spark a life-long interest in social justice.
This guide is the perfect tool to help you navigate the myriad of options that are available to you. It contains information on over 100 opportunities available in the social justice sphere, including those found at Monash and within the wider community, all condensed into a user-friendly format.
The opportunities found within each chapter will contain a brief description, an outline of relevant tasks you may complete, requirements for the role and how to apply. In addition, there are many testimonials detailing the experiences of like-minded law students which help to illustrate what your involvement could be like. This year, we have also added a key at the top of certain pages which denotes opportunities that can be undertaken remotely.
We hope that this guide demonstrates the wide range of possibilities available to you whilst studying your law degree, and encourages you to get involved in an area of interest or to try something completely new.
Ultimately, it was through my own experience volunteering in a Community Legal Centre that I discovered my passion for the law, and saw first-hand how one’s work can have a genuine, tangible impact on the lives of others. It is this desire to make a difference that I hope you too will find by exploring the opportunities available in this guide.
Most importantly, it is never too early or too late to get involved. Far beyond filling a CV or impressing prospective employers, a passion for social justice is about engaging with society and assisting those in need. Now, more than ever, it is a time for us to find ways to give back and engage with causes we are truly passionate about. I hope that this guide helps you to achieve exactly that.
