5. Equal Opportunity Liaison Officers

In addition to the Undergraduate Studies Office, the faculty has appointed members of academic staff as liaison officers to meet the needs of particular groups of students:

Koori
international and non-English speaking background students
gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and intersex
students with disabilities
mature-age

If you are a student from one of these groups and have any concerns or need information, the liaison officers are a good place to start.

5.1. Koori students' equal opportunity liaison officers

Koori students have been part of the Law Faculty for nearly 20 years. In 1993 the Law Faculty appointed a Koori students' equal opportunity liaison officer to provide assistance to these students. Among other things, the Koori students' equal opportunity liaison officers:

act as advisers for Koori law students;
liaise between Koori law students and members of academic staff where necessary;
arrange seminars and information sessions to sensitise academic staff to the issues involved in teaching Koori students;
help to link Koori students with tutors under the ATAS (Aboriginal Tutoring Assistance Scheme);
liaise between the Law Faculty and the University's Centre for Indigenous Education, which provides support services to all Koori students on campus; and
provide advice to the faculty on policies and projects relating to Koori students.

Students wishing to contact the Koori students' equal opportunity liaison officer may do so through the Undergraduate Studies Office, telephone +61 3 8344 4475.

5.2. International students' equal opportunity liaison officer

The international students' equal opportunity liaison officer is a member of academic staff to whom international and non-English speaking background students may come for assistance and advice on their studies. His or her roles include acting as a mentor for overseas and ESL students; liaising with the Language and Learning Skills Unit (LLSU) to provide language assistance; assisting students to make applications for special consideration or to the Progress Committee; giving feedback to academic staff in relation to teaching and curriculum content; and liaising between the Law Faculty and the International Law Students' Society.

Students wishing to contact the international students' equal opportunity liaison officer may do so through the Undergraduate Studies Office, telephone +61 3 8344 4475.

5.3. Gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, intersex students' equal opportunity liaison officers

The appointment of two academic members of staff as queer students' equal opportunity liaison officers is a recognition of the special interests and needs of gay and lesbian law students. The primary role of the officers is to provide the gay and lesbian student body with assistance and support in academic and academic-related matters. This includes acting as mentors to gay and lesbian law students and members of academic staff. The officers also assist in the organisation of gay and lesbian law interest group sessions as well as organising social functions.

Students wishing to contact the queer students' equal opportunity liaison officers may do so through the Undergraduate Studies Office, telephone +61 3 8344 4475.

5.4. Students with disabilities equal opportunity liaison officer

The faculty has appointed a member of academic staff as the disabled students' liaison officer to act as mentor. The primary role of the officer is to assist and support students in academic and other related matters, ensuring that they have access to the wide range of services available for students including special examination arrangements, granting of extensions, taping of lectures, organising note takers and so on. If you are a student with special needs please do not hesitate to contact the disability equal opportunity liaison officer. The Undergraduate Studies Office has appointed its own mental health and disability contact officer who can also assist students with their special requirements.

Students wishing to contact the disability equal opportunity liaison officer and/or the mental health and disability contact officer may do so through the Undergraduate Studies Office, telephone +61 3 8344 4475.

5.5. Mature-age students' equal opportunity liaison officer

Each year the Law Faculty appoints academic members of staff as mature-age students' equal opportunity liaison officer to assist those students with their study and related needs.

Students wishing to contact the mature-age students' equal opportunity liaison officers may do so through the Undergraduate Studies Office, telephone +61 3 8344 4475.

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