Please note: Non-law students can be involved, however at least one student per group must be studying a law subject.
Choose at least one definition from the Oxford Australian Law Dictionary and create a 2-5 minute film based around the definition/s that will educate and help other students connect with the law.
1st Prize – $1500
2nd Prize – $500
3rd Prize – $250
Please follow the links below for the entry forms and submission guidelines:
Entry form
Submission Guidelines and Terms and Conditions
All entries must be accompanied by an entry form and include 3 copies of each film.
Entries close 27th July 2012
Please direct all enquires to highered.au@oup.com
Winners will be announced 10th September 2012
The winning entries from 2011 can be viewed below.
1st Prize – $1500
The Court of Handball
Joel Arnott, Daron Resnik, Daniel Segal
University of Technology, Sydney
The Court of Handball is where all arguments that arise during the schoolyard game are heard. When Bugsy refuses to take his out the judges are called upon to reach a decision. The court explores the law definitions of repudiation and implied terms as it fights to uphold the playground virtues of justice, peace and chocolate milk.
2nd Prize – $500
Intestacy
Duncan Ragg, Nick Hadland
Australian National University
I chose intestacy because inheritance seems so straight forward and yet can be so complex if a will is not drafted or is invalid. This helps students connect with the law because everyone is aware of wills, but no one really thinks about rules of governing inheritance if there aren’t any wills, or whether the rules apply to children, children in-law and step-children. Often people are uncomfortable discussing death and this film takes a lighter approach to the subject.
Joint 3rd Prize – $250
Undue Influence
Louis Tang, Humairaa Haque, Yan Hao Ong, Priscilla Phan, Ngoc Linh Pham, Yun Wei Wong, Suet Yoong Leong, Sebastian Leong
University of Adelaide
Based on the true case Louth v Diprose Yan Hao falls head over heals over Pricilla, but Pricilla takes no notice of him. One day Pricilla becomes suicidal as she gets kicked out of her house and she threatens to kill herself if she doesn’t have somewhere to stay. Yan Hao buys her a house then Pricilla dumps him. Yan Hao sues Priscilla because she unduly influenced him into signing the contract.
Joint 3rd Prize – $250
The Remainderman
Amy Campbell, Sunny Wu, Sophia Bubner, Joshua Kapitza, Christian Reynolds, Michael Kubler
University of Adelaide
It’s 1965 and hotshot property lawyer Frank Whitman has just given his new secretary Evelyn a seemingly impossible task. She must contact ‘the remainderman’ to inform him of his inheritance in a deceased estate, but first, she must discover the identity of this mysterious beneficiary before it’s too late. This film enables students to connect with the study of property law in a light-hearted way, as Evelyn learns the identity of ‘The Remainderman’ and realises that the basic concepts of property law (beneficiaries, wills, life estates, remainders, remaindermen) aren’t so difficult to understand at all!
Commendations
Congratulations also go to our highly commended entries who will all receive a $50 Oxford book voucher for each student involved. These films are only available on the Connecting with Law Short Film Competition DVD. Please email highered.au@oup.com with you address if you would like to receive a copy.
Non-Insane Automatism
Kerstin Braun, Anita Dundas-Taylor, Loretta Crombie, Paul Garett, Shay Tovey, Chris Lingard
The University of Queensland
Law Dictionary Rap
Marc Bowditch, Andrew Gray, Luke Messer, Brett Snaidero, Vincent Tang
University of Wollongong
The Tyranny of Fixtures
Jordan Sanderson, Ashleigh Schiemer, Anneka Frayne, Nicole Fogarty
University of New England
