Ryan Hallett, Bachelor of Arts
(Honours)/Bachelor of Law,
Monash University.
Ryan has undertaken public and private
sector clerkships, including with the Australian
Government Solicitor (AGS). He also cofounded
the Monash University chapter of Students In
Free Enterprise (SIFE), an international teaching
and learning volunteer organisation.
Describe working with AGS on ACCC- and
Customs-related enforcement.
It was a fantastic introduction to legal practice
which allowed me to take a hands-on
approach regarding highly publicised matters
at the time. Although only a second year student, I was able to undertake
research tasks, draft case summaries and go along to court where the media
was waiting for us. Overall, it was quite a thrilling experience.
What did your clerkships in commercial and mergers & acquisitions
law offer?
These clerkships gave me the chance to experience firsthand how
“I would encourage
commercial law is really practiced. Although a little difficult at first
any students who are
(being an Arts student), I was able to consolidate a great deal of
interested in a particular
commercial knowledge, test my analytical skills and be involved
area to get as much
with some major exciting deals. It was great to open the paper
practical experience as
every morning and see something that I had been working on. I
possible. Be open to a
was originally unsure about working in commercial law but I gave
range of areas as what you
it a try. It sounds really corny, but I would advise everyone to keep
are originally interested
an open mind – you never know what you will end up liking.
in and what you end up
enjoying the most are
Describe your volunteer involvement with SIFE.
often very different.”
I had been involved in charity but wanted to help disadvantaged
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people in a sustainable and meaningful way. I therefore decided
to start up SIFE Monash with a friend. Since then, we have helped
prisoners learn vocational skills to get jobs and home businesses increase
the profitability of and expand their businesses, through the establishment
of a community network to teach business skills and offer peer support.
Currently, I am the project director of Imbali, which teaches disadvantaged
teenagers in Australia and South Africa the basic business skills necessary
to set up and run their own successful T-shirt business. SIFE has been an
invaluable ‘2-for-1’ experience in that it has offered me both sustainable Undergraduate Profile
community volunteering and exposure to private sector sponsors.
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