Purely Dicta is Melbourne Law School’s student magazine, written for students by students. The publication’s purpose is to be the voice of the student body - with content focussed on the myriad of issues that affect and involve law students. It is also a space in which we can let our hair down in a somewhat academic manner, and politely (albeit often politically incorrectly) poke fun at ourselves.
In the past, Purely Dicta has generally consisted of ad hoc submissions from the student body. This has resulted in a lack of consistency of content from issue to issue (in terms of issues addressed, themes covered). In response to this, beginning in 2011, the magazine will be expanding its Editorial Board structure to accommodate plans for new regular content to be included in the magazine. This restructure will include the introduction of permanent section editors responsible for political, legal, business and social commentary.
Applications for these positions will be open to all law students including first years in 2012. It is a great opportunity to sharpen one’s writing and editing ability (and perhaps also one's wit), whilst doing so in an informal and relaxed manner.
If you're interested in taking up one of these roles, please send an email to lss-purelydicta@unimelb.edu.au.
And, of course, individual submissions are still welcome and most definitely encouraged. So if you have a knack for humour, an eye for the outrageous, or just an uncanny ability to conger up the sort of laughable tripe that would make the producers at Today Tonight proud, then please do get in touch.
Edition 1, 2011 of Purely Dicta can be found here.