• Thousands turn out for Monash Open Day

Monash Open Day proved a great success, if the crowd figures are any indication.

Estimates from each campus showed about 27,500 people visited Clayton, 6000 came to Caulfield, 2000 to Gippsland, 2000 to Peninsula, 1350 to Berwick and 600 to Parkville.

In its first year, the Monash Open Day website recorded about 6700 hits to its top-level page and 28,600 hits to all pages within the site.

• First with tribunal training

The Law faculty has launched Australia's first university-based training program for members of administrative tribunals.

The one-semester graduate subject 'Decision-making for tribunal members' will be delivered via the internet to members of both State and Commonwealth administrative tribunals.

The program provides an introductory course on the legal requirements for administrative decision-making in boards and tribunals.

Almost 20 tribunal members from around Australia are already enrolled in the program, which was developed in response to a need for members to have a common set of core skills and knowledge to make fair and lawful decisions.

Dean of Law Professor Stephen Parker said the new subject was an important development for the Law School.

"This subject reflects the values of the school, providing equity in access to legal education, improving the quality of legal education and research, and promoting access to justice, procedural fairness, and substantive social equality," he said.

"It strengthens our practical focus and has set a foundation for the further delivery of on-line legal training."

A grant from the university's Strategic Innovations Fund paid for the development of the subject, which was produced by the Centre for Higher Education Development and the Faculty of Law.