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Important program documents and advice from past Brennan students.

Brennan Program Handbook

Each year, the Brennan administrators update the Brennan Program Handbook. This document is a source of truth for all Brennan members to learn about the Brennan Program. In this handbook, you will learn about what an LTS opportunity is; how to submit ROJ forms; and what external events or materials are suitable for accruing ROJ in the Brennan Program. 

View the Brennan Program Handbook (543.05kb)

Digital Dashboard

Use this video to learn how to navigate through your Brennan Program site on CareerHub. Questions? reach out to BrennanProgram@uts.edu.au

hi everyone um my name is georgina and

00:03

this is mac

00:04

and we are the 2021 brennan directors

00:07

and we're here today to just run through

00:10

a little bit about

00:11

our very new exciting brennan website

00:14

so you can access this brennan web page

00:16

um from a few places there'll be a link

00:19

on the brennan collective

00:20

on the uts brennan program webpage

00:24

and also you'll receive a link to this

00:26

when you sign up for the brennan program

00:28

so

00:28

it would be a really good idea to

00:30

bookmark this

00:31

through your journey through the program

00:33

so we're going to run through all of the

00:35

different components of this webpage

00:38

um today so i will start so this is what

00:41

the website looks like when you first

00:42

come on and if you scroll down

00:44

you've got this big tile here which will

00:46

take you um

00:47

to another web page that is your own

00:50

personal

00:52

uh brennan workflow which shows your own

00:54

roj and lts claims and allows you

00:57

to make any um more claims yourself so

01:00

this will be a great place if you can't

01:01

figure out where to go to to make your

01:03

roj or lts claims

01:05

you can click straight on here and um it

01:07

will take you

01:08

straight to your own personal workflow

01:10

so it's a really nice easy

01:12

quick place to find that then if we

01:14

scroll down we've got a number of

01:16

smaller little tiles that um have a

01:19

bunch of different resources to help you

01:20

all

01:21

out in your brennan journey so the first

01:24

little tile on the left here is

01:26

a really great video from one of our

01:27

brennanites jenny

01:29

explaining the process of how to claim

01:31

for lts and roj

01:33

um so it's a really good quick little

01:35

video for you to understand

01:37

how to claim those hours or the points

01:40

for roj

01:41

and all what all of the little different

01:42

things on the workflow mean

01:44

so if you're ever having any problems

01:46

with that you could watch that video

01:48

um going into the middle tile on the top

01:50

row we've got our brennan handbook

01:52

which is a really really fantastic

01:55

resource that explains all of the

01:56

smaller details of the program all in

01:59

one place

02:00

so if you ever have any more like

02:01

specific questions

02:03

um this will be a great place to go and

02:05

it's a really nice quick easy link

02:07

to find that there and then on the final

02:10

one on the top row

02:11

it's this is a little timeline of all

02:13

the events that we'll be running in

02:15

um any said semester so obviously you

02:18

can say these are our spring 2021

02:20

initiatives but whatever semester you

02:22

might be viewing from

02:24

you should be able to see all of the

02:25

initiatives on here and be able to

02:27

register for them

02:28

so that's a really great place if you

02:29

want to see what we're doing that

02:31

semester in the brennan program

02:33

this is a really nice quick and easy

02:35

place to access them

02:37

so now mac's going to run you through um

02:40

all the rest of the tiles on the page

02:45

thanks georgina and hi everyone i hope

02:48

you're all doing really well

02:50

so these next few tiles um

02:53

the one on the left there leadership for

02:55

service essentially

02:57

if you click on that link that will take

02:59

you through to

03:01

a little bit more information about the

03:04

types of

03:05

volunteering opportunities

03:09

you can undertake at uts and also

03:12

a few examples of what students are

03:14

doing so

03:16

from working for anti-slavery australia

03:20

to the wesley mission there's a whole

03:23

list of resources there that students

03:25

have been

03:27

engaging with and if you're ever stuck

03:30

with

03:30

what sort of volunteering experience

03:32

might be good for you definitely take a

03:34

look at that one

03:35

and next to that we've got reflections

03:37

on justice so

03:39

this will give you a little bit more

03:40

information about the types of

03:43

activities that we run at uts where you

03:45

can earn roj

03:46

points that could be anything from

03:49

the discussion groups we run each

03:52

semester

03:53

our justice talks and both of those

03:57

tiles they're the leadership free

03:58

service

03:59

and the reflections on justice they also

04:02

have some

04:03

videos that show you how to claim

04:06

lts hours and roj points

04:10

by the career hub so if you're ever

04:14

stuck on how to claim make sure you

04:16

check out both of those tiles

04:18

and next to that one there we've got the

04:21

brennan collective tile so that will

04:23

take you straight through to

04:25

our facebook page and i would highly

04:28

encourage

04:28

all of you to join that facebook group

04:31

if you haven't already

04:32

georgina and myself will always be

04:35

posting

04:36

new opportunities on there both for

04:39

roj and lts

04:42

points so make sure you're following

04:44

that one

04:45

and we get some great posts from our

04:48

brennan community as well

04:51

and just down from there we've got a few

04:52

more tiles so that one on the left

04:55

program fa

05:00

throughout the year we get lots of

05:01

frequently asked questions

05:03

in our inbox and our lovely coordinator

05:07

crystal she's put together

05:08

a really extensive list of q a

05:12

answers in that link there so if you

05:16

ever have

05:16

a question about the program it's most

05:19

probably in there

05:21

but if it's not you can click on the

05:23

tile next to that so that's the contact

05:26

contact us now tile so if you've ever

05:29

got any questions about the program that

05:31

might not be in the

05:33

frequently asked questions uh tile

05:36

then you can reach us there via email

05:40

and yeah i think that gives a really

05:42

nice summary of our new

05:44

uh page and i hope that

05:47

this will alleviate any of the any of

05:50

the questions you may have about the

05:52

program

05:54

and yeah i hope to see you on campus

06:00

soon

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Eyes on the Brennan Award?    

The below video offers advice from previous Brennan students about how they accomplished the Brennan award.

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My advice to students who want to do
the Brennan Award is just to do it.

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It's unique to UTS and
no other university offers it,

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and it definitely helps
you grow as a person,

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but also develop
connections and communities,

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and that's something that
you cannot get anywhere else.

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I would say to dive in and participate,

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get started from the get-go,
and do as much as you can.

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It's not always possible
to attend all the events,

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but just show up where
you can and participate.

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So, diversity is really important
in accomplishing the Brennan Award,

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because the experiences that you
gain while doing the Brennan Award

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are invaluable for your future
personal and professional career.

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So, making sure that you're not
just doing the one same activity

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will ensure that you have greater
knowledge and greater experience,

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about what is available in
the social justice side of the law.

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So like most things in life,
getting started is the hardest part.

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So if you really want to
seek out the Brennan Award,

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I recommend finding a friend
and just going to an event.

Brennan Award tips from UTS Law students

Overcoming challenges? Learn how Keti Bull, Tibike Jurecska, Dhruv Saggar, and Alexander Leal Smith, managed their progress through to the end of the Brennan program.

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The most difficult part of
the Brennan Program that I felt

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was keeping on top of it during exams.

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Sometimes you can be
drowning in assignments,

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but through doing this,
I learned to prioritise.

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The most difficult part was dealing
with really confronting issues.

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There were various different
topics that we worked through.

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At times I felt really
disheartened and sad,

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I felt angry as well.

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So it was just a matter of stepping away
from it for a while and recognising that

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even though I couldn't
immediately create change,

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the change that I'd like to see,

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it was just important to sort of start

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from a place of
understanding and knowledge,

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and I think that's the best place to be.

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Well, honestly, I think the most
difficult part of the Program was time.

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But I think how I really got around that
and committed myself to doing the Program,

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was actually breaking it
down into different parts.

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So, for me it was,

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I was doing a five-year degree,
so I thought,

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"Okay, what do I have to do in my first,
second, third, fourth and fifth year?"

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And from there, it just
seemed much more manageable

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and I got the confidence to actually
go out there and do some volunteering

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and try and strive
for the award that way.

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Coming to the end of the Brennan Program,
it was a welcome surprise

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that I was able to more
proficiently organise my time

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and prioritise tasks as a law student.

Downloads

Brennan Handbook 2025 (V2).pdfPDF, 575.9 KB

FAQS 2021 .pdfPDF, 331.08 KB

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