Australian Law Students' Association - 2007 Conference

2007 Conference

The 2007 ALSA conference was held in Canberra from 2–8 July 2007, jointly hosted by Australian National University and the University of Canberra and sponsored by Mallesons Stephen Jaques. The Corrs Chambers Westgarth opening night gala ball was held in the Great Hall of the Australian Parliament and the closing night dinner at the National Museum of Australia. The mid-week sponsors' cocktail function was held at the Australian War Memorial. All functions catering was contracted out to the Park Hyatt Canberra.

In the Grand Finals:

ALSA Mooting: Before a four-judge panel in the Supreme Court of the ACT, Macquarie University was unanimously declared the winner against University of New South Wales

Witness examination: National University of Singapore's Vanathi Subramaniam beat the University of Auckland's Scott Leith before Justice Drumgold in the Federal Court of the ACT.

Negotiation: Macquarie University beat Monash University in the Federal Court of the ACT.

Client interviewing: Notre Dame University (WA) defeated the University of New South Wales in a 2-1 decision by the three-judge panel.

IHL Mooting: Monash University was unanimously declared the winner by a three-judge panel in the ACT Supreme Court, beating University of Adelaide.

Paper Presentation: Making it three trophies to take back to Ryde, this was won by Macquarie University.

Kirby Cup: The Cup was taken out by Australian National University (ACT) who defeated Murdoch University (WA) and the University of Sydney (NSW)